SciVera is Now a Licensed GreenScreen Profiler

Clean Production Action (CPA) is pleased to announce that SciVera LLC is now qualified as a Licensed GreenScreen Profiler. Along with ToxServices LLC and NSF International, SciVera is the now the third licensed GreenScreen Profiler in North America.… …

Chemical Alternatives Assessment Protocol (PDF)

Describes a process for identifying alternatives to a chemical of concern, screening out equally hazardous alternatives, and selecting an alternative. …

Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative

Biobased Materials: Essential for the Next Generation of Products The Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative is dedicated to spurring the introduction and use of biobased products that are sustainable from cradle to cradle. CPA co-established the… …

Why every company has a chemical footprint

What is your company's chemical footprint? You may think this question does not apply to your organization because it doesn't use chemicals. Yet all products are made from chemicals. Chemicals are the building blocks of matter, which is what… …

Sick of Dust:  Chemicals in Common Products - a Needless Health Risk in our Homes

The first U.S. study (2005) to test household dust for a new and wide variety of chemicals found disturbing evidence of toxic chemicals in ordinary homes across the country. The study documents a range of hazardous chemicals found in household dust… …

New “Guide to Safer Chemicals”

New Guide to Safer Chemicals Will Help Businesses Move Away from Chemicals of High Concern in Products & Supply Chains Staples, Construction Specialties, Dignity Health, Kaiser Permanente, Shaw Industries, Interface, Novation, & Perkins+Will… …

Dignity Health: Healthy Chemicals, Healthy Patients—Why Health Care Needs Federal Chemicals Reform

Dignity Health: Healthy Chemicals, Healthy Patients—Why Health Care Needs Federal Chemicals Reform. …

Construction Specialties: Green Buildings Need Safer Chemicals Policy Reform

Construction Specialties: Green Buildings Need Safer Chemicals Policy Reform …

Seventh Generation: Safer Chemicals Policy Reform—Bringing Transparency to Chemicals Management

Seventh Generation: Safer Chemicals Policy Reform—Bringing Transparency to Chemicals Management. …

Business and Advocacy Groups Create a Road Map for Safer Chemicals

The BizNGO Principles for Chemicals Policy Abstract This paper details how businesses and environmental organizations are collaborating to define and implement a visionary agenda for integrating safer chemicals into products, describing the… …

Consumer Concern for Chemicals Drives New Business Solutions

Consumer Concern for Chemicals Drives New Business Solutions Business, NGO Leaders Team Up to launch new tools for identifying safer chemicals and sustainable plastics (Framingham, Massachusetts) Today a coalition of companies and environmental… …

Nike

As part of Nike sustainability initiatives, the GreenScreen® is used to assess the hazards of chemicals used in products. …

BizNGO Letter to Senator Lautenberg

BizNGO Letter to Senator Lautenberg urging renewed focus on chemical ingredient disclosure. …

BizNGO Principles – New Solutions article

Businesses and Advocacy Groups Create A Road Map for Safer Chemicals: The BizNGO Principles for Chemicals Policy By: Mark Rossi, Cheri Peele & Beverley Thorpe This paper details how businesses and environmental organizations are collaborating to… …