WANTED: HEALTHIER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS

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… …

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

Though exposure through consumer products is a reasonable concern, there are two even larger facets of the problem, said Shari Franjevic, who leads the GreenScreen For Safer Chemicals program at the nonprofit Clean Production Action. One is how that… …

Find GreenScreen Certified® Products on Wayfair’s Shop Sustainably

Clean Production Action is excited to announce that GreenScreen Certified® is now one of the certification standards used by Wayfair to spotlight sustainable products offered on its platform. Through Wayfair’s Shop Sustainably offering,… …

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

Contact: Kayla Williams Phone: +1.781.391.6743 x 120 Email: kayla@cleanproduction.org Somerville, MA, October 19, 2022 —Today the nonprofit Clean Production Action unveiled the first GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Medical Supplies… …

With regulatory risks on the rise for toxic chemicals, investors commend discount retailers Five Below and Dollar General for new commitments to chemical safety

SOMERVILLE, Mass.: The Presbyterian Church (U.S.) and Trinity Health withdrew shareholder resolutions in response to Dollar General’s and Five Below’s commitments to expand and improve chemical safety programs. This comes at a time when… …

GreenScreen Certified® for Furniture & Fabrics v1.1 Webinar

Hear from Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Glen Raven on the newly updated GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics. Here you will learn what GreenScreen Certified® is and how it can be used by… …

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

The entire class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is now a focus for elimination or restriction in many jurisdictions. This is because over the past few decades PFAS contamination has grown into a serious global health threat due to the… …

Webinar: Safer Cleaners & Degreasers for Electronics

Clean Production Action, Apple, Clean Electronics Production Network, and TCO Development present on safer cleaners and degreasers in the electronics sector. Learn the details of GreenScreen Certified for Cleaners & Degreasers. Hear how… …

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

OAKLAND, CA – Today nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean Production Action (CPA) announced a partnership with the Google Chrome extension and mobile app Clearya on the GreenScreen Certified® Standard for… …

BizNGO 2021 Annual Meeting

DECEMBER 6

UC Berkeley Poster Session (December 6th at 5:00-6:30pm EST) Not just an academic exercise: Berkeley students collaborating with industry, NGOs and government to develop Greener Solutions Join us to learn about four exciting… …