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Certifications & Standards
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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. On this website, you’ll find more than 7,000
EcoLogo-certified products from hundreds of manufacturers.
Launched by the Canadian federal government in 1988, EcoLogo has grown to
serve buyers and sellers of green products throughout the United States and Canada,
and around the world. In fact, EcoLogo is North America’s oldest environmental
standard and certification organization (and the second oldest in the world).
It is the only North American standard approved by the Global Ecolabeling Network
as meeting the international ISO 14024 standard for environmental labels.
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Founded in 1989, Green Seal provides science-based environmental certification standards that
are credible, transparent, and essential in an increasingly educated and competitive marketplace.
Our industry knowledge and standards help manufacturers, purchasers, and end users alike make
responsible choices that positively impact business behavior and improve quality of life.
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SCS is a leading third-party provider of certification, auditing and testing services, and standards,
founded in 1984. Our goal is to recognize the highest levels of performance in food safety and quality,
environmental protection and social responsibility in the private and public sectors, and to stimulate continuous
improvement in sustainable development.
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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.
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The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) is an industry-independent, non-profit organization that
oversees the GREENGUARD Certification Program. As an ANSI Authorized Standards Developer,
GEI establishes acceptable indoor air standards for indoor products, environments, and buildings.
GEI’s mission is to improve public health and quality of life through programs that improve indoor air.
A GEI Advisory Board consisting of independent volunteers, who are renowned experts in the areas of indoor
air quality, public and environmental health, building design and construction, and public policy, provides
guidance and leadership to GEI.
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The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™
encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development
practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools
and performance criteria.
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EPEAT is a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select
desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes. EPEAT also provides
a clear and consistent set of performance criteria for the design of products, and provides an opportunity
for manufacturers to secure market recognition for efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its products.
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The Chlorine Free Products Association(CFPA) is an independent not-for-profit accreditation &
standard setting organization. Our focus is promoting sustainable manufacturing practices, implementing
advanced technologies free of chlorine chemistry, educating consumers on alternatives, and developing world
markets for sustainably produced third party certified products and services. The CFPA has no financial interest
in any manufacturer, or company, of the products it certifies.
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The Forestry Stewardship Council sets forth principles, criteria, and standards that span economic, social,
and environmental concerns. The FSC standards represent the world’s strongest system for guiding forest management
toward sustainable outcomes. Like the forestry profession itself, the FSC system includes stakeholders with a diverse
array of perspectives on what represents a well-managed and sustainable forest. While the discussion continues, the FSC
standards for forest management have now been applied in over 57 countries around the world.
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STMC stands for the Standardized Test Methods Committee. This global committee formed to find and promote standardized test methods for the printer cartridge industry. The test methods are used to evaluate toner printer cartridge performance. Standardized test methods make it possible to evaluate a cartridge anywhere and come up with the same test results no matter who tests it.. Standardized tests do not specify how a cartridge must perform; they only measure it.
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NSF International has been testing and certifying products for safety, health and the environment for more than 65 years. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, NSF’s mission is to protect public health and the environment through standards development, inspection, testing and certification for the food, water, build/construction, retail, chemical and health science industries. Operating in more than 120 countries, NSF is committed to protecting public health worldwide and is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Food and Water Safety and Indoor Environment. www.nsf.org
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NSF Sustainability draws upon this expertise in standards development, product assurance and certification, advisory services and quality systems management to help companies green their products, operations, systems and supply chains. NSF Sustainability, through the National Center for Sustainability Standards, has developed sustainability standards for: building products and materials; furniture; carpet and flooring, fabrics; wallcoverings; roofing membranes; green chemicals; and drinking water quality. NSF works with leading regulators, scientists, engineers, public health and environmental health professionals and members of the industry representatives to develop these transparent, consensus-based standards. www.nsfsustainability.org
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SMaRT consensus sustainable product standard and SMaRT Certified Products through the MTS business alliance provides substantial global benefits for the world's products through environmental, social, and economic criteria which promote sustainability, business benefits, social equity, reuse, and climate pollution reductions.
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