Will do! I've put the request out to a number of lists, and will compile a summary of responses in due course. I'll circulate that to individuals / lists which request it. Kind regards Penny Penny Walker C.Env., MIEMA, FIMC -------------------------------------------------------- training - facilitation - consultancy for sustainable development -------------------------------------------------------- 92 Winston Road London N16 9LR United Kingdom +44 (0)20 7254 3500 +44 (0)7960 309 222 [log in to unmask] www.penny-walker.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------- Training and learning programmes with Penny Walker that you can come along to! * Change Management for Sustainable Development, with IEMA, http://www.iema.net/training/iema_workshops/changemanagementworkshop * Reflective and Authentic - Conversations for the Experienced Facilitator, with The Environment Council, www.penny-walker.co.uk/publications_and_downloads.html * Post-Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, with the Cambridge Programme for Industry and Forum for the Future, http://www.cpi.cam.ac.uk/pcsb/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal Levin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:50 AM Subject: Re: Tools for assessing / comparing sustainability of products > Penny, > > Will you share the results of your inquiry with the list? That would be > helpful. > > Hal Levin > > > Penny Walker wrote: >> Apologies for any cross-posting... >> I'm interesting in tracking down different models, approaches, tools for >> finding out whether a particular product is more - or less - sustainable >> than another. By sustainable, I think it would need to include some >> assessment of social impact as well as environmental impact. I'm most >> interested in approaches which are actually being used in practice, >> either by - customers / third party assessors of some kind to aid their >> purchasing choices or whether or not to give something a label / grading >> - manufacturers / producers, to decide which products to continue making >> / selling and which new ones to bring on. >> Any and all leads would be much appreciated! >> A summary of responses will be supplied on request. Thanks. >> Penny >> >> Penny Walker >> C.Env., MIEMA, FIMC >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> training - facilitation - consultancy >> for sustainable development >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> 92 Winston Road >> London >> N16 9LR >> United Kingdom >> +44 (0)20 7254 3500 >> +44 (0)7960 309 222 >> [log in to unmask] www.penny-walker.co.uk >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Training and learning programmes with Penny Walker that you can come >> along to! * Change Management for Sustainable Development, with IEMA, >> http://www.iema.net/training/iema_workshops/changemanagementworkshop * >> Reflective and Authentic - Conversations for the Experienced Facilitator, >> with The Environment Council, www.penny- >> walker.co.uk/publications_and_downloads.html >> * Post-Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, with the Cambridge >> Programme for Industry and Forum for the Future, >> http://www.cpi.cam.ac.uk/pcsb/ >> >> To unsubscribe from this list please go to >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/industrial-ecology >> or send the following command to [log in to unmask] >> leave industrial-ecology >> >> >> >> > > To unsubscribe from this list please go to > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/industrial-ecology > or send the following command to [log in to unmask] > leave industrial-ecology To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/industrial-ecology or send the following command to [log in to unmask] leave industrial-ecology