Scaling Safer Solutions
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Agenda
December 4, 2024
8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 Opening Remarks
9:20 Making the Case for Replacing Hazardous Chemicals with Safer Solutions
Panel
- Margaret Whittaker, Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist, ToxServices LLC
- Philip J. Landrigan, Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good and Director of the Global Observatory on Planetary Health, Boston College
Facilitator: Mark S. Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action
10:30 Break
11:00 Defining Key Performance Indicators for the UN Global Framework on Chemicals
Panel
- Benjamyn Marks, Director of Environment, Health & Safety, Responsible Business Alliance
- Kay Williams, Head of the UN Global Framework on Chemicals secretariat
- Melissa Wang, Strategy & Science-Policy Lead, Greenpeace International
Facilitator: Angela Pinilla, Program Manager, Chemical Footprint Project, Clean Production Action
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Partnering with the Financial Sector to address the Triple Planetary Crisis
Panel
- Constantina Bichta, Associate Director of Environmental, Social & Governance Research, Boston Common Asset Management
- Larisa Ruoff, Shareholder Advocacy and SRI Research, The Sustainability Group, Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Trust, LLC
- Stephanie Baima, Senior Manager Engagement Strategies, Ceres, Inc.
Facilitator: Caroline Boden, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Mercy Investment Services
3:00 Break
3:30 Setting Bold Goals for Chemical Footprint Leadership
5:00 Recpetion
December 5, 2024
8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 Opening Remarks
9:20 Ensuring the Renewable Energy Economy is Safer & Healthier
10:30 Break
11:00 Elevating the Procurement of Products made with Safer Chemicals
Panel
- Julia Wolfe, Director of Environmental Purchasing, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Elizabeth Eldridge, Director of Sustainability, and Joel Sigler, Director National Environmental Health and Safety, Kaiser Permanente
- Josh Dame, President, LDI Solutions
Facilitator: Chris Helt, Director of GreenScreen, Clean Production Action
12:30 Lunch
1:10 Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Frontrunner and Disclosure Leader Awards
1:30 Integrating Environmental Justice into Corporate Strategy
Panel
- Pedro Glatz, Associate Director, Climate Change and Environmental Justice, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
- Stacy Malkan, Co-founder, Managing Editor, U.S. Right to Know
- Kayla Powers, DEI and Communications Lead, Clean Production Action
Facilitator: Naila Karamally, Net Zero Transition Planning Fellow, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
3:00 Break
3:30 Reflecting on 19 years of BizNGO & Future Possibilities
Panel
- Caroline Boden, Mercy Investment Services
- Kayla Powers, DEI and Communications Lead, Clean Production Action
- Mellissa Nguyen, Sr. Program Manager, Environmental Sustainability, Vizient
Facilitator: Mark S. Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action
4:40 Closing Remarks
5:00 Adjourn
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