CPA Webinars & Videos

Developing an RSL, MRSL, or Chemicals of Concern List: Questions for Consideration by Manufacturers, Brands & Retailers

This diagram is intended as a description of company processes; it is not intended to be prescriptive. Companies may choose multiple responses for each question posed. …

As battery innovation for electric vehicles progresses, it's crucial to avoid regrettable substitutions—simply replacing one harmful chemical or material with another.  Watch the first webinar in a new series co-hosted by the… …

How GreenScreen Certified® Shifts Markets Toward Materials with Preferable Chemistry

Are you concerned that there might be harmful chemicals such as PFAS, BPA or styrene in your food packaging, containers or cookware and have been wondering how to identify products with environmentally preferable chemistry? Or are you a manufacturer… …

This webinar explores findings from the 6th Chemical Footprint Project Survey, including chemical reduction goals, transparency, investor expectations, and how companies use the Survey to improve chemicals management. …

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.

Over 100 businesses, governments, health care organizations, investors, and non-governmental organizations have endorsed the six Principles. Learn: What are the Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure. Why organizations developed and endorsed… …

View presentations by and a discussion with Arlene Nuñez, Holly Davies, and Shari Franjevic on the value of PFAS-free firefighting foam and GreenScreen Certified®. Arlene Nuñez is an active firefighter with the San Francisco Fire… …

On February 11th, Clean Production Action released the 5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey report and hosted a webinar featuring results from the Survey.  The webinar featured:  Cheri Peele, CFP Program Manager at Clean… …

2020 is Virtual

15th Annual BizNGO Meeting to share, engage and act with other businesses and NGOs committed to embarking on the journey to safer chemicals. This year BizNGO adapted to ever-present threat of COVID-19 by hosting this conference online!  Agenda… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

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,… …

Join us for this webinar to understand and discuss the results of this year's survey. …

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… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

Participating in the CFP Survey demonstrates your organization's commitment to sound chemicals management. Want to learn the ins and outs of the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey? Watch the presentation to find out all you… …

Listen as CPA, Trillium Asset Management, and Walmart discuss how CFP evaluates businesses holistically on their journey to safer chemicals, thereby enabling participating companies to benchmark their progress, and empower investors and… …

Listen as Mark Rossi & Shari Franjevic of CPA explain how your organization can get its chemical formulations GreenScreen Certified®. …

BNMC’s podcast series, Talking Cities, hosted by our President & CEO Matt Enstice, investigates cutting-edge innovations for cities in America and beyond, featuring people our team has connected with who are creating vibrant, healthier, and… …

Find out how GOJO, Valspar, and Roxul are using GreenScreen to minimize business risk related to chemicals and get ahead of customer demands and regulations.  In this webinar you will learn how and why these proactive companies selected… …

Find out how HP, Inc. and Steelcase are using GreenScreen to minimize business risk related to chemicals and get ahead of customer demands and regulations.  In this webinar you will learn how and why these proactive companies selected… …

The Mind the Store campaign recently released, "Who's Minding the Store?  A Report Card on Retailer Actions to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals", the first major evaluation of the United States’ largest retailers’ safer chemicals… …

Join the creators of the Chemical Footprint Project Survey for a webinar designed exclusively for 2016 Survey Responders. This webinar assumes basic knowledge of the CFP Survey. While some of the material to be presented has been covered elsewhere,… …

There is paramount need for optimizing design and manufacturing that will result in healthier materials and products.  Chemical transparency throughout supply chains is a critical link to realizing this change. Our… …

Are you seeking to be a leader in proactive chemicals management? Learn how to: Reduce business risks related to chemicals, Measure progress in using safer chemicals, and Strengthen engagement with your supply chain.   The Chemical… …

Join leading businesses participating in the 2nd annual CFP Survey. Investors with over $2.3 trillion in assets under management and purchasers with over $70 billion in purchasing power want to know the CFP score of companies. CFP provides a standard… …

On July 12th and 14th, Clean Production Action held two GreenScreen webinars exclusively for advocates. The two-part series explains both the GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals method and how advocates are using GreenScreen in their campaigns.… …

List to the co-authors give a detailed look at the results of the Chemical Footprint 2016 Annual Report, the first initiative of its kind to publicly benchmark corporate chemicals management. You will learn: about the chemical financial risks of… …

Learn how investors, brands, and purchasers gain value from the Chemical Footprint Project and hear about the results of the first annual survey. Speakers: Mark Rossi, Clean Production Action Nicole Koharik, GOJO Industries Sr. Mary Ellen… …

Are you interested in learning more about the GreenScreen® List Translator? In conjunction with the release of GreenScreen Hazard Assessment Guidance v1.3, Clean Production Action is teaming up with the Healthy Building Network for an informative… …

Representatives from ChemSec, CPA, and the business sector explain how the Chemical Footprint Project provides: Access to a system for evaluating, measuring, and communicating corporate chemicals management performance. Acces to a Toolkit… …

Are you interested in becoming a change agent in your organization? The GreenScreen Practitioner program provides in-depth training on use and application of GreenScreen® For Safer Chemicals to drive innovation… …

Get started with the Textile Guide, a chemicals management tool that works for the whole supply chain.

