SOMERVILLE, MA – Clean Production Action released GreenScreen Certified for Cleaners and Degreasers in Manufacturing to promote safer chemical use and innovation in the electronics sector.

Clean Production Action developed the new certification with Apple to create clear criteria for assessing the safety of cleaners used in electronics.

Apple uses GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals to assess and promote safer chemicals in their supply chain, with 100% of their supplier final assembly sites now using only approved safer cleaners.

“These standards represent a new playbook to help companies everywhere use safer chemicals that are better for people’s health and for the planet,” said Kathleen Shaver, Apple’s director of environment and supply chain innovation. "We’re always innovating and glad to work with our partners to help drive the use of safer chemicals across industries.”

Criteria for GreenScreen certifications are freely available and build on the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals benchmark scores. Certification requirements include full ingredient disclosure, compliance with a comprehensive list of prohibited substances, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and testing to demonstrate the absence of priority restricted chemicals and chemical classes.

“Knowing which products are safer for workers in the electronics sector is a complicated task,” said Shari Franjevic, GreenScreen program manager. “GreenScreen Certified for Cleaners and Degreasers in Manufacturing now provides assurance these products are third-party certified and free of thousands of chemicals of high concern. We are very proud to supply another tool in the toolbox for safer chemistry innovation.”

For more information, visit https://www.greenscreenchemicals.org/certified/cleaners-degreasers-standard.

To register for the Nov. 18 webinar, visit https://www.greenscreenchemicals.org/resources/entry/webinar-safer-cleaners-degreasers-for-electronics.