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
Recent scientific studies make clear that we are reaching a tipping point on chemical pollution and taking “urgent action” is necessary [1]. According to the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) report, “chemical pollution is one of the three planetary crises confronting humanity along with climate change and biodiversity loss”. Continued dependency on chemicals known to cause harm to human health and the environment exacerbate climate change, biodiversity loss and… …
Recently I took part in a one-day roundtable to advance ‘Sustainable Chemistry in RD&D to Transform the Chemicals Industry.’ The focus was how to advance research, development and demonstration of sustainable chemistry and how the Department of Energy could play a role. This one-day event, held March 7, 2023 in Washington DC, was co-hosted by the Dept of Energy/Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office and the Green… …
On December 2nd 2023, Clean Production Action released the 6th Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey report. On January 27, 2023 our speakers presented on: CFP 6th Annual Report: key findings and next steps Chemical footprint reduction goals: value of setting quantitative chemcial footprint reduction goals Chemical footprint transparency: what investors want to see from companies around chemical footprint transparency CFP Survey: how companies and investors utilize the Survey Speakers Include:… …
"The Pentagon’s recent release of its requirements for firefighting suppressants that could substitute for PFAS-based aqueous film-forming foam increases the pressure on fire departments to stop using AFFF, said Bradley M. Pinsky, an attorney with the Pinsky Law Group, PLLC, which counsels fire departments and districts. AFFF, used primarily by the military but also by civilian firefighters, has polluted drinking water across the country and raised concerns about… …
We cannot expect to transition to a sustainable circular economy by continuing to rely on toxic chemistry.
I discovered the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals comparative hazard assessment protocol very early in my career and am still thankful I did. The protocol walks trained users through 18 human and environmental health endpoints to assess individual chemicals, ultimately culminating with a benchmark score of benchmark one (BM-1) through benchmark four (BM-4) — with BM-1 being the most hazardous materials and BM-4 being the most benign. This assessment methodology was developed by Clean… …
Join us for a party!
Join us for drinks & hors d'oeuvres at The Nonprofit Center, 89 South St, Boston, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 from 5:30-8:00 pm as we celebrate 20 years of Clean Production Action! We can't wait to see you! The event is FREE, but registration is required. Please register below. And consider joining us for our BizNGO Annual Meeting, on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 6 & 7, at The Nonprofit Center, from 9-5 pm. Agenda, registration and details.… …
CPA and CEH join forces to host BizNGO 2022
Clean Production Action (CPA) welcomes the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) as a co-host of BizNGO’s 17th Annual Meeting on December 6-7, 2022. Together, our two organizations hosted the annual meeting and solicit sponsorships. Our goal is to build on the strengths of our respective organizations to increase the impacts of BizNGO and scale the movement to safer chemicals and products. Click Here to View Highlights from the Meeting pBizNGO is a trusted forum for open and honest… …
Companies with over $1 trillion in annual revenue report the reduction of 83 million pounds/38 million kilograms of hazardous chemicals in the 6th Chemical Footprint Project Report Their leadership demonstrates progress towards meeting the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Download the Report Somerville, Massachusetts, USA: Today, Clean Production Action released the 6th Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Report. The CFP is the first-of-its-kind initiative… …
Hear from Kaiser Permanente, NewGenSurgical, and Clean Production Action about the first-ever GreenScreen Certified® Standard for the health care sector, a new tool to enable hospital purchasers to screen out common equipment and supplies containing harmful chemicals. View the recording of this webinar to learn about: the certification criteria and how they were developed, the value of the certification to manufacturers and purchasers, and how you can get involved …
Research suggests that the presence of certain chemicals in some healthcare equipment can compromise the benefit of the treatment the equipment enables. For example, the presence of chemicals in intravenous equipment could reduce the effectiveness of the medication being administered and alter hormonal function in patients. In response, the nonprofit organization Clean Production Action recently created a process to certify health-care products that do not contain specific chemicals such as… …