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
• 5. Is the Product Economically Viable?

Sustainable Products Initiative

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

5. Is the Product Economically Viable?

• The product is responsive to market requirements.
• Innovation is encouraged to anticipate market needs.
• The firm is stable in terms of ownership and philosophy.
• The company reinvests in the facility to improve its capacity for further production.
• The product is priced for economic viability and also aims to internalize costs so that its production can be environmentally sound and socially just.
• The firm is recognized for its corporate social responsibility: this includes programs that support and value employees as well as programs that benefit the community and environment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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