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Sustainability Services for Lighting

Learn how sustainability can help your lighting business stay competitive in today’s global marketplace and meet ESG goals.

Lighting bulbs at the Allentown lighting laboratory

Importance of sustainability for lighting

Across the globe, businesses are taking action to reduce climate change, create more circular products and provide more transparency into their global supply chains and social impacts.

In the lighting industry, it is becoming more important every year to reduce the use of hazardous materials, reduce your products’ carbon footprint, and use renewable materials in your products and packaging. UL Solutions has the tools to help you meet environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability goals and differentiate your products in the crowded market. Learn more about our testing, certification and verification services below.

Restricted materials

Manufacturers, importers and retailers of electronic and electrical products must comply with a growing number of complex regulations aimed at protecting the health of people and the environment against potential risks associated with chemicals.

While the value of these efforts is clear, understanding how to meet requirements across all target markets, increasing transparency throughout the supply chain and clearly demonstrating compliance can prove to be a significant challenge.

UL Solutions can help. We offer a complete portfolio of chemical regulatory compliance services for electronic and electrical products, from design to production to disposal, to help you and your supply chain meet regulatory requirements and achieve sustainability goals.

Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) verification

UL Solutions’ Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) program provides a framework for industries to define Product Category Rules (PCRs) that govern how to conduct Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) for specific product types. These LCA reports can be used to provide a public declaration of a products environmental impact. EPDs are an important tool for enabling consumers to choose lower impact products.

For product types that have not established PCRs, the most common environmental impact tracked is the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF). UL Solutions helps manufacturers accurately declare their Product Carbon Footprint by providing a third-party review against ISO 14067, the international standard for carbon footprint verification. For customers that require an even higher risk mitigation level, additional auditing can be provided.

Packaging and recycled materials programs

ISTA package testing and certification

Packaging designed and tested for performance during transit and distribution can reduce waste associated with damaged, perishable or mishandled products that must be disposed of if the packaging is compromised. This certification can help you and your retailers have confidence that your lighting products will arrive intact and undamaged.

  • ISTA 1 Series Non-Simulation Integrity Performance Tests.
  • ISTA 2 Series Partial Simulation Performance Tests.
  • ISTA 3 Series General Simulation Performance Tests.
  • ISTA 4 Series Enhanced Simulation Performance Tests.
  • ISTA 6 Series Member Performance Tests.
  • ISTA 7 Series Development Tests.

Sustainable materials

By reducing the virgin material used in products and packaging, manufacturers can help preserve natural resources and help achieve responsible consumption and production. In addition, the energy required to source, transport and produce packaging can leave an enormous carbon footprint and should be minimized.

We offer science-based guidance to help enable recycling such as:

  • UL 2809, the Standard for Environmental Claim Validation Procedure for Recycled Content.
  • UL 2789, the Standard for Environmental Claim Validation Procedure for Calculation of Estimated Recyclability Rate.
  • UL 2485, the Standard for Environmental Claim Validation Procedure for Recyclability of Paper-Based Products.

Benefits of partnering with UL Solutions

For services related to circular economy, climate change mitigation, responsible sourcing and more, UL Solutions can act as a single source for your sustainability goals. As a highly recognized certifier in the lighting industry, we provide a broad range of comprehensive services to test, inspect and certify the essential materials, products and technologies that feed the lighting industry.

  • Deep engineering expertise in lighting and sustainability.
  • Global coverage with local support.
  • Single source for testing and certification.
  • Responsive customer support.

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