COVID-19 Update: A message from Clean Production Action

Dear Friends of Clean Production Action,   Like you, we watch the coronavirus news with growing concern.  We believe it’s critical to do our part to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.  To that end, and consistent with CDC… …

Newsletter March 8, 2020

BizNGO in 2020 – join us on the journey to safer chemicals

Join BizNGO! BizNGO provides a trusted and safe space for business, environmental, and government leaders to collaborate in developing strategies and practices to advance the development and use of safer chemicals and… …

Newsletter February 23, 2020

GreenScreen program events and updates

The GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals program has many new and exciting updates and events to report on. See what’s new with GreenScreen: GreenScreen Certified Standard for Firefighting Foam GreenScreen Certified Standard for… …

Newsletter January 29, 2020

Webinars on PFAS-free firefighting foam, chemical footprint survey, and more

Join us for these upcoming webinars: Learn how to gain quick access to hundreds of GreenScreen Assessments with ToxServices new Screened Chemistry Library (February 13th) Identify PFAS-free firefighting foam products… …

New label will identify PFAS-free firefighting foams, January 22, 2020

"The NGO Clean Production Action (CPA) has launched the first ecolabel for firefighting foams free of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs).  The GreenScreen certified label will identify foam products that do not contain 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… …

Environment & Energy Report, January 21, 2020

"Clean Production Action, a nonprofit that works with businesses to encourage environmentally preferable products, will announce a voluntary ecolabel to identify PFAS-free firefighting foams today. Firefighting foams produced by four… …

Newsletter January 7, 2020

Upcoming Chemical Footprint & GreenScreen Webinars

We are starting the new decade full speed ahead with a deep dive into the Chemical Footprint Project and GreenScreen. Join us for any of the following webinars:  The 2019 Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey Results, January… …

Newsletter November 24, 2019

What does 461 million pounds equal?

That’s the amount of chemicals of high concern (CoHCs) eliminated by companies participating in the 2019 Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey. To give that mind-boggling amount some perspective, it’s the equivalent of 628 Boeing 747… …

Design for Fire Safety in Greener Electronics, November 7, 2019

“Jason Ord of Hewlett-Packard stated that use of the chemical hazard assessment tool GreenScreen yields good information. The PC industry strongly recommends that flame retardant manufacturers procure and make public GreenScreen assessments… …