Saturday, March 01, 2008

Examples of environmental performance indicators green consumers want to consider when shopping

I am pretty good and finding information on the Internet so I was surprised when I couldn't find an e-copy of the environmental performance indicators that I found in the book titled “Greening the Supply Chains” by Joseph Saris PhD. I hunted for a long time trying to find this list online. It's almost like it was a secret that the organizations didn't want to actually publish. The impression was that they were protecting us from the "TMI" (Too Much Information) syndrome. So I typed them up and will post them here. These are the things that consumers should consider when deciding whether or not something is green.

Biodegradable /compostable (%)
Commitment to periodical environmental
auditing
Contains no ozone depleting substances
Emission and waste (per
unit of product)
Energy efficient label
Environmentally-responsible
packaging
Global application of environmental standards
Hazardous air
emissions
Hazardous waste
Involvement in Superfund site
International
Organization of Standards (ISO) 14000 certification
Landfill-tons of waste
per year
Longer shelf life than industry standard
Number of hours of
training on environment per employee
Use of less hazardous alternative (% of
weight/volume)
On Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 17 hazardous chemical
list
Ozone depleting Chemicals
Participation in voluntary EPA
Programs
Pre/Post consumer recyclable content (%)
Public disclosure of
environmental record
Received any EPA/(RCRA non compliance fines)
Second tier supplier environmental evaluation

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