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. Koharik’s focus at GOJO includes corporate sustainability strategy, policies, goals and stakeholder engagement and reporting. GOJO was among the first organizations to pilot the Chemical Footprint Project, and Koharik will be speaking about the… …
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 Partnership attracts $2.1 trillion in support! Clean Production Action (CPA) and the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) are excited to announce a new transatlantic partnership with ChemSec – the International Chemical Secretariat based in… …
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. He will be speaking at this year’s BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Conference about his recent victories getting Macy’s to commit to phasing out toxic flame retardants from furniture and Home Depot to phase out phthalates in flooring, among… …
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 Meet Requirements (Somerville, MA) – TCO Certified -- an international third-party sustainability certification for IT products – announced today a new approach to phase out hazardous substances in computers, displays and other electronic… …
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 achieved, and what he hopes will come out of the upcoming 10th anniversary conference in Boston December 8-9, 2015. Q: What prompted you to start BizNGO 10 years ago? Mark Rossi: 10 years ago Clean Production Action (CPA)… …
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 today’s webinar on BizNGO’s new report on alternatives assessment. Molly Jacobs of the Lowell Center’s Environmental Health Program and Bingxuan Wang of ToxServices will discuss safer alternatives to methylene chloride in… …
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, arsenic, certain phthalates and flame retardants. These chemicals, among many others, are associated with a range of adverse health and environmental effects, including cancer, obesity, asbestosis, ecotoxicity, endocrine disruption and… …
BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Conference, Dec. 8-9, 2015, Boston UN Our Planet magazine features Mark Rossi Chemical Footprint Project assessment tool open for use until Nov. 30, 2015 Methylene Chloride Alternatives Assessment Webinar, Oct. 27, 2015 Join us in Boston for the BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Conference, Dec. 8-9, 2015! Features of this year's conference include: Keynote by Bart Sights, Senior Director of Innovation, Levi Strauss & Co. See Q & A with Bart below to learn… …
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 companies in the industry to establish a Restricted Substances List that identifies chemicals they will not permit in products or in the production process due to their potential impact on consumers, workers and the environment. Bart leads and… …
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 for Safer Chemicals program. Use of GreenScreen, which now sets the gold standard for chemical hazard assessments, is growing rapidly with its integration into building standards and the electronics and apparel industries.… …