Newsletter: December 19, 2025

Give now. Drive what comes next.

A safer world is built — right now.  Toxic chemicals are designed out of products and supply chains.  Healthier materials take their place.  Clean Production Action makes that shift possible.  For nearly 25 years, Clean… …

7th Chemical Footprint Project Report

Walmart, Whole Foods Market, Grove Collaborative, Clorox, and Ecolab are first-time Frontrunners in 7th Chemical Footprint Project Report

For Immediate Release: December 3, 2024 Contact: Kayla Powers, kayla@cleanproduction.org, t) +1 781.391.6743 x120 SOMERVILLE, MA—The 7th Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Report released today by Clean Production Action documents how some of the… …

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

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

Consistent with Clean Production Action’s mission of designing and delivering strategic solutions for replacing toxic chemicals with safer alternatives, we recognize the historic disenfranchisement of Black communities and the disproportionate… …

CPA celebrates new UN Framework on Chemicals

Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals

For the past year, Clean Production Action’s (CPA’s) Angela Pinilla, Program Manager, Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) and Alexandra McPherson, Director, Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) worked collaboratively with leaders… …

Webinar: Safer Solutions to PFAS and Toxic Solvent Use in Batteries

Accelerating More Sustainable EV Battery Design Processes from Molecules to Neighborhoods

As the global transition to electric mobility accelerates, the world faces a defining question: can we build a battery-powered future that is not only low-carbon, but also low-toxic, equitable, and regenerative? In this webinar, the Collaboratory for… …

Webinar: Accelerating More Sustainable EV Battery Design Processes from Molecules to Neighborhoods

As battery innovation for electric vehicles progresses, it's crucial to avoid regrettable substitutions—simply replacing one harmful chemical or material with another.  Watch the first webinar in a new series co-hosted by the… …

BizNGO 2024 - 19th Annual Meeting

Scaling Safer Solutions

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Reception in Honor of Dr. Mark Rossi

After 21 years at Clean Production Action, Mark is stepping down from his role as Executive Director.  Join us for drinks and hor d'oeuvres and help us celebrate Mark's next chapter! Please register below.  And consider joining us… …

BizNGO 2023 Annual Meeting

Setting Bold Chemical Footprint Goals

Outcomes Chemical Footprint: defined chemicals of high concern and learned how to set goals and measure progress in chemical footprint reductions. Environmental Justice (EJ): gained skills on how to integrate EJ into business policies and practices,… …

Webinar: GreenScreen Certified® for Reusables

How GreenScreen Certified® Shifts Markets Toward Materials with Preferable Chemistry

Are you concerned that there might be harmful chemicals such as PFAS, BPA or styrene in your food packaging, containers or cookware and have been wondering how to identify products with environmentally preferable chemistry? Or are you a manufacturer… …

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

Clean Production Action (CPA) will advocate for the need to reduce chemical footprints by 2030 at the upcoming United Nations’ International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in - Bonn, Germany, 25 - 29 September 2023. Over twenty… …