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Webinar:  GreenScreen Certified® for Medical Supplies & Devices

November 16, 2022

Hear from Kaiser Permanente, NewGenSurgical, and Clean Production Action about the first-ever…

WANTED: HEALTHIER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS

November 11, 2022
Mary Hoff Ensia

Research suggests that the presence of certain chemicals in some healthcare equipment can…

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

October 28, 2022
Bella Isaacs-Thomas PBS News Hour

Though exposure through consumer products is a reasonable concern, there are two even larger…

Find GreenScreen Certified® Products on Wayfair’s Shop Sustainably

October 20, 2022

Clean Production Action is excited to announce that GreenScreen Certified® is now one of the…

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

October 19, 2022

Contact: Kayla Williams Phone: +1.781.391.6743 x 120 Email: kayla@cleanproduction.org Somerville,…

Newsletter: September 20, 2022: Welcome our new Director of IEHN, CFP Program Manager, & Technical Researcher to CPA

September 20, 2022

We are very excited to announce new members to our Clean Production Action (CPA) team: Alexandra…

Newsletter: September 14, 2022: CPA and CEH join forces to host BizNGO 2022

September 14, 2022

Clean Production Action (CPA) welcomes the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) as a co-host of…

Newsletter: September 7, 2022: GreenScreen training open for registration & new GreenScreen Certified® firefighting foam products

September 07, 2022

* An earlier version of this newsletter sent on September 2nd improperly named the company with…

Newsletter: May 22, 2022: PFAS-free & Preferred Products

May 19, 2022

Looking for PFAS-free* and preferred products? GreenScreen Certified® certifies products that…

GreenScreen Certified® for Furniture & Fabrics v1.1 Webinar

March 23, 2022

Hear from Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Glen Raven on the newly…

5 activities of BizNGO in 2022

March 11, 2022

Join BizNGO in 2022. Here’s what we are up to … Chemicals Management Work Group:…

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

February 23, 2022
Bev Thorpe

The entire class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is now a focus for elimination or…

2021 Impacts: Blazing pathways to a safer & healthier future

December 29, 2021

Dear reader, Check out our 2021 impacts – Safer Products, Transparency, Market Demand,…

Webinar: Safer Cleaners & Degreasers for Electronics

December 15, 2021

Clean Production Action, Apple, Clean Electronics Production Network, and TCO Development present…

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

December 15, 2021

OAKLAND, CA – Today nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean…

BizNGO 2021 Annual Meeting: DECEMBER 6

December 07, 2021

UC Berkeley Poster Session (December 6th at 5:00-6:30pm EST) Not just an academic exercise:…

First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives

November 02, 2021

OAKLAND, CA - Today, nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean…

Webinar: GreenScreen Certified®: PFAS-free and Preferred Food Service Ware

October 27, 2021

View an informative and engaging webinar on GreenScreen Certified®: PFAS-free and Preferred…

The race to replace persistent chemicals in our homes

September 28, 2021
Christine Ro BBC

We'll also have to learn how to handle alternatives to many other PFAS-containing items,…

GreenScreen Certified® for Cleaners & Degreasers in Manufacturing launched: Promoting innovation in safer chemicals use in the global electronics sector and beyond

September 22, 2021

Somerville, MA—Today, Clean Production Action released GreenScreen Certified® for…

Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure Webinar: Clean Production Action (CPA) and the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2) hosted a discussion on July 14th at 3:00-4:00pm EDT of the just released Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure.

