Past Webinars

November 6, 2023

Overview of the EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Toxics Tracker

A joint webinar held with Sustainable Chemicals through Contemporary Toxicology.

Featured Speakers

Christina Guthrie, MS, Lead Environmental Protection Specialist at US EPA, Toxics Release Inventory Program
Charlotte Snyder, MS, Environmental Protection Specialist at US EPA, Toxics Release Inventory Program

June 8, 2023

Accounting for Mobility in Alternatives Assessments Insights from the ZeroPM Project

Featured Speakers

Hans Peter Arp, Project Coordinator at ZeroPM, Professor at Norwegian Geotechnical Institute and Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Discussants

Ian Cousins, Professor at Stockholm University
Greg Peters, Professor at Chalmers University of Technology
Romain Figuiere, PhD Student at Stockholm University

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March 16, 2023

Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA): Changes to U.S. Cosmetics Laws to Support
Consumer Trust in Cosmetic Ingredients

Featured Speakers

Homer Swei, Senior Vice President of Healthy Living Science at the Environmental Working Group
Kimberly Norman, Senior Director of Safety and Regulatory Toxicology at the Personal Care Products Council
Jay Ansell, Vice President of Cosmetics Program at the Personal Care Products Council

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Webinar Resources

January 10, 2023

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Inadvertent PCBs (iPCBs) and a Circular Paper Economy

Featured Speakers

Doug Krapas, Environmental Manager at Inland Empire Paper
Lauren Heine, Director of Science & Data Integrity at ChemFORWARD

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November 29, 2022

Circularity: The Role for Substitution Thinking

Featured Speaker

Eeva Leinala, Principal Administrator Risk Reduction, Good Laboratory Practice & Mutual Acceptance Data Programmes at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

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OECD Resources

Guidance on Key Considerations for the Identification and Selection of Safer Chemical Alternatives
OECD Substitution and Alternatives Assessment Toolbox
A Chemicals Perspective on Designing with Sustainable Plastics: Goals, Considerations & Trade-offs
4 case studies - plastic packaging (biscuit wrappers & detergent bottles) and construction material (insulation & flooring)

Other Resources

Nature of Fashion (Biomimicry Institute)

JULY 12, 2022

Forging tighter connections between climate goals and safer chemicals

Featured Speakers

Mikhail Davis, Director of Technical Sustainability at Interface
Doreen Fedrigo, Industrial Transformation Policy Coordinator at Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe
Teresa McGrath, Chief Research Officer at Healthy Building Network

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MARCH 1, 2022

Green Chemistry Market Research: Promising Signals for the Availability of Safe and Sustainable Alternatives

Featured Speakers

Jay Golden, Inaugural Pontarelli Professor of Environmental Sustainability & Finance at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Robert Handfield, Executive Director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative and the Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management in NC State’s Poole College of Management
Randi Kronthal-Sacco, Senior Scholar of Marketing and Corporate Outreach at the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business

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JUNE 28, 2021

Finding Alternatives: Resources, Tools and Strategies Used by Practitioners

Featured Speakers

Anna Montgomery, Northwest Green Chemistry
Amelia Nestler, Northwest Green Chemistry
Elke Van Asbroeck, Aperion Team

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APRIL 12, 2021

OECD’s Guidance on Key Considerations for the Identification and Selection of Safer Chemical Alternatives

Featured Speakers

Emily Conner, Abt Associates
Eeva Leinala, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Denis Mottet, European Chemicals Agency; OECD Ad Hoc Group on the Substitution of Harmful Chemicals
Karl Palmer, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Libby Sommer, Bolt Threads

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

EU's Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-free Environment

Featured Speakers

Elena Montani, European Commission DG ENV
Pamela Spencer, ANGUS Chemical
Joel Tickner, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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JULY 29, 2020

Alternatives Assessment and Environmental Justice: Current State of Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities

Featured Speakers

José Bravo, Executive Director of the Just Transition Alliance
Veena Singla, Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council

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Resources noted during the webinar:

Just Transition Alliance’s infographics: www.JTAlliance.org/materials
The Louisville Charter for Safer Chemicals: https://comingcleaninc.org/louisville-charter/about-the-louisville-charter-for-safer-chemicals
NRDC/CHANGE Report: https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/toxic-chemicals-vulnerable-populations-report.pdf
Commons Principles: https://www.bizngo.org/resources/entry/commons-principles-for-alternatives-assessment
PBS Documentary – Mossville: When Great Trees Fall: https://www.pbs.org/video/mossville-when-great-trees-fall-se2q8k/
National Academies 2014 Report A Framework to Guide Selection of Chemical Alternatives
Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse’s Alternatives Assessment Guide
How to make toxic-free popcorn - video

MAY 20, 2020

A4 Quarterly Webinar Series: How to Get to Safer Alternatives Using Non-Animal Testing Methods: Part II

Featured Speakers

Amy Clippinger, PETA International Science Consortium, Ltd.
Pamela Spencer, ANGUS Chemical
Margaret Whittaker, ToxServices

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Resources noted during the webinar:

EPA’s List of NAMs
NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM): List of NAMs
PETA International Science Consortium:
- NAMs: piscltd.org.uk/alternatives
- Webinars: piscltd.org.uk/webinars
- Companies: piscltd.org.uk/links-resources
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: NAM Use for Regulatory Application
Institute for in Vitro Sciences: Annual Workshop (January, 2021)

JANUARY 29, 2020

A4 Quarterly Webinar Series: How to Get to Safer Alternatives Using Non-Animal Testing Methods

Featured Speakers

Amy Clippinger, PETA International Science Consortium, Ltd.
Pamela Spencer, ANGUS Chemical

Featured Respondents

Lauren Heine, ChemFORWARD
Shari Franjevic, Clean Production Action

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JANUARY 17, 2020

A4 Member Update Call - January 2020

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Different Tools for Different Questions? Using Alternatives Assessment, Risk Assessment, and Life Cycle Assessment

Martin Wolf, Seventh Generation
Annie Bevan, Superior Essex
Libby Sommer, Bolt Threads

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JULY 11, 2019

Alternatives Assessment's Past, Present, & Future

Joel Tickner, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
Molly Jacobs, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
Amelia Nestler, Northwest Green Chemistry
Pam Spencer, Angus Chemical Company

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Alternatives Assessment 101

Joel Tickner, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Pam Eliason, Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
Pamela Spencer, ANGUS Chemical Company
Timothy Malloy, UCLA
Cathy Rudisill, SRC Inc.
Meredith Williams, California Department of Toxic Substances and Control

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