To prevent significant deforestation and climate change impacts from towel and tissue production, we collaborated with leading brands, retailers, and purchasers to create a modern leadership standard for tree-free and recycled content sanitary paper products that never use virgin tree fiber.
Apply to join our volunteer committees to help us define the core elements of safer, more sustainable products. Industry alignment on these elements is the first step toward forming a meaningful, marketable category of safer and more sustainable everyday products.
We are committed to eliminating PFAS from the supply chain for consumer products. In our latest action to prevent any more harm from these toxic “forever chemicals,” we are proposing to prohibit any PFAS in Green Seal-certified paints and coatings, floor care products, adhesives, and degreasers.
Our proposed certification standard for trash bags and can liners recognizes products that use less virgin plastic while maintaining top performance.
Our partnership with Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly has expanded to the U.K., Germany, Italy, France, and Spain.
We’re proposing several improvements to our HGSC standard criteria to clarify and consolidate standard criteria; better address differences between K-12 school districts and higher education institutions; and provide more flexibility for implementation.
Our newly expanded prohibition on all PFAS in certified cleaning and personal care products promotes safer options for consumers and recognizes industry leaders who are taking important steps to protect human health and reduce environmental pollution.
Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) and Green Seal launched a pilot standard for healthy and sustainable school facilities that focuses on measures that can make a big difference without major capital investments.
Water pollution is a global issue and a continuing challenge in the U.S. The Green Seal mark helps buyers find products that are verified to be safer for aquatic ecosystems and to preserve our water quality.
We are proposing a new prohibition on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in certified cleaning and personal care products.
We made important improvements to our standard criteria for microbial-based cleaning products to better recognize leadership in this product category. Now, product manufacturers with spray-applied microbial cleaners can demonstrate that their products are formulated to be healthier, safer options for buyers.
Preventing and minimizing waste is a critical goal for shifting to a low impact economy. With improved product design, less shipping of water, greater use of recovered materials, and well-performing, long-lasting products, we can reduce the waste that is so costly to our society and ecosystems.
Green Seal’s paint certification is the only mark in the marketplace to qualify products for both LEED v4.1 low-emitting materials credit requirements and Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly badge — making it simple for health-focused buyers to identify safer products.
This compass guides our work to ensure only the healthiest, most responsible, and proven effective products are certified to Green Seal standards.
3M has modified the claims associated with their application for our Environmental Innovation certification for their Easy Trap Sweep and Dust Sheets.
