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What does the work of Clean Production Action mean to Black communities?

February 15, 2024
Kayla Williams Clean Production Action

February is Black History Month, as well as National Cancer Prevention Month. Consistent with…

Newsletter: April 27, 2023: What's new in GreenScreen?

February 13, 2024

GreenScreen Certified® Cleaners and Degreasers gain international promotion in new ChemWorks…

CPA celebrates new UN Framework on Chemicals: Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals

December 13, 2023

“Target D3 – By 2030, the private sector, including the finance sector, incorporates…

BizNGO 2023 Annual Meeting: Setting Bold Chemical Footprint Goals

December 6 & 7, 2023
Preservation Park, Nile Hall 
1233 Preservation Park Way, Oakland, CA 94612

Outcomes Chemical Footprint: defined chemicals of high concern and learned how to set goals and…

Webinar: GreenScreen Certified® for Reusables: How GreenScreen Certified® Shifts Markets Toward Materials with Preferable Chemistry

November 01, 2023

Are you concerned that there might be harmful chemicals such as PFAS, BPA or styrene in your…

We’re hiring: Director, GreenScreen: Job Description

October 03, 2023

Clean Production Action is a dynamic, not-for-profit, solutions organization. Our mission is to…

Newsletter: September 22, 2023: Times are a changing -- in gratitude to our GreenScreen leader, Shari Franjevic...

September 22, 2023

It is with mixed emotions that we at Clean Production Action ask you to join us in wishing Shari…

Clean Production Action will mobilize stakeholder support for strong chemical footprint reduction targets in the UN’s Beyond 2020 Framework for Chemicals

September 19, 2023

Clean Production Action (CPA) will advocate for the need to reduce chemical footprints by 2030 at…

Groundbreaking Certification Eliminates Waste and Shifts the Food Service Market to Reusables: GreenScreen Certified® for Reusable Food Packaging, Service Ware, & Cookware

September 12, 2023

OAKLAND, CA - Today, nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean…

IEHN Blog: April 20, 2023: Investors commend corporations for reducing business risk by eliminating over 37 million kilograms of toxic chemicals from products, and call on more companies to adopt best practice and join the 2023 Chemical Footprint Survey

April 20, 2023
Susan Baker, Trillium Asset Management; Caroline Boden, Mercy Investment Service; Karianne Lancee, UBS Asset Management; Alexandra McPherson, Investor Environmental Health Network; Larisa Ruoff, The Sustainability Group of Loring, Wolcott and Coolidge

Recent scientific studies make clear that we are reaching a tipping point on chemical pollution…

Newsletter: April 7, 2023: The Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) 2023 Survey is Now Open!

April 11, 2023

{image2}How prepared are you to address emerging chemicals of concern such as PFAS in products…

Why environmental justice is a critical component of safe and sustainable chemistry

March 15, 2023
Bev Thorpe Clean Production Action

Recently I took part in a one-day roundtable to advance ‘Sustainable Chemistry in RD&D…

Newsletter: February 9, 2023: UBS Asset Management signs on to CFP & joins IEHN, Dollar General signs on to CFP, & more

February 08, 2023

Dear reader, In my new role as DEI & Communications Lead, I am excited to share the latest in…

Webinar: 6th CFP Survey

January 27, 2023

On December 2nd 2023, Clean Production Action released the 6th Chemical Footprint Project (CFP)…

PFAS Foam Replacement Challenges Nation’s Fire Departments (1)

January 24, 2023
Pat Rizzuto, Zach Bright Bloomberg Law

"The Pentagon’s recent release of its requirements for firefighting suppressants that…

Detoxifying chemistry for a circular future: We cannot expect to transition to a sustainable circular economy by continuing to rely on toxic chemistry.

January 06, 2023
Jon Smieja GreenBiz

I discovered the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals comparative hazard assessment protocol very…

Newsletter: December 28, 2022

December 28, 2022

Hello, Together, with all of you, we had a fun and impactful year in: Celebrating 20 years of CPA…

CPA Turns 20 Celebration: Join us for a party!

December 06, 2022

Join us for drinks & hors d'oeuvres at The Nonprofit Center, 89 South St, Boston, on…

2022 Annual Meeting: CPA and CEH join forces to host BizNGO 2022

December 06, 2022

Clean Production Action (CPA) welcomes the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) as a co-host of…

6th CFP Report Released

December 02, 2022

Companies with over $1 trillion in annual revenue report the reduction of 83 million pounds/38…

Webinar:  GreenScreen Certified® for Medical Supplies & Devices

November 16, 2022

Hear from Kaiser Permanente, NewGenSurgical, and Clean Production Action about the first-ever…

WANTED: HEALTHIER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS

November 11, 2022
Mary Hoff Ensia

Research suggests that the presence of certain chemicals in some healthcare equipment can…

Why getting PFAS out of our products is so hard — and why it matters

October 28, 2022
Bella Isaacs-Thomas PBS News Hour

Though exposure through consumer products is a reasonable concern, there are two even larger…

