What’s the ACT Label?
ACT stands for Accountability, Consistency, Transparency
It’s like an eco-nutrition label for lab products: it gives each product a series of scores for its impact on the environment
This label allows lab personnel to reduce their environmental impact through direct comparison of products, facilitating smarter purchases
A list of lab consumables, chemicals, and equipment that use the ACT Label is available in this database
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100% recyclable box and insert made from paperboard, a renewable resource
Why does size matter?
Consolidated reagents: no wash buffer, reduced reaction volumes
Thinking outside the box
Thermo Scientific TSX ULT freezers use up to 70% less energy than older conventional units, saving as much as 6 tons of CO2 per year. That’s the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated by driving nearly 15,000 miles in an average passenger vehicle, similar to going back and forth from New York to Los Angeles about five-and-a-half times.
Next steps: our ongoing sustainable development goals
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Choose lab products wisely
ProQuantum kit packaging volume is 89% smaller than a typical ELISA kit, with 79% less packaging material
100% recyclable box and insert made from paperboard, a renewable resource
Consolidated reagents: no wash buffer, reduced reaction volumes
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How do you read an ACT Label?
My Green Lab and the Sustainability Made Simple organization (led by Allison Paradise and Annie Bevan, respectively), along with other supporters and advocates, partnered together to address issues plaguing eco-conscious researchers and the scientific community at large. One of these solutions was the ACT Label.
How did the ACT Label come about?
Why do we trust products with the ACT Label?
Currently, a number of our products use the ACT Label, including selected Nalgene, Matrix, SYBR Safe, and ethidium bromide products. Learn more here.
Are there Thermo Fisher products that use the ACT Label?
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The lower the score, the better, because it indicates a lower overall impact on the environment
Most categories are rated on a scale of 1–10, and the total of all categories is shown at the bottom of the label
For a quick guide on the anatomy of the ACT Label, visit this page
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Independently audited by Sustainability Made Simple, the organization that helped develop programs such as the US Green Building Council’s LEED rating system
Verified by My Green Lab, which has spearheaded a Certification Program that has certified hundreds of labs in a variety of sectors
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