ability draws upon this experttise in standards development, product assurance and certification to help companies green their products, operations, systems and supply chains.
Developing national standards by which to measure a product's sustainability attributes brings transparency and credibility to the sustainability marketplace and helps eliminate greenwashing. With this in mind, NSF founded a new, national initiative to support sustainability standards activities - the National Center for Sustainability Standards - in the fall of 2010.In response to a growing demand for independently-verified sustainable furnishing fabrics, NSF International, an independent developer of American National Standards that protects public health and #
Through the National Center for Sustainability Standards (NCSS), NSF develops life-cycle based, multi-attribute sustainability standards for building products and materials, furniture, carpet and flooring, fabrics, wallcoverings, roofing membranes, green chemicals, and water and wastewater infrastructure. The NCSS will continue to add to its growing portfolio of standards while providing education, outreach, and innovation support to private industry, trade associations, government and academia to foster a consensus-based approach toward conformity assessment in the sustainability field.
About ACT:
ACT is a professional trade association comprised of companies involved in the design, development, production and promotion of textiles for commercial interiors. The Association for Contract Textiles was founded in 1985 as a not-for-profit trade association to address a variety of issues related to contract fabrics. Currently the membership of the association includes principal members, associate members, and industry partners and individuals. Principal members are textile wholesalers directing all or the majority of their business to the contract interior market; associate members are furniture manufacturers; and industry partners and individuals are suppliers to the principal member companies.
About GreenBlue:
GreenBlue is a nonprofit institute that stimulates the creative redesign of industry by focusing the expertise of professional communities to create practical solutions, resources, and opportunities for implementing sustainability.
NSF International
News
Articles
Interviews
Webinars
Events
Advertise with us
About Us
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
Cookie Policy
