ACA (American Coatings Association) is participating in The Sustainability Consortium's (TSC) effort to establish sustainability guidelines for consumer paint. TSC is a nonprofit collaborative made up of diverse organizations seeking "to build a scientific foundation that drives innovation to improve consumer product sustainability."
The consortium was launched in 2009 by Walmart in collaboration with Arizona State University and the University of Arkansas to develop sustainability measurement and reporting systems to assist retailers in improving the sustainability of the products they sell. TSC's vision is to "drive a new generation of innovative products and supply networks that address environmental, social, and economic imperatives." With this vision in mind, TSC works with stakeholders to create sustainability measurement and reporting systems to guide manufacturers, retailers, and consumers.
TSC relies on a multi-stakeholder process to develop sustainability profiles for different product types and creates measurement tools and resources based on this product sustainability profile. The process begins by collecting information on a specific product category and its supply chain, environmental and social hotspots, and improvement opportunities. This background material is distilled into a Category Sustainability Profile, or list of sustainability hotspots and potential improvement opportunities for a particular product type. Finally, TSC creates a list of Key Performance Indicators for the product type, which includes metrics and questions to measure and track performance toward addressing sustainability issues, in this case for paint. TSC has released its first draft of Key Performance Indicators for paint, and ACA will submit comments on the draft by the Jan. 14 deadline.
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