Safer chemicals 101: understand the landscape
Understand the external landscape
Building your knowledge of the various organizations and initiatives involved in the safer chemicals space is a good way to stay up-to-date on current events and different points of view. It can also help you find allies and additional educational materials.
The list below is by no means comprehensive; it is a sample of the organizations, initiatives, and advocacy groups that use corporate engagement and/or market activism to advance safer chemicals in consumer products.*
Organizations
Clean Production Action (CPA)
Food Packaging Forum
GreenBlue
Healthy Building Network (HBN)
Consumers Union
Collaborative initiatives
Beauty & Personal Care Leadership Group (BPC)
BizNGO (managed by Clean Production Action)
Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3)
Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC)
Advocacy Groups
Black Women for Wellness (BWW)
BlueGreen Alliance
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP)
Center for Food Safety
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
ChemSec
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
GreenPeace
Healthy Babies Bright Futures
Safer Chemicals Healthy Families (SCHF)
WEACT
Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE)
*This list does not currently include organizations focused primarily on public policy and litigation.