Mark Rossi
Ecomaterials Innovation Lab
Mark Rossi is a research director and partner of Clean Production Action (CPA), where he is responsible for leading CPA’s research efforts to identify and develop new tools and strategies that advance green chemistry and sustainable materials. He is the co-author of numerous publications including CPA’s Green Screen for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Business Strategies for Transforming the Toxic Chemical Economy and the new Plastics Scorecard. Rossi coordinates and chairs the Business-NGO Working Group (BizNGO), a unique collaboration of companies and NGOs who promote safer chemicals and sustainable materials through innovative tools, resources and policy initiatives. He is also the co-founder of the Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative (SBC), a network of organizations working to spur the introduction and use of biomaterials that are sustainable from cradle to cradle. He is a co-author of the SBC’s Sustainable Bioplastic Guidelines and the BioSpecs – Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Specifications for Compostable Biobased Food Service Ware. Rossi is a member of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act Advisory Committee and a Research Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he advances chemical alternative assessment methods for governments and companies. He earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Policy from MIT.