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BizNGO 2023 Annual Meeting: Setting Bold Chemical Footprint Goals

December 6 & 7, 2023
Preservation Park, Nile Hall 
1233 Preservation Park Way, Oakland, CA 94612

Outcomes Chemical Footprint: defined chemicals of high concern and learned how to set goals and…

Newsletter: March 11, 2023: Join BizNGO!

March 08, 2023

5 activities of BizNGO in 2023 Join BizNGO in 2023. Here’s what we are up to ……

2022 Annual Meeting: CPA and CEH join forces to host BizNGO 2022

December 06, 2022

Clean Production Action (CPA) welcomes the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) as a co-host of…

6th CFP Report Released

December 02, 2022

Companies with over $1 trillion in annual revenue report the reduction of 83 million pounds/38…

Webinar:  GreenScreen Certified® for Medical Supplies & Devices

November 16, 2022

Hear from Kaiser Permanente, NewGenSurgical, and Clean Production Action about the first-ever…

Newsletter: September 14, 2022: CPA and CEH join forces to host BizNGO 2022

September 14, 2022

Clean Production Action (CPA) welcomes the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) as a co-host of…

GreenScreen Certified® for Furniture & Fabrics v1.1 Webinar

March 23, 2022

Hear from Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Glen Raven on the newly…

5 activities of BizNGO in 2022

March 11, 2022

Join BizNGO in 2022. Here’s what we are up to … Chemicals Management Work Group:…

2021 Impacts: Blazing pathways to a safer & healthier future

December 29, 2021

Dear reader, Check out our 2021 impacts – Safer Products, Transparency, Market Demand,…

Webinar: Safer Cleaners & Degreasers for Electronics

December 15, 2021

Clean Production Action, Apple, Clean Electronics Production Network, and TCO Development present…

BizNGO 2021 Annual Meeting: DECEMBER 6

December 07, 2021

UC Berkeley Poster Session (December 6th at 5:00-6:30pm EST) Not just an academic exercise:…

First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives

November 02, 2021

OAKLAND, CA - Today, nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean…

GreenScreen Certified® for Cleaners & Degreasers in Manufacturing launched: Promoting innovation in safer chemicals use in the global electronics sector and beyond

September 22, 2021

Somerville, MA—Today, Clean Production Action released GreenScreen Certified® for…

Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure Webinar: Clean Production Action (CPA) and the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2) hosted a discussion on July 14th at 3:00-4:00pm EDT of the just released Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure.

July 14, 2021

Over 100 businesses, governments, health care organizations, investors, and non-governmental…

Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure: Endorsed by over 100 business, government, health care, investor, and NGO leaders

June 28, 2021

Contacts: Kayla Williams, Clean Production Action, kayla@cleanproduction.org, +1.781.391.6743…

Newsletter: June 21, 2021: There’s still time! Register for Firefighting Foam webinar and participate in Chemical Footprint Project 2021 Survey External Inbox

June 21, 2021

Hello, Here are two important reminders from Clean Production Action: GSC FFF Webinar June 23 CFP…

Newsletter: June 19, 2021: In the year since our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

June 19, 2021

Dear Reader, In the year since releasing our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter…

Newsletter: June 8, 2021: 5 activities of BizNGO in 2021

June 14, 2021

I just want to share a friendly update on BizNGO’s 2021 work: Chemical management −…

Newsletter: May 27, 2021: New GreenScreen Registry accesses hundreds of chemical hazard assessments

May 27, 2021

Today the GreenScreen Assessment Registry joins the GreenScreen® family of tools that…

Newsletter: May 6, 2021: GreenScreen Certified® -- identifying PFAS-free and preferred products for the health of people and the planet

May 06, 2021

The per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemical class is under intense global scrutiny.…

Safer cosmetics for women of color start with transparency about chemical footprints

May 05, 2021

Investors are increasingly scrutinizing companies for environmental, social and ethical…

Newsletter: April 1, 2021: Sign up for chemical footprint survey & see retailer progress in chemical footprinting

April 01, 2021

The Chemical Footprint Project 2021 Survey will be launched on April 15th, and we thought it a…

CFP 2020 Report Webinar

February 11, 2021

On February 11th, Clean Production Action released the 5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project…

