Sense and Sustainability Podcast Series with David Baggs

Shaun McCarthy talks to David Baggs, Global GreenTag International's CEO, Technical Director and Co-founder in a 3 Part Sustainable Procurement Podcast Series.

Part 1: Sydney 2000 to London 2012 - David Baggs

David Baggs, Global GreenTag International's CEO, Technical Director and Co-founder is interviewed on Sense and Sustainability - A sustainable procurement podcast series driven by ISO20400.org - a not-for-profit, free to access platform which aims to develop a global community of practice around ISO 20400 and sustainable procurement.

In this first podcast of three - David and Shaun McCarthy talk about their shared experience in delivering sustainable Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 (David) and London 2012 (Shaun).

Shaun McCarthy is an independent advisor, author and speaker in the field of sustainable business policy and practice. He was awarded an OBE for services to sustainability and the London Olympics by Her Majesty the Queen in her 2013 birthday honours list.

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Part 2: Sustainable building products - David Baggs

Part 2 of the Sense and Sustainability - Sustainable Procurement podcast with David Baggs, Global GreenTag International's CEO, Technical Director and Co-founder talks with Shaun McCarthy about Sustainable building products and about the GreenTag initiative to certify products for a range of sustainability impacts that go way beyond embodied carbon.

Shaun McCarthy is an independent advisor, author and speaker in the field of sustainable business policy and practice. He was awarded an OBE for services to sustainability and the London Olympics.

The Podcast is by ISO20400.org a platform which aims to develop a global community of practice around ISO 20400 and sustainable procurement.

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Part 3: Ethical product certification - David Baggs

This final 'Sustainable Procurement' podcast, David Baggs talks about his experience and input into Modern Slavery Product Declarations for Manufacturers.

Shaun McCarthy OBE talks to David, Global GreenTag International's CEO, Technical Director and Co-founder about certifying the ethical standards in building products.

They discuss the scope of GreenTag's Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration for products Modern Slavery Declaration - the Global GreenTag International MSD™ which addresses the humanitarian need to eradicate conditions of Modern Slavery prevailing in global supply chains.

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MORE ABOUT GLOBAL GREENTAG INTERNATIONAL:

Global GreenTag™ International Pty Ltd assesses products for all aspects of impacts on human health, ethical labour supply and the environment. The company was established in 2010 as a third party verified Conformance Conformity Assessment Body that conducts the award winning Global GreenTagCert™ certification program, and a third party, multi-criteria, consensus based and externally verified Type 1 Ecolabelling Program that complies and operates under strict International Standards. Global GreenTag is legally approved as a Certification Mark operator by the ACCC in Australia and by equivalent government agencies in NZ, USA, Canada, and South Africa.

Global GreenTag websites and all marketing collateral for every product certified by Global GreenTag is verified as 'fit for purpose' and compliant with ISO 14021. What's more, Global GreenTag's governance and its own external verification and certification against standards such as ISO 14024 (Ecolabelling), ISO 17065 (Conformance Assessment) and ISO 9001 (Quality Management) among others, is unparalleled.

Voted one of the Top 100 Most Trusted Brands in Australia for 3 years running, Global GreenTag currently has more than 20,000 products in certification by over 250 manufacturers with factories in more than 20 countries. Global GreenTag™ certified products are determined as healthy for use using the best science available, with the results being peer reviewed by highly qualified, external consultant Toxicologists.