Household & Commercial Products Association

🎤👏🏻 On November 3, Nicholas Georges, Senior Vice President of Scientific & International Affairs, delivered an insightful and engaging presentation about the aerosol products industry at Pack Expo in Chicago, Illinois.

🚀 HCPA recently launched a new consultant website aimed at promoting members that provide a range of consulting services from regulatory compliance and product R&D support to laboratory testing and litigation. Consultant members have the ability to manage their profile, services, and contact information directly, and visitors to the "database" can search by company, service, or location. ⭐️ We are excited to promote the excellent services of our consultant members more effectively.

‼️📢 We're hiring for a Manager of Sustainability. In this role, you will: 🌍 Manage HCPA's sustainability programs 📊 Track industry sustainability activities at the federal and state levels 🤝 Staff HCPA committees and manage technical and regulatory issues Click here for more information: https://lnkd.in/etS9gBS4 If you or someone you know would be a good fit for this position, please contact Alexandra Hayes at ahayes@thehcpa.org.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ HCPA was a proud sponsor of last night's ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership Summit Awards. Congratulations to all of the 2024 Summit Award winners, which recognize and celebrate the unique role that associations play in driving the economy, putting people to work, preparing for the future, and enriching lives. We are always happy to support excellence in the association community! Lígia Duarte Iler, Michael Gruber, Alexandra Hayes, Nicholas Georges, Molly Blessing, Christopher Finarelli, Meredith Mangas, CMP

HCPA is proud to once again be named a 2024 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Safer Choice Partner of the Year. 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. Congratulations to the HCPA member companies who also received a Partner of the Year Award: Bona, Church & Dwight Co., Inc., The Clorox Company, Henkel, IndSpyre Solutions, Inc., Jelmar, LLC, Novonesis, Procter & Gamble, PurposeBuilt Brands, Rust-Oleum Corporation, SOZIO, Spartan Chemical Company, and State Industrial Products.

The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources will hold another Vermont Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Law Producers virtual meeting on Thursday, September 19th from 1:00 – 2:00 pm EST on a Teams call. Meeting ID: 240 450 833 413 Passcode: grzir5 https://lnkd.in/eVu77h_a

It's been a great first day hearing from Jay Timmons and connecting with colleagues at the National Association of Manufacturers - NAM Council of Manufacturing Associations Summer Leadership Conference.

A great partnership with 3E to discuss how different industries embrace transparency reporting for products, especially for the benefit of consumers.

The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM) debuted a new video detailing the results of a peer-reviewed research paper showing how low our exposure to fragrance via consumer products truly is.

Going into the 4th of July weekend, the California State Auditor released the findings from an audit conducted on the state's Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). Key findings from the audit confirmed systemic challenges within DPR that HCPA had been raising for years, including the need for consistent and predictable registration timelines.