2017 Annual Meeting

BizNGO 2017 – Emerging Trends & Taking Action

December 5-6, 2017 - Boston

Outcomes

• Hands-on engagement: share experiences and actions on the journey to safer chemicals.
• Red lists: take away new ideas, practices, and tools for managing and aligning lists of chemicals of concern.
• Perfluorinated Chemicals: get up-to-date information on latest science and the search for safer alternatives.
• Chemical Footprint Project: know what it is, how it is similar to and different from chemical footprinting, and how you can participate in it.
• New ideas: have three new ideas, best practices, or resources to share with colleagues.
• Inspiration: become inspired and invigorated to advance chemicals, materials, and products that are safer and healthier for people and the planet.

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Agenda

 

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December 5

8:00       Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00       Welcome: Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action

9:30       Mainstreaming Chemical Footprinting: The Path Foward

• Facilitator: Tim Greiner, Co-founder and Managing Director, Pure Strategies
• Speakers:
  • Lauren Compere, Managing Director and Director of Shareholder Engagement, Boston Common Asset Management
  • Mike Schade, Mind the Store Campaign Director, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families
  • Joanne Dwyer, Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, CVS Health
  • Joel Sigler, National Environmental Program Leader, Kaiser Permanente

11:00       Break

11:30      The Chaos of Restricted Substances Lists (RSLs): Managing and Aligning Lists of Chemicals of High Concern

• Facilitator: William Paddock, Co-founder and Managing Director, WAP Sustainability
• Speakers:
  • Ivan Welvaert, Director Global Product Stewardship, BD
  • Shari Franjevic, GreenScreen Program Manager, Clean Production Action

12:30     Lunch

1:30       Chaos of Lists: Small Groups

2:30       Break

3:00       Measuring your Chemical Footprint

• Facilitator: Cheri Peele, Senior Research Associate, Clean Production Action
• Speakers:
  • Joanne Larson, Senior Engineering Manager, Seagate Technology
  • Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action

5:00       Reception

7:30       Adjourn

December 6

8:00       Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00       Opening Remarks: Rachelle Wenger, Director, Public Policy & Community Advocacy, Dignity Health

9:15       Alternatives Assessment: Searching for Safer Alternatives to Perfluorinated Chemicals

• Facilitator: Joel Tickner, Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Speakers:
  • Kathryn Rodgers, Staff Scientist, Silent Spring
  • Heather Henriksen, Director of the Office for Sustainability, Harvard University

11:00     Break

11:30     Creating & Implementing Comprehensive Corporate Chemical Management Policies

• Facilitator: Sally Edwards, Senior Research Associate at the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Speakers
  • Denise Van Valkenburg, Sustainability Engineer, Herman Miller
  • Kendra Martz, Corporate Manager of Sustainability, Construction Specialties 
  • Cheri Peele, Senior Research Associate, Clean Production Action

12:30     Lunch

1:30       Chemical Management Policies: Small Groups

2:30       Break

3:00       Businesses & NGOs finding Common Ground on Chemical Ingredient Disclosure

• Facilitator: Ansje Miller, Director of Policy and Partnerships, Center for Environmental Health
• Speakers
  •  ​Nancy Buermeyer, Senior Policy Strategist, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners 
  •  Debbie Fiddelke, Senior Director for Global Government Relations, SC Johnson

5:00       Adjourn

Partners

 

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Supporters

 

Tim Greiner, Co-founder and Managing Director, Pure Strategies

Joanne Dwyer, Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, CVS Health

Mike Schade, Mind the Store Campaign Director, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

Lauren Compere, Managing Director and Director of Shareholder Engagement, Boston Common Asset Management 

Ivan Welvaert, Director Global Product Stewardship, BD

Shari Franjevic, GreenScreen Program Manager, Clean Production Action

Cheri Peele, Senior Research Associate, Clean Production Action

Joanne Larson, Staff Program/Project Manager, Compliance and Sustainability, Seagate Technology

Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action

Joel Tickner, Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Kathryn Rodgers, Staff Scientist, Silent Spring

Heather Henriksen, Director of the Office for Sustainability, Harvard University

Sally Edwards, Senior Research Associate at the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Denise Van Valkenburg, Sustainability Engineer, Herman Miller

Kendra Martz, Corporate Manager of Sustainability, Construction Specialties

Ansje Miller, Director of Policy and Partnerships, Center for Environmental Health

Nancy Buermeyer, Senior Policy Strategist, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners 

Deb Fiddelke, Senior Director for Global Government Relations, SC Johnson