This webinar was hosted by Seventh Generation’s Director of Sustainability & Authenticity, Martin Wolf, along with presentations from Arlan Peters, Head of Sustainability at Novozymes; and Tim Greiner, Co-founder and Managing Director at Pure Strategies. Together they introduced the subject of regenerative product systems, and lead a Q&A. …
During this webinar, Clean Production Action and the European Chemicals Agency partnered to discuss the value of GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals from the perspective of a government agency, a business, and application in the European contextWe heard presentations from Brian Penttila, Assessment Specialist at the Washington State Department of Ecology; Cory Robertson, Environmental Chemist at HP Inc.; Paul Ashford, Managing Director at Anthesis, LLC; and Shari Franjevic,… …
Manufacturers of disposable food packaging and food service ware often add PFAS to impart moisture, oil, and grease resistance. PFAS are highly persistent, ubiquitous, and can migrate into food from packaging and food service ware. Upon disposal, PFAS can contaminate drinking water, compost, and agricultural crops. While PFAS pose alarming health risks, they could be avoided if the right precautions are taken when purchasing food service ware. You will learn about the new resources… …
Tired of searching for hazard information on chemicals? Frustrated with reconciling divergent Red Lists? The Chemical Hazard Data Commons makes it easy to find, compare, and monitor chemical hazard information from dozens of sources around the globe and provides a forum to work on the ongoing challenges. Chemical hazard tools including GreenScreen ® for Safer Chemicals and GreenScreen List Translator™ are foundational elements built into the Chemical Hazard Data Commons. In this… …
The Chemicals in Products (CiP) Programme (Chemicals in Products Programme, Chemicals in Products Programme Guidance) is an ongoing activity at UN Environment on the policy and practical facets of access to information on the chemicals contained in everyday products. The activities focus on increasing the availability and access to the information actors need – throughout the life-cycle of products – so that they can properly manage those products and the chemicals in them. … …
A new report released by Clean Production Action provides the first ever chemical footprint of products commonly used in pediatric patient rooms. Hazardous chemicals in products are catalyzing health care organizations to ask suppliers whether or not their products contain these chemicals. The report assessed the chemical footprint – the presence of hazardous chemicals – of over 250 products commonly found in a hospital pediatric patient room. Listen as CPA and Dignity Health… …
