CENARIOS

Nanotechnologies are commonly regarded as key technologies of the 21st century. They deal with materials at the scale of less than 100 nm, which exhibit new chemical or physical properties. Besides the many opportunities these new properties offer for the development of innovative products and processes, in some cases experts expect new risks since the mid and long term effects on human health and the environment are not fully understood yet.

In cooperation with our business partner TÜV SÜD Industry Service (Munich), the Innovation Society has developed CENARIOS^®, the first certifiable risk management and monitoring system to cater to the specific needs of nanotechnology risk assessment.

CENARIOS^® integrates the latest scientific and technological developments into risk management, thus enabling objective risk assessment to be performed in a rapidly developing market characterised by a high level of uncertainty. Periodic certification ensures adaptation of the system to  state-of-the-art science and technology.

The CENARIOS^® risk management and monitoring system comprises four modules that can be combined individually:

• Risk Assessment / Risk Evaluation This module identifies the current productand process-related risk inventory.
• 360°-Risk Monitoring System As foresight instrument, focusing the relevant trends in science, regulation and technology.
• Issues Management & Communication Including tools for rapid and safe crisis management.
• Certification By opting for certification, you ensure optimisation of your internal coordination processes and continuous improvement of risk management.

The official CENARIOS^® Certification Standard can be downloaded here for free.

		You can get further information about this product on the product fact sheet or on the product website www.cenarios.eu. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Dr. Christoph Meili The Innovation Society Ltd. St.Gallen Tel. +41 (0)71 274 74 17

Thorsten Weidl TÜV SÜD Industry Service GmbH, Munich Tel. +49 (0)89 5791 2701