6th CFP Report Released
December 02, 2022
Chemical Footprint Project Webinar
January 21st @ 1pm
Mark Ross, Sally Edwards & Tim Greiner
The Chemical Footprint Project was founded by the environmental non-profit Clean Production…
The Business Case for Knowing Chemicals in Products & Supply Chains
January 13th @ 3pm
Mark Rossi & Kevin Munn
This webinar looked at the use of CiP information systems and the value of knowing about…
The Business Case for Knowing Chemicals in Products and Supply Chains
December 15, 2014
12/15/2014
UNEP
New Report Makes Strong Business Case for Using Safer Chemicals in Products and Supply Chains…
New Third-Party Tool Measures Corporate Progress Towards Safer Chemicals
December 11, 2014
12/8/2014
TriplePundit
Public Data will Empower Responsible Investors to Recognize Leaders Chemicals of concern are an…
Chemical Footprint Project: The next step in reporting
December 09, 2014
12/8/2014
GreenBiz
Just as every company has a carbon footprint, every company has a chemical footprint —…
BizNGO 2014 Conference - 9th Annual Meeting
December 8th & 9th
From chemical footprinting to alternatives assessment, BizNGO 2014 shaped the direction of…
Press Release: Chemical Footprint Project Launch
December 08, 2014
12/8/2014
New Tool Launched Today Measures Corporate Progress Towards Safer Chemicals Third-Party Benchmark…
Shifting FR Markets
November 17, 2014
The FRs market is experiencing a massive transformation in chemistry. As of 2013, bromine…
Firemaster
November 16, 2014
One of the most studied of the new FRs is Firemaster 550—a bromine and phosphorous-based…
New & Emerging BFRs–Where are the tox data?
November 16, 2014
But what are manufacturers offering instead of decaBDE and HBCD, also on the phase out pathway…
NAS Alternatives Assessment Framework
November 5, 2014
Helen Holder
Concerns about the health and environmental impacts associated with some chemical products and…
BFRs in Electronics & Electrical Devices
October 31, 2014
Electronics and electrical devices account for 50% of global brominated flame retardant (BFR)…
Alternatives: Are FRs Necessary?
October 24, 2014
A critical approach to chemicals in products in general and plastics in particular is to ask: Is…
Whack-a-chemical
October 16, 2014
Government policies drive, somewhat ironically, both the use and restriction of FRs.…
Facts on Flame Retardants
October 10, 2014
Global consumption in 2012: 3.9 billion pounds (lbs). With consumption expected to increase to…
Health Effects of Flame Retardants (FRs)
October 10, 2014
FRs and their adverse health effects are a seemingly ubiquitous topic in scientific journals.…
Chemical Manufacturers Increase Production of Non-Phthalate Plasticizers
October 03, 2014
Reflecting market movement away from phthalates, both BASF (DINCH plasticizer) and Eastman…
Strategies for Identifying Safer Alternatives to Plasticizers
October 03, 2014
The solution to hazardous plasticizers like DEHP is not necessarily another plasticizer. The…
Solutions to Hazardous Plasticizers
October 01, 2014
The dominant movement in the marketplace is to alternative plasticizers to DEHP and other…
UNEP Report: The Business Case for Knowing Chemicals in Products & Supply Chains
October 01, 2014
October 2014
Mark Rossi
UNEP
Key messages: Regulatory requirements, customer demands, media attention, non-governmental…
Recent Studies—Health Effects of Phthalates
September 25, 2014
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on Phthalates…
Databases on chemicals legislation
September 21, 2014
For more information on chemicals policies see:
How leaders from Apple to ZDHC are opening up on chemicals
September 19, 2014
9/17/2014
GreenBiz
What chemicals are in the products you sell? It should be the simplest of questions, but all too…
Chemical disclosure policies
September 19, 2014
It’s now the law in: Vermont: Act No. 188 (S 239) requires manufacturers of…
Flame retardant & PBT (persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic) restrictions continue to prosper
September 19, 2014
It’s now the law in: Maryland: HB 229 bans children’s products containing the flame…
California to ban plastic bags
September 19, 2014
9/5/14
Coming soon: California: SB 270 would make the State the first to enact a statewide ban on…
In case you missed the first webinar: What’s the Chemical Footprint of Plastics? Plastics Scorecard v1.0
September 15, 2014
Ann Blake & Mark Rossi
Would you like to: Understand the deep connections between fossil fuels, chemicals, and plastics?…
Assessing progress in greening electronics
September 12, 2014
9/3/14
Greenpeace
According to the latest Greenpeace report, brands are making progress in reducing polyvinyl…
Health care wants furniture without unneeded flame retardants
September 12, 2014
9/10/14
Health Care Without Harm
Brominated and other flame retardants are losing the health care market. Four health care…
Target and Walmart cleaning up the supply chain?
September 12, 2014
9/8/14
GreenBiz
The two US retail giants joined together with their supply chain last week in Chicago at the…
Is edible packaging sustainable?
September 04, 2014
2014
Some novel innovations aimed at reducing waste have been garnering attention this summer,…
Washington State initiates action on PCBs as concern grows about contamination in pigments and dyes
September 04, 2014
While the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) banned new production and most uses of…
Cleaning up the supply chain: Apple limits hazardous chemicals in manufacturing
September 04, 2014
9/1/14
Apple placed restrictions on benzene, beryllium, n-hexane, trichloroethylene (TCE), and other…
Cleaning hands but contaminating the Great Lakes
August 11, 2014
7/11/14
Clean Production Action
A new report from the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and Clean Production Action…
BizNGO Applauds Senator Merkley’s Bill to Reduce PBTs Press Release
July 24, 2014
7/24/2014
Businesses praise bill to avoid chemicals of high concern to human health and the environment…
New bill would ban BPA from food and beverage containers
July 14, 2014
7/9/14
Senator Ed Markey
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Lois Capps (D-CA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) have…
Not just BPA: 175 chemicals of concern found in food packaging
July 07, 2014
7/7/14
Food Packaging Forum
A new report from the Food Packaging Forum identifies 175 potentially hazardous substances used…
Plastics Scorecard
July 01, 2014
July 1, 2014
Ann Blake, PhD and Mark Rossi, PhD
The Plastics Scorecard v.1.0 offers the first comprehensive method for assessing and reducing…
What’s the Chemical Footprint of Plastics? Plastics Scorecard v1.0
July 1st, 2014
Ann Blake & Mark Rossi
Would you like to: Understand the deep connections between fossil fuels, chemicals, and plastics?…
California fines Bumble and Bumble, Walmart, and others for VOCs in products
June 30, 2014
7/1/14
Sustainable Brands
Hair and nail care products are contributing to smog: The California Air Resources Board has…
“Flame retardants are everywhere”
June 30, 2014
7/1/14
Plastics in turn, are a leading end use for flame retardants. They’re found in penguins and…
Plastics Scorecard
June 30, 2014
7/1/14
Greenbiz
Plastics Scorecard and Valuing Plastic, two recent reports demonstrate how companies need to pay…
Plastics Scorecard Press Release
June 30, 2014
7/1/2014
Plastics Scorecard ranks popular plastics Businesses praise new tool to assess “chemical…
Verified GreenScreen Assessments are Available Online!
June 30, 2014
7/1/2014
Eight verified GreenScreen assessments are now available as part of the release of the Plastics…
5 steps to reduce the chemical footprint of plastic products
June 27, 2014
July 1st, 2014
By switching the type of plastic used in its IV bags, Dignity Health care system kept 700,000…
Washington State finds “regrettable flame retardant substitutions”
June 23, 2014
6/23/14
Washington State
Why companies need to do hazard assessments of alternatives … Testing for flame retardants…
US EPA releases final TCE risk assessment—2nd final assessment in 38 years under TSCA authority
June 23, 2014
6/23/14
US EPA
Since 1976, when Congress enacted the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) the EPA released its…
UNEP says measuring plastics use will reduce companies’ environmental impacts
June 23, 2014
6/23/14
TRUCOST
Environmental impacts of plastic use are a business liability, says a new report from the Plastic…
Plastics from Trees
June 16, 2014
6/18/14
Sustainable Brands
Is the chemistry safer? We’re excited about displacing fossil fuels as the feedstocks for…
US EPA identifies HBCD alternatives
June 16, 2014
6/12/14
US EPA
Are the alternatives to HBCD safer? The US EPA’s Design for Environment program released…
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