WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Consumer product manufacturers
will now be able to prove their sustainability claims to customers and
stockholders with a new certification program that rewards the highest levels
of environmental performance and leadership.
Green Seal, the 20-year old non-profit certifier of green
products and services,is
launching a pilot Company Certification Program that provides the first and
only holistic assessment of a company’s product line and its business
operations. The new program builds on Green Seal’s development of 30
environmental standards and certification of over 3,500 "green” products and
services.
This pilot program will certify companies as a whole based on
their commitment to environmentally-sound business practices and sustainable
products. Recognition of environmental leadership – at Gold, Silver and Bronze
levels – will be based on corporate-wide practices and environmental impacts,
third-party environmental certification of the company’s products, and
life-cycle assessment of the company’s key product lines.