Businesses Rally to Support EPA's Safer Choice Program

A coalition of businesses and organizations representing a broad swath of the economy, including the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN), the Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA), Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association (ISSA), Change Chemistry, the American Cleaning Institute, the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), and the Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (AFCC), have come together to express their united support for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Safer Choice program. This voluntary program, which labels cleaning products meeting stringent safety and environmental standards, is seen by businesses as a vital tool for communicating product safety to consumers.

Plans to transition the Safer Choice program to the private sector, proposed by Project 2025, have sparked concerns among businesses that the program's credibility and effectiveness could be undermined. The business community's strong support for the program is evident in a coalition letter signed by over 200 businesses, investors and organizations, including ASBN members Ecos, Seventh Generation and Naturepedic.

Tune in as we speak with David Levine, Cofounder & President, American Sustainable Business Network; Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks - President & CEO, ECOS plant-powered cleaning products; Barry Cik, Founder + Technical Director, Naturepedic Certified Organic Mattresses + Bedding; and Henry Rowlands Director, The Detox Project, Co-Founder, Institute for Preventive Health.