Meet the Dedicated and Passionate Product Assessors Behind Global GreenTag Cert TM Certification

Global GreenTag International's team of product assessors are often found absorbed deeply in product information, toxicology reports, research papers, Life Cycle Inventory datasets and delving deep into global product supply chains.

It is all in a day's work for this dedicated team of expert product assessors. Each are highly driven and focused in going about their specialised assessment processes and working with manufacturers and suppliers from around the world. All of whom like our product assessors are committed to the journey of expanding the boundaries of sustainable materials development and production in order to bring green products across the line as third party certified and rated with Global GreenTag's certification, declaration and verification processes.

David Baggs, Program Director of Global GreenTag ^CertTM and co-founder with Managing Director Mary-Lou Kelly of Global GreenTag International's three Product Certification Standards, says:

"We are enormously proud of the team. Both the highly qualified core team of assessors at Global GreenTag International, who are led by lead product assessor Dr Nana Bortsie-Ayree and our associated team members who work specifically in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and as custodians of extensive and comprehensive Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) supply chain databases with the Evah Institute, that is led by Delwyn Jones a renowned Sustainability Scientist.

"The brains and experience trust represented by all members combined is staggering," says David.

"They come from a wide range of scientific knowledge backgrounds, including from the fields of engineering, the sustainable built environment, materials specialisation, lead auditing and environmental sciences and management."

"The momentum for ISO & EN standard certified products is growing and especially for advanced product certification programs that can be trusted," David adds.

"GreenTag has become super busy in the last year as a result of this demand. We have welcomed major new agencies to handle the demand for Global GreenTag certification, including Mainland China and the Republic of Korea as more and more manufacturers are turning the tide to upgrade their processes to be more sustainable and release more and more greener products into the global market.

"Plus we have some major new assessment projects coming up as well that we are all very excited about and the assessment team are looking forward to the challenge. We shall be talking about this very soon. Stay tuned!"

Meet the Global GreenTag International Product Assessment Team

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DR NANA BORTSIE-ARYEE

Program Director

EPD Program Manager, African Business Development

Nana also leads the Global GreenTag Environmental Product Declaration Program and is responsible for overseeing Business Development in Eastern, Western and Northern Africa. He is a Sustainability and life cycle assessment (LCA) Specialist who is also a Product Assessor with a Master of Engineering in International Material Flow Management and Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Administration. He is a qualified Exemplar Global Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor. READ MORE

BAMBANG RIYADI KOPROTO

Lead Product Assessor

Bambang holds a Master degree in Environmental Management and a Bachelor Degree in Biological Science. He is a qualified Exemplar Global Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor. READ MORE

JILL JING

Product Assessor

Jill holds a Masters' Degree in Environmental Engineering and Wastewater & Waste Engineering (UNSW) and is a qualified Exemplar Global Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor and brings her experience as an environmental consultant to Global GreenTag and a passion for sustainable development and Circular Economy thinking. READ MORE

YASMIN KELLY

Product Assessor & EPD Program Manager

Yasmin holds a Bachelor's Degree in Science, majoring in environmental science and sustainability as well as a Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics. She is studying an Exemplar Global Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor Course. READ MORE

ABRISHAM VINCENT

Product Assessor

Abrisham is constantly seeking to explain in ever more detail the connections between built-environment and human well-being. This has led him to collaborate over 6 months with Doctor Natalia Olszewska a researcher and practitioner in Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design on the themes of trauma, healing and built-environment, a field which is becoming ever more relevant in this age of the Anthropocene. READ MORE

YATHU HARIKUMAR

Product Assessor and Environmental Engineer

Yathu has completed a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (primarily building construction) and holds a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control. He is also qualified as an Exemplar Global Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor. READ MORE

JYOTHI AGITHKUMAR

Product Assessor

Jyothi has completed a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (primarily building construction) and holds a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control. She is also qualified as an Exemplar Global Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor. READ MORE

The Evah Institute LCA/LCI Team

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DELWYN JONES

Founder and Director of Sustainability Assessment – Evah Institute

Delwyn works LCA with Global GreenTag on moving the boundaries of product assessment with GreenTag's advanced certification program, LCARate™ She creates globally adopted sustainability benchmarks, databases, guidelines, specifications and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). READ MORE

DR LESLEY FRIEND

Lead Education Associate – Evah Institute

Lesley is Evah's Lead Education Associate, who consults on sustainability pedagogy and education reform in diverse cultures. READ MORE

MATHILDE VLIEG

The Evah Institute

Mathilde is a MSc Industrial Ecology graduate from the TU Delft and University of Leiden in the Netherlands. READ MORE

MURRAY JONES

The Evah Institute

Murray manages Evah's business and IT development and is an awardwinning business developer, with a BSc in Mathematics. READ MORE

SHLOKA ASHAR

The Evah Institute

Shloka was instrumental in developing Evah's founding life cycle benefit assessment methodologies and LCI databases for OpenLCA software. READ MORE