SUSTAINABILITY ASSURANCE SERVICES Business & Buildings

Sustainability, resilience and transparency are increasingly in demand from customers, governments, investors and communities. Mitigate risk, reduce costs and strengthen customer engagement, with Intertek’s integrative approach to sustainable business and buildings assurance services.

Considerations for sustainable design, Sustainable benchmarking and The Intertek Advantage construction, management and operation certification services include: With Intertek’s range of complementary of a company’s business or building are • LEED®, WELL Building Standard, BREEAM, services such as building envelope consulting essential for success. Whether a leader in Energy Star® Portfolio Manager®, Green and commissioning, Environmental, Health sustainable innovation, or complying with Globes, ASHRAE 189.1, local permitting and Safety (EHS), supply chain and facilities regulatory requirements, Intertek’s portfolio of requirements, etc. management appraisals, Intertek can take sustainable business and buildings consulting care of all of your sustainability needs under • Benchmarking services can support high performance one roof. From institutional, commercial, objectives through the life cycle of the • Sustainability Reporting industrial to multi-unit residential sectors, building and its operation. • Carbon and Water Footprinting Intertek can guide your project through every stage of design, construction and facilities Some recognized benefits are: • GHG Emissions Reporting management. • Strengthen brand reputation • Recycling and Waste Audits/Management • Respond to customer demand for reduced • Supply Chain Optimization Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance environmental impacts • Occupant Health and Wellbeing provider to industries worldwide. Our • Support compliance with regulations and • Whole-building life cycle assessment network of more than 1,000 laboratories emerging best practices and offices and over 42,000 people in more Energy: Whether as part of a new than 100 countries, delivers innovative and • Reduce costs and manage risks construction project or for compliance and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and • Develop economically competitive optimization of a fully operating facility, Certification solutions for our customers’ relationships with suppliers Intertek’s experts support energy simulation operations and supply chains. Intertek Total and management requirements for business Quality Assurance expertise, delivered consistently with precision, pace and passion, Our Services and buildings. With the rise of ambitious enabling our customers to power ahead Benchmarking & Certification:Market- energy conservation measures, net zero and safely. driven benchmarking and certification renewable energy production incentives, programs are emerging globally and Intertek will support energy optimization increasingly being adopted or adapted by for your high performance building. Energy performance optimization does not end at governments as standard or regulatory FOR MORE INFORMATION practice for businesses and buildings. the completion of construction. Customers and investors are seeking Energy assurance services include: +1 905 542 2900 corporate sustainability reporting and transparency for resource use and waste • Energy Simulation Modeling [email protected] management. Intertek’s qualified experts • Energy Benchmarking work to guide design, construction and • Energy Reporting facilities management teams through the compliance process, monitoring and reporting, • Energy Auditing intertek.com/ or to implement the building certification • Energy Consulting expert-services/ehs/ principals that are suited to project goals. A COMPLETE BUILDINGS SOLUTION Sustainability, Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) services for the entire life cycle of your business and building – Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification.

Hazardous Materials Life Cycle Assessment Qualified experts reduce risk and Assessing holistic life cycle respond to occupant concern by impacts and resource use of the guiding owners and facility entire building and the material managers through hazardous components to demonstrate materials assessment and compliance and minimize risk. remediation eorts, including Evaluate environmental impacts, contaminants introduced GHG Emissions, carbon and water through fire and flood. footprints. EHS Management Building Certification Manage EHS through compliance Guidance through market-driven and ISO audit findings, facility certifications programs such as assessments involving water, LEED®, WELL Building Standard, energy, emissions, hazardous waste, BREEAM, Energy Star® Portfolio construction risk management, site Manager®, Green Globes, safety program development and ASHRAE 189.1, local permitting monitoring. requirements, etc.

Indoor Air Quality Business Continuity Perform assessment for volatile Evaluate facility operations organic compound (VOC), exposure to risk, disruption and formaldehyde, mould, bacteria, loss from unexpected environ- asbestos, lead, chemicals of mental events, such as fires, concern, general comfort and floods and spills. Develop and post-fire or flood issues. implement mitigation strategies and quick-action programs to minimize impacts.

Policy & Programs Auditing Sustainability and EHS experts Providing a variety of sustainability, support for internal policy and energy, CSR, responsible sourcing program development, implemen- and environmental auditing and tation and stakeholder engage- certification services to optimize ment. 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.

FOR MORE INFORMATION +1 905 542 2900 [email protected] intertek.com/sustainability