Job Opportunities, Save the Date, and Mark Rossi in the Boston Globe

Job Announcements Clean Production Action is now hiring for two new positions:   GreenScreen® Program Manager: We are looking for a technically and scientifically skilled individual to fill the position of managing our GreenScreen… …

Five things you should know about Mark Rossi

Mark Rossi’s life mission is to advance safer alternatives to toxic chemicals. In 2006, Rossi founded BizNGO, a collaboration of more than 500 business, environmental, and government leaders. After codirecting the Clean Production… …

$1.1 trillion in assets under management and purchasing power sign on to CFP!

Somerville, MA [June 19, 2015] — You’ve heard of a company’s carbon footprint.  Now it’s time for the chemical footprint. Despite growing regulatory efforts, businesses around the world continue to use chemicals of high… …

Chemical Footprinting: Identifying Hidden Liabilities in Manufacturing Consumer Products

Carbon and water footprints, along with other measures of environmental impact, are often incorporated into corporate social responsibility or sustainability reports. Many companies now make this information public in response to increasing demands… …

The Business Case for Knowing Chemicals in Products and Supply Chains

New Report Makes Strong Business Case for Using Safer Chemicals in Products and Supply Chains Geneva, 15 December 2014 - Chemicals are all around us, present in the products we use every day. The demand for increased transparency on chemicals up and… …

BizNGO Applauds Senator Merkley’s Bill to Reduce PBTs Press Release

Businesses praise bill to avoid chemicals of high concern to human health and the environment Business leaders today urged the U.S. Senate to pass the Protecting America’s Families from Toxic Chemicals Act of 2014. The bill just introduced by… …

Plastics Scorecard Press Release

Plastics Scorecard ranks popular plastics Businesses praise new tool to assess “chemical footprint” of plastic Free Webinar on Plastics Scorecard will take place Tuesday, July 1, 11 a.m. ET.  (Somerville, Massachusetts) By switching… …

BizNGO: helping firms at the end of the supply chain

“A prevalent misconception within the media, among politicians and others, is that all industry finds chemical regulations ineffective, burdensome and a threat to their profits, when in fact many downstream chemical users…realise there… …

Commons Principles for Alternatives Assessment

Press Release of Commons Principles for Alternatives Assessment with October 2013 Signatories: October 17, 2013 Contacts: Mark Rossi, BizNGO (781-799-9504, mark@cleanproduction.org) Katie Ware, Environmental Defense Fund (212-616-1283, kware@edf.org)… …

New “Guide to Safer Chemicals”

New Guide to Safer Chemicals Will Help Businesses Move Away from Chemicals of High Concern in Products & Supply Chains Staples, Construction Specialties, Dignity Health, Kaiser Permanente, Shaw Industries, Interface, Novation, & Perkins+Will… …