15th Annual BizNGO Meeting to share, engage and act with other businesses and NGOs committed to embarking on the journey to safer chemicals.
This year BizNGO adapted to ever-present threat of COVID-19 by hosting this conference online!
Agenda & Presentations
Session 1: Confronting diversity, equity, and inclusion at the intersection of business and hazardous chemicals
Brainstorm how businesses, governments, and NGOs can collaborate in addressing DEI and environmental justice.
Featured speakers:
-
Hannah McCall, Founder, Clean Beauty for Black Girls
-
José Bravo, Executive Director, Just Transition Alliance and Coordinator of the Campaign for Healthier Solutions
-
Martin Wolf, Director of Sustainability, JEDI Comittee Member, Seventh Generation
-
Kayla Williams, DEI Lead & Communications Coordinator, Clean Production Action
Session 2: Measuring & disclosing chemical footprints
Engage in best practices in corporate disclosure and how to measure chemical footprints.
Featured speakers:
- Antonio Quiñones-Rivera, Product Safety and Sustainability Senior Manager, GOJO Industries
-
Cheri Peele, Chemical Footprint Project Manager, Clean Production Action
-
Evelyn Ritter, Director of Customer Success, toxnot PBC
-
Roberto Bertin, Sustainability, Environmental and Social Strategic Initiatives, Walmart
-
Lauren Compere, Managing Director/Director of Shareowner Engagement, Boston Common Asset Management
-
Jennifer Reece, Materials Leadership Program Manager, HP
-
Ross Bergman, Senior Sustainability Engineer, Humanscale
Session 3: Taking on the challenges to chemical ingredient disclosure
Share your challenges to disclosure—including supply chains, non-functional constituents (impurities), and fragrances—and solutions.
Featured speakers:
-
Bobbi Wilding, Deputy Director, Clean and Healthy New York
-
Jon Smieja, Corporate Sustainability Manager, Andersen Corporation
-
Terri Goldberg, Executive Director, NEWMOA
Join our breakout rooms on the challenges and solutions to:
- Fragrance ingredient disclosure (personal care)
- Supply chains
- Non-functional consitutents (impurities)
Session 4: Getting ahead of chemical classes
Aligning to priority classes and specifying the boundaries of classes.
Featured speakers:
-
Gina Solomon, Principal Investigator, Public Health Institute
-
Linda Birnbaum, Scientist Emeritus and Former Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program
-
Holly Davies, Senior Toxicologist, Washington State Department of Health