Certifications

Consumer Products

Green Seal

  Green Seal is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to safeguarding the environment and transforming the marketplace by promoting the manufacture, purchase, and use of environmentally safe leadership standards. This gives manufacturers the assurance to back up their claims and purchasers confidence that certified products are better for human health and the environment....
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Consumer Products , Energy Efficiency , Environmentally Friendly Products and Services , Non Profit , Water Use

Energy Star

ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Results are already adding up. Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved enough energy in 2007 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 27 million ca...
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Appliances , Consumer Products , Electricity Products , Energy Efficiency , Government

EcoLogo

EcoLogo is one of North America's most widely recognized and respected certification of environmental leadership. By setting standards and certifying products in more than 120 categories, EcoLogo helps you identify, trust, buy, and sell environmentally preferable (“green”) goods and services. Within the program, you’ll find more than 7,000 EcoLogo-certified product...
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Automotive Related Products & Services , Bags & Sacks , Cleaning & Janitorial Products , Consumer Products , Containers , Environmentally Friendly Products and Services , Equipment & Business Products , Flooring , Furniture , Lubricants and Related Products , Office Furniture , Paper Products , Pulp and Paper Products , Services

CECP

CECP was officially founded in October 1998, and was one of the organizations charged with responsibility for fulfilling the requirements of the "Energy Conservation Law" of the Peoples Republic of China. Formation was initiated by China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and approved by General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China...
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Water Use , Non Profit , Environmentally Friendly Products and Services , Energy Efficiency , Electricity Products , Consumer Products

Cradle to Cradle

Cradle to Cradle Design is a fundamental conceptual shift away from the flawed system design of the Industrial Revolution. Instead of designing products and systems based on the take-make-waste model of the last century "cradle to grave", MBDCs Cradle to Cradle Design paradigm is powering the Next Industrial Revolution. In which products and services are designed based on patterns found ...
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Carpet Standards , Consumer Products , Containers , Equipment & Business Products , Flooring , Furniture , Lubricants and Related Products , Office Furniture , Services , Water Use

SMaRT Consensus Sustainable Product Standards

SMaRT Consensus Sustainable Product Standards provide substantial global benefits for building products, fabric, apparel, textile & flooring. They reference many other certifications that they work with in their goal to certify over 60% of the worlds products as eco friendly.  Their criteria and standards: Rating System: Sustainable, Sustainable Silver, Sust...
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Wood Certification , Services , Office Furniture , Non Profit , Indoor Air Quality , Furniture , Flooring , Equipment & Business Products , Environmentally Friendly Products and Services , Energy Efficiency , Consumer Products , Cleaning & Janitorial Products , Carpet Standards

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