SUSTAINABILITY ASSURANCE SERVICES

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Sustainability is responding to basic needs and fostering a better quality of life while minimizing the use of natural resources, toxic materials, emissions, waste and pollutants over the life cycle of the product or process so as not to jeopardize the needs of further generations.

A surge of legislation, development of Other familiar and distinguished sustainability The Intertek Advantage standards and consumer awareness initiatives adopt LCA fundamentals and are With Intertek’s range of complimentary has increased the need for companies offered through Intertek’s Sustainability services such as; supply chain and facilities to demonstrate innovation in design, expert services, such as: management appraisals, regulatory support, transparency and reporting. Intertek’s team of • Environmental Product Declarations analytical and testing services, product sustainability experts support companies as • Carbon Footprinting development and safety risk assessment they navigate issues of compliance, efficiency for your products, Intertek can take care • Water Footprinting and management in their sustainability of all of your sustainability needs under efforts. Some recognized benefits are: • GHG Emissions one roof. From consumer goods, building • Strengthen brand reputation • Recycling and Waste Declarations construction materials, textiles, electronics, • Respond to customer demand for reduced • Sustainable Claims Support and Verification chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare and environmental impacts food manufacturing sectors, Intertek can • Material Assessments guide your product through every stage of • Support compliance with regulations and • Supply Chain Optimization development, manufacturing and distribution. emerging best practices • Benchmarking Additionally, Intertek is a leader in scientifi c • Reduce costs and manage risks • Compliance and Sustainability Reporting and regulatory consultancy, providing services • Develop economically competitive in global market access and compliance with • Environmental Assessments relationships with suppliers mandatory programs. • Extended Producer Responsibility Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance Our Services Ingredient Transparency is at the forefront provider to industries worldwide. Our Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has emerged of global voluntary and regulatory initiatives network of more than 1,000 laboratories as an essential and widely recognized aimed at human health and wellbeing. and offices and over 42,000 people in more framework to understand and measure Whether a vessel for market access, than 100 countries, delivers innovative and the environmental, social and economic compliance, brand reputation, or to meet bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and attributes of a product, material or process. customer, supplier and retailer demands, Certification solutions for our customers’ The framework uniquely identifies impacts Intertek can support with mechanisms for operations and supply chains. Intertek Total in the context of established categories that transparency, such as: Quality Assurance expertise, delivered are indicative, replicable and comparable. consistently, with precision, pace and passion, • Health Product Declarations Our integrative approach to LCA includes; enabling our customers to power ahead identification of objectives, compliance • Market Access (REACH, RoHS, Prop 65) safely. support, reporting and critical review, • Chemical Footprinting & Inventory bolstered by the use of globally recognized • Living Product Challenge FOR MORE INFORMATION LCA software and databases. LCA tools • Living Building Challenge Red List / Declare can be leveraged to support supply chain +1 905 542 2900 decision-making, production optimization, • Product Disclosure compliance reporting, facility and supplier [email protected] management.

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A COMPLETE SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTION Everything you need for the entire life cycle of your product, material and process - Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification.

Extended Producer Life Cycle Assessment Responsibility Assessing holistic life cycle impacts Managing product and and resource use to optimize packaging disposal and recycling performance, demonstrate responsibilities, fees and levies in compliance and minimize risk. global jurisdictions to minimize Evaluate environmental impacts, noncompliance and financial GHG Emissions, carbon and water penalties. footprints. Claims Verification Sustainability Assuring supply chain integrity Certification with sustainable claims verification The ETL Sustainability Certified services that ensures upstream mark demonstrates product conformance with company testing and results for VOC objectives and reduces risk. content, formaldehyde free, and other established testing protocols.

Ecolabeling & Ingredient Transparency Recyclability Supporting voluntary and Navigate eco-label and recycling legislated product disclosure to requirements in various secure market access and ensure jurisdictions and verify vendor/retailer satisfaction. compliance to reduce risk and strengthen brand identification.

Policy & Programs Auditing Sustainability experts support for Providing a variety of sustainability, internal policy and program energy, CSR, responsible sourcing development, implementation and and environmental auditing and stakeholder engagement. certification services to optimize supplier networks, and satisfy regulatory and vendor/retailer requirements. Reporting Benchmarking Guidance and development of Measuring and consulting on a sustainability and CSR content for variety of facility resource uses corporate, supply chain or (e.g. water, energy, waste, etc.) to regulatory reporting purposes. assess opportunities that increase Includes support for existing performance and reduce costs. mechanisms, such as, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) as well as tailored reports.

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