Past Events

2010 Green Chemistry & Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable
Hosted by Sysco in Houston, TX
April 26-28, 2010

Read the Meeting Summary (pdf)
View the Meeting Agenda (pdf)

The following speaker presentations are available for download:

• Sysco: Welcome to Sysco
• Update from GC3 Tools Working Group
• Anvil Knitwear: How We're Helping the Planet
• Nike: Textile Industry Discussion
• Beyond Benign Foundation: iSUSTAIN Green Chemistry Index
• IHS: The Elephant in the Room: Selling Green Products in a Tough Economy
• Green Depot: Then. Now
• The Good Guide
• Seventh Generation
• Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Coalition
• Steelcase: Data Gathering in the Supply Chain to Support Green Chemistry
• GreenBlue: Mechanisms for Data Sharing
• Rice University: Nanotechnology and the Environment: Benefits and Risks
• GCI Pharma Roundtable: Making Pharma Greener
• Johnson & Johnson: Corporate Sustainability
• Pfizer: Learning Lessons from Pharma in Applying Green Chemistry
• FDA: Drug Master Files
• EPA: Perspective on Green Chemistry Transition
• NIOSH: Prevention Through Design, Nanotechnology, and Green Chemistry
• Washington Dept. of Ecology: State Chemicals Policy and Green Chemistry
• Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
• NSF International: Greener Chemical Products and Processes Standard
  (Click here for an updated version of the standard)

Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable: Opportunities and Challenges in a New Era
Hosted by Staples in Broomfield, Colorado
May 4-6, 2009

Download a Meeting Summary (pdf)
View the Meeting Agenda (pdf)

The following speaker presentations are also available:

See Key Note address by Dr. Theo Colborn, TEDX (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange)

• Staples: Sustainability "Values that Move Us"
• Lowell Center for Sustainable Production: GC3: A Year in Perspective
• Chemical & Engineering News: Washington Update
• US Government Accountability Office: Transforming EPA's Processes for Assessing and Controlling Toxic Chemicals
• Staples: Greening the Cleaning Industry Supply Chain
• The Dow Chemical Company: Delivering Value to the Value Chain
• Bayer Material Sciences: Product Stewardship
• ISSA: ISSA and the Greening of the Cleaning Industry
• American Apparel & Footwear Association: Trade Groups as Leaders in Advancing Green Chemistry and Design for the Environment
• Information Technology Industry Council: Trade Groups as Leaders in Advancing Green Chemistry and Design for the Environment
• Whole Foods Market: Introducing Premium Body Care
• Green Depot: Environmental Living and Building
• Wal-Mart Stores: Product Chemicals Management
• Darden School of Business: Education of Business Students
• RiskMetrics Group: The Business Case for Green Chemistry Innovation
• Green Harvest Technologies: Opportunities for Green Chemistry, Green Jobs, and a Sustainable Economy
• German Federal Environment Agency: REACH and Sustainable Chemistry: Contribution and Demand
• Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI): What Difference Does REACH Make?
• Rogers Corporation: REACH and Rogers
• Clean Production Action: The Green Screen for Safer Chemicals
• BWC Pharma Consulting: Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable
• BWC Pharma Consulting: ANSI Green Chemistry Standard
• ACS Green Chemistry Institute: Green Chemistry Institute Formulator’s Roundtable

Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable: The Role of Standards, Policy and Retail in the Sustainable Management of Chemicals Along Supply Chains
Hosted by Nike in Beaverton, Oregon
July 9-11, 2008

The 2008 GC3 Roundtable built on the successes of past meetings and ongoing working group projects to further advance the group's goals.

The following materials are available for download:

• Meeting agenda
• Meeting summary

Speaker and panel presentations are also available in .pdf format:

• Coastwide Laboratories: Green Cleaners That Really Clean And Are Really Green
• University of Oregon: Greener Chemistry and Nanotechnology in Oregon
• Lowell Center for Sustainable Production: The GC3-- A Year in Perspective
• Clean Production Action: The CleanGredients Model
• Green Seal: The Role of Standards in Promoting Green Chemistry
• Chlorine Free Products Association: The Role of Standards in Making Good Environmental Choices
• Zero Waste Alliance: ISO 14001 and Green Chemistry
• Green Chemistry Institute: Standards-- A Look Back, A Look Forward
• NSF International: NSF/ANSI Standards
• Levi Strauss & Co.: Levi's Restricted Substance List
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: "Sustainable Chemicals Policy"
• Boots UK Ltd.: Green Chemistry and Consumer Products
• US EPA: ChAMP and DfE
• Washington State Department. of Ecology: State Leadership on Sustainable Chemicals Management
• California Department of Toxic Substances Control:California Green Chemistry Initiative
• Arlene Blum: Mountains and Molecules

Green Chemistry and Commerce Council Innovators Roundtable: The Role of Tools, Labels, and Retail in Promoting Safer Chemistry
Hosted by the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Lowell, MA
April 25–27, 2007

April’s meeting built on progress made since 2005 and explored new avenues for innovation and collaboration.

The following materials from the meeting are available for download:

• Introduction to the GC3
• Summary and Presentation of Tools for Chemical Assessment Working Group Activities
• Summary of DfE and Green Chemistry Working Group Activities
• Summary of Drivers and Marketing Working Group Activities
• Wal-Mart Business Sustainability: Chemical Intensive Products Strategy
• Seventh Generation and the Power of Retail
• Is Your Firm Going Up or Down the REACH Curve?
• Dell: Staying Ahead of REACH
• Johnson Diversey: Staying Ahead of REACH
• DuPont: Staying Ahead of REACH
• Meeting Summary

Sustainable Business and Safer Chemistry Through the Supply Chain: An Innovators Roundtable
Hosted by the Darden School of Business, Charlottesville, Virginia
November 14–16, 2005

This first meeting brought together representatives from industry, government, and academia to discuss the challenges and opportunities in greening the supply chain.

The following materials from the meeting are available for download:

• Case studies on Interface Fabrics and Herman Miller
• The Financial Benefits of Green Chemistry
• Meeting the Challenges to Sustainability Through Green Chemistry
• Green Chemistry Principles as a Catalyst for Corporate Innovation
• Green Chemistry
• Two Steps Forward: Nike Things Considered
• Improving Information Flows In the Supply Chain and Beyond
• The US Experience in Promoting Sustainable Chemistry
• First Do No Harm: the Growing Business Case for Toxic-free Products and Processes
• Meeting Summary