Media Outlet: HAPPI Magazine
Author: Tom Branna
As a featured article in its June 2013 issue, Household and Personal Products Industry (HAPPI) magazine recaps CSPA’s recent Mid-Year Meeting that took place in Chicago. From the awards, to the speakers, programs and sessions, the article captures the highlights from the meeting.
From the article: “ Darwinism is alive and well in the global marketplace. Companies and industries must evolve to meet and even anticipate consumers’ needs or they will fail. ‘The Evolving Marketplace,’ was the theme of the Consumer Specialty Products Association’s (CSPA) Mid-Year Meeting in Chicago last month that attracted nearly 500 industry executives.”
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Media Outlet: Chemical Week
Author: Rebecca Coons
For its cover story, Chemical Week magazine takes a look at the chemical industry’s corporate social responsibility. CSPA’s product stewardship and sustainability initiative – Product Care® – is highlighted in the article.
From the article: “The Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) says under its product stewardship initiative Product Care, member companies voluntarily agree to follow a code of management best practices and adhere to a set of principles that include an emphasis on protecting health, promotion of safety and environmental consideration through product design, and anticipation of product disposal needs. The program is a platform for downstream specialty product manufacturers and marketers to promote the production and distribution of safe and effective formulated products. The program interacts upstream and downstream with other recognized initiatives such as Responsible Care, Responsible Distribution, and the Retail Sustainability Initiative, CSPA says.”
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Media Outlet: Houston Chronicle
Author: Ingrid Lobet
Investigative reporter Ingrid Lobet reports on the introduction of new legislation to modernize TSCA put forth by Senators Lautenberg and Vitter. CSPA President and CEO Chris Cathcart is quoted in the article.
From the article: “Chris Cathcart, CEO of the Consumer Specialty Products Association, representing companies that formulate household and institutional products from deodorant to detergent, said he was ‘very pleased’ with the bipartisan turn of events…He also expressed hope that increased public confidence could reduce efforts to restrict compounds one by one.”
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Media Outlet: Perfumer & Flavorist
Author: Jeb Gleason-Allured
Industry publication Perfumer & Flavorist magazine reports on the introduction of new legislation to modernize TSCA put forth by Senators Lautenberg and Vitter. CSPA President and CEO Chris Cathcart is quoted in the article and CSPA’s official statement is referenced.
From the article: “CSPA said developing reasonable and necessary revisions to update the TSCA statute is “vitally important to CSPA and its member companies.” CSPA, which has advocated modernizing TSCA, said it has collaborated on how best to ensure the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has appropriate and necessary use and exposure information to support a risk-based, chemicals management program in the United States. As part of this, it said maintaining essential protections of confidential business information is critical to competitiveness and innovation.”
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Media Outlet: Chemical Watch
Author: Dinesh Kumar
Chemical Watch reports on the introduction of new legislation to modernize TSCA put forth by Senators Lautenberg and Vitter. CSPA President and CEO Chris Cathcart is quoted in the article.
From the article: “Chris Cathcart, CEO of the Consumer Specialty Products Association, representing companies that formulate household and institutional products from deodorant to detergent, said he was ‘very pleased’ with the bipartisan turn of events…He also expressed hope that increased public confidence could reduce efforts to restrict compounds one by one.”
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Media Outlet: A Humane Nation Blog
Author: Wayne Pacelle
In his most recent blog post, President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States Wayne Pacelle discusses the importance of the Henry Spira award and why his organization selected the most recent group of recipients. CSPA was included among those to receive the honor.
From the Blog Post: “Our inaugural year honorees for 2012 include Aramark, Burger King, and Sodexo for working to eliminate some of the worst factory farming practices from their supply chains, and for Sodexo’s promotion of Meatless Mondays; CeeTox, Inc., a Michigan-based contract testing organization, for its work to replace the use of animals in chemical and other product testing; and the Consumer Specialty Products Association, which brokered an industry-wide agreement in which manufacturers committed to voluntarily add a bittering agent to antifreeze and engine coolant to prevent accidental poisoning of children and animals, who are attracted to the sweet-tasting liquids.”
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Media Outlet: HumaneSociety.org
Author: The Humane Society of the United States
The Humane Society of the United States, the nation’s largest and most effective animal protection organization, recognizes CSPA and its member companies with a special award for the association’s efforts to prevent the poisoning of animals, wildlife and children.
From the Release: “The Consumer Specialty Products Association has been named a recipient of the Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award for its work to add a bittering agent to antifreeze and engine coolant in order to prevent the poisoning of animals and humans. The award is given by The Humane Society of the United States to acknowledge corporations that take special steps to safeguard animals.”
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Media Outlet: Spray Technology & Marketing Magazine
Author: Chris Cathcart
In the May 2013 issue of Spray Tech magazine on pp. 44-45, CSPA President and CEO Chris Cathcart provides an overview of the work and results the Association and its Aerosol Products Division has undertaken on behalf of the industry.
From the article: “The aerosol sector of the consumer specialty products industry has consistently demonstrated vibrancy and resiliency in the recent years. As the sector continues to grow, the Consumer Specialty Products Association and its member companies remain committed to continuously improving the environmental health and safety benefits of the aerosol product form, as well as the other household and institutional product forms.”
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Media Outlet: Chemical Watch
Author: Elizabeth Grossman
Industry publication Chemical Watch magazine covers Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families launch of a new retailer focused campaign called “Mind the Store.” CSPA’s response statement to the launch campaign is included within the coverage.
From the article: “The Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) explained that the chemicals its members use in consumer products are ‘regulated under a risk-based regulatory system,’ overseen by six federal agencies, and that these products comply with all applicable regulations. A ‘retail regulation approach, as advocated by this campaign, is the wrong way to manage chemical and product safety,’ said CSPA.”
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Media Outlet: Chemical Watch
Author: Elizabeth Grossman
Industry publication Chemical Watch magazine covers the recent Safer Consumer Products Summit in San Francisco in addition to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) safer consumer products Regulations draft. CSPA’s submitted comments on the draft are highlighted.
From the article: “The Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) considers the regulations to not be compliant with California’s Administrative Policy Act. CSPA also takes issue with the regulations’ economic analysis, alternatives analysis threshold and treatment of trade secrets. Concerns about alternatives analyses and confidential business information are also raised in comments from numerous other businesses and trade associations.”
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