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Sustainability programs, know-how and resources have increased and diversified in every industry and geographic area—many with their own specialized recommendations. However, there are still many common sustainability guidelines that apply to all potential participants.

• American Chemical Society's 12 Principles of Green Engineering 

• AIChE's Institute for Sustainability 

• Carbon Disclosure Project and Leadership Index 

• The Carbon Trust 

• EcoVadis Sustainability Ratings 

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) E3 Sustainability Tools 

• European Union's Sustainability Guide and Interreg Baltic Sea Region's EcoDesign Circle
  

• Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims 

• Grainger's Green Resources 

• Investopedia's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Criteria 

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  

• NIST’s Manufacturing Extension Partnerships 

• UL's Sustainability and Environment Solutions
  

• U.N.'s Climate Change Conference U.K. 2021 

• U.N.'s 17 Sustainable Development Goals
  

• Control’s Sustainability Knowledge Center