New! GreenScreen® method now updated to assess chemicals, polymers, & products

  Chemicals, Polymers, & Products GreenScreen® v1.4 is here! Since its launch in 2007, GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals has gone through several revisions, but this update to version 1.4 is particularly significant. In response to… …

GreenScreen® Update: Resolving Challenges with Chemical Groups in Automation of List Translator™

The blog will discuss the challenges that arise with applying the GreenScreen List Translator method in an automated tool, the impact of those challenges, and how those challenges are being addressed.   Background A growing number of… …

A conversation with Shari Franjevic, GreenScreen® Program Manager on the updated method

Last week CPA released a new and updated GreenScreen method (version 1.4) to address chemicals, polymers and products. Why did you and your team do this? Since its launch in 2007, GreenScreen has gone through several revisions, but this update to… …

Five achievements from 2017

    In these times of federal roll-backs to human and environmental health protections, we thankfully still have companies keeping and upping their commitments to use inherently safer chemicals in products, manufacturing, and supply… …

New report! Chemical Footprint of Pediatrics

Evaluation of products commonly used  in Pediatric Patient Rooms for Hazardous Chemicals Somerville, MA – A new report released today by Clean Production Action provides the first ever Chemical Footprint of Products Commonly Used in… …

IEHN joins Clean Production Action!

Dear Friends of CPA, It is with great pleasure that I share the news that the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) is coming under the Clean Production Action umbrella. This is an exciting new chapter in our decade-plus partnership with Dr.… …

The 2017 CFP Survey is now live!

The CFP 2017 Survey is now live! Brands and manufacturers now have a common language for communicating to investors and customers their progress on their journey to safer chemicals. The Chemical Footprint Project Survey was launched in 2015 and… …

Newsletter: Upcoming webinars & BizNGO

    The leaves are changing here in Somerville which means BizNGO 2017 is right around the corner. This year, the annual meeting will be held on December 5-6 at the NonProfit Center in downtown Boston. Learn more and get your ticket here.… …

Toxic flame retardants still in TVs

New testing by Clean Production Action and Toxic-Free Future Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals Found in TVs Flame Retardant Banned Decade Ago Still Being Used in TVs Contact: Alison Poor, alison@cleanproduction.org, 781-391-6743x110 Seattle, WA –… …

CFP Webinar & New Model Chems Policy

What do retailers, investors, and enviros have to do with solutions to hazardous chemicals? Surprisingly, it turns out, quite a bit. To give you a snippet of what is going on in the wave of solutions to unhealthy chemicals, here are some highlights… …