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Dear IEHN Member,
In the midst of a global pandemic, the team at Clean Production Action continued to bend the course of the toxic chemicals economy to safer solutions. We transitioned to a completely virtual organization, ceased all travel, yet continued to move markets to safer chemicals. Impacts of our 2020 work included:
Here are the details:
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 Firefighting foam …
- Launched the first-ever eco-label certification for PFAS-free firefighting foam, GreenScreen Certified for Firefighting Foam, with Toxic-Free Future and four certified products from manufacturers in the US, UK, and France.
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Furniture & Fabrics …
- Food Service Ware …
- Partnered with Center for Environmental Health (CEH) in drafting criteria for PFAS-free and environmentally preferred Food Service Ware products. In Q1 2021, CPA and CEH will jointly launch GreenScreen Certified for Food Service Ware.
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 Investors taking action …
- Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) members led the first-ever shareholder resolution on chemical footprint reporting at the retailer, TJX Companies. Filed by Trillium Asset Management and First Affirmative Financial Network the resolution nearly passed with 44% of TJX shareholders voting in favor of the resolution
- The GreenBiz article by Meg Wilcox, “Chemical Footprinting Comes of Age,” highlighted growing investor demand for chemical footprinting.
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Corporations disclosing and reducing their chemical footprint, including …
- Hasbro highlighted its participation in the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP)
- Seventh Generation announced that it “eliminated all CFP-listed chemicals of concern in all of our products.”
- Walmart released its latest chemical footprint metrics.
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 Guiding retailers …
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Reducing the chemical footprint of the renewable energy economy…
- Outlined strategies for renewable energy companies to reduce the chemical footprints of their products, supply chains and manufacturing operations in the report, Elements of change: Moving forward together towards a cleaner safer future. A publication with the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Economy (CoRE), which is an initiative of the Department of Materials Design and Innovation (University at Buffalo), Niagara Share, and Clean Production Action.
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Promoted Kayla Williams into our newly created position, “DEI Lead and Communications Coordinator.” Kayla’s new role includes:
- Fostering organizational alignment around the terms diversity, equity and inclusion;
- Shifting the narrative about how we think about our work, its impacts, and alignment to DEI concepts + values and how that is communicated to the world;
 Training staff; and- Establishing core DEI committee.
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Kayla Williams led BizNGO’s first ever session on DEI and Environmental Justice at our 15th BizNGO Annual Meeting, which included featured presentations by:
- Hannah McCall, Founder, Clean Beauty for Black Girls
- José Bravo, Executive Director, Just Transition Alliance; and National Coordinator, Dollar Store Campaign
- Additionally, the session featured commentary by: Martin Wolf, Director of Sustainability & Authenticity, DEI Committee Member; Seventh Generation.
Finally reflecting upon the leadership work of Clean Production Action in advancing a world free of toxic chemicals, I am especially pleased to share that the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable honored me with their 2020 Pollution Prevention (P2) Ambassador Award.
We look forward to continuing to implement solutions that transform the toxic chemicals economy into one that is safe, healthy, and just for all people and the planet.
Mark S. Rossi
Executive Director
Clean Production Action
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