Newsletter August 25, 2020

GreenScreen’s international reach extends with new product certifications

Today, Beva Silicones, based in Chennai, India,  joins an ever-growing list of leading global manufacturers who have chosen GreenScreen Certified™ as the preferred standard through which their textile finishing products are verified… …

Newsletter August 19, 2020

CPA welcomes more international partners into GreenScreen

Clean Production Action is happy to announce our newest Licensed GreenScreen Consulting Organization, the Taiwan-based Safety and Health Technology Center (SAHTECH). SAHTECH has a breadth and depth of experience and… …

Toxic Free Tidbit #3

Who are the ten disclosure leaders in chemical footprinting?

The public at large and investors in particular want businesses to be transparent about chemicals in products and supply chains, along with progress in reducing their chemical footprint. For example, The Sustainability Group at Loring, Wolcott… …

Newsletter August 1, 2020

Kayla Williams is CPA’s New DEI Lead

We are excited to announce that Kayla Williams will fill Clean Production Action’s new position of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lead. Kayla joined CPA a year ago as Communications and Program Coordinator and has grown into and beyond the… …

Toxic Free Tidbit #2

This week’s Toxic-Free Tidbit:  Investors care about corporate chemical footprints and the CFP Survey! They tell investors how well companies manage their chemical risks. And the CFP Survey aligns with the Sustainability Accounting… …

BizNGO Webinar: Sustaining a Chemical Knowledge Commons

A presentation by and discussion with Dr. Akos Kokai on, "Sustaining a chemical knowledge commons."

Akos will present his research and findings from studying the safer chemical substitution knowledge landscape. Thinking about chemical knowledge as a “commons” opens up a range of possibilities for better understanding the… …

New sustainability ranking reveals the chemical footprint of 35 chemical producers

Today, the environmental NGO ChemSec released a new corporate benchmarking tool—ChemScore that measures the chemical footprint and other sustainability metrics of 35 of the world’s largest chemical companies. Through ChemScore,… …

Press Release: TJX Companies, Inc.—Over 44% of the retailer’s shareholders voted for action to reduce chemical risk

Immediate Release:  June 15th, 2020   CONTACT: Alexandra McPherson, Amcpherson <at> niagarashare.org, t) +1 716.572.2266             TJX Companies, Inc.—Over 44% of the… …

Black Lives Matter - Justice, Peace, & Solidarity

Dear reader, The murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Philando Castile, Stephon Clark, and so many more starkly demonstrate the racism and associated violence… …

Toxic Free Tidbit #1

Demand Is Rising for Chemical Footprinting

Every year CPA turns out new reports and standards, and these materials are chock full of information, but not everyone has the time to sit down and read a 40-page report, which is why we are introducing CPA’s Toxic-free Tidbits,… …

Webinar: Chemical Ingredient Transparency in Products

State governments, who are at the frontline of fighting COVID-19, are also at the frontline of requiring businesses to disclose chemical ingredients in their products to consumers and public agencies. From California to New York consumers are… …

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NEWS PFAS-free firefighting foams: Are they safer? by Lindsey Konkle

A potential solution One U.S. nonprofit is working with makers and buyers of PFAS-free firefighting foams to make that screening process smoother. In January, Clean Production Action launched the first eco-label certification program for PFAS-free… …

#GivingTuesdayNow: Let’s Build Back Better

A truly global threat like COVID-19 affects all of us, and toxic chemicals can affect immune system defenses against infections.  Workers, vulnerable populations, and other groups at higher risk for disease can have their risk for… …

Everyday Products are Full of Harmful Chemicals. Can Green Chemistry Lead the Way to Safer Alternatives? by Meg Wilcox

To make products better for human health and the environment, you have to know what your suppliers are using to make what they send your way. But “20 years ago, most companies didn’t have a clue about what was in their products …… …

Chemical Ingredient Transparency In Products: Review of Existing Public Policies & An Industry Standard

Learn the different types of chemical ingredient disclosure policies as well as their requirements. Read the report written by the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA) Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2) and Clean… …

What’s in that bottle? New report reviews public policies for chemical ingredient disclosure

Announcement

State governments, which are at the frontline of fighting COVID-19, are also at the frontline of requiring businesses to disclose chemical ingredients in their products to consumers and public agencies. From California to New York consumers are… …

Newsletter March 25, 2020

Reduce your chemical footprint, participate in annual CFP survey

Recognizing the challenges the coronavirus poses to all of us around the world, Clean Production Action is extending the time period for filling in the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) 2020 Survey by three months, to July 31,… …

COVID-19 Update: A message from Clean Production Action

Dear Friends of Clean Production Action,   Like you, we watch the coronavirus news with growing concern.  We believe it’s critical to do our part to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.  To that end, and consistent with CDC… …

Newsletter March 8, 2020

BizNGO in 2020 – join us on the journey to safer chemicals

Join BizNGO! BizNGO provides a trusted and safe space for business, environmental, and government leaders to collaborate in developing strategies and practices to advance the development and use of safer chemicals and… …

Why GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Firefighting Foam gives us added peace of mind

It not only prohibits PFAS but reduces the chemical footprint of the entire product

New evidence of the dangers of PFAS to firefighters seems to increase every week. Firefighters already have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer than the general U.S. population. Now a recent study found San Francisco’s women… …