BizNGO conference attracts thought-leaders committed to safer chemicals

The BizNGO conference, hosted by Clean Production Action, was mainly about Chemical Footprinting This was the 10th BizNGO conference and there was much to discuss and learn. BizNGO is one of my favorite conferences because there is such a… …

GOJO Announces Its 2020 Sustainability Goals at BizNGO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Kelly McGlumphy, Public Relations Manager, GOJO Industries, 330.255.6986, McGlumpK@GOJO.com, www.GOJO.com The company’s Sustainable Value Strategies and Goals promote leadership and continuous improvement, while… …

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A 10-year checkup on the quest to detox commercial products In the last 50 years, manmade chemicals have made their way into almost every industrial and manufacturing process-basically every commercial product. Synthetic chemicals have become the… …

BizNGO 2015 – Learn from GOJO how to measure your chemical footprint

Join us in Boston, Dec. 8-9 @ the JFK Library! Nicole Koharik, serves as the global sustainability marketing director for GOJO Industries, a global leader in hand hygiene and healthy skin and the inventor of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer.… …

Chemical Footprint Project Welcomes $2.1 trillion and more in support!

Contents: Transatlantic partnership attracts over $2.1 trillion in support Health care Signatories bring $70 billion in purchasing power to Chemical Footprint Project November 30, 2015: deadline for Responders’ participation Transatlantic… …

Mike Schade of Mind the Store brings the NGO to BizNGO-Chemical Footprint 2015!

Join us in Boston, Dec. 8-9 @ the JFK Library! Mike Schade spearheads the Mind the Store campaign for Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, which aims to work with the nation's leading retailers on creating comprehensive chemicals policies.… …

New Generation TCO Certified Aims to Further Reduce Hazardous, Unknown Substances in Electronics

STOCKHOLM, November 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TCO Development today launched the latest generation TCO Certified sustainability certification for IT products. The revision includes new criteria for reducing hazardous non-halogenated flame retardant… …

GreenScreen® in International Electronics Sustainability Standard

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 11, 2015 CONTACT: Shayna Samuels, 718-541-4785, shayna@ripplestrategies.com New Global Standard for Decreasing Toxic Chemicals in Electronics Released Today GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals Announced as Method to… …

Mark Rossi talks 2015 BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Project Conference

Register for the conference here! Dr. Mark Rossi founded the BizNGO Working Group for Safer Chemicals & Sustainable Materials 10 years ago. Below he discusses what prompted this massive undertaking, what accomplishments have been… …

US NGO publishes GreenScreen guidance for building professionals

UNITED STATES, November 5, 2015-- NGO, Clean Production Action, has published guidance on how to use its chemicals assessment tool, GreenScreen®, to meet criteria under the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) certification programme, Leed v4.… …