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ACT : A label that informs better choices.
Created by My Green Lab, the Act Label drives Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency among lab product manufacturers, and its assessment provides the information you need to make smart, sustainable choice about the products you purchase.
Interact with the label to learn more about how it works.
What is an ACT label?
The ACT label is similar to a nutrition label, but for lab products.
Products are assessed and scored on a number of different environmental impact factors (EIFs) such as product recyclability, energy use, and sustainable manufacturing practices.
How do I read an ACT label?
Reading the ACT label is simple: the lower the score, the lower the impact on the environment.
Each environmental impact factor (EIF) is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and a total score for the product is generated.
The lower the score the lower environment impact 
Green indicates the lowest environmental impact and red indicates the highest environmental impact.
Manufacturing Impact
Manufacturing Impact Reduction
Verifies if the manufacturer has made reductions in various impact categories such as energy, water, waste, etc, in the production of the product
Renewable Energy Use
Verifies if the manufacturer uses renewable energy to produce the product being evaluated
Responsible Chemical Management
Verifies that the manufacturer has processes and procedures in place to mitigate the risk of exposure to hazardous chemicals and products throughout the product’s value chain.
Shipping Impact
Measures the distance between the manufacturing location and point of sale(s) for the product.
Product Content
Verifies the use of sustainable content in the product, including claims of dematerialization.
Packaging Content
Verifies the use of sustainable content in the packaging materials, including claims of dematerialization.
User Impact
Energy Consumption
Measures the amount of energy (kWh) a product uses over a 24- hour period. Actual kWh usage over 24-hour period is reported.
Water Consumption
Measures the amount of water a product uses over a 24-hour period. Actual water consumption over a 24-hour period is reported.
Product Lifetime
Verifies the durability or anticipated useful life of the product being assessed.
End of Life Impact
Packaging End of Life
Audits the end-of-life (EOL) opportunities for the packaging.
Product End of Life
Audits the end-of-life (EOL) opportunities
Innovation Credit
Encourages manufacturers to implement sustainability attributes that goes beyond the current scope of any other Environmental Impact Factor with innovative solutions. A score of -1 will be assigned if achieved.
Environmental Impact Factor
The sum total of all values, where a lower number indicates a lower environmental impact.
As a purchaser, you can make more environmentally informed purchasing choices for your labware by consulting ACT labels found at thermofisher.com/actlabel
By doing so, you become part of the movement driving demand for products to be characterized by ACT labels in support of sustainable purchasing..
Expiry Date of the ACT Label
ACT Labels are valid for two years from the date of issue.
Putting ACT into action
Our ACT labelled products
As one of the early adopters of the ACT Label program, the assessment has driven continued improvement in our environmental and sustainability practices.
Take a close look at how the ACT label has informed the way in which we act with some of our lab products.
Shop our ACT label products catalogue
A one-stop shop for you to view all 302 participating Thermo Fisher Scientific laboratory products with ACT label.
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