Written on: September 25, 2024 by SprayTM
The Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) has announced that it has received a 2024 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award. The Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards recognize the contributions of Safer Choice partners and stakeholders who have shown outstanding achievement in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of innovative products with safer chemicals. This is the ninth time in 10 years that HCPA has received this honor.
“We are incredibly proud to be named an EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year for the ninth time in 10 years,” said Steve Caldeira, President & CEO, HCPA.
“This recognition is a testament to the household and commercial products industry’s commitment to using safer chemicals, promoting transparency, innovating responsibly, and increasing access to more sustainable products. We look forward to continuing our partnership with the EPA and the Safer Choice program to drive positive change that sets the standard for a healthier future.”
HCPA would like to congratulate member companies who also received a 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award: Bona, Church & Dwight, The Clorox Co., Henkel, IndSpyre Solutions, Jelmar, Novonesis, The Procter & Gamble Co., PurposeBuilt Brands, Rust-Oleum Corp., SOZIO, Spartan Chemical Co. and State Industrial Products.
Safer Choice is a voluntary EPA program that certifies products made with ingredients that are safer for people, pets and the planet. Safer Choice products undergo careful evaluation against a stringent set of human health and environmental criteria, and a product can only carry the Safer Choice label if it contains those ingredients that pose the least concern among chemicals in their class. HCPA has consistently advocated for funding of the Safer Choice program, educated member companies on the use of safer chemicals in their products, and facilitated dialogue between the specialty chemicals industry and the EPA.
