Certifications

Furniture

Indoor Advantage

Indoor Advantage is a certification for office furniture and seating that verifies there are little VOCs within the product. VOCs are harmful and lower the air quality which is a major concern within office buildings. The VOC criteria for the Indoor Advantage™ certification are based on emission criteria established in the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer's Associa...
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Furniture , Indoor Air Quality , Flooring

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

BIFMA Sustainable Furniture Standard

BIFMA's mission is to lead, advocate, inform and develop standards for the North American office and institutional furniture industry. We serve businesses that are primarily engaged in design, development, marketing and fulfillment of office and institutional furniture products. BIFMA is a not-for-profit organization that provides an effective forum for members to cooperate an...
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Furniture , Non Profit , Office Furniture

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

Green Guard - Indoor Air Quality Certified

GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) has established performance based standards to define goods with low chemical and particle emissions for use indoors, primarily building materials, interior furnishings, furniture, cleaning and maintenance products, electronic equipment, and personal care products. The standard establishes certification procedures including test methods, allowable em...
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Office Furniture , Non Profit , Furniture , Flooring , Equipment & Business Products , Energy Efficiency , Cleaning & Janitorial Products , Central Air

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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