• Date 2023-12-11

This year, SUBSPORTplus presented itself for the first time at one of the world's largest trade fairs for occupational health and safety, the A+A trade fair in Düsseldorf. Over the four days (24-27 October 2023) of the A+A trade fair, which was attended by trade associations, companies and freelance safety experts, we registered a great deal of interest in our theme island, which we set up together with the EMKG team at the stand of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) with information on all aspects of hazardous substances.

At the themed island, SUBSPORTplus provided information flyers on all the services offered by the free internet portal as well as the poster "Substitution, but how? - SUBSPORTplus procedures, tools and assistance!" This poster provides support with a 6-point guideline for carrying out substitution tests.

We presented SUBSPORTplus in presentations both at the BAuA stand and in the Trend Forum at the trade fair. The cooperation at national level with the Joint German Occupational Health and Safety Strategy (GDA) and the GDA best practice database was emphasised and at the same time the aim of further expanding international cooperation with the Roadmap on Carcinogens in the future was stressed.

The conclusion of SUBSPORTplus' participation in A+A 2023 is very positive from our point of view. The trade fair was a complete success and the great interest shows the need for practice-oriented solutions in the field of substitution of hazardous substances.

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