Welcome to the first issue of our periodic community newsletter. It is our goal to provide you with updates on the GreenScreen method, case studies, opportunities to improve your GreenScreen assessment skills and upcoming events and trainings. We hope it is of use to you, and welcome your feedback. 2014 is proving to be an exciting year with leaders in a variety of industry sectors, government agencies, NGOs, standard development bodies and more, driving increased visibility and movement toward… …
Registration for the GreenScreen® Certified Practitioner Program is now open. The Certified Practitioner Program provides advanced GreenScreen training and a professionally coached practicum beyond the introductory course. Successful participants are eligible for professional certification to provide GreenScreen assessments within their own organizations and to submit their assessments for verification. For more information and to register, visit the Certified Practitioner… …
Shifting the Market to Safer Chemicals: US Green Building Council Awards LEED Credit for GreenScreen
Philadelphia, PA – For the first time, the U.S. Green Building Council is including the toxicity of chemicals in materials as part of their LEED certification, and is offering credits in its LEED v.4 standard for the GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals. Companies that disclose and screen out hazardous chemicals using the GreenScreen can earn points under their Materials and Resources credits. “We welcome the adoption of GreenScreen into LEED v.4,” said Lauren… …
Clean Production Action is pleased to announce the publication of the final version of the GreenScreen v1.2 Chemical Hazard Assessment Procedure (Guidance). The Guidance is full of helpful information to facilitate clear and effective use of the GreenScreen v1.2 method to assess and classify hazards, apply the Benchmarks and make informed decisions. Download the final guidance document here. Here you’ll find best practices in dealing with hazard assessment and classification, benchmarking,… …
Walmart’s new policy (PDF) to require manufacturers of cosmetics and cleaning products to disclose ingredients in their products and remove priority hazardous chemicals signals a new era in sustainability. It’s a critical first step on the path to safer and healthier chemicals in products. Chemicals, after all, are at the foundation of our material world. All materials and products -- from paper to plastics, from computers to cleaning products -- consist of chemicals. Yet businesses… …
The Green Chemistry and Commerce Council has released (June 2013) their report Chemical Hazard Assessments of Alternative Plasticizers for Wire & Cable Applications which includes a combination of Draft and Verified GreenScreen assessments of nine plasticizer products. This project demonstrates how a collaborative consortium can pool resources to gather and share chemical hazard assessments for chemicals of mutual interest. …
Clean Production Action (CPA) is pleased to announce that SciVera LLC is now qualified as a Licensed GreenScreen Profiler. Along with ToxServices LLC and NSF International, SciVera is the now the third licensed GreenScreen Profiler in North America. Licensed GreenScreen Profilers are organizations that have demonstrated expertise in toxicology and chemistry and that have the capacity to perform high quality GreenScreen assessments on a fee for service basis throughout North America, Europe, and… …