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)… …
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®… …
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… …
DECEMBER 6
UC Berkeley Poster Session (December 6th at 5:00-6:30pm EST) Not just an academic exercise: Berkeley students collaborating with industry, NGOs and government to develop Greener Solutions Join us to learn about four exciting research projects to identify safer solutions to hazardous chemicals: 1. “Alternatives to polyethylene vacuum packaging for frozen foods” Partner: Noble Ocean Farms 2. “Compostable adhesives for produce PLU stickers (to… …
View an informative and engaging webinar on GreenScreen Certified®: PFAS-free and Preferred Food Service Ware. The groundbreaking certification program sets a new safety standard for everyday items like disposable plates and bowls that do not contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) plus thousands of other chemicals of concern. Learn from our speakers on how scaling safer products and cleaner technologies is not only possible but already happening. Learning objectives:… …
View 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 Health. Shari Franjevic is the GreenScreen… …
On February 11th, Clean Production Action released the 5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey report and hosted a webinar featuring results from the Survey. The webinar featured: Cheri Peele, CFP Program Manager at Clean Production Action (CPA)—presenting the results from the 5th annual CFP Survey Holly Testa, Director, Shareowner Engagement at First Affirmative Financial Network (FAFN)—discussing why investors like FAFN want companies to participate in the… …
Join Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Vizient in a webinar on the new GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics. Learn how GreenScreen Certified: Builds upon GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals, a globally recognized chemical hazard assessment tool Restricts classes of chemicals of concern to human health and the environment, including phthalates, bisphenols, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), azo dyes, antimicrobials, and flame… …
Charting a Path --an initiative of the Center for Environmental Health, BizNGO (a Program of Clean Production Action), San Francisco Department of the Environment, and the Cancer Free Economy Network-- is an informal, multi-stakeholder group where information sharing and discussion across manufacturers, retailers, health care organizations, governments, and NGOs provide a platform for real solutions to PFAS in food service ware and packaging applications. Join the… …
For decades, chemical manufacturers have manufactured PFAS-containing aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) and firefighters have unknowingly been exposed to them during use in petroleum-based fires, training, and testing of equipment. PFAS use in firefighting foam has contaminated drinking water for millions of people across the planet. Today nearly every US resident and place in the world is contaminated with PFAS chemicals. View this webinar to learn about the release of version 1.0… …
GreenScreen® is a leading chemical hazard assessment methodology developed by Clean Production Action that serves to classify and benchmark hazard characteristics of chemicals. GreenScreen® has been incorporated into many leading ecolabels such as EPEAT and TCO due to the framework’s ability to assess human health, environmental, and physical hazards of organic and inorganic substances, including polymers. ToxServices is a U.S.-based scientific consulting firm… …
During this webinar you will be introduced to case studies and one of a kind tools and resources for managing & reducing chemicals, identifying substitutes and implementing replacements. This webinar is ideal for everyone interested in reducing hazardous waste and exploring the tools and resources we have available for chemical reduction: Environmental Consultants, Environmental Health & Safety Professionals, Lean Practitioners, Quality and Compliance Managers, Hazardous Waste… …
This webinar was hosted by Seventh Generation’s Director of Sustainability & Authenticity, Martin Wolf, along with presentations from Arlan Peters, Head of Sustainability at Novozymes; and Tim Greiner, Co-founder and Managing Director at Pure Strategies. Together they introduced the subject of regenerative product systems, and lead a Q&A. …
During this webinar, Clean Production Action and the European Chemicals Agency partnered to discuss the value of GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals from the perspective of a government agency, a business, and application in the European contextWe heard presentations from Brian Penttila, Assessment Specialist at the Washington State Department of Ecology; Cory Robertson, Environmental Chemist at HP Inc.; Paul Ashford, Managing Director at Anthesis, LLC; and Shari Franjevic,… …
Learn how to identify safer alternatives to chemicals of concern with GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals Identifying chemicals to avoid is typically an early step in proactive chemicals management. However, once you have identified the chemicals you want to reduce or eliminate from your products and/or supply chain, how do you avoid regrettable substitutes? You want to ensure that your investment of time and resources to replace a chemical will bring you returns and value to your organization… …
Learn how to measure current chemical footprint and progress to sustainability goals, based on case studies from leading practitioners The Chemical Footprint Project is a new initiative to measure and report on progress to safer chemicals use. The Chemical Footprint Project encompasses the metric of measuring chemical footprints as well as a Survey of overall chemicals management policies and practices. In this course you will learn what a chemical footprint is, how to calculate it, and the… …
Learn how to effectively use chemical lists to proactively avoid known chemicals of high concern to human health or the environment Organizations of many kinds are creating lists of chemicals of concern and related restrictions, from regulatory agencies to manufacturers, brands, large scale purchasers, retailers, and NGOs. It can be overwhelming to track and manage these lists. Existing lists are constantly changing, and new lists are being continuously created. Learn about the thinking behind… …