Find GreenScreen Certified® Products on Wayfair’s Shop Sustainably

October 20, 2022

Clean Production Action is excited to announce that GreenScreen Certified® is now one of the…

Clean Production Action releases first-ever GreenScreen Certified®  Standard for the health care sector: New tool will enable hospital purchasers to easily identify environmentally preferable medical equipment and supplies

October 19, 2022

Contact: Kayla Williams Phone: +1.781.391.6743 x 120 Email: kayla@cleanproduction.org Somerville,…

Newsletter: September 20, 2022: Welcome our new Director of IEHN, CFP Program Manager, & Technical Researcher to CPA

September 20, 2022

We are very excited to announce new members to our Clean Production Action (CPA) team: Alexandra…

Newsletter: September 14, 2022: CPA and CEH join forces to host BizNGO 2022

September 14, 2022

Clean Production Action (CPA) welcomes the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) as a co-host of…

Newsletter: September 7, 2022: GreenScreen training open for registration & new GreenScreen Certified® firefighting foam products

September 07, 2022

* An earlier version of this newsletter sent on September 2nd improperly named the company with…

Newsletter: May 22, 2022: PFAS-free & Preferred Products

May 19, 2022

Looking for PFAS-free* and preferred products? GreenScreen Certified® certifies products that…

GreenScreen Certified® for Furniture & Fabrics v1.1 Webinar

March 23, 2022

Hear from Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Glen Raven on the newly…

5 activities of BizNGO in 2022

March 11, 2022

Join BizNGO in 2022. Here’s what we are up to … Chemicals Management Work Group:…

Champions Designing PFAS-free and Healthier Furniture and Fabrics with GreenScreen Certified®

February 23, 2022
Bev Thorpe

The entire class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is now a focus for elimination or…

2021 Impacts: Blazing pathways to a safer & healthier future

December 29, 2021

Dear reader, Check out our 2021 impacts – Safer Products, Transparency, Market Demand,…

Webinar: Safer Cleaners & Degreasers for Electronics

December 15, 2021

Clean Production Action, Apple, Clean Electronics Production Network, and TCO Development present…

Clearya and GreenScreen Certified® Team Up to Shift Market Away From Toxic Chemicals in Foodware

December 15, 2021

OAKLAND, CA – Today nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean…

BizNGO 2021 Annual Meeting: DECEMBER 6

December 07, 2021

UC Berkeley Poster Session (December 6th at 5:00-6:30pm EST) Not just an academic exercise:…

First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives

November 02, 2021

OAKLAND, CA - Today, nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean…

Webinar: GreenScreen Certified®: PFAS-free and Preferred Food Service Ware

October 27, 2021

View an informative and engaging webinar on GreenScreen Certified®: PFAS-free and Preferred…

The race to replace persistent chemicals in our homes

September 28, 2021
Christine Ro BBC

We'll also have to learn how to handle alternatives to many other PFAS-containing items,…

GreenScreen Certified® for Cleaners & Degreasers in Manufacturing launched: Promoting innovation in safer chemicals use in the global electronics sector and beyond

September 22, 2021

Somerville, MA—Today, Clean Production Action released GreenScreen Certified® for…

Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure Webinar: Clean Production Action (CPA) and the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2) hosted a discussion on July 14th at 3:00-4:00pm EDT of the just released Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure.

July 14, 2021

Over 100 businesses, governments, health care organizations, investors, and non-governmental…

Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure: Endorsed by over 100 business, government, health care, investor, and NGO leaders

June 28, 2021

Contacts: Kayla Williams, Clean Production Action, kayla@cleanproduction.org, +1.781.391.6743…

GreenScreen Certified® Firefighting Foam v2.1 Webinar

June 23, 2021

View presentations by and a discussion with Arlene Nuñez, Holly Davies, and Shari…

Newsletter: June 21, 2021: There’s still time! Register for Firefighting Foam webinar and participate in Chemical Footprint Project 2021 Survey External Inbox

June 21, 2021

Hello, Here are two important reminders from Clean Production Action: GSC FFF Webinar June 23 CFP…

Newsletter: June 19, 2021: In the year since our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

June 19, 2021

Dear Reader, In the year since releasing our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter…

Newsletter: June 8, 2021: 5 activities of BizNGO in 2021

June 14, 2021

I just want to share a friendly update on BizNGO’s 2021 work: Chemical management −…

Newsletter: June 2, 2021: PFAS-free Firefighting Foam - Webinar June 23: What GreenScreen Certified means for firefighters

June 02, 2021

Join us on June 23rd at 3:00PM EDT (7:00PM GMT) for presentations by and a discussion with Arlene…

Newsletter: May 27, 2021: New GreenScreen Registry accesses hundreds of chemical hazard assessments

May 27, 2021

Today the GreenScreen Assessment Registry joins the GreenScreen® family of tools that…