Green Seal has released its 2024 Impact Report, highlighting the meaningful impacts the global nonprofit and the brands that partner with it achieved over the past year.

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Green Seal-certified products and services meet a high standard for protecting people and the planet throughout the product’s lifecycle, from ingredients to manufacturing to packaging and disposal. The 2024 report breaks out impacts according to the core elements of a green product:

• Safer chemicals: Green Seal-certified cleaning products protected 9.8 million students and teachers from toxic chemicals and asthma triggers in 2023.
• Responsible sourcing: Green Seal-certified sanitary paper saves 11.7 million metric tons of carbon emissions each year due to recycled-fibre sourcing – the equivalent of taking 2.8 million cars off the road.
• Manufacturing sustainability: Green Seal-certified sanitary paper, made with 100 per cent recycled fibre, reduces manufacturing water use by 30.5 billion gallons each year.
• Sustainable packaging: Green Seal-certified cleaning products save 192 million pounds of plastic each year.

“Green Seal demands leadership at every stage of the product lifecycle, so shoppers trust our certification mark to help them cut through the chaos and find products that meet truly comprehensive standards,” said Doug Gatlin, CEO of Green Seal. “Our Impact Report shows how, together with our customers and consumers, we are accelerating the transition to greater safety and sustainability in our workplaces, our homes – and our collective home planet.”

The 2024 Impact Report highlights how Green Seal is raising the bar for products that are safer for people and the planet, including by establishing strict prohibitions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and assembling industry leaders to align on meaningful sustainability leadership criteria for sustainable packaging and for sanitary paper.

The report also features case studies of companies that demonstrate leadership in their industries and adhere to Green Seal’s innovative, science-based standards.