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Clean Production Action welcomes Europe headquartered consultancy, Ramboll, as our newest Licensed GreenScreen® Profiler

March 13, 2024

Clean Production Action (CPA) welcomes Ramboll as our newest Licensed GreenScreen® Profiler!…

Welcome to Dr. Helt, Clean Production Action’s new Director of GreenScreen!

March 11, 2024

We are excited to welcome Dr. Chris Helt as the new Director of GreenScreen. He brings a wealth…

What does the work of Clean Production Action mean to Black communities?

February 15, 2024
Kayla Williams Clean Production Action

February is Black History Month, as well as National Cancer Prevention Month. Consistent with…

Newsletter: April 27, 2023: What's new in GreenScreen?

February 13, 2024

GreenScreen Certified® Cleaners and Degreasers gain international promotion in new ChemWorks…

Webinar: GreenScreen Certified® for Reusables: How GreenScreen Certified® Shifts Markets Toward Materials with Preferable Chemistry

November 01, 2023

Are you concerned that there might be harmful chemicals such as PFAS, BPA or styrene in your…

Newsletter: September 22, 2023: Times are a changing -- in gratitude to our GreenScreen leader, Shari Franjevic...

September 22, 2023

It is with mixed emotions that we at Clean Production Action ask you to join us in wishing Shari…

Groundbreaking Certification Eliminates Waste and Shifts the Food Service Market to Reusables: GreenScreen Certified® for Reusable Food Packaging, Service Ware, & Cookware

September 12, 2023

OAKLAND, CA - Today, nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean…

GreenScreen Certified® continues to grow the market for safer chemicals in six product categories

April 27, 2023

Looking for PFAS-free* and preferred products? GreenScreen Certified® certifies products that…

Regulatory demands for PFAS-free firefighting foam products are on the rise - but are the alternatives safer? GreenScreen Certified® meets this demand and more

February 14, 2023

Three years ago, in January 2020, Clean Production Action with Toxic-Free Future launched the…

NewGen Surgical Awarded First GreenScreen Certification for Medical Supplies & Devices Image courtesy of Brian Jackson / Alamy Stock Photo

December 14, 2022
DesignNews

"Clean Production Action, a nonprofit organization that aims to design and deliver…

Webinar:  GreenScreen Certified® for Medical Supplies & Devices

November 16, 2022

Hear from Kaiser Permanente, NewGenSurgical, and Clean Production Action about the first-ever…

Find GreenScreen Certified® Products on Wayfair’s Shop Sustainably

October 20, 2022

Clean Production Action is excited to announce that GreenScreen Certified® is now one of the…

Clean Production Action releases first-ever GreenScreen Certified®  Standard for the health care sector: New tool will enable hospital purchasers to easily identify environmentally preferable medical equipment and supplies

October 19, 2022

Contact: Kayla Williams Phone: +1.781.391.6743 x 120 Email: kayla@cleanproduction.org Somerville,…

Newsletter: September 7, 2022: GreenScreen training open for registration & new GreenScreen Certified® firefighting foam products

September 07, 2022

* An earlier version of this newsletter sent on September 2nd improperly named the company with…

Newsletter: May 22, 2022: PFAS-free & Preferred Products

May 19, 2022

Looking for PFAS-free* and preferred products? GreenScreen Certified® certifies products that…

GreenScreen Certified® for Furniture & Fabrics v1.1 Webinar

March 23, 2022

Hear from Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Glen Raven on the newly…

Champions Designing PFAS-free and Healthier Furniture and Fabrics with GreenScreen Certified®

February 23, 2022
Bev Thorpe

The entire class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is now a focus for elimination or…

Water- and stain-resistant products contain toxic plastics, study says. Here’s what to do

January 26, 2022
Sandee LaMotte CNN

There are lists of companies which are PFAS-free -- or at least are in the process of becoming…

2021 Impacts: Blazing pathways to a safer & healthier future

December 29, 2021

Dear reader, Check out our 2021 impacts – Safer Products, Transparency, Market Demand,…

Webinar: Safer Cleaners & Degreasers for Electronics

December 15, 2021

Clean Production Action, Apple, Clean Electronics Production Network, and TCO Development present…

Clearya and GreenScreen Certified® Team Up to Shift Market Away From Toxic Chemicals in Foodware

December 15, 2021

OAKLAND, CA – Today nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean…

BizNGO 2021 Annual Meeting: DECEMBER 6

December 07, 2021

UC Berkeley Poster Session (December 6th at 5:00-6:30pm EST) Not just an academic exercise:…

