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Product Safety, Performance and Sustainability

Showcase safety, sustainability and performance of retail products through testing, assessment and certification, validation and verification services to communicate compliance with confidence.

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Empowering brand owners and manufacturers

We help retail stakeholders innovate and iterate to bring safer, more secure and sustainable products to market. Third-party testing, assessment and certification services from UL Solutions helps showcase compliance with retail industry and regulatory requirements – and provide substantiation for marketing, performance and sustainability claims.

We work with organizations across the retail ecosystem — including manufacturers, brand owners, suppliers and retailers — to customize an approach to testing for performance, sustainability and quality for a broad range of products during and after production. Discover how our approach can support your product development and market access goals.

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Meet retailer and regulatory requirements

Access new markets and consumers by satisfying compliance, performance and sustainability needs through testing support tailored for the swift pace of the retail industry.

Gain insights for smarter iteration

Our testing portfolio helps manufacturers, brand owners and suppliers uncover areas for improvement in product and packaging safety and performance.

Showcase sustainability performance

Unsubstantiated marketing claims make consumers wary of greenwashing. Stand out through third-party assessment and recognizable UL Marks.

Supporting a broad range of retailers around the world

We support auto parts and supplies, drugstores and health outlets, luxury goods and apparel, mass merchants, quick-service restaurants, promotional items and wholesale, resellers and more.

Enhancing product safety and performance

Uncover insights about your products through safety and performance testing and certification services that help you improve the consumer experience and enrich brand perception with validated marketing claims.

Accelerating product sustainability

Bring more sustainable products to market with claims substantiated by a trusted third party.

UL GREENGUARD Certification

UL GREENGUARD Certification helps demonstrate compliance with chemical emission standards and your commitment to healthier indoor environments, driving trust among health and safety focused customers.
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ECOLOGO® Certification

The UL ECOLOGO® Certification program is for manufacturers and retailers that want to evaluate products across a comprehensive set of criteria, which can include environmental, health and social.
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SPOT Product Database

The Sustainable Products of Trust (SPOT) database is a comprehensive way to search for products with credible sustainability claims.
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Environmental Claim Validation (ECV)

ECV provides independent validation that products live up to the environmental claims their manufacturers make and may help you increase consumer confidence and brand credibility.
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Recycled Content Certification

Recycled content certification evaluates total recycled content, post-consumer, pre-consumer and closed loop recycled content in products.
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Product Carbon Footprint Verification

Demonstrate transparency with customers and investors about your climate impact and meet emerging regulations through independent verification of your product carbon footprint to ISO 14067.
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Environmental Product Declaration Certification

Today, more buyers require environmental disclosure. UL Solutions helps manufacturers add credibility to environmental product declaration claims.
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Product Category Rules (PCRs)

A PCR establishes product-specific requirements for creating life cycle assessments (LCA) and reporting their findings through Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) or footprint communications.
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Life Cycle Assessment Services

In today’s world, climate change continues to be a key topic, and customers are trying to navigate complex regulatory and voluntary commitments to reduce carbon impact.
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Meet our experts

“The work we do helps industries transition to cleaner energy sources and safer systems, proving that safety and sustainability can go hand in hand.”

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Travis Hardin

Director, Principal Engineering, Appliances, HVAC and Lighting (AHL)

“Sustainability isn’t just about compliance; it’s about protecting health, promoting transparency and empowering customers to make a meaningful impact.”

Raneé Adams Valles

Director and General Manager, Product Sustainability, Retail and Consumer Products

Additional resources for decision drivers and influencers across the retail ecosystem

Heading Off Recall Risk

An in-depth look at the reasons driving disruption across the retail ecosystem, plus recommendations for what brand owners, manufacturers and suppliers can do to reduce the risk of recalls.

Rebuilding Trust with Retailers After a Recall

After a recall, manufacturers and brand owners need to offer proof to rebuild trust with retailers by identifying root causes, creating strong action plans, and offering third-party evidence.

UL SPOT Product Database

Connect with professional buyers and retailers in search of more sustainable products in UL SPOT.

Define and Measure Product Circularity

Explore the potential of a circular economy philosophy to transform environmental sustainability efforts in business, with a focus on measuring and quantifying product circularity in this on-demand webinar.

Product Decarbonization

Explore how the life cycle assessment (LCA) method, based on ISO 14040 and ISO 14044, evaluates a product across its entire journey, from cradle to end of life.

How to Re-establish Consumer Trust After a Retail Recall

Learn how manufacturers and brand owners can rebuild consumer and retailer trust after a recall through clear communication, convenient remedies and third-party testing.

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Driving Success in the Connected Retail Ecosystem

UL Solutions partners with stakeholders across the retail ecosystem to navigate compliance, strengthen supply chain visibility and accelerate speed to market. Download our brochure to learn how we enable safer, more secure and sustainable products that help build trust and competitive advantage.
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