BizNGO Annual Meeting 2018 Setting Goals & Driving Progress
Krutch Theatre, Clark Kerr Campus at University of California Berkeley
Outcomes
- Networking: made new and deepened existing relationships.
- BizNGO Work Groups – Alternatives Assessment, Chemicals, & Policy: highlighted work from the past year and set the stage for work in 2019.
- Goals & metrics: highlighted the value of goal setting & metrics, and identified next steps for moving this work forward.
December 4
8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome: Mark Rossi, Chair, BizNGO & Executive Director, Clean Production Action
9:30 Setting Audacious Goals
- Facilitator: Tim Greiner, Managing Director, Pure Strategies
- Dylan Beach, Sustainability Specialist, GOJO
- Jennifer Reece, Sustainability & Compliance Materials Program Manager, HP Inc.
- Joel Sigler, National Environmental Program Leader, Kaiser Permanente
10:45 Break
11:15 Small Group Discussions - Setting audacious goals for chemical footprint reduction
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Chemical Footprint Project: Demonstrating Leadership
- Facilitator: Sally Edwards, Senior Research Associate, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
- Cristina Indiveri, Senior Director of Environmentally Preferred Sourcing, Vizient
- Philip Ivey, Global Strategic Sustainability Leader, Milliken’s Global Floor Covering Division
- Cheri Peele, Senior Research Associate, Clean Production Action
- Lauren Zulli, Environmental Materials Senior Engineer, Herman Miller
2:15 Small Groups Discussions - Calculating chemical footprints
3:00 Break
3:30 PFAS – Demands for Safer Alternatives
- Facilitator: Sue Chiang, Pollution Prevention Director, Center for Environmental Health
- Holly Davies, Research Services, King County Local Hazardous Waste Management Program
- Jen Jackson, Toxics Reduction & Healthy Ecosystems Programs Manager, San Francisco Department for the Environment
- Meredith Williams, Deputy Director, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
5:00 Reception
December 5
8:00 Registration & Optional Breakfast Topic Table: Responsible Corporate Decision-making and Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals (EDCS)
- Shari Franjevic, Clean Production Action
- Nicole Acevedo, Elavo Mundi Solutions
- Carol Kwiatkowski, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX)
9:00 Welcome: Cheri Peele, Senior Research Associate, Clean Production Action
9:15 Transparency: Rising or Declining – the Evolving State of Government Policy
- Facilitator: Ansje Miller, Director of Policy & Partnerships, Center for Environmental Health
- Gretchen Salter, Strategic Advisor, Safer States
- Kay Gebhardt, Senior Scientist, Sustainability and Authenticity, Seventh Generation
- Terri Goldberg, Executive Director, NEWMOA
10:30 Small Group Discussions - Importance of transparency
11:00 Break
11:30 Hazard Assessment in Standards
- Facilitator: Shari Franjevic, GreenScreen Program Manager, Clean Production Action
- Erin Gately, EPEAT Conformity Assurance Senior Manager, Green Electronics Council
- Alexandra Muller, Manager for the Living Product Challenge Program, International Living Future Institute
- Wes Sullens, Director for Building Codes Technical Development, US Green Building Council
- Wendy Vittori, Executive Director, Health Product Declaration Collaboration
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Small Group Discussions - Hazard assessment in standards
2:30 Break
3:00 The Power of Purchasing: Retailers
- Faciliator: Paul Ashford, Managing Director, Anthesis-Caleb
- Bob Himler, Vice President of Private Brand Development, Rite Aid
- Mike Schade, Campaign Director, Mind the Store Campaign
4:30 Adjourn