First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives

November 02, 2021

OAKLAND, CA - Today, nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean…

Webinar: GreenScreen Certified®: PFAS-free and Preferred Food Service Ware

October 27, 2021

View an informative and engaging webinar on GreenScreen Certified®: PFAS-free and Preferred…

The race to replace persistent chemicals in our homes

September 28, 2021
Christine Ro BBC

We'll also have to learn how to handle alternatives to many other PFAS-containing items,…

GreenScreen Certified® for Cleaners & Degreasers in Manufacturing launched: Promoting innovation in safer chemicals use in the global electronics sector and beyond

September 22, 2021

Somerville, MA—Today, Clean Production Action released GreenScreen Certified® for…

Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure: Endorsed by over 100 business, government, health care, investor, and NGO leaders

June 28, 2021

Contacts: Kayla Williams, Clean Production Action, kayla@cleanproduction.org, +1.781.391.6743…

GreenScreen Certified® Firefighting Foam v2.1 Webinar

June 23, 2021

View presentations by and a discussion with Arlene Nuñez, Holly Davies, and Shari…

Newsletter: June 21, 2021: There’s still time! Register for Firefighting Foam webinar and participate in Chemical Footprint Project 2021 Survey External Inbox

June 21, 2021

Hello, Here are two important reminders from Clean Production Action: GSC FFF Webinar June 23 CFP…

Newsletter: June 19, 2021: In the year since our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

June 19, 2021

Dear Reader, In the year since releasing our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter…

Newsletter: June 2, 2021: PFAS-free Firefighting Foam - Webinar June 23: What GreenScreen Certified means for firefighters

June 02, 2021

Join us on June 23rd at 3:00PM EDT (7:00PM GMT) for presentations by and a discussion with Arlene…

Newsletter: May 27, 2021: New GreenScreen Registry accesses hundreds of chemical hazard assessments

May 27, 2021

Today the GreenScreen Assessment Registry joins the GreenScreen® family of tools that…

Voluntary ‘PFAS-Free’ Certification Program Draws Industry Opposition by Diana DiGangi

May 17, 2021

In a recent interview with Inside TSCA, Shari Franjevic, program manager on the chemical-safety…

Newsletter: May 6, 2021: GreenScreen Certified® -- identifying PFAS-free and preferred products for the health of people and the planet

May 06, 2021

The per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemical class is under intense global scrutiny.…

GreenScreen Certified® is the world’s first independent certification of firefighting products that do not use PFAS or thousands of other hazardous chemicals.: Certified foams are listed, approved and available now.

April 19, 2021

Clean Production Action is a non-profit dedicated to producing solutions for a safer chemicals…

CFP 2020 Report Webinar

February 11, 2021

On February 11th, Clean Production Action released the 5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project…

CFP 2020 Report: Front-runners in Chemical Footprinting

February 11, 2021

5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project Report features best practices in proactive chemicals…

Learn chemical hazard assessment with GreenScreen

January 27, 2021

When I explain that I work with organizations and networks to promote the use of safer chemicals…

Newsletter: December 30, 2020: 2020 in the rearview mirror

December 30, 2020

In the midst of a global pandemic, the team at Clean Production Action continued to bend the…

BizNGO Annual Conference: 2020 is Virtual

December 08, 2020

15th Annual BizNGO Meeting to share, engage and act with other businesses and NGOs committed to…

Newsletter: November 25, 2020: GreenScreen trainings open for registration

November 25, 2020

Learn all the elements of hazard assessment as defined by GreenScreen. Start with Advanced Topics…

Newsletter: November 18, 2020: Meeting the demand for renewable energy with safer materials

November 18, 2020

Meeting the challenge of global climate change requires significant new investments in renewable…

The Retailer’s Guide to Safer Chemicals and Materials

November 13, 2020

Retailers need to move beyond regulatory compliance if they are to meet customer expectations for…

GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Textile Chemicals v.2.0 Factsheet

November 06, 2020

Certify the use of GreenScreen® tools to select preferable chemistries and the elimination of…

GreenScreen Certified® for Furniture and Fabrics Webinar

October 28, 2020

Join Clean Production Action, Kaiser Permanente, Maharam, and Vizient in a webinar on the new…

Press Release: New GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics meets specifications for healthy materials in furnishings

October 01, 2020

Somerville, MA—Today, Clean Production Action released the GreenScreen Certified®…

GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture and Fabrics

October 01, 2020

Did you know we spend over 90% of our time indoors? And that exposure to some hazardous chemicals…

GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics Factsheet

October 01, 2020

The GreenScreen Certified® Standard for Furniture & Fabrics to meet growing demands for…