CPA and CEH join forces to host BizNGO 2022
Clean Production Action (CPA) welcomes the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) as a co-host of BizNGO’s 17th Annual Meeting on December 6-7, 2022. BizNGO is a trusted forum for open and honest discussions across businesses, advocacy organizations, investors, and governments on how to accelerate progress towards a safer chemicals and sustainable materials economy. CEH and CPA each have decades of proven track records in shifting markets by working with brands, retailers, health… …
GreenScreen training open for registration & new GreenScreen Certified® firefighting foam products
* An earlier version of this newsletter sent on September 2nd improperly named the company with three new GreenScreen Certified® firefighting foam products as Tyco Fire Products LP instead of the correct company, Perimeter Solutions LP. Are you responsible for chemical compliance within your organization and interested in developing proactive chemical management practices? Are you familiar with GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals and seek to learn more about the method so you can apply it… …
PFAS-free & Preferred Products
Looking for PFAS-free* and preferred products? GreenScreen Certified® certifies products that are PFAS-free* and avoid thousands of other toxic chemicals, including phthalates, bisphenols, and organohalogens (https://www.greenscreenchemicals.org/certified). To date we have certified over 200 products from more than 20 manufacturers, including: Firefighting Foam: 15 products from 5 manufacturers Cleaners & Degreasers in Manufacturing: 14 products from 4 manufacturers Furniture &… …
Join BizNGO in 2022. Here’s what we are up to … Chemicals Management Work Group: adding chemical classes to chemical footprints and specifying benchmarks for corporate chemicals management performance Hazard Assessment Work Group: refining criteria for endocrine disruption, polymer assessment, circularity and toxics, and transparency in supply chains Public Policy Work Group: informing policies and regulations on PFAS, cosmetic safety, transparency, circular economy, and more DEI… …
Blazing pathways to a safer & healthier future
Dear reader, Check out our 2021 impacts – Safer Products, Transparency, Market Demand, DEI/EJ, and Organizational Resilience! SAFER PRODUCTS – Incentivized companies to eliminate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as the “forever chemicals,” and thousands of other toxic chemicals in firefighting foam, food service ware, textiles, and furniture & fabrics by: Launching GreenScreen Certified for Cleaners &… …
Endorsed by over 100 business, government, health care, investor, and NGO leaders
Contacts: Kayla Williams, Clean Production Action, kayla@cleanproduction.org, +1.781.391.6743 x120 Terri Goldberg, Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse, tgoldberg@newmoa.org, +1.617.367.8558 x302 Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure Endorsed by over 100 business, government, health care, investor, and NGO leaders All stakeholders have a fundamental right to know the chemicals in products and the functions of those chemicals. Businesses, governments, investors, institutional… …
There’s still time! Register for Firefighting Foam webinar and participate in Chemical Footprint Project 2021 Survey External Inbox
Hello, Here are two important reminders from Clean Production Action: GSC FFF Webinar June 23 CFP 2021 Survey open until August 31 GreenScreen Certified for Firefighting Foam Webinar 3:00 PM EDT, June 23 Join us for our upcoming webinar on GreenScreen Certified for Firefighting Foam this Wednesday, June 23rd, at 3:00 PM EDT! Learn how GreenScreen Certified goes beyond PFAS-free, and hear from an active firefighter and a government employee on the value of GreenScreen Certified to… …
In the year since our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement
Dear Reader, In the year since releasing our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, the United States and the world have experienced more racially motivated violence than any one person can truly comprehend. It is heartbreaking and disturbing that this continues to be the reality many people of color continue to endure. And while it can be uncomfortable, and even painful at times… …
5 activities of BizNGO in 2021
I just want to share a friendly update on BizNGO’s 2021 work: Chemical management − developing footprint metrics for packaging, manufacturing, & organizations Hazard assessment − including chemical classes, endocrine disruption, & transformation products Public policies on PFAS, cosmetics, transparency, circular economy, and more Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) & Environmental Justice (EJ) – beginning the journey to… …
PFAS-free Firefighting Foam - Webinar June 23: What GreenScreen Certified means for firefighters
Join us on June 23rd at 3:00PM EDT (7:00PM GMT) for 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 Department (SFFD) and serves on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation (SFFCPF). Holly Davies is a Senior Toxicologist with the Washington State Department of… …