Green Seal is a global non-profit environmental standard development and certification organization committed to making sustainability everyone’s business.
[2] More than 100 federal, state, and local purchasing policies specify and rely on Green Seal to signal products that meet a high benchmark of health and environmental leadership.
The standards are based on a life cycle approach, considering such impacts as those from raw materials extraction, manufacturing, use, and re-use or disposal.
[13] The evaluation process includes review of data; assessment of labeling, marketing, and promotional materials; and on-site auditing.
Green Seal sets standards and certifies products and services in the following categories:[15] Green Seal works and worked with government agencies, healthcare facilities, universities, and other institutions and companies on sustainable purchasing, operations, and facilities management.