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Standards & Compliance Briefing: Water Quality Products, Sustainable Forestry, WEEE

September 19, 2013September 19, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

3M Purification says it is the first company to achieve certification under the new WQA Product Sustainability standards from the Water Quality Association. 3M can now apply a sustainability label to six products, include water filtration devices for the home and water appliances. To carry the label, products must meet ... Read more »

UL, Manufacturers Promote Zero Waste Validation

June 17, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

UL Environment, a business unit of Underwriters Laboratories, says it has developed working relationships with the Green Manufacturer Network in the US and Waste Cost Reduction Services in the UK to encourage companies to achieve its landfill waste diversion claim validation. The announcement comes less than a month after UL ... Read more »

Waste Management Helps Firms Achieve Zero Waste Validation

May 22, 2013May 24, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Waste Management is offering its customers a streamlined route to pursuing Underwriters Laboratories Environment zero waste validation. Many businesses, schools and communities across North America want to achieve zero waste, but “vague and often conflicting definitions” make it difficult, says Tom Carpenter, a director in WM’s sustainability services division. The ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: EcoLogo for Printing, BASF Water Stewardship

May 14, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

UL Environment has launched UL 2803, its revised EcoLogo third-party environmental standard for printing services. The revised standard combines two former EcoLogo standards – Lithographic Printing Services (CCD 041) and Digital Printing Services (CCD 141) – and includes new criteria aimed at reducing risk to human and environmental health. The ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Building Products, Sediment Control, LEED, RoHS II

May 2, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The International Living Future Institute and the Health Product Declaration Collaborative will align their building products standards to simplify disclosure requirements for manufacturers. The two organizations say the Institute’s Declare ingredients label and online product database (declareproducts.com) and the HPDC’s Health Product Declaration (HPD) Open Standard for disclosing building product contents ... Read more »

Target, Staples Use WRI Tool to Profit from Sustainability

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Target and Staples are among the companies using a new World Resources Institute tool to evaluate their sustainability efforts. The Sustainability SWOT, or sSWOT, adds sustainability to the traditional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis to help businesses translate environmental risks, like climate change and water scarcity, into opportunities ... Read more »

Over 80% of Manufacturers Call Sustainability Key

December 12, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

More than 80 percent of manufacturers say sustainability is essential to the success of their business, according to an Underwriters Laboratories report. UL’s 2012 annual global study, The Product Mindset, which examines manufacturer and consumer perceptions about how products are made, sold, bought and consumed, shows sustainable operations and products ... Read more »

UL Environment Buys GoodGuide

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 by Leon Walker

UL Environment, a business unit of product safety certification organization Underwriters Laboratories, has announced the acquisition of GoodGuide, one of the world’s largest sources of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of consumer products. GoodGuide’s data platform, which includes web and mobile interfaces, enables manufacturers and retailers to ... Read more »

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