Standards and Services to Benefit from Hoffman's Technical and Life Cycle Expertise

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Environment, Inc. (ULE) today announces William Hoffman as the organization's new environmental scientist in green chemistry. Hoffman joins ULE from the Chicago Manufacturing Center where he was director of sustainability services and managed the Chicago Waste-to-Profit Network, a program that has diverted over 40,000 tons of material from local landfills. At ULE, Hoffman will utilize more than 20 years of environmental science experience for environmental claims validation and sustainable product certification, with a focus on the technical basis for sustainability standards.

"Bill brings deep technical expertise in environmental chemistry and impact analysis to our standards development," said Steve Wenc, President, UL Environment Inc. "We are thrilled to have Bill on board as we move further into the development of sustainability standards in multiple industries."

Hoffman previously served as principal staff scientist with Motorola Labs Environmental Technology Group where he developed internal standards governing the chemical content of products, Design for Environment training, and product recyclability assessment tools that considered chemical risk, trends in regulation, business need, product design requirements and environmental management trends.

Hoffman is certified by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) as a Qualified Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Practitioner. He has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Illinois Institute of Technology.

About UL Environment, Inc.

UL Environment (ULE) is helping support the growth and development of sustainable products and services in the global marketplace through standards development and independent third-party assessment and certification. ULE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories, a global leader in conformity assessment that has been testing products and writing standards for more than a century. ULE currently offers Environmental Claims Validation(TM) (ECV), a service testing and verifying manufacturers' self-declared environmental claims and Sustainable Products Certification(TM) (SPC), a service testing and certifying products to accepted industry standards for environmental sustainability. ULE is developing additional environmental standards, training and advisory services to support organizations in the sustainable products and services industry. For more information please visit www.ulenvironment.com.