Our Work

• Overview
• Sustainable Products Initiative
  • Introduction
  • What's Driving the Trend
  • Thinking Differently about the Product Life Cycle
  • Five Questions to Ensure Product Sustainability
  • Tools and Links
• Environmental Management Systems
• Sustainable Hospitals Program
• Lessons Learned: Solutions for Workplace Safety and Health
• Safe Home Care Project
• Environmental Health Program
• Chemicals Policy & Science Initiative
• Clean Tech Project
• Safer Alternatives Training

• Our Work
• Sustainable Products Initiative
• Five Questions to Ensure Product Sustainability

Projects & Initiatives

Sustainable Products Initiative

• 1. Is the Product Healthy for Consumers?
• 2. Does the Product Benefit Local Communities?
• 3. Is the Production Process Safe for Workers?
• 4. Is the Product Environmentally Sound?
• 5. Is the Product Economically Viable?

Five Questions to Ensure Product Sustainability

How do you evaluate the environmental, social and economic impacts of new and existing products? Use our tool--Framework for Sustainable Product — that takes you through 5 key questions.

1. Is the product healthy for consumers?
2. Does the production benefit local communities?
3. Is the production process safe for workers?
4. Is the product environmentally sound?
5. Is the product economically viable?

Download the two-page printable .pdf Framework for Sustainable Products for reference.