After 21 years at Clean Production Action, Mark is stepping down from his role as Executive Director. Join us for drinks and hor d'oeuvres and help us celebrate Mark's next chapter! Please register below. And consider joining us for our 19th Annual BizNGO Annual Meeting, on Wednesday and Thursday, December 4 & 5, at The Nonprofit Center, 89 South Street, Boston, MA, from 9-5 pm. Agenda, registration and details. Clean Production Action is a 501(c)(3)… …
Setting Bold Chemical Footprint Goals
Outcomes Chemical Footprint: defined chemicals of high concern and learned how to set goals and measure progress in chemical footprint reductions. Environmental Justice (EJ): gained skills on how to integrate EJ into business policies and practices, and how to identify chemicals of concern and safer solutions to vulnerable populations. Chemicals & International Frameworks: learned how to participate in and address chemicals in the United Nations Plastics Treaty, Biodiversity Convention, and… …
How GreenScreen Certified® Shifts Markets Toward Materials with Preferable Chemistry
Are you concerned that there might be harmful chemicals such as PFAS, BPA or styrene in your food packaging, containers or cookware and have been wondering how to identify products with environmentally preferable chemistry? Or are you a manufacturer or supplier in the food service industry that wants to showcase your commitment to a healthier and environmentally-friendly future? Join us for an informative and engaging webinar to learn about the recently released GreenScreen Certified®… …
On December 2nd 2023, Clean Production Action released the 6th Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey report. On January 27, 2023 our speakers presented on: CFP 6th Annual Report: key findings and next steps Chemical footprint reduction goals: value of setting quantitative chemcial footprint reduction goals Chemical footprint transparency: what investors want to see from companies around chemical footprint transparency CFP Survey: how companies and investors utilize the Survey Speakers Include:… …
Join us for a party!
Join us for drinks & hors d'oeuvres at The Nonprofit Center, 89 South St, Boston, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 from 5:30-8:00 pm as we celebrate 20 years of Clean Production Action! We can't wait to see you! The event is FREE, but registration is required. Please register below. And consider joining us for our BizNGO Annual Meeting, on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 6 & 7, at The Nonprofit Center, from 9-5 pm. Agenda, registration and details.… …
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. Together, our two organizations hosted the annual meeting and solicit sponsorships. Our goal is to build on the strengths of our respective organizations to increase the impacts of BizNGO and scale the movement to safer chemicals and products. Click Here to View Highlights from the Meeting pBizNGO is a trusted forum for open and honest… …
Hear from Kaiser Permanente, NewGenSurgical, and Clean Production Action about the first-ever GreenScreen Certified® Standard for the health care sector, a new tool to enable hospital purchasers to screen out common equipment and supplies containing harmful chemicals. View the recording of this webinar to learn about: the certification criteria and how they were developed, the value of the certification to manufacturers and purchasers, and how you can get involved …
Hear from Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Glen Raven on the newly updated GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics. Here you will learn what GreenScreen Certified® is and how it can be used by manufacturers and purchasers to meet sustainability goals! Join us to hear from manufacturers with certified products, especially PFAS-free fabrics, about the benefits of certification and the GreenScreen process. Facilitator: Mark Rossi, Clean Production… …
Clean Production Action, Apple, Clean Electronics Production Network, and TCO Development present on safer cleaners and degreasers in the electronics sector. Learn the details of GreenScreen Certified for Cleaners & Degreasers. Hear how Apple is integrating green chemistry into its supply chains. Find out how CEPN is scaling safer chemicals in the manufacturing of electronics. Learn how CPA and TCO Development collaborated on TCO Certified Accepted Substances List and the… …
Using GreenScreen® List Translator Automated Tool It is crucial to make informed decisions when choosing chemicals in products, processes and supply chains. Though it seems like an obvious step, identifying and knowing the potential hazards of chemicals is often overlooked or perceived as too complicated or costly to address. Yet companies face brand and financial risk if they are not making informed decisions about the chemicals they use. The List Translator provides a first line of defense… …
Find out how GOJO, Valspar, and Roxul are using GreenScreen to minimize business risk related to chemicals and get ahead of customer demands and regulations. In this webinar you will learn how and why these proactive companies selected GreenScreen as an important tool in their toolbox, the value GreenScreen has brought to their business, and how the training provided by Clean Production Action has set them up for success. …
Find out how HP, Inc. and Steelcase are using GreenScreen to minimize business risk related to chemicals and get ahead of customer demands and regulations. In this webinar you will learn how and why these proactive companies selected GreenScreen as an important tool in their toolbox, the value GreenScreen has brought to their business, and how the training provided by Clean Production Action has set them up for success. …
The Mind the Store campaign recently released, "Who's Minding the Store? A Report Card on Retailer Actions to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals", the first major evaluation of the United States’ largest retailers’ safer chemicals programs. Three years since the campaign was launched, the report set out to evaluate the progress that has been made, challenges that remain, and the ongoing need for transformational change in the retail marketplace to drive toxic chemicals out of… …
There is paramount need for optimizing design and manufacturing that will result in healthier materials and products. Chemical transparency throughout supply chains is a critical link to realizing this change. Our guest speakers are recognized industry leaders who share real world examples to illustrate the value of change. Learning objectives: Understand the drivers for greater transparency in chemicals management. Demonstrate the… …
Are you seeking to be a leader in proactive chemicals management? Learn how to: Reduce business risks related to chemicals, Measure progress in using safer chemicals, and Strengthen engagement with your supply chain. The Chemical Footprint Project provides a standard metric for evaluating an organization’s chemicals management policies, strategies and practices, filling a gap in critical data needed for sustainability reporting. In this one-day interactive workshop, learn how… …
Join leading businesses participating in the 2nd annual CFP Survey. Investors with over $2.3 trillion in assets under management and purchasers with over $70 billion in purchasing power want to know the CFP score of companies. CFP provides a standard metric for evaluating an organization’s chemicals management policies, strategies and practices, filling a gap in critical data needed for sustainability reporting. Join the co-founders of the Chemical Footprint Project as they discuss the… …
On July 12th and 14th, Clean Production Action held two GreenScreen webinars exclusively for advocates. The two-part series explains both the GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals method and how advocates are using GreenScreen in their campaigns. Presentation slides accompany each one hour recorded webinar. …
List to the co-authors give a detailed look at the results of the Chemical Footprint 2016 Annual Report, the first initiative of its kind to publicly benchmark corporate chemicals management. You will learn: about the chemical financial risks of regulation, reputation, and redesign key findings across the four key performance categories: management, inventory, measurement, & disclosure how leading companies manage chemicals in their products & supply chains Access the presentation… …