NSF 355-2011

Click here to purchase
The purpose of the Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard is to provide the chemicalenterprise with a voluntary and standardized way to define and report the primary categories ofinformation, their respective data elements, and data quality objectives pertaining to the relativegreenness of a chemical product and its manufacturing process within one stage (i.e., gate-to-gate, asdefined in 4) of its life cycle. This information shall be provided by suppliers to communicate clearly, withtransparency and consistency, to help customers evaluate the relative greenness of a chemical productand process. The intent is for this information to be informative to life cycle assessments, but is not a lifecycle assessment itself.

The Standard further stipulates reporting a minimum set of social responsibility criteria that are applied tothe product and process claiming conformance.

For the purposes of this Standard, greener refers to the relative measure of ecosystem and human healthimpacts of a chemical and its process when compared to the same or similar chemical and its process.

Product Details

Published:
08/01/2011
ANSI:
ANSI Approved
Number of Pages:
88
File Size:
1 file , 1.1 MB

Related Posts