NYIGF Unveils Green Criteria & Ranking Initiative
By Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 1/25/2010 8:43:00 AM
White Plains, NY – “Degrees of Sustainability” will debut at the winter 2010 New York International Gift Fair in connection with the fair’s SustainAbility: design for a better world exhibit and educational program. It is the gift and home industry’s first comprehensive environmental criteria, ranking and recognition system of green products. This initiative will outline the criteria for environmentally friendly and socially responsible products and production methods in a three-tiered ranking system. From lowest to highest, the rankings are:
Sustainability¹ – products which are manufactured or constructed with only recycled, recyclable and/or sustainable materials; and with “zero tolerance” for VOC; lead (for baby, children and food related products); aniline dyes, formaldehyde and chlorine (for textiles); and PVC, without recommendations for use and disposal.
Sustainability² – products meeting the criteria above, plus use of environmentally friendly product processes, such as renewable or alternative sources of energy in production, including wind, sun and alternative fuels.
Sustanability³ – products meeting the above criteria, plus adherence to socially-responsible business practices and/or Fair Trade products made by indigenous peoples which create viable, sustainable trades and markets in poverty-stricken and needy communities worldwide and donation of percentages of sales to not-for-profit organizations.
Seven of the 220 exhibitors in the SustanAbility exhibit have been designated as attaining SustainAbility³ status. “The gift and home industry embraced the movement toward sustainability, but until now there has been no uniformity in the definition or application of ‘green’. Through development of this ‘Degrees of SustainAbility’ criteria and ranking system, we have developed a common framework for an industry consideration of both ‘green’ products and producers,” said Dorothy Belshaw, NYIGF director and GLM senior vice president.
The seven exhibitors attaining the SustainAbility³ status are: 80 Acres of McEvoy Ranch, Bambu, EcoJot, Fab Habitat, Fire & Light Originals, Jonathan's Spoons and The Green Glass Company.
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