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Creating a Sustainable Clinical Lab

9-Part Series

Creating a Sustainable Clinical Lab

How can your lab can do its part toward becoming more sustainable? This series highlights ways to implement sustainability and "green labs" initiatives in your clinical lab in light of limited resources and budgets.

Articles in this Series

The ACT label (accountability, consistency, and transparency), developed by the nonprofit organization My Green Lab, is a widely adopted and standardized ecolabel designed to visually communicate the environmental impact of laboratory products.

Jun 18, 2025|3 min read

Greener Labs, Smarter Choices: What ACT Ecolabel 2.0 Means for Clinical Laboratories

Greener Labs, Smarter Choices: What ACT Ecolabel 2.0 Means for Clinical Laboratories

Illustration of a stamp that says CO2 neutral in green ink.

Dec 05, 2023|5 min read

How to Make Sustainable Choices When Selecting Vendors

How to Make Sustainable Choices When Selecting Vendors

Recycling symbol in magnifying glass on nature background.

Dec 21, 2023|5 min read

3 Tools to Critically Evaluate the Sustainability of Products

3 Tools to Critically Evaluate the Sustainability of Products

Illustration of a network of different sustainable lab equipment on a green background.

Jul 04, 2022|4 min read

Making Sustainable Choices for Clinical Lab Equipment

Making Sustainable Choices for Clinical Lab Equipment

Image of a green garbage can against a green background.

Feb 03, 2022|5 min read

How to Reduce Waste and Save Money in Your Lab

How to Reduce Waste and Save Money in Your Lab

Photo of Julie Sense with a nature scene with mountains in the background.

Feb 01, 2022|2 min read

How the Pandemic Motivated Me to Start My Green Labs Journey

How the Pandemic Motivated Me to Start My Green Labs Journey

Photo of people wearing green shirts lined up outside standing on a green lawn.

Feb 10, 2022|4 min read

The Power of Community: Spreading the Word About Lab Sustainability Matters

The Power of Community: Spreading the Word About Lab Sustainability Matters

Balancing limited capital equipment budgets while working toward sustainability goals can be challenging

Jan 12, 2022|3 min read

How to Implement Cold Storage Sustainability Initiatives and Stay on Budget

How to Implement Cold Storage Sustainability Initiatives and Stay on Budget

only 4 percent of biotech and pharma companies have commitments aligned with 2030 Paris Agreement targets

Dec 01, 2021|2 min read

Biotech and Pharma Industry Commitments to Climate Goals Fall Short

Biotech and Pharma Industry Commitments to Climate Goals Fall Short