Chemical injustice is often discussed in moral terms. It is equally a scientific problem—one that can be quantified, traced, and, crucially, prevented. Decades of research show that hazardous chemical exposures in the United States are not… …
Investors are increasingly scrutinizing companies for environmental, social and ethical considerations. In addition to closer scrutiny of companies’ carbon and water footprints, a third mark of consideration is emerging: their chemical… …
The Expanded GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for Firefighting Foam now prohibits PFAS and reduces the chemical footprint of both Class A and Class B firefighting foam products Bev Thorpe September 10, 2020 In early 2020, Clean… …
It’s been over 30 years since the U.S. Community Right to Know Act was passed in 1986. At the time, the idea that companies publicly would report their emissions of toxic chemicals to a Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) seemed far-reaching, yet… …
Webinar on the Chemical Footprint Project: get the latest updates on the 2016 Survey December 6 - workshop on the Chemical Footprint Project: learn how to develop and implement a safer chemicals management program December 7-8 - BizNGO… …
Chemical Footprint Project survey is live! BizNGO members: Join us for the 11th annual meeting GreenScreen® featured at Electronics Goes Green conference Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) survey is live! Join leading… …
Today we are thrilled to announce the launch of our online GreenScreen® Standard Introductory Course! Join us and learn: the value and uses of GreenScreen, a scientific, robust, and transparent hazard assessment method how companies like HP Inc.,… …
UNEP refreshes The Business Case for Knowing Chemicals in Products & Supply Chains The United Nations Environment Programme recently refreshed the report, originally released in 2014, with new design elements and translations in Chinese, French,… …
UN Environment Programme re-releases designed versions of The Business Case of Knowing Chemicals in Products and Supply Chains in Chinese, French, Spanish, & English - written by our very own Dr. Mark Rossi. …
I am excited to announce a number of updates here at Clean Production Action: a role change for me, three new staff, and a new office in Europe. For my part, I am now the Executive Director of Clean Production Action. In the words of the Board of… …
We celebrated BizNGO's 10th anniversary in typical collaborative spirit by co-organizing our annual conference with the Chemical Footprint Project. Combining the best features of the two initiatives, the conference featured in-depth, high quality… …
The BizNGO conference, hosted by Clean Production Action, was mainly about Chemical Footprinting This was the 10th BizNGO conference and there was much to discuss and learn. BizNGO is one of my favorite conferences because there is such a… …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Kelly McGlumphy, Public Relations Manager, GOJO Industries, 330.255.6986, McGlumpK@GOJO.com, www.GOJO.com The company’s Sustainable Value Strategies and Goals promote leadership and continuous improvement, while… …
A 10-year checkup on the quest to detox commercial products In the last 50 years, manmade chemicals have made their way into almost every industrial and manufacturing process-basically every commercial product. Synthetic chemicals have become the… …
Join us in Boston, Dec. 8-9 @ the JFK Library! Nicole Koharik, serves as the global sustainability marketing director for GOJO Industries, a global leader in hand hygiene and healthy skin and the inventor of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer.… …
Contents: Transatlantic partnership attracts over $2.1 trillion in support Health care Signatories bring $70 billion in purchasing power to Chemical Footprint Project November 30, 2015: deadline for Responders’ participation Transatlantic… …
Join us in Boston, Dec. 8-9 @ the JFK Library! Mike Schade spearheads the Mind the Store campaign for Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, which aims to work with the nation's leading retailers on creating comprehensive chemicals policies.… …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 11, 2015 CONTACT: Shayna Samuels, 718-541-4785, shayna@ripplestrategies.com New Global Standard for Decreasing Toxic Chemicals in Electronics Released Today GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals Announced as Method to… …
Register for the conference here! Dr. Mark Rossi founded the BizNGO Working Group for Safer Chemicals & Sustainable Materials 10 years ago. Below he discusses what prompted this massive undertaking, what accomplishments have been… …
Also, it's time to register for the BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Conference! Join us in Boston on December 8 & 9. Webinar TODAY! Safer Alternatives to Methylene Chloride in Paint Strippers Join us for… …
Excerpt from the GreenBiz article: Health experts long have recognized the risks of individual and groups of toxic chemicals in building products, beginning with lead and asbestos and continuing to formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, mercury,… …
Bart Sights is the Sr. Director of the Global Development Network at Levi Strauss & Co. and keynote speaker at the upcoming BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Conference, December 8-9, 2015 in Boston. Levi Strauss & Co. was one of the first… …
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… …
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… …
Look no further than the financial and reputational travails of Lumber Liquidators for a stark example of the risks companies are exposed to when they have toxic chemicals in their products and supply chains. From February to May, the stock price of… …
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… …
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… …
A new tool, the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP), aims to establish meaningful measurement of overall corporate performance towards safer chemicals in products and supply chains. Dr. Mark Rossi, project lead and co-founder of NGO Clean Production… …
The U.S. is home to a vibrant network of “market campaigners” — environmental health advocates and social media active consumers — calling for safer chemical use in business practices. I’m one of them. To some… …
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… …
What chemicals are in the products you sell? It should be the simplest of questions, but all too often, it's incredibly difficult for companies to obtain information about the chemicals in their products, let alone in their packaging and supply… …
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… …
By switching the type of plastic used in its IV bags, Dignity Health care system kept 700,000 pounds of high-concern chemicals — the equivalent in weight of a Boeing 747 airplane — out of the environment, according to BizNGO's new… …
Join BizNGO for a webinar on March 19 with Helen Holder of HP, where we will dive into the alternatives assessment requirements of the Safer Product Regulations. Sign up here. Last week the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)… …
Walmart’s new policy (PDF) to require manufacturers of cosmetics and cleaning products to disclose ingredients in their products and remove priority hazardous chemicals signals a new era in sustainability. It’s a critical first step on… …
What is your company's chemical footprint? You may think this question does not apply to your organization because it doesn't use chemicals. Yet all products are made from chemicals. Chemicals are the building blocks of matter, which is what… …
