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Antonio Quiñones-Rivera, PhD

Product Safety and Sustainability Manager, GOJO Industries

Antonio Quiñones-Rivera is the Product Safety and Sustainability Manager for GOJO Industries, a global leader in hand hygiene and healthy skin and the inventor of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer. Antonio joined GOJO in 2014. Antonio provides product safety, sustainability, and toxicology support for both on-going business and new product development with an emphasis on cosmetic and OTC Drug products. He also leads the sustainable chemistry implementation team.

Antonio has a broad range of professional experience in regulatory toxicology and environmental science. He served as an environmental scientist at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta, GA, where he conducted human exposure assessments for communities impacted by environmental contaminants. At Ashland Chemical, in Dublin, Ohio, he conducted chemical risk assessments to ensure product safety and regulatory compliance.

Antonio holds a B.S. in biology and an M.S. in environmental science from the University of Puerto Rico. He graduated from Cornell University with a Ph.D. in environmental toxicology.

The Chemical Footprint Project gives companies across all industries tools to evaluate their progress in reducing Chemicals of High Concern and proactively identify opportunities for further action,

- Joyce Taylor

CFP greatly simplifies the complex issue of chemicals management. We now have a tool that is available for plugging into purchasing decisions.

- Monica Nakielski

Hazardous chemicals “present reputational, regulatory, and reformulation risks across a broad range of industry sectors. Investors need to understand how companies are meaningfully managing these risks.

- Susan Baker

CFP is a market differentiator and provides a competitive advantage for business leaders. This new tool will add a level of transparency and help companies mitigate reputational and regulatory risks and exploit opportunities afforded by moving to safer chemicals.

- Roger McFadden

The Investor Environmental Health Network welcomes the launch of the Chemical Footprint Project. For too long chemicals and health have been missing pieces in Environmental Social Governance (ESG) assessments. Now we have a tool that investors can use to fill in this critical information.

- Richard Liroff

Participating in the Chemical Footprint Project pilot led us to develop a formal chemical policy that will be included on our website. Our chemicals policy and its successful implementation is the very heart of our company philosophy.