Dear SSbD practitioners, welcome to our joint SSbD terminology harmonization across the SSbD community,

The PLANETS Wordbook has been initiated within the PLANETS SSbD Project (GA n° 101177608) with the aim to share among our project the SSbD vocabulary used and, thus, obtain a common understanding between the different interdisciplinary areas of expertise. Additionally, we used it to share knowledge on safety- and sustainability-related terms for the innovators operating our case studies on plasticizers, flame retardants, and surfactants.

The first version was published on Zenodo on 27 June 2025 and since then has raised attention by colleagues across the SSbD communities incl. PARC, IRISS, etc. 

Now we invite SSbD practitioners across the entire SSbD community to participate in this SSbD terminology harmonization exercise based on the Wordbook. We are eager to collect your vision and are happy for your comments before the end of July 2026!

For your contribution, please follow following process:

1. Download the most current version of the SSbD Wordbook from Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15755125
2. Deposit our comments in the “comments” column (E) in the “SSbD Wordbook” sheet.
3. Put general comments, if you have, in the “ReadMe” sheet (rows 34-51).
4. Send your commented version to: info@project-planets.eu  

The last version (v2, published in 2026) contains approximatively 130 words dealing generically with SSbD, human health/safety (composed of the subdimensions hazard and exposure), environmental, economic, and social impacts, complemented by functionality/performance-related aspects. The aim of the Wordbook in terms of exhaustivity is to contain as many terms as relevant for the discussion of results or trainings, etc., but as few as possible to not get overwhelmed. The user is able to filter the wordbook either by the word itself (column “Name”), by its theme, or by its type. The aim of the Wordbook in term of exhaustivity is to contain as many as relevant for results discussion/trainings but as few as possible to not get overwhelmed.

This wordbook was initially designed within the task T2.1, entitled “Selection of methodologies and tools to assess safe and sustainable substitution”, in the PLANETS project. This excel tool is a living document and, therefore, can be modified (when relevant/upon new input or harmonization requests) by the PLANETS experts in their regular agreement sessions. Modifications are listed in the “version of history” sheet.

If you have any question, do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you for your collaboration.

The PLANETS team