On February 10 2014, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced 2 new accreditation pilot programs for Type III Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Type 1 Eco-labels. For EPDs, ANSI has developed a new pilot program to (1) determine the…
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ANSI Announces Pilot Accreditation Program for Eco-labels and EPDs
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ISO Descriptions of Environmental Labels and Declarations
In a previous post, we introduced environmental product declarations (EPDs) and eco-labels, and gave some examples of them in the garment and textile industries. Both EPDs and eco-labels are environmental declarations, and the International Standards Organization (ISO) has provided useful…
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Sustainability Efforts in the Textile Industry: EPDs and Eco-labels
Like many industries, initiatives are underway to increase the sustainability of textile and garment manufacturing. The Sustainable Apparel Coalition is working with the Earthsure program of The Institute for Environmental Research and Education (IERE) to produce a framework for declarations…
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