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… …
Learn how to write or update a comprehensive chemicals and materials management policy that goes beyond regulatory compliance Companies increasingly realize they need to go beyond regulatory requirements to keep abreast of consumer demands for safer chemicals and they need to make these commitments public. NGOs and investors are asking how companies are integrating chemicals policy into their sustainability roadmaps. This course will highlight what is a “chemicals management policy”… …
Tired of searching for hazard information on chemicals? Frustrated with reconciling divergent Red Lists? The Chemical Hazard Data Commons makes it easy to find, compare, and monitor chemical hazard information from dozens of sources around the globe and provides a forum to work on the ongoing challenges. Chemical hazard tools including GreenScreen ® for Safer Chemicals and GreenScreen List Translator™ are foundational elements built into the Chemical Hazard Data Commons. In this… …
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. …
Join us for a workshop on GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals, a tool developed by Clean Production Action to identify chemicals of concern and select safer alternatives. This training will explore the value and uses of GreenScreen® hazard assessment, with a special focus on supporting Alternatives Analysis work required under the California Safer Consumer Products regulation. When: April 6, 2016 from 8AM - 5PM Where: Cal EPA Building 1001 I St., Sacramento,… …
Are you interested in learning more about the GreenScreen® List Translator? In conjunction with the release of GreenScreen Hazard Assessment Guidance v1.3, Clean Production Action is teaming up with the Healthy Building Network for an informative discussion on use of the List Translator as an effective hazard screening tool. Learn about the List Translator methodology, how the Pharos Chemical and Material Library automates the process, and how you can apply these tools to promote use of… …
Are you interested in becoming a change agent in your organization? The GreenScreen Practitioner program provides in-depth training on use and application of GreenScreen® For Safer Chemicals to drive innovation in product design and procurement. In this webinar you will hear from current Authorized GreenScreen Practitioners and our teaching staff about this unique credential program, including course contents, requirements… …