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SGS Hosts Free Webinars on Product Carbon Footprint Marks, June 5-7, 2012
SGS Hosts Free Online Seminars on Product Carbon Footprint in June 2012
Registration is required.
To address growing consumer expectations for environmental transparency and to counter NGOs who point out that the claims of some companies are only “green washing,” SGS has developed a progressive three-level product marking scheme to independently assess and demonstrate a company’s environmental commitment in a manner that communicates it clearly to consumers.
June 5 – 7, 2012, SGS experts are providing five 45-minute webinars to explain the scheme at the times and in the languages shown below. Register for the webinar most convenient to you by clicking on a link below:
- June 5 at 2 pm (GMT+2) in French (link to: https://sgseventcenter.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=sgseventcenter&service=6&rnd=0.19742041282901668&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsgseventcenter.webex.com%2Fec0605ld%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1023740443%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dsgseventcenter)
- June 6 at 11 am (GMT+2) in German (link to: https://sgseventcenter.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=sgseventcenter&service=6&rnd=0.8901148956946748&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsgseventcenter.webex.com%2Fec0605ld%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1023740048%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dsgseventcenter)
- June 6 at 12 pm (GMT +5:30) in Hindi (link to:
https://sgseventcenter.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=sgseventcenter&service=6&rnd=0.6591136825280806&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsgseventcenter.webex.com%2Fec0605ld%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1023739675%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dsgseventcenter)
- June 6 at 9 am (GMT -5) in Spanish (link to: https://sgseventcenter.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=sgseventcenter&service=6&rnd=0.3518938400441206&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsgseventcenter.webex.com%2Fec0605ld%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1023741094%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dsgseventcenter)
- June 7 at 3 pm (GMT+1) in English (link to: https://sgseventcenter.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=sgseventcenter&service=6&rnd=0.00799792178559322&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsgseventcenter.webex.com%2Fec0605ld%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1023819852%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dsgseventcenter)
About SGS Carbon Footprint Services
As a global leader in the verification of greenhouse gas emissions, SGS’s assessment is tailored to suit industry and business needs for mandatory compliance and voluntary reporting of greenhouse gas emissions. It is the first step towards developing a successful carbon strategy that will help manufacturers reduce the carbon footprint of their products and operations in general. SGS carbon footprint services (link to: www.sgs.com/en/Sustainability/Environment/Carbon-Services/Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-and-Lifecycle-Assessment/Carbon-Footprint.aspx) include validating your project design to ensure real, long-term and measurable emission reductions, verifying company and project monitoring systems and data to ensure that emissions and emission reductions are determined accurately in a consistent and transparent way. In addition, this SGS service can certify emission reductions for registration and trading to internationally recognized standards.
SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, and a major actor for sustainability. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 70,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,350 offices and laboratories around the world.
SGS Consumer Testing Services
Emilie Viengchaleune
Global Marketing Coordinator
29, avenue Aristide Briand
94111 Arcueil Cedex
France
t: +33 1 41 24 87 49
f: +33 1 41 24 89 90
Email: cts.media@sgs.com
Web: http://www.sgs.com/pages/consumer-testing/sgs-consumer-goods-and-retail.aspx
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