CFP 2020 Report: Front-runners in Chemical Footprinting

February 11, 2021

5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project Report features best practices in proactive chemicals…

Learn chemical hazard assessment with GreenScreen

January 27, 2021

When I explain that I work with organizations and networks to promote the use of safer chemicals…

Newsletter: December 30, 2020: 2020 in the rearview mirror

December 30, 2020

In the midst of a global pandemic, the team at Clean Production Action continued to bend the…

BizNGO Annual Conference: 2020 is Virtual

December 08, 2020

15th Annual BizNGO Meeting to share, engage and act with other businesses and NGOs committed to…

Newsletter: November 18, 2020: Meeting the demand for renewable energy with safer materials

November 18, 2020

Meeting the challenge of global climate change requires significant new investments in renewable…

The Retailer’s Guide to Safer Chemicals and Materials

November 13, 2020

Retailers need to move beyond regulatory compliance if they are to meet customer expectations for…

GreenScreen Certified® for Furniture and Fabrics Webinar

October 28, 2020

Join Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Vizient in a webinar on the new…

Press Release: New GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics meets specifications for healthy materials in furnishings

October 01, 2020

Somerville, MA—Today, Clean Production Action released the GreenScreen Certified®…

GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture and Fabrics

October 01, 2020

Did you know we spend over 90% of our time indoors? And that exposure to some hazardous chemicals…

GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics Factsheet

October 01, 2020

The GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics to meet growing demands for…

GreenScreen Certified for Fire Fighting Foam Launched

September 10, 2020

The Expanded GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for Firefighting Foam now prohibits PFAS and…

Charting a Path to PFAS Solutions in Food Service Ware & Packaging

September 01, 2020

Charting a Path --an initiative of the Center for Environmental Health, BizNGO (a Program of…

Toxic Free Tidbit #3: Who are the ten disclosure leaders in chemical footprinting?

August 03, 2020

The public at large and investors in particular want businesses to be transparent about…

Newsletter August 1, 2020: Kayla Williams is CPA’s New DEI Lead

August 03, 2020

We are excited to announce that Kayla Williams will fill Clean Production Action’s new…

Toxic Free Tidbit #2

June 30, 2020

This week’s Toxic-Free Tidbit: Investors care about corporate chemical footprints and the…

BizNGO Webinar: Sustaining a Chemical Knowledge Commons

June 30, 2020

Join us for a presentation by and discussion with Dr. Akos Kokai on, "Sustaining a chemical…

New sustainability ranking reveals the chemical footprint of 35 chemical producers

June 16, 2020

Today, the environmental NGO ChemSec released a new corporate benchmarking tool—ChemScore…

Press Release: TJX Companies, Inc.—Over 44% of the retailer’s shareholders voted for action to reduce chemical risk

June 15, 2020

Immediate Release: June 15th, 2020 CONTACT: Alexandra McPherson, Amcpherson <at>…

Black Lives Matter - Justice, Peace, & Solidarity

June 11, 2020

Dear reader, The murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Freddie Gray, Trayvon…

Toxic Free Tidbit #1: Demand Is Rising for Chemical Footprinting

May 30, 2020

Every year CPA turns out new reports and standards, and these materials are chock full of…

Webinar: Chemical Ingredient Transparency in Products

May 20, 2020

State governments, who are at the frontline of fighting COVID-19, are also at the frontline of…

#GivingTuesdayNow: Let’s Build Back Better

May 05, 2020

A truly global threat like COVID-19 affects all of us, and toxic chemicals can affect immune…

Chemical Ingredient Transparency In Products: Review of Existing Public Policies & An Industry Standard

April 29, 2020

Learn the different types of chemical ingredient disclosure policies as well as their…

What’s in that bottle? New report reviews public policies for chemical ingredient disclosure: Announcement

April 29, 2020

State governments, which are at the frontline of fighting COVID-19, are also at the frontline of…

Newsletter March 25, 2020: Reduce your chemical footprint, participate in annual CFP survey

March 25, 2020

Recognizing the challenges the coronavirus poses to all of us around the world, Clean Production…

COVID-19 Update: A message from Clean Production Action

March 19, 2020

Dear Friends of Clean Production Action, Like you, we watch the coronavirus news with growing…