CPA engages with businesses and NGO leaders to hasten the transition to an economy without harm. We coordinate the US-based Business NGO Working Group for Safer Chemicals and Sustainable Materials and we research and promote companies’ efforts to transform the toxic chemical economy.
Hazardous chemicals are ubiquitous in our bodies and in our global environment. With new policies and tools, CPA advances the design and adoption of green chemicals that are inherently safer for the environment, protective of human health and ultimately benign within natural ecological systems.
The rapid movement away from the petroleum-based economy to one based on renewable resources brings increased theats of biodiversity loss and overconsumption while the commercialization of new nanotechnologies raise concerns about ecological impacts and human health safety. CPA engages with NGOs, academics and businesses to create sustainability roadmaps for emerging technologies.
CPA focuses on the eco-design of products in the health care and electronics sectors. We also promote Extended Producer Responsibility as an important strategy to achieve a closed loop materials economy in which products and materials are either composted or safely recycled.
We network internationally to promote clean production strategies and our Steps to Clean Production provide an educational and resource rich mine of information. Click throughout the steps and arrows to discover more.
