CPA Newsletters

December 2–3, 2026 Cambridge, Massachusetts Dear Friends of Clean Production Action and the BizNGO Community, We are writing to share that CPA has made the difficult decision not to hold the BizNGO Annual Meeting in 2026. This decision was made… …

Earth Month arrived quietly that morning, like a whisper against the window.   A mother stood in her kitchen, sunlight stretching across the counter where her child’s breakfast waited—fruit in a plastic bowl, cereal in a brightly… …

Dear Colleagues,  I’m reaching out to share some exciting GreenScreen news with you. We’re pleased to let you know that GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals Hazard Assessment Guidance v1.5a (April… …

Chemical injustice is often discussed in moral terms. It is equally a scientific problem—one that can be quantified, traced, and, crucially, prevented. Decades of research show that hazardous chemical exposures in the United States are not… …

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… …

2024 End of Year News Dear Friends of CPA, I am pleased to share with you, for my last time, Clean Production Action’s end of year newsletter.  I have had a great 21 year run with you on our journey to eliminate toxic chemicals and replace… …

GreenScreen Certified® Joins EPA’s Recs for Sustainable Federal Purchasing

We are delighted to announce that several GreenScreen Certified® Standards have been recognized and included in the EPA’s Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing. This recognition highlights… …

GreenScreen 2024: Celebrating Success and Closing the Year Strong!

Hey there! Chris here from Clean Production Action, it’s been great to be part of the CPA team for the past year. Since joining in March, we've been making a lot of great progress with the GreenScreen program. I want to share some key… …

Changing Leadership at Clean Production Action

It is bittersweet to announce that Dr. Mark S. Rossi will be stepping down from his role as Executive Director at Clean Production Action (CPA) in Q1 2025.  We are thankful to Mark for leading CPA on this rewarding journey with all of you to… …

What's new in GreenScreen?

GreenScreen Certified® Cleaners and Degreasers gain international promotion in new ChemWorks Repository On April 6, 2023 a new repository, ChemWorks, was launched to provide a free database of certified cleaners and degreasers used in the… …

Times are a changing -- in gratitude to our GreenScreen leader, Shari Franjevic...

It is with mixed emotions that we at Clean Production Action ask you to join us in wishing Shari Franjevic the best as she moves on to a new role at Washington State Department of Ecology.  Shari has worked with Clean Production Action in many… …

The Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) 2023 Survey is Now Open!

How prepared are you to address emerging chemicals of concern such as PFAS in products and supply chains? How comprehensive is your chemicals management program? What is your chemical footprint? Participate in the CFP 2023 Survey and: Learn how… …

UBS Asset Management signs on to CFP & joins IEHN, Dollar General signs on to CFP, & more

Dear reader, In my new role as DEI & Communications Lead, I am excited to share the latest in Clean Production Action updates: We welcome UBS  Asset Management as both a CFP Signatory and IEHN Member We also welcome Dollar General… …

Welcome our new Director of IEHN, CFP Program Manager, & Technical Researcher to CPA

We are very excited to announce new members to our Clean Production Action (CPA) team: Alexandra McPherson returns to be the Director of the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) Dr. Angela Pinilla steps in as our new Chemical Footprint… …

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. BizNGO is a trusted forum for open and honest discussions across businesses, advocacy… …

GreenScreen training open for registration & new GreenScreen Certified® firefighting foam products

* An earlier version of this newsletter sent on September 2nd improperly named the company with three new GreenScreen Certified® firefighting foam products as Tyco Fire Products LP instead of the correct company, Perimeter Solutions LP. Are you… …

PFAS-free & Preferred Products

Looking for PFAS-free* and preferred products? GreenScreen Certified® certifies products that are PFAS-free* and avoid thousands of other toxic chemicals, including phthalates, bisphenols, and organohalogens… …

Join BizNGO in 2022. Here’s what we are up to … Chemicals Management Work Group: adding chemical classes to chemical footprints and specifying benchmarks for corporate chemicals management performance Hazard Assessment Work Group:… …

Blazing pathways to a safer & healthier future

Dear reader, Check out our 2021 impacts – Safer Products, Transparency, Market Demand, DEI/EJ, and Organizational Resilience! SAFER PRODUCTS – Incentivized companies to eliminate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as the… …

In the year since our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

Dear Reader, In the year since releasing our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, the United States and the world have experienced more racially… …

New GreenScreen Registry accesses hundreds of chemical hazard assessments

Today the GreenScreen Assessment Registry joins the GreenScreen® family of tools that provide solutions on the journey to safer chemicals, materials, and products.  GreenScreen List Translator™ provides a quick pathway… …

Sign up for chemical footprint survey & see retailer progress in chemical footprinting

The Chemical Footprint Project 2021 Survey will be launched on April 15th, and we thought it a good idea to remind companies how the four interlinked pillars in the CFP Survey can help companies reduce their chemical footprint. And why this… …

2020 in the rearview mirror

In the midst of a global pandemic, the team at Clean Production Action continued to bend the course of the toxic chemicals economy to safer solutions.  We transitioned to a completely virtual organization, ceased all travel, yet continued to… …

GreenScreen trainings open for registration

Learn all the elements of hazard assessment as defined by GreenScreen. Start with Advanced Topics and progress to being a Practitioner. If you are new to GreenScreen, check out the Introductory Course.   Register for Advanced… …

Meeting the demand for renewable energy with safer materials

     Meeting the challenge of global climate change requires significant new investments in renewable energy. Yet the renewable energy economy depends on toxic chemicals. Lead in solar panels. Cadmium telluride in solar cells.… …

What is the leading cause of death by disease among children in the U.S.?

Cancer. Remember when smoking was pervasive?  We wouldn’t dream of smoking a cigarette in someone’s home or in a restaurant now but that was common before public smoking bans went into effect over a decade ago.  Just as… …

Updated ecolabel for firefighting foams expanded to include Class A firefighting products for wildfires, structural fires and other combustible materials

Clean Production Action’s updated GreenScreen Certified for Firefighting Foam now includes both Class A and Class B foam products and wetting agents.  Earlier this year Clean Production Action released the first ecolabel for… …

The Expanded GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for Firefighting Foam now prohibits PFAS and reduces the chemical footprint of both Class A and Class B firefighting foam products Bev Thorpe September 10, 2020    In early 2020, Clean… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

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,… …

GreenScreen program events and updates

The GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals program has many new and exciting updates and events to report on. See what’s new with GreenScreen: GreenScreen Certified Standard for Firefighting Foam GreenScreen Certified Standard for… …

Webinars on PFAS-free firefighting foam, chemical footprint survey, and more

Join us for these upcoming webinars: Learn how to gain quick access to hundreds of GreenScreen Assessments with ToxServices new Screened Chemistry Library (February 13th) Identify PFAS-free firefighting foam products… …

Upcoming Chemical Footprint & GreenScreen Webinars

We are starting the new decade full speed ahead with a deep dive into the Chemical Footprint Project and GreenScreen. Join us for any of the following webinars:  The 2019 Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey Results, January… …

What does 461 million pounds equal?

That’s the amount of chemicals of high concern (CoHCs) eliminated by companies participating in the 2019 Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey. To give that mind-boggling amount some perspective, it’s the equivalent of 628 Boeing 747… …

Chemical Footprint Project rising in retail, ECHA hosting GreenScreen webinar (Oct 28)

SDGs & Chemical Footprint in retail.  Looking for tools to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #12 – Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns? SDG Indicator 12.4 specifies the need to “achieve the… …

Join BizNGO Annual Meeting December 10-11th

Conference to be held in downtown Boston In anticipation of BizNGO 2019 we wanted to: Provide details on the BizNGO 2019 agenda Highlight the 2019 accomplishments of the BizNGO Work Groups (WGs), including: Endocrine disruptors & chemical classes… …