Alternatives to Methylene Chloride in Paint and Varnish Strippers Report

Download the entire report Read more about Model Assessments and download individual chapters New Report: Alternatives to Methylene Chloride in Paint and Varnish Strippers: Availability of Safer Alternatives & Requirements for Meeting Stage 1 of… …

Webinar: How to use GreenScreen® for LEED v4

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… …

New Report! How to use GreenScreen for LEED v4

New "How to" Guide Provides Manufacturers with Clear Guidance on Meeting Latest LEED Requirements Clean Production Action Makes it Easier to Disclose and Remove Hazardous Chemicals from Building Products  (Boston, MA) --- A new… …

GreenBiz Blog: So long toxics: A builder’s guide to safer chemicals

Excerpt from the GreenBiz article: Health experts long have recognized the risks of individual and groups of toxic chemicals in building products, beginning with lead and asbestos and continuing to formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, mercury,… …

How to use GreenScreen® in LEED v4 Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 21, 2015 Contact: Glenn Turner, 917-817-3396, glenn@ripplestrategies.com Shayna Samuels, 718-541-4785, shayna@ripplestrategies.com AshLee Eustace, 610-569-1045, AshLee@greencirclecertified.com   New “How… …

How to Use GreenScreen® for LEED v4 FAQ

A list of frequently asked questions about how to use the GreenScreen for LEED v4. …

How to Use GreenScreen® for LEED v4

The new How-To guide provides step-by-step instructions to help industry professionals create a Manufacturer’s Inventory, obtain and use the GreenScreen List Translator and/or Benchmark scores, and also provides a pathway to obtain a… …

Q & A With Bart Sights

Bart Sights is the Sr. Director of the Global Development Network at Levi Strauss & Co. and keynote speaker at the upcoming BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Conference, December 8-9, 2015 in Boston.  Levi Strauss & Co. was one of the first… …

BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Conference 2015

We celebrated BizNGO's 10th anniversary in typical collaborative spirit by co-organizing our annual conference with the Chemical Footprint Project. Combining the best features of the two initiatives, the conference featured in-depth,… …

Webinar: Safer Alternatives to Methylene Chloride in Paint Strippers

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. …

Job Opportunities, Save the Date, and Mark Rossi in the Boston Globe

Job Announcements Clean Production Action is now hiring for two new positions:   GreenScreen® Program Manager: We are looking for a technically and scientifically skilled individual to fill the position of managing our GreenScreen… …

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Moving from a passive to an active strategy in managing for chemicals in products makes good business sense Companies increasingly need to know more about the chemicals in their products and supply chains, thanks to such drivers as regulatory… …

Five things you should know about Mark Rossi

Mark Rossi’s life mission is to advance safer alternatives to toxic chemicals. In 2006, Rossi founded BizNGO, a collaboration of more than 500 business, environmental, and government leaders. After codirecting the Clean Production… …

Webinar: Deep Dive into Chemical Footprinting

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. …

Webinar: Chemical Footprinting with Staples & Trillium Asset Management

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… …

GreenBiz Blog: The $1.1 trillion question: What’s your chemical footprint?

Look no further than the financial and reputational travails of Lumber Liquidators for a stark example of the risks companies are exposed to when they have toxic chemicals in their products and supply chains. From February to May, the stock price of… …

$1.1 trillion in assets under management and purchasing power sign on to CFP!

Somerville, MA [June 19, 2015] — You’ve heard of a company’s carbon footprint.  Now it’s time for the chemical footprint. Despite growing regulatory efforts, businesses around the world continue to use chemicals of high… …

GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals is Science at its Best: Open source and Transparent

We live in an age of increasing transparency.   The public expects more online information and company reporting.  Consumers are asking companies and retailers about the safety of the chemicals in their products.  They want to… …

Trending Topics: Hazard? Risk? Do you know the difference?

A subject that comes up frequently in the context of managing and choosing chemicals, particularly for downstream users, is that of hazard and risk. With this piece we start what will be a series on the topic, particularly as it applies to… …

Chemical Footprinting: Identifying Hidden Liabilities in Manufacturing Consumer Products

Carbon and water footprints, along with other measures of environmental impact, are often incorporated into corporate social responsibility or sustainability reports. Many companies now make this information public in response to increasing demands… …