According to the order, 95% of new government contracts must contain recycled content and sustainable materials.
By fiscal year 2015, the goal is to increase the quantity of sustainable products from 41,000 to 250,000. Hurray for the environment!
That’s quite a commitment. This Executive Order should have a major impact on the development of new sustainable products.
Speaking of commitments to the environment, there is a website that rates companies by their commitment to fighting global warming. There are 22 criteria that the organization uses.
The top six companies in the household products area are L‘Oreal, Proctor & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Kimberly-Clark, Clorox and Avon.
Congrats to those companies. To read about the scores in many industries, go to http://www.climatecounts.org/scorecard_overview.php.