The Business Case for Knowing Chemicals in Products and Supply Chains

New Report Makes Strong Business Case for Using Safer Chemicals in Products and Supply Chains Geneva, 15 December 2014 - Chemicals are all around us, present in the products we use every day. The demand for increased transparency on chemicals up and… …

Four GreenScreen® Sessions at GreenBuild 2014

Dear Colleagues, I am looking forward to seeing many of you at GreenBuild, and want to invite you to join me at some interesting sessions (see below for dates and times).  Our team has launched the next cohort of the GreenScreen Practitioner… …

How leaders from Apple to ZDHC are opening up on chemicals

What chemicals are in the products you sell? It should be the simplest of questions, but all too often, it's incredibly difficult for companies to obtain information about the chemicals in their products, let alone in their packaging and supply… …

GreenScreen® Newsletter - August 21, 2014

Welcome to the August 2014 edition of the GreenScreen newsletter! …

Antibacterial chemicals are polluting our waterways

Antibacterial chemicals are polluting our waterways Most people are unaware of how widespread triclosan and triclocarban chemicals are in their daily lives. Many products labelled as ‘antibacterial’, ‘fights odours’ or… …

GreenScreen Practitioner Program Accepting Applications for October, 2014

ENROLLING NOW FOR OCTOBER 2014 Clean Production Action (CPA) is now accepting applications to the October 2014 GreenScreen® Practitioner Program.    This course is CPA’s premier advanced training course in the GreenScreen… …

Chemicals in Consumer Products - Press Release

Your soap may be toxic when flushed down the drain:  New GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals Tool Identifies Hazardous Chemicals in Common Household Products  (Toronto, Canada) The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and… …

Plastics Scorecard Press Release

Plastics Scorecard ranks popular plastics Businesses praise new tool to assess “chemical footprint” of plastic Free Webinar on Plastics Scorecard will take place Tuesday, July 1, 11 a.m. ET.  (Somerville, Massachusetts) By switching… …

5 steps to reduce the chemical footprint of plastic products

By switching the type of plastic used in its IV bags, Dignity Health care system kept 700,000 pounds of high-concern chemicals — the equivalent in weight of a Boeing 747 airplane — out of the environment, according to BizNGO's new… …

Safer Sanitizers & Disinfectants: A Look at San Francisco’s Latest Alternatives Assessment Webinar

Chris Geiger of SF Environment digs into the method and findings of San Francisco's recent report, "Safer Products and Practices for Disinfecting Surfaces". He will provide an overview of the health and [Read the report] environmental risks of… …