UNEP Re-releases report

UN Environment Programme re-releases designed versions of The Business Case of Knowing Chemicals in Products and Supply Chains in Chinese, French, Spanish, & English - written by our very own Dr. Mark Rossi.  …

GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals showcased in two textile innovations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 13, 2016  CONTACT: Michelle Turner, michelle@cleanproduction.org, 781-391-6743 x 116 Italian chemical company that specializes in chemicals formulated for denim finishing. Garmon has incorporated GreenScreen… …

Apparel industry likes the look & feel of GreenScreen®!

The apparel industry is breaking new ground by seeking to design out hazardous chemicals from its supply chain. Rather than having to manage the risks of chemicals to workers, communities, and to a brand’s bottom line, apparel companies are… …

Substituting Toxic BPA in Food Cans with Transparently Safer Materials – Here’s How

If like me, you have a few canned foods in your kitchen – maybe some canned tomatoes for your pasta sauce recipe, or a can of baked beans or canned soup for the kids, you may read the labels  to know more about the ingredients inside.… …

Two Out of Three Food Cans Tested Have Toxic BPA in the Linings

Nearly 200 Cans Analyzed from Campbell’s, Del Monte, General Mills, Kroger, Albertsons and More A new report released today by six nonprofit organizations that tested nearly 200 food can linings for the toxic chemical, Bisphenol A (BPA) found… …

Learn how to use GreenScreen®, see our latest updates

Become an expert in GreenScreen – check out our upcoming trainings Hewlett Packard’s leadership in alternatives assessment featured in ChemicalWatch GreenScreen assessments of neonic pesticides released by Natural Resources Defense… …

GreenScreen® in Environmental Leader

In an effort to help companies use safer chemicals, Clean Production Action (CPA), has released the next version of the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals Hazard Assessment Guidance, adding information for using the GreenScreen List Translator… …

Hazardous Chemicals in Products Easier to Identify with New Tool Released Today

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2016 CONTACT: Michelle Turner, michelle@cleanproduction.org, 781-391-6743 x 116 Tom Lent, tlent@healthybuilding.net, 510-845-5600 Hazardous Chemicals in Products Easier to Identify with New Tool Released Today… …

Now accepting applications for the 2016 GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals Practitioner Program

Demonstrate your leadership and expertise with professional credentialing. Clean Production Action is now accepting applications for the 2016 GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals Practitioner Program. This is the most advanced training available for… …

Clean Production Action is growing!

I am excited to announce a number of updates here at Clean Production Action: a role change for me, three new staff, and a new office in Europe. For my part, I am now the Executive Director of Clean Production Action. In the words of the Board of… …

How HP and Dell are reducing the toxics in their electronics

Eliminating a chemical from a product is not easy. A replacement substance — ideally, one that’s safer — has to be found that can perform the same function as well or better. Reformulation may be necessary because the replacement… …

Highlights from the BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Conference 2015

We celebrated BizNGO's 10th anniversary in typical collaborative spirit by co-organizing our annual conference with the Chemical Footprint Project. Combining the best features of the two initiatives, the conference featured in-depth, high quality… …

These companies are figuring out how to reduce the toxins in electronics

As global consumption of cellphones and other devices soars, industry searches for ways to decrease the threat of chemical components to people and the environment. On a Wednesday in late February 2010, Hewlett-Packard hosted an unusual training… …

These companies are figuring out how to reduce the toxics in electronics

As global consumption of cellphones and other devices soars, industry searches for ways to decrease the threat of chemical components to people and the environment. On a Wednesday in late February 2010, Hewlett-Packard hosted an unusual training… …

BizNGO conference attracts thought-leaders committed to safer chemicals

The BizNGO conference, hosted by Clean Production Action, was mainly about Chemical Footprinting This was the 10th BizNGO conference and there was much to discuss and learn. BizNGO is one of my favorite conferences because there is such a… …

GOJO Announces Its 2020 Sustainability Goals at BizNGO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Kelly McGlumphy, Public Relations Manager, GOJO Industries, 330.255.6986, McGlumpK@GOJO.com, www.GOJO.com The company’s Sustainable Value Strategies and Goals promote leadership and continuous improvement, while… …

Check us out in GreenBiz

A 10-year checkup on the quest to detox commercial products In the last 50 years, manmade chemicals have made their way into almost every industrial and manufacturing process-basically every commercial product. Synthetic chemicals have become the… …

BizNGO 2015 – Learn from GOJO how to measure your chemical footprint

Join us in Boston, Dec. 8-9 @ the JFK Library! Nicole Koharik, serves as the global sustainability marketing director for GOJO Industries, a global leader in hand hygiene and healthy skin and the inventor of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer.… …

Chemical Footprint Project Welcomes $2.1 trillion and more in support!

Contents: Transatlantic partnership attracts over $2.1 trillion in support Health care Signatories bring $70 billion in purchasing power to Chemical Footprint Project November 30, 2015: deadline for Responders’ participation Transatlantic… …

Mike Schade of Mind the Store brings the NGO to BizNGO-Chemical Footprint 2015!

Join us in Boston, Dec. 8-9 @ the JFK Library! Mike Schade spearheads the Mind the Store campaign for Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, which aims to work with the nation's leading retailers on creating comprehensive chemicals policies.… …