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September 22nd, 2010
Even as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just announced transition out of its popular Climate Leaders Program, it looked to get more involved with “sustainable products.”
EPA announced last week that it’s currently defining its role and developing a strategy to further the development, manufacture, designation, and use of sustainable products. Organizations impacted by this new EPA effort may include those that “manufacture, distribute, label, certify, verify, and purchase or use . . . products that may be considered as ‘green,’ ‘sustainable,’ or ‘environmentally preferable.’”
September 2nd, 2010
The FTC’s imminent release of its first new “Green Guidelines” since 1998 has gotten lots of recent attention, along with how marketers will be impacted. Some good, but I believe incomplete or even inaccurate pieces have been written about it, as well as related events and trends. I summarize the current environment (no pun intended) and then cover the top four things you need to know about green marketing in the coming months and years to gain more benefit with less risk.