Listen as Jerker Ligthart and Mark Rossi give an introduction to ChemSec business tools. Also learn how SINimilarity can empower and assist downstream users, avoiding regrettable substitutions. …

Watch Clean Production Action and GreenCircle Certified, LLC highlight the new guidance and show you how to earn points in LEED v4 using GreenScreen. As an added bonus, Annie Bevan from Green Circle Certified talks about the new LEED-Compliant… …

Listen to Dr. Bingxuan Wang of ToxServices, LLC and Molly Jacobs of the Lowell Center’s Environmental Health Program on safer alternatives to methylene chloride in paint strippers. …

Tim Greiner of Pure Strategies, Sally Edwards of Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Mark Rossi of Clean Production Action gave this complimentary webinar on the Chemical Footprint Project. …

Learn the value of chemical footprinting and how to participate in CFP. Join Roger McFadden of Staples, Susan Baker of Trillium Asset Management, and Mark Rossi of Clean Production Action for this introductory webinar into the Chemical Footprint… …

Learn about integrating chemical hazard assessment into product design and procurement, and how the GreenScreen Practitioner program can help.  Hear from current Authorized Practitioners and our teaching staff what you will learn and how you can… …

Check out GreenScreen/Clean Production Action and GreenCircle Certified, LLC for a webinar on GreenScreen:  A Method to LEED v4 Compliance.  Speakers will include Dr. Lauren Heine, Director of the GreenScreen Program and Co-Director of… …

Consumers, retailers and brands all want to know more, driving companies to disclose information about the hazardous chemicals in their products and to make safer choices.   Now a new report, The Business Case for Knowing Chemicals in Products… …

The Chemical Footprint Project was founded by the environmental non-profit Clean Production Action, the research institute The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the sustainability consultancy Pure… …

This webinar looked at the use of CiP information systems and the value of knowing about chemicals contained in products. These systems continue to enable and stimulate companies and entire product sectors to realise benefits, from achieving product… …

From chemical footprinting to alternatives assessment, BizNGO 2014 shaped the direction of engaging initiatives advancing safer chemicals.     …

Concerns about the health and environmental impacts associated with some chemical products and processes have motivated a growing number of national, state, and local governments, manufacturers, and retailers to develop assessments and approaches for… …

Would you like to: Understand the deep connections between fossil fuels, chemicals, and plastics?   Know how to measure Progress to Safer Chemicals in Polymer Manufacturing? Know how to measure the Chemical Footprint of a Plastic Product? The… …

Would you like to: Understand the deep connections between fossil fuels, chemicals, and plastics?   Know how to measure Progress to Safer Chemicals in Polymer Manufacturing? Know how to measure the Chemical Footprint of a Plastic Product? The… …

This GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals one day introductory workshop will be held in coordination with the University of Buffalo and the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute on June 4, 2014, at the Jacobs Executive Development Center in… …

Chris Geiger of SF Environment dug into the method and findings of San Francisco's recent report, "Safer Products and Practices for Disinfecting Surfaces". He provided an overview of the health and environmental risks of sanitizers and… …

California Safer Consumer Product Regulations Webinar with Helen Holder

To better understand the implications of the California Safer Consumer Product Regulations, BizNGO followed the regulations in performing two draft alternatives assessments. Helen Holder of Hewlett-Packard and Mark Rossi of Clean Production Action… …

The Materials & Resource section of the U.S. Green Building Council’s new LEED v4 standard proposes dramatic changes in how building products are considered for incorporation into LEED projects. The focus has expanded from single-attribute… …

Eden Brukman of the Health Product Declaration Collaborative, is a highly regarded instigator of actions for ecological accord. Since 1996, Eden has focused on establishing socially and environmentally responsible solutions for human habitat –… …

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Lauren discusses new features within GreenScreen®. …

Mark Rossi, Co-Director of Clean Production Action and Co-Chair of BizNGO discusses the BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals. …

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Criteria for Sustainable Biomaterials: Focus on the Specifications for Compostable Foodservice Ware   Brenda Platt, SBC Co-Chair Institute for Local Self-Reliance Webinar for BizNGO Working Group   …

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Speakers included: Roger McFadden, Sr. Scientist and Vice President, Staples, Inc.: "A Retailer's Perspective of Safer Chemicals Reform" Robin Guenther, Principal, Perkins+Will: "Leveling the Playing Field: Prioritizing PBTs for Action" Patricia… …

Presentations include: Daniel Paska, Sony Ericsson - Sony Ericsson – Managing Substances in products Brian Martin, Seagate Technology - Seagate’s Full Disclosure Requirement for Suppliers …