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Health Care Sustainable Purchasing Tool Under Development

January 26, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A partnership between Underwriters Laboratories and Greenhealth Exchange aims to help health care companies realize financial and EHS benefits by sourcing safer and healthier products and services.

Apple Final Assembly Sites in China 100% Zero Waste Compliant

August 22, 2016December 6, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Apple says all 14 of its final assembly site in China are now compliant with UL’s Zero Waste to Landfill validation.

EHS Software Market a ‘Booming Growth Segment’

July 21, 2016December 6, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The global environment, health and safety software market will exceed $1.4 billion in 2020, up from $932 million in 2016, according to forecast by Verdantix. The market will grow at an 11 percent compound annual growth rate over the next 5 years reflecting economic growth, industry dynamics, and private equity ... Read more »

UL Acquires cr360, Creates Environment, Health, Safety Giant

February 2, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Underwriters Laboratories has acquired environment, health and safety management and sustainability software company cr360 for an undisclosed price. The new business will be named UL EHS Sustainability. UL, which has been growing its sustainability advisory services, says it acquired cr360 to provide customers with a comprehensive platform and unifying framework ... Read more »

UL Environment Launches New Sustainability Advisory Services

June 19, 2015June 18, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

UL Environment has redesigned its sustainability advisory offerings, delivered by the UL Environment Advisory Services team. UL’s new sustainability advisory services includes assisting clients with: Providing assurance for corporate-branded sustainability programs (e.g. waste diversion programs, environmental footprint). Promoting the integration of sustainable thinking into new product development processes through staff ... Read more »

Do Sustainable Building Design Certifications Provide ROI?

June 5, 2015 by Karen Henry

Sustainable building design certifications have not delivered much in terms of protecting and enhancing building values over the long term, according to a study conducted by Underwriters Laboratories. UL asked constituents in the built environment value-chain where the sources of economic value and ROI were being found in the overall ... Read more »

UL to Open California Facility

May 4, 2015August 2, 2019 by Karen Henry

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) announced plans to open a new 19,000-sq-foot laboratory in Brea, California. The facility is scheduled to open in July. The new Photometric & Performance Testing Center will conduct testing of lighting products to various global energy-efficiency programs such as Illuminating Engineering Society LM-79, Energy Star, DesignLights Consortium, ... Read more »

Siemens, Duke Demonstrate Lower-Cost Smart EV Charging

December 5, 2014December 5, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Siemens Energy Management Division has teamed with Duke Energy to demonstrate the results of an 18-month effort to reduce the cost and expand electric vehicle charging technologies. Held at the Duke Energy Envision Center in Erlanger, Kentucky, and utilizing a Ford Fusion Energi Plug-In Hybrid, Siemens provided the first Underwriters ... Read more »

UL Launches Conflict Minerals Platform to Meet Reporting Requirements

September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

UL’s Information & Insights division has launched WERCSmart Conflict Minerals Platform to help companies meet conflict minerals reporting requirements. Most corporations struggling to meet the Dodd-Frank Section 1502 reporting requirements still don’t know if their products contain conflict minerals or not, UL says. The opacity of complex global supply chains ... Read more »

Green Endeavor, UL ‘Green’ Industrial Cleaning

August 12, 2014August 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

UL Environment, a business unit of Underwriters Laboratories, and Green Endeavor Inc., which provides environmentally focused services for industry, have launched a collaboration aimed at reducing the environmental and health-related impacts associated with industrial cleaning. The organizations say the partnership is the first of its kind, focusing solely on “greening” ... Read more »

UL Boosts Supply Chain Services

June 16, 2014June 13, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Safety science company Underwriters Laboratories today launched its Information & Insights division, created to meet the growing demands by businesses (and customers they serve) for more sustainably made products — including housewares, beauty supplies, cleaning products and consumer technologies from computers to smart devices — and sustainable supply chains. This ... Read more »

UL Touts Certification Program for LED Drivers

March 11, 2014August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Underwriter’s Laboratory introduced the Type TL Program, a set of certification guidelines designed to help LED luminaire manufacturers more easily source alternate LED drivers. LED drivers, electrical devices that regulate power to an LED or string of LEDs, are often designed with varying constructions and are tested in a variety ... Read more »

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