July 14, 2021

Over 100 businesses, governments, health care organizations, investors, and non-governmental…

Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure: Endorsed by over 100 business, government, health care, investor, and NGO leaders

June 28, 2021

Contacts: Kayla Williams, Clean Production Action, kayla@cleanproduction.org, +1.781.391.6743…

GreenScreen Certified® Firefighting Foam v2.1 Webinar

June 23, 2021

View presentations by and a discussion with Arlene Nuñez, Holly Davies, and Shari…

Newsletter: June 21, 2021: There’s still time! Register for Firefighting Foam webinar and participate in Chemical Footprint Project 2021 Survey External Inbox

June 21, 2021

Hello, Here are two important reminders from Clean Production Action: GSC FFF Webinar June 23 CFP…

Newsletter: June 19, 2021: In the year since our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

June 19, 2021

Dear Reader, In the year since releasing our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter…

Newsletter: June 8, 2021: 5 activities of BizNGO in 2021

June 14, 2021

I just want to share a friendly update on BizNGO’s 2021 work: Chemical management −…

Newsletter: June 2, 2021: PFAS-free Firefighting Foam - Webinar June 23: What GreenScreen Certified means for firefighters

June 02, 2021

Join us on June 23rd at 3:00PM EDT (7:00PM GMT) for presentations by and a discussion with Arlene…

Newsletter: May 27, 2021: New GreenScreen Registry accesses hundreds of chemical hazard assessments

May 27, 2021

Today the GreenScreen Assessment Registry joins the GreenScreen® family of tools that…

Newsletter: May 6, 2021: GreenScreen Certified® -- identifying PFAS-free and preferred products for the health of people and the planet

May 06, 2021

The per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemical class is under intense global scrutiny.…

Safer cosmetics for women of color start with transparency about chemical footprints

May 05, 2021

Investors are increasingly scrutinizing companies for environmental, social and ethical…

Newsletter: April 1, 2021: Sign up for chemical footprint survey & see retailer progress in chemical footprinting

April 01, 2021

The Chemical Footprint Project 2021 Survey will be launched on April 15th, and we thought it a…

CFP 2020 Report Webinar

February 11, 2021

On February 11th, Clean Production Action released the 5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project…

CFP 2020 Report: Front-runners in Chemical Footprinting

February 11, 2021

5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project Report features best practices in proactive chemicals…

Learn chemical hazard assessment with GreenScreen

January 27, 2021

When I explain that I work with organizations and networks to promote the use of safer chemicals…

Newsletter: December 30, 2020: 2020 in the rearview mirror

December 30, 2020

In the midst of a global pandemic, the team at Clean Production Action continued to bend the…

BizNGO Annual Conference: 2020 is Virtual

December 08, 2020

15th Annual BizNGO Meeting to share, engage and act with other businesses and NGOs committed to…

Newsletter: November 25, 2020: GreenScreen trainings open for registration

November 25, 2020

Learn all the elements of hazard assessment as defined by GreenScreen. Start with Advanced Topics…

Newsletter: November 18, 2020: Meeting the demand for renewable energy with safer materials

November 18, 2020

Meeting the challenge of global climate change requires significant new investments in renewable…

The Retailer’s Guide to Safer Chemicals and Materials

November 13, 2020

Retailers need to move beyond regulatory compliance if they are to meet customer expectations for…

GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Textile Chemicals v.2.0 Factsheet

November 06, 2020

Certify the use of GreenScreen® tools to select preferable chemistries and the elimination of…

GreenScreen Certified® for Furniture and Fabrics Webinar

October 28, 2020

Join Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Vizient in a webinar on the new…

Safely meeting demand for renewable energy with innovative material design for health and sustainability by Mark Rossi and Alexandra McPherson: Clean energy is critical to solving our climate crisis. But we need to consider the full environmental and human health impacts of solar energy generation across its entire lifecycle, including mining, manufacturing, use, decommissioning and recycling.

October 05, 2020

In 2017, the Department of Materials Design and Innovation at the University of Buffalo, Clean…

Press Release: New GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics meets specifications for healthy materials in furnishings

October 01, 2020

Somerville, MA—Today, Clean Production Action released the GreenScreen Certified®…

GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture and Fabrics

October 01, 2020

Did you know we spend over 90% of our time indoors? And that exposure to some hazardous chemicals…

GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics Factsheet

October 01, 2020

The GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics to meet growing demands for…

Are Childhood Cancers Preventable?: Scientists, Health + Business Leaders Urge Toxics Reduction

September 23, 2020

Are Childhood Cancers Preventable?