Healthier Procurement Webinar Series

How to Prioritize Human & Environmental Health Concerns within Your Organization’s Purchasing

You will learn:

• How to evaluate what toxins to address first for improving human and environmental health, and what tools are available to support prioritization.
• What the six major chemical classes are that contain many of the chemicals of concern.
• How to find products that use safer chemicals.
• What tools are available to communicate the benefits of prioritizing certain factors.

Speakers

	Arlene Blum Executive Director Green Science Institute
	Pam Eliason Senior Associate Director and Industry Research Program Manager Toxics Use Reduction Institute
	Linda Rutsch Outreach & Education Coordinator U.S. EPA Safer Choice Program
	Stacey Foreman Manager of Sustainable Procurement Program City of Portland

How to Specify and Verify for Human & Environmental Health

You will learn:

• How to use available tools to specify products that are genuinely safer for people and the environment.
• How to efficiently verify that the products you receive actually meet the specified requirements.

Speakers 

	Daniel Pedersen VP Science & Standards Green Seal, Inc.
	Lara Koritzke Director of Communications ISEAL Alliance
	Julia Wolfe Director, Environmental Purchasing State of Massachusetts

How to Achieve Better Results with Integrated Approaches for Healthier Procurement

• How to integrate considerations of human and environmental health into the procurement process.
• How integrated approaches, such as integrated cleaning or pest management, can transform an entire category of procurement in ways that are healthier for people, the environment, and your organization’s bottom line.

 Confirmed Speakers 

	Judy Levin Pollution Prevention Director Center for Environmental Health
	Beth Meer Special Assistant New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation

We’ll soon announce a private sector procurement professional as a third speaker. Register to stay tuned.

Thank You

Thanks to the support of the Passport Foundation, SPLC is pleased to make all three webinars free and open to the general public.