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SCS Announces Updated Recycled Content Certification Standard
SCS Global Services (SCS), provider of third-party environmental and sustainability certification, has released an updated version of its Recycled Content Certification Standard, which helps manufacturers conserve natural resources, support…
Fund Helps Belize Shrimp Farms in Bid to Meet ASC Standard
Thanks to funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), the Belize Shrimp Growers' Association is preparing member farms for Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) …
Food Production Shouldn't Be A Mystery: Reading Behind Food Eco-Labels
What's in my food? How is it made? These are questions consumers are increasingly concerned about when it comes to purchasing food, according to the Natural Products Industry Forecast 2014, released by New Hope Natural Media and the marketing…
Food production shouldn't be a mystery: Reading behind food eco-labels
By McKenzie Hall, R.D., Environmental Nutrition Newsletter | Premium Health News Service
What's in my food? How is it made? These are questions consumers are increasingly concerned about when it comes to purchasing food,…
How to Fight Greenwashing: The Value of Third-Party Certification in Green Building
By Elise Hunter
I recently came across a line of roofing tiles advertised as “lower carbon footprint.” This nebulous claim begged a string of questions. Lower than what? How much lower? What scopes of emissions are included in the carbon…
La certificación FSC, a debate en Galiforest
El tercer Monográfico Forestal Internacional para el Sur de Europa, Galiforest 2014, reserva la primera de las tres jornadas (del 26 al 28 de este mes) para un ciclo de charlas que organiza FSC España, una organización no gubernamental de…
Gunlocke's New Casegoods Line Boasts Green Credentials
Gunlocke’s new Credentials line is aptly named. Sustainably manufactured, the casegoods line is backed by “credentials” from both SCS Indoor Advantage Gold for indoor air quality and the BIFMA level 2 certification. Credentials furniture also can…
The first of the Big Ten goes blue!
The University of Michigan (U-M) today became the first Big Ten university to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification as part of its overall commitment to offer sustainable food on campus. U-M’s Michigan Dining has…
Collaborative to Establish Health Product Declarations Protocol
The Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC) partnered with seven product sustainability assessment companies to develop a third-party verification protocol for Health Product Declarations (HPDs).
Along with GreenCE, GreenCircle,…
The Fundamentals of Fish to Fork
Robert’s Maine Grill, in Kittery, Maine, used to toss all its oyster shells into the trash can behind the restaurant to be carted off to the local landfill. Not anymore.
“We were approached by the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) of…