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NSF International & Trucost Form Global Strategic Partnership.


Partnership to Provide New Environmental Services The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric,  Worldwide

LONDON & ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich. -- NSF International NSF International, formerly National Sanitation Foundation, is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that develops standards and provides product certification and education in the field of public health and safety.  today announced a global partnership with Trucost Plc. The strategic partnership will provide new environmental measurement, management and reporting products and services by combining Trucost's unique, patented methodology with NSF's environmental certification, verification and auditing services.

NSF NSF - National Science Foundation , a public health organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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, has also today made a financial commitment to the global partnership by participating in Trucost's latest round of financing.

Simon Thomas, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Trucost said, "This is an exciting time for us. NSF's partnership and investment validates Trucost's rigorous and evidence-based approach. We are able to help companies address the business costs of their environmental impacts in a timely, cost-effective and comparable manner. The partnership with NSF will leverage the Trucost model as the key to how some of the world's leading companies address their environmental performance."

"The agreement expands the global reach of both our companies," said Kevan P. Lawlor, President and CEO of NSF. "It will enable NSF to offer carbon traceability, environmental footprinting, supply chain analysis and global benchmarking to NSF's customer base in over 100 countries."

For more information about the partnership or new service offerings, please contact Koen Bontinck, NSF Vice President of International Operations, at t + 32 2771 3654, bontinck@nsf.org or f + 32 2 763 0013. For more information on Trucost, please contact Patrick Racz, Head of Partnerships, Trucost Plc at +44 7917 404 473 or patrick.racz@trucost.com.

To view the entire news release visit: http://www.nsf.org/business/newsroom/press_releases/ press_release.asp?p_id=16309 (Due to its length, this URL URL
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