BizNGO 2022 – 17th Annual Meeting:Safer Solutions to PFAS & Beyond
Goals
- Accelerate the integration of environmental justice concerns into business practices.
- Deepen knowledge of initiatives to regulate PFAS.
- Share lessons learned from advancing safer solutions to PFAS in firefighting foam and other products.
- Align requirements for testing for PFAS across product categories.
- Brainstorm key performance indicators for corporate chemicals management.
- Strategize how to scale movement to bold goals in reducing chemical footprints.
Agenda
Day 1 - December 6
9:00 Welcome
Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action & Michael Green, Founder, Center for Environmental Health
9:30 Integrating Environmental Justice into Business Policies & Practices
Facilitator: Tyra Johnson Hux, WNY Director of Operations at Local Initiative Support Corp, and Board Director at Clean Production Action
Keynote Speaker
Rachelle Wenger, System Vice President, Public Policy and Advocacy Engagement, CommonSpirit Health
10:00 Fireside chat
10:30 Break
11:00 Panel Presentation
- Astrid Williams, Environmental Justice Manager, Black Women for Wellness
- Caroline Boden, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Mercy Investment Services, Inc.
11:30 Workshop BizNGO Guide to Integrating EJ into Organizational Policies and Practices
12:15 Lunch
1:15 Lessons Learned from Identifying Safer Solutions to PFAS in Firefighting Foam: The Compelling yet Challenging Journey to Fluorine Free Firefighting Foam
Facilitator: Shari Franjevic, GreenScreen Program Manager, Clean Production Action
Speakers
3:45 Testing for PFAS: Defining Pragmatic Test Methods and Thresholds for Product Testing
Facilitator: Margaret Whittaker, Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist, ToxServices LLC
Speakers
- Laurel Schaider, Senior Scientist, Silent Spring Institute
- Tom Bruton, Sr. Hazardous Substances Engineer, Safer Consumers Products Program, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
- Taryn McKnight, PFAS Practice Leader, Eurofins
5:15 Reception
Join us to celebrate 20 years of Clean Production Action!
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Day 2 - December 7
8:00 Bagels and Lox and the (In)Accuracies of Safety Data Sheets
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Speakers
- Amit Rosner, Founder, Clearya
- Charlotte Brody, Vice President of Occupational and Environmental Health, BlueGreen Alliance
9:00 Welcome
9:20 Workshop
Setting Bold Goals for Chemical Footprint Reductions
Facilitator: Tim Greiner, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Pure Strategies
Speakers
- Antonio Quiñones-Rivera, Product Safety and Sustainability Senior Manager, GOJO Industries Inc.
- Alexandra McPherson, Director, Investor Environmental Health Network, Clean Production Action
- Mike Schade, Mind the Store Program Director, Toxic-Free Future
- Susan Baker, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Trillium Asset Management
12:00 Lunch
Congratulating CFP Front Runners & Disclosure Leaders
Facilitator: Sally Edwards, Senior Research Associate, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University Massachusetts Lowell
1:00 Defining Proactive Chemicals Management Leadership through Key Performance Indicators
Speakers
- Alissa Sasso, Manager – Consumer Health, EDF+Business, Environmental Defense Fund
- Larisa Ruoff, Shareholder Advocacy and SRI Research, The Sustainability Group at Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Trust, LLC
3:00 Break
3:30 Leading Regulations to Eliminate PFAS in Europe and the US
Facilitator: Arthur Bowman III, Policy Director, Center for Environmental Health
Speakers
- Mike Belliveau, Executive Director, Defend Our Health
- Andrew Gonzalez, Senior Consultant, Anthesis
4:45 Adjourn
Thank you to our Sponsors!
