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… …
A presentation by and discussion with Dr. Akos Kokai on, "Sustaining a chemical knowledge commons."
Akos will present his research and findings from studying the safer chemical substitution knowledge landscape. Thinking about chemical knowledge as a “commons” opens up a range of possibilities for better understanding the challenges we face and for imagining transformative new pathways. In this webinar, Akos will present research findings from his recent case studies of the GreenScreen hazard assessment ecosystem and the Chemical Hazard Data Commons project. Akos will… …
State governments, who are at the frontline of fighting COVID-19, are also at the frontline of requiring businesses to disclose chemical ingredients in their products to consumers and public agencies. From California to New York consumers are demanding, and states are requiring, that companies to disclose chemicals in cleaning, children’s, cosmetics, menstrual, and other products. But what are these disclosure requirements? And what can we learn from them? …
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… …