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Director's Note

joel-headshotIt’s incredible how much can happen in the green chemistry world in just one month!

The state of California issued its final Safer Consumer Product regulations at the end of September, including an initial list of Candidate Chemicals and timelines for selection of proposed priority products.  Walmart issued its Policy on Sustainable Chemistry in Consumables including a proposed list of up to 10 chemicals that should be avoided in products sold at the chain and requirements for ingredients disclosure. And Target announced an initiative with the Good Guide/UL to create a rating systems for thousands of consumer products.  All of these demonstrate the increasing marketplace pressures for green chemistry.  

On the GC3 front, we have initiated three webinar series to support project group activities – one on models for green chemistry innovation, one on green chemistry education, and one on opportunities to mainstream green chemistry.  We have assembled an outstanding group of speakers for these webinars, which we encourage you to attend (they are also recorded). 

The GC3 will host its first Green Chemistry Networking Reception in Philadelphia as part of the annual US Green Building Council GreenBuild conference on Wednesday November 20th.  Thank you to Steelcase for sponsoring the event!  This is an important opportunity to highlight the work of the GC3 and recruit new members.  We hope those of you attending GreenBuild will join us and let colleagues know about the event. 

Best,

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Joel Tickner, GC3 Director