Product Chemicals Management for Retailers: Moving Beyond Compliance Toward Safer, Less-Toxic Product Lines
May 2011
The Product Chemicals Management for Retailers Meeting was hosted by West Marine in Watsonville, CA, on May 3, 2011. This business to business event brought together over 40 proactive retailers and other stakeholders engaged in dialog about the challenges and solutions to safer chemicals management in the products they are selling, and explored the business case for why this is important.
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The following speaker presentations are available for download:
- San Francisco Department of the Environment: Retailer as Environmental Leader-Governmental Drivers
- Good Guide: A Call to Action-The Role of Retailers
- Patagonia
- Brown Wilmanns Environmental, LLC: Standards, Labels, Certifications, and Seals , An Overview
- Environmental Defense Fund: GreenWERCS- An Alternatives Assessment Approach to Chemical Intensive Products
- Recreational Equipment Inc.: ecoSensitive, The Eco Index, Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Chemistry & Toxics, BPA amongst other things...
- Lowell Center for Sustainable Production: Product Chemicals Management Web Resource for Retailers
6th Annual Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable
May 2011
The 6th Annual Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3) Innovators Roundtable: Advancing Green Chemistry Practices in Business, was hosted by HP in Cupertino, CA on May 4 & 5, 2011. This event provided an open business-to-business forum for participants to discuss and share information and experiences regarding their efforts to lower the toxicity of chemicals in their supply chains. The event also offered a unique opportunity for cross-sectoral dialog to overcome barriers to innovation and to place upstream and downstream pressures on supply chains to motivate safer chemistry.
To view a copy of the meeting summary and speaker presentations please visit the GC3 website.
Beyond Green: Sustainability Action Summer Institute
June 2010
The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production held a five day training workshop in Lowell, MA. Topics such as systems thinking, backcasting and generational goal setting, sustainable product design, elements of a visionary chemicals policy, alternative assessment, and using important databases such as the Green Screen and Pharos were covered. The training was designed for environment, health, and sustainability advocates in government, non-government organizations, corporations, private foundations, labor unions, health care institutions, and universities.
For more information on the Sustainability Action Summer Institute click here.
5th Annual Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable
April 2010
The 5th Annual Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable was hosted by Sysco in Houston, TX on April 26-28, 2010. This event featured speakers and panel discussions of interest to a range of industries attempting to ensure safer chemistry and products throughout their supply chains in a changing business, scientific, and regulatory climate.
To view a copy of the meeting summary and speaker presentations please visit the GC3 website.
4th Annual Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable
May 2009
The 4th Annual Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable: Opportunities and Challenges in a New Era, was hosted by Staples in Broomfield, Colorado on May 4-6, 2009.
To view a copy of the meeting summary and speaker presentations please visit the GC3 website.
3rd Annual Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable
July 2008
The 3rd Annual Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable: The Role of Standards, Policy and Retail in the Sustainable Management of Chemicals Along Supply Chains, was hosted by Nike in Beaverton, Oregon on July 9-11, 2008.
To view a copy of the meeting summary and speaker presentations please visit the GC3 website.
Implementing the European Union's New REACH Legislation
September 2007
The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cosponsored this one-day workshop at the DEC Headquarters in Albany. The following materials from the workshop are available for download:
- SI Group: Supply Chain Communication
- Starfire Systems: Getting Information From Supply Chains
- Xerox: REACH Compliance
- NYS DEC: New York State Chemical Management Activities
Turning REACH Into an Opportunity: A Training on Implementing the European Union's New REACH Legislation
September 2007
The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality presented this one-day training at Lansing Community College. The following materials are available for download:
- General Motors: The Automotive Sector and REACH
- National Center for Manufacturing Sciences: Keeping REACH Within Our Grasp
- Steelcase: Getting Information Through Supply Chains
- Tetra Tech: An Industry Review of REACH
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