Qualitative principles and/or management practices and broad in scope, to be used as an educational tool, promoting continuous environmental improvement for companies and suppliers

Guidelines are non scored index components which foster understanding and encourage behavior that reduce impacts within a lifecycle stage (Materials, Packaging, Product Manufacturing & Assembly, Transportation & Distribution, Use & Service, End of Life), as part of a facility (Facility Guidelines), or as a result of design decisions (Product Design Guidelines).

Guidelines are clearly the place to start for organizations who are beginning to build their sustainability capacity

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