Newsletter: June 2, 2025

The Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) 2025 Survey is Now Open!

Is your organization ready to tackle the latest challenges in chemical management—including PFAS and other emerging chemicals of concern in products and supply chains? Do you know your chemical footprint, and how it compares to your peers? Participate in the CFP 2025 Survey to: Assess your readiness to address new and emerging chemicals of concern. Meet increasing expectations for transparency in chemical safety. CFP Signatories now represent over $3.5 trillion in assets under management… …

Webinar: Advancing Chemical Footprint Measurement: Tools, Insights, and Global Perspectives

Join us for a comprehensive 90-minute webinar exploring the latest advancements in measuring and managing chemical footprints across industries and regions. Starting with an introduction to the global framework on chemicals and waste and target D6, the session will dive into the definition and rationale behind chemical footprint measurement, focusing on Chemicals of High Concern (CoHC). Expert panelists will share critical insights on hazard assessment methodologies, tracking reductions along… …

Webinar: Insights from the 7th Chemical Footprint Project Report

Reducing Chemical Footprints

The 7th Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Report, released on December 3, 2024, by Clean Production Action, highlights advancements in corporate chemical management and sustainability. By showcasing efforts from major companies with a combined annual revenue of $1.2 trillion, the report reveals a reduction of 132.9 million pounds (60.3 million kilograms) of hazardous chemicals. The CFP initiative offers a comprehensive framework for businesses to transition from hazardous substances to safer… …

Walmart, Whole Foods Market, Grove Collaborative, Clorox, and Ecolab are first-time Frontrunners in 7th Chemical Footprint Project Report

Companies report reducing more than 130 million pounds of chemicals of high concern to human health and the environment

The 7th Chemical Footprint Project Report highlights companies reducing 132.9 million pounds of hazardous chemicals, with 12 companies recognized as Frontrunners for leadership in safer chemicals management.and the planet. …

7th Chemical Footprint Project Report

The 7th Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Report released December 3, 2024 by Clean Production Action documents how some of the largest companies in the world with $1.2 trillion in annual revenue reduced their chemical footprints, use of chemicals of high concern, by 132.9 million pounds (60.3 million kilograms)—a weight equivalent to 226 Airbus A380s (the world’s largest passenger aircraft). Companies surveyed in the report are in the building products and furnishings, retail,… …

CPA celebrates new UN Framework on Chemicals

Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals

For the past year, Clean Production Action’s (CPA’s) Angela Pinilla, Program Manager, Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) and Alexandra McPherson, Director, Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) worked collaboratively with leaders from around the world to support the development of precedent setting 2030 and 2025 targets in the United Nation’s new Global Chemical Framework on Chemicals. “Target D3 – By 2030, the private sector, including the finance sector,… …

Clean Production Action will mobilize stakeholder support for strong chemical footprint reduction targets in the UN’s Beyond 2020 Framework for Chemicals

Clean Production Action (CPA) will advocate for the need to reduce chemical footprints by 2030 at the upcoming United Nations’ International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in - Bonn, Germany, 25 - 29 September 2023. Over twenty years ago, leaders from around the world united under the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) to set objectives aimed at reducing the harmful effects of chemicals on both human health and the environment by 2020. But this goal was not met. Instead, chemical… …

Newsletter: June 5, 2023

Meet growing investor demands by participating in the Chemical Footprint Project Survey

The Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey assesses where companies are on their journey to reduce their chemical footprint and use inherently safer alternatives.  Investors in the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) recently called for more companies to adopt best practices and join the 2023 CFP Survey – “Just as companies regularly report on carbon, water, waste, and emission reductions, investors are asking companies to report on their chemicals management practices… …

Webinar: Learn about the CFP 2023 Survey

The 2023 Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey is open! 

During this one hour webinar you will: Understand the value of participating in the Survey. Know the questions and key performance indicators. Get up-to-date on changes to the 2023 CFP Survey. Take away tips for filling in the Survey, and Have the opportunity to ask clarifying questions.  …

Investor Environmental Health Network Blog: April 20, 2023

Investors commend corporations for reducing business risk by eliminating over 37 million kilograms of toxic chemicals from products, and call on more companies to adopt best practice and join the 2023

Recent scientific studies make clear that we are reaching a tipping point on chemical pollution  and taking “urgent action” is necessary [1]. According to the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) report, “chemical pollution is one of the three planetary crises confronting humanity along with climate change and biodiversity loss”. Continued dependency on chemicals known to cause harm to human health and the environment exacerbate climate change, biodiversity loss and… …