Rick Crawford Every product ever made has an environmental impact because they all take resources to create. And rest assured, much of the negative environmental impacts of products directly affect our fisheries, not to mention human health., and more times than not, the true environmental cost is not reflected on the price tag, so a…
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The Value of Product Transparency: Food, Clothing & Shelter
By: Rick Crawford This is a revised article that was originally published in EDC Magazine in February 2014. Product transparency is certainly a building product manufacturer industry buzzword and is also a component of LEED v4 and the Living Building Challenge; however, obtaining product declarations and documents such as: environmental product declarations (EPDs), health product…
Be Authentic
Angling Trade originally published our article, ‘Be Authentic’ in their November Newsletter, and can be found on their site by clicking HERE. The triple bottom line was coined in 1994 by John Elkington and basically says that businesses interested in becoming sustainable should not only look to have a healthy economic bottom line, but also healthy social…