Measuring Progress to Safer Chemicals
Desired Outcomes
- Understand latest trends and strategies in improving management of chemical hazards.
- Share best practices and identify common challenges in measuring progress to safer chemicals.
- Understand value of common standard for chemical hazard assessment.
- Brainstorm potential collaborative projects for developing and improving these metrics.
Featured Topics
December 7, 2016
- Keynote Speakers:
- Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz
- Gregg Renfrew, Founder and CEO, Beautycounter
- Pain Points in Transitioning to Safer Chemicals
- Inventorying Chemicals & Materials -- from Red Lists to Full Material Disclosure
- Investors & Purchasers Leading Demand for Metrics on Corporate Chemical Risks
December 8, 2016
- Keynote Speaker: Martin Mulvihill, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Partner, Safer Made; and Senior Advisor and Board Member, Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry
- Moving to a Common Standard for Hazard Assessment
- Metrics for Safer Chemicals Management – from Theory to Practice
- What’s Coming in 2017!
Wednesday – December 7, 2016
8:00am-7:00pm
8:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00 Welcome – Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production & Chair, BizNGO
9:30 Keynote: Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz
10:30 Break
11:00 Pain Points in Transitioning to Safer Chemicals
- Moderator: Tim Greiner, Pure Strategies
- Presenters:
- Jennifer Reece, Sustainability & Compliance Materials Program Manager, HP Inc.
- Linda Gallegos, R&D Research, Levi Strauss & Co.
- Kyle Tafuri, Senior Sustainability Advisor, Hackensack University Medical Center
- Panel discussion followed by small group discussions
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Inventorying Chemicals & Materials -- from Red Lists to Full Material Disclosure
- Moderator: Amanda Cattermole, Cattermole Consulting
- Presenters:
- Scott Echols, Technical Director, Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC)
- Mikhail Davis, Director of Restorative Enterprise, Interface, Inc.
- Panel discussion followed by small group discussions
2:45 Break
3:15 Investors & Purchasers Looking for Metrics to Measure Corporate Chemical Risks
- Presenters
4:15 Keynote: Gregg Renfrew, Founder and CEO, Beautycounter
5:30 Reception & Poster Session
7:00 Adjourn
Thursday – December 8, 2016
8:00am-5:00pm
8:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00 Welcome – Beverley Thorpe, Consulting Program Manager for Networks and Advocacy, Clean Production Action
9:15 Keynote: Martin Mulvihill, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Partner, Safer Made
10:00 Break
10:30 Moving to a Common Standard for Hazard Assessment
- Moderator: Megan Schwarzman, Research Scientists, University of California Berkeley
- Presenter: Michelle Turner, GreenScreen Program Manager, Clean Production Action
- Commentators:
- Tom Lent, Policy Director, Healthy Building Network
- Jennifer Reece, Sustainability & Compliance Materials Program Manager, HP Inc.
11:15 Small groups: Hazard Assessment
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Metrics for Safer Chemicals Management – from Theory to Practice
- Moderator: Sally Edwards, Senior Research Associate, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Presenters:
2:15 Small groups: Measuring Chemical Footprints
3:00 Break
3:30 What’s Coming in 2017
- Moderator: Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action & Chair, BizNGO
- Panelists:
- Jeanne Rizzo, President and CEO, Breast Cancer Fund
- Meredith Williams, Deputy Director, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
- Ken Geiser, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Lowell
5:00 pm Adjourn
Speakers
*Gregg Renfrew, Founder & CEO, Beautycounter
*Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz Inc.
* Martin Mulvihill, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Partner, Safer Made
Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action; and Chair & Founder BizNGO
Tim Greiner, Co-founder and Managing Director, Pure Strategies
Jennifer Reece, Sustainability & Compliance Materials Program Manager, HP Inc.
Linda Gallegos, R&D Research, Levi Strauss & Co.
Kyle Tafuri, Senior Sustainability Advisor, Hackensack University Medical Center
Amanda Cattermole, Founder and CEO, Cattermole Consulting
Scott Echols, Technical Director, Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC)
Mikhail Davis, Director of Restorative Enterprise, Interface, Inc.
Richard Liroff, Executive Director, Investor Environmental Health Network
Danielle Jezienicki, Impact Manager, Sonen Capital
Sally Edwards, Senior Research Associate, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Troy Virgo, Director of Sustainability, Shaw Industries
Antonio Quinones-Rivera, Product Safety and Sustainability Manager, GOJO Industries
Megan Schwarzman, Research Scientist, University of California Berkeley
Tom Lent, Policy Director, Healthy Building Network
Boma Brown-West, Senior Manager, Consumer Health, Environmental Defense Fund
Michelle Turner, GreenScreen Program Manager, Clean Production Action
Cheri Peele, Research Associate, Clean Production Action
Jeanne Rizzo, President and CEO, Breast Cancer Fund
Meredith Williams, Deputy Director, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Ken Geiser, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Lowell
*keynote speaker
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