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
• Sustainability Action Summer Institute

• Our Work
• Sustainable Products Initiative
• Tools and Links

Projects & Initiatives

Sustainable Products Initiative

Helpful Links

• The Fair trade certified label certifies that farmers receive fair prices for their products and that working conditions are humane. In addition, sustainable agriculture and community development are supported, as fair trade revenues are invested in local projects.
• The Forest Stewardship Council is focused on responsible management of forests around the world. The organization has developed 10 principles and 57 criteria that address legal issues, indigenous rights, labor rights, multiple benefits, and environmental impacts surrounding forest management.
• EcoLogo provides third party certification of environmentally preferred products in over 120 product and service categories.
• Green Seal promotes environmentally sound products by providing third-party certification for a range of products, including cleaning products, windows, paper, and paints.
• Climate Counts is a non profit organization with a mission to raise public awareness about climate change. It has developed a scorecard that ranks companies on their efforts to fight global warming.
• Healthytoys.org has tested over 1500 toys and children’s products for cadmium, lead, bromine, arsenic, chlorine and mercury. The site provides a ranking of toys, information about toxic chemicals that may be in children’s products, and ideas for taking action to ensure that children’s products are safer and healthier.
• GoodGuide.com is a new site that provides information on the health, environmental, and social performance of products and companies. As of April 2009, the site included information on 70,000 foods, toys, personal care, and household products. Consumers can focus on a particular attribute of concern or use the integrated score to choose preferred products.