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Transparency is the New Green in Product Selection and Specification, Part 13: BASF & USG

By Sustainable Minds on March 6, 2020

Recorded Wed, Feb 26, 2–3pm ET

Welcome to our webcast series featuring manufacturers making credibly greener and healthier products. Learn how they are working to understand and improve the environmental performance and material health of their products.
Check out the BASF and USG listings.

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At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Neopor® GPS — the next Generation of insulation is a graphite polystyrene (GPS) rigid foam insulation that gives maximum efficiency, cost-effectiveness and sustainability on construction projects.

USG has been a leading manufacturer of building products and innovative solutions for more than 115 years. Our wall, ceiling, flooring, sheathing and roofing products provide the solutions that enable customers to build the outstanding spaces where people live and do business.

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EC3 logo Both companies are EC3 partners.

Justin DeMarco, BASF Mark Englert, USG
Justin DeMarco CSI, CDT
Business Development
Neopor®
Mark Englert PhD, LCACP
Sustainability Senior Manager

Join Terry Swack, moderator, to learn about:

  • Which products have disclosures and why
  • What they learned from creating disclosures
  • What they've been doing to improve
  • How to use their product transparency information to make better informed specification decisions, including EC3 tool results
  • How to use the Transparency Catalog – Do more in 1 click
Transparency catalog teaser