Join Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Vizient in a webinar on the new GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics. Learn how GreenScreen Certified: Builds upon GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals, a globally recognized chemical hazard assessment tool Restricts classes of chemicals of concern to human health and the environment, including phthalates, bisphenols, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), azo dyes, antimicrobials, and flame… …
Charting a Path --an initiative of the Center for Environmental Health, BizNGO (a Program of Clean Production Action), San Francisco Department of the Environment, and the Cancer Free Economy Network-- is an informal, multi-stakeholder group where information sharing and discussion across manufacturers, retailers, health care organizations, governments, and NGOs provide a platform for real solutions to PFAS in food service ware and packaging applications. Join the… …
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 challenges we face and for imagining transformative new pathways. In this webinar, Akos will present research findings from his recent case studies of the GreenScreen hazard assessment ecosystem and the Chemical Hazard Data Commons project. Akos will… …
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 demanding, and states are requiring, that companies to disclose chemicals in cleaning, children’s, cosmetics, menstrual, and other products. But what are these disclosure requirements? And what can we learn from them? …
For decades, chemical manufacturers have manufactured PFAS-containing aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) and firefighters have unknowingly been exposed to them during use in petroleum-based fires, training, and testing of equipment. PFAS use in firefighting foam has contaminated drinking water for millions of people across the planet. Today nearly every US resident and place in the world is contaminated with PFAS chemicals. View this webinar to learn about the release of version 1.0… …
GreenScreen® is a leading chemical hazard assessment methodology developed by Clean Production Action that serves to classify and benchmark hazard characteristics of chemicals. GreenScreen® has been incorporated into many leading ecolabels such as EPEAT and TCO due to the framework’s ability to assess human health, environmental, and physical hazards of organic and inorganic substances, including polymers. ToxServices is a U.S.-based scientific consulting firm… …
CFP Pillars Webinar Series Do you want to be a leader in proactive chemicals management? The CFP Survey provides a standard metric for evaluating and tracking an organization’s overall chemicals management policies, strategies, and practices. Your participation in the CFP Survey marks your commitment to a safer chemicals economy. This webinar series aims to introduce how the CFP frames chemical management policies, inform how CFP can be used to evaluate corporate… …
During this webinar you will be introduced to case studies and one of a kind tools and resources for managing & reducing chemicals, identifying substitutes and implementing replacements. This webinar is ideal for everyone interested in reducing hazardous waste and exploring the tools and resources we have available for chemical reduction: Environmental Consultants, Environmental Health & Safety Professionals, Lean Practitioners, Quality and Compliance Managers, Hazardous Waste… …