The Green Standard developed and operates the first Environmental Product Declaration System created to meet the needs of North American manufacturers and purchasers. From the outset, our primary goal has been to support manufacturers headquartered in this hemisphere with use of a type 3 eco-label useful in all global markets.

We began this support with developing with Interiors & Sources Magazine a series of Green Guides to NeoCon and Greenbuild featuring an EcoLibrary describing best global practices in green product design, evaluation and certification. These publications helped manufacturers and purchasers in North America understand the diverse types of tools available, what each covers and when to use several together.

In the 2007 Green Guide to NeoCon, Environmental Product Declarations were introduced and examples of EPDs for products manufactured in Europe were shown. Within a year, progressive manufacturers stepped forward to begin developing them to provide purchasers with a new level of transparency in product information.

In 2008, The Green Standard  created a beta of its EPD System and began to work with leading manufacturers to register their EPDs and communicate the results of their EPPD Reports to the North American marketplace. First, we posted an EPD from InterfaceFLOR on a carpet tile product and soon after posted one from Bentley Prince Street on a carpet broadloom product. 

In 2009, we added a second EPD from InterfaceFLOR and a first from Vetrazzo on recycled glass surfacing. We invite you to review these next generation resources in the process of evaluating product options for building construction and rehabilitation.