Congratulations to our new GreenScreen Certified Practitioners!

Congratulations to the first GreenScreen Certified Practitioners!  Clean Production Action is thrilled to announce that Cory Robertson, Curtis Wray, Jonathan Ostrowski and Truus Tiemersma are the first to successfully meet all requirements of… …

Where is your company on the path to safer, healthier products?

Industry groups, nonprofits, governments and big brands are prioritizing the identification and elimination of chemicals of concern, including Target, Walmart, Hewlett Packard and the U.S. Green Building Council. Their approaches may differ but the… …

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California Safer Product Regulations & Alternatives Assessment

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… …

How to Find Safer Alternatives to Chemicals of Concern Webinar

Alex Stone, Sc.D., is a senior chemist at the Washington State Department of Ecology.  Dr. Stone has a B.S. in chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York, an M.S. in Environmental Engineering and Science from the University… …

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BizNGO: helping firms at the end of the supply chain

“A prevalent misconception within the media, among politicians and others, is that all industry finds chemical regulations ineffective, burdensome and a threat to their profits, when in fact many downstream chemical users…realise there… …

Why the California Safer Consumer Product Regulations Matter to Your Business

Join BizNGO for a webinar on March 19 with Helen Holder of HP, where we will dive into the alternatives assessment requirements of the Safer Product Regulations. Sign up here. Last week the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)… …

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Safer Chemicals in Building Products: How to Get LEED Credit! Webinar

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… …

GreenScreen® Newsletter - March 3, 2014

Welcome to the first issue of our periodic community newsletter. It is our goal to provide you with updates on the GreenScreen method, case studies, opportunities to improve your GreenScreen assessment skills and upcoming events and trainings. We… …

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The Health Product Declaration Webinar

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 –… …

NAS: A Framework to Guide Selection of Chemical Alternatives

The National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine released a guide for avoiding regrettable subsitutions to toxic chemicals in 2014. …

Certified Practitioner Program Registration Underway

Registration for the GreenScreen® Certified Practitioner Program is now open.  The Certified Practitioner Program provides advanced GreenScreen training and a professionally coached practicum beyond the introductory course.  Successful… …

Children’s Safe Product Act Webinar

Joshua Grice, Toxics Research Analyst for the Washington State Department of Ecology, discusses recent findings on chemicals found in a variety of children's products. …

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Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse Guidance Document

On January 8, 2014, the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2) and participating states announced the release of the IC2 Alternatives Assessment Guide (Guide). The Guide is the product of 20 months of effort by IC2's members. …

Introducing ChemView: US EPA’s New Megasource of Chemical Data Webinar

A tour of the US EPA's new chemical database. …

Shifting the Market to Safer Chemicals: US Green Building Council Awards LEED Credit for GreenScreen

Philadelphia, PA – For the first time, the U.S. Green Building Council is including the toxicity of chemicals in materials as part of their LEED certification, and is offering credits in its LEED v.4 standard for the GreenScreen® for Safer… …

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BizNGO 2013 Conference - 8th Annual Meeting

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GreenScreen® Guidance and Resources

GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals is a method for comparative Chemical Hazard Assessment (CHA) that can be used for identifying chemicals of high concern and safer alternatives. It is used by industry, government and NGOs to support product design… …

GreenScreen Final Guidance Available

Clean Production Action is pleased to announce the publication of the final version of the GreenScreen v1.2 Chemical Hazard Assessment Procedure (Guidance). The Guidance is full of helpful information to facilitate clear and effective use of the… …

Green Chemistry and Commerce Council

The Business and Academic Partnership Project Group of the GC3 developed and piloted a new type of collaboration between companies and universities to evaluate safer alternatives to toxic chemicals using GreenScreen. The goal was to generate robust… …

State of Maine

The State of Maine, USA unanimously adopted proposed regulations in February 2010 to protect the health of children by ensuring that chemicals of high concern in consumer products are replaced with safer alternatives.  GreenScreen™ is… …