BizNGO 2024 - 19th Annual Meeting

Scaling Safer Solutions

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Reception in Honor of Dr. Mark Rossi

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)… …

BizNGO 2023 Annual Meeting

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… …

Webinar: GreenScreen Certified® for Reusables

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®… …

Webinar: 6th CFP Survey

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:… …

CPA Turns 20 Celebration

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.… …

2022 Annual Meeting

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… …

Webinar:  GreenScreen Certified® for Medical Supplies & Devices

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 …

GreenScreen Certified® for Furniture & Fabrics v1.1 Webinar

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… …

Webinar: Safer Cleaners & Degreasers for Electronics

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… …

Reducing Chemical Hazards: The First Move

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… …

Webinar: GreenScreen Certified® - New for textile chemicals

Listen as CPA and Garmon Chemicals dive into the newly launched GreenScreen Certified Standard for Textile Chemicals providing an overview on the certification process.   …

Webinar: How top companies are using GreenScreen 2

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. …

Webinar: How top companies are using GreenScreen 1

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. …

Webinar: Who’s Minding the Store?

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… …

Webinar: Chemical Transparency: The Value of Ingredient Disclosure

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… …

Chemical Footprint Project Workshop

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… …

Webinar: Participate in the 2016 Chemical Footprint Project Survey

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… …

GreenScreen® for Advocates

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. …

Webinar: In Depth-Chemical Footprint Project 2016 Annual Report

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… …