Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure

Endorsed by over 100 business, government, health care, investor, and NGO leaders

Contacts: Kayla Williams, Clean Production Action, kayla@cleanproduction.org, +1.781.391.6743 x120 Terri Goldberg, Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse, tgoldberg@newmoa.org, +1.617.367.8558 x302   Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure… …

CFP 2020 Report: Front-runners in Chemical Footprinting

5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project Report features best practices in proactive chemicals management by Beautycounter, Herman Miller, HP Inc., Humanscale, Naturepedic, RB (Reckitt Benckiser), & Seventh Generation Somerville, MA –… …

Press Release: TJX Companies, Inc.—Over 44% of the retailer’s shareholders voted for action to reduce chemical risk

Immediate Release:  June 15th, 2020   CONTACT: Alexandra McPherson, Amcpherson <at> niagarashare.org, t) +1 716.572.2266             TJX Companies, Inc.—Over 44% of the… …

Press Release: New ecolabel meets demand for identifying PFAS-free firefighting foam products

GreenScreen Certified® firefighting foam products are PFAS-free and avoid other chemicals of high concern to people and planet

Somerville, MA—As global concerns grow around the use of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—now widely known as the ‘forever chemicals’ because they can persist for thousands of years in the environment—Clean… …

2019 Chemical Footprint Project Press Release

Business leaders from diverse sectors reduce their chemical footprint. Chemical Footprint Project’s 2019 Survey results reveal 461 million lbs (209 million kgs) of hazardous chemicals eliminated by businesses over the past four… …

Dollar Tree joins Chemical Footprint Project

Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) members engaged the retailer in its safer chemicals management policies & practices Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia and Trinity Health commend Dollar Tree for taking a major step forward in… …

Toxic flame retardants still in TVs

New testing by Clean Production Action and Toxic-Free Future Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals Found in TVs Flame Retardant Banned Decade Ago Still Being Used in TVs Contact: Alison Poor, alison@cleanproduction.org, 781-391-6743x110 Seattle, WA –… …

Chemical Footprint Project Releases First Report on Corporate Progress Toward Safer Chemicals

Third-Party Benchmark Supports Investors, Purchasers, and Brands in Assessing Chemical Risks In the first initiative of its kind to publicly benchmark corporate chemicals management, the Chemical Footprint Project (#ChemicalFootprint) today published… …

GOJO Announces Its 2020 Sustainability Goals at BizNGO

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… …

GreenScreen® in International Electronics Sustainability Standard

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… …

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… …

Consumer Concern for Chemicals Drives New Business Solutions

Consumer Concern for Chemicals Drives New Business Solutions Business, NGO Leaders Team Up to launch new tools for identifying safer chemicals and sustainable plastics (Framingham, Massachusetts) Today a coalition of companies and environmental… …

Businesses Urge Enhanced Disclosure of Chemical Ingredients

(Washington, DC) – With legislation to update the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for the first time in almost 35 years close to being introduced later this month in the House, a coalition of health care providers and manufacturers of… …

European Commission Position on DecaBDE up in Smoke After European Court Decision

Brussels An international group of environmental, legal and health NGOs[1] welcomed today’s judgment by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against the European Commission’s decision to exempt decaBDE[2], a brominated flame retardant,… …

Health and Environment Groups on Alert for Test Case on Chemical Safety

A hazardous chemical is likely to be accepted as “safe for consumer use” by the European Commission this week. Deca-BDE, which is used as a flame retardant for electrical goods and textiles and is found as a contaminant in food, is known… …