SGP certifications seems to be all the rage here at the moment.
There seems to be a great emphasis on the following:
Reducing energy useage
Reducing landfill waste
Recycling
Waste chemisty picked up by licensed contractors.
I have a huge gripe with this SGP certification, from a chemical / ink useage standpoint.
I fail to see how a company can achieve a certification for sustainablility if and when they are useing:
Aromatic / Aliphatic petroleum distillates
Hydrocarbon based products
Toluene / Benzene based produts
Isopropanol alcohol
mineral based inks
Products that contain up to 100% VOC...
etc etc (This is just a very small list of chemicals that firms are useing even though they carry the SGP certification)
It is true that GREENWASHING is a crime and if a firm is found guilty of such an offence they can be prosocuted.
So I say to you this; Are there not certain parts of the SGP certs that look like, smell like and are Greenwashing in its purest form?
This SGP is also about full disclosure, so then when companies are touting there cert levels in their advertising, I'm near positive not one of them would list the type of chemicals they are using if they were to contain any of the above...
I would like some input from firms that have delt with this SGP or even better members that are SGP trainers / implementers..
There seems to be a great emphasis on the following:
Reducing energy useage
Reducing landfill waste
Recycling
Waste chemisty picked up by licensed contractors.
I have a huge gripe with this SGP certification, from a chemical / ink useage standpoint.
I fail to see how a company can achieve a certification for sustainablility if and when they are useing:
Aromatic / Aliphatic petroleum distillates
Hydrocarbon based products
Toluene / Benzene based produts
Isopropanol alcohol
mineral based inks
Products that contain up to 100% VOC...
etc etc (This is just a very small list of chemicals that firms are useing even though they carry the SGP certification)
It is true that GREENWASHING is a crime and if a firm is found guilty of such an offence they can be prosocuted.
So I say to you this; Are there not certain parts of the SGP certs that look like, smell like and are Greenwashing in its purest form?
This SGP is also about full disclosure, so then when companies are touting there cert levels in their advertising, I'm near positive not one of them would list the type of chemicals they are using if they were to contain any of the above...
I would like some input from firms that have delt with this SGP or even better members that are SGP trainers / implementers..