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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 airplanes that would stretch 30 miles if parked nose-to-tail. Additional highlights from the CFP 4^th Annual Report include rising demand for chemical footprinting, significant levels of improvement among the 21 returning companies, six frontrunners in chemicals management, and ten leaders in disclosing their CFP responses and score. Learn more by … 67PR11132019 3

Joining the chemical footprinting discussion at BizNGO 2019
Participating in the CFP Report Webinar on January 9^th
Reading the report

I am also pleased to announce that Clean Production Action will host two discussions on Regenerative Products. If you wonder what a truly regenerative product is, then join us as we host:

Regenerative Product Systems Webinar on December 4^th that will feature presentations by Seventh Generation’s Director of Sustainability & Authenticity, Martin Wolf, along with Arlan Peters, Head of Sustainability at Novozymes, and Tim Greiner, Co-founder and Managing Director at Pure Strategies.
Regenerative Product Systems breakfast discussion at BizNGO 2019.

This year’s BizNGO 2019 Annual Meeting will feature interactive panels on:

The Emerging Science of Specifying & Managing Classes of Chemicals
Eliminating Classes of Chemicals through Procurement & Regulations
Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey: Highlights from 4^th Annual Report
Safer Chemicals in the Circular Economy: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Case of PFAS Food Service Ware
Chemical Footprinting: Integration into Business Strategy & Practice
Endocrine Disruptors (EDCs) and Informed Decision-Making
Extracting Chemical Ingredient Data from the Supply Chain

If you are not a BizNGO member but would like to attend the meeting, please contact Kayla.

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Mark

Chair, BizNGO
Executive Director, Clean Production Action

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The Chemical Footprint Project gives companies across all industries tools to evaluate their progress in reducing Chemicals of High Concern and proactively identify opportunities for further action,

- Joyce Taylor

CFP greatly simplifies the complex issue of chemicals management. We now have a tool that is available for plugging into purchasing decisions.

- Monica Nakielski

Hazardous chemicals “present reputational, regulatory, and reformulation risks across a broad range of industry sectors. Investors need to understand how companies are meaningfully managing these risks.

- Susan Baker

CFP is a market differentiator and provides a competitive advantage for business leaders. This new tool will add a level of transparency and help companies mitigate reputational and regulatory risks and exploit opportunities afforded by moving to safer chemicals.

- Roger McFadden

The Investor Environmental Health Network welcomes the launch of the Chemical Footprint Project. For too long chemicals and health have been missing pieces in Environmental Social Governance (ESG) assessments. Now we have a tool that investors can use to fill in this critical information.

- Richard Liroff

Participating in the Chemical Footprint Project pilot led us to develop a formal chemical policy that will be included on our website. Our chemicals policy and its successful implementation is the very heart of our company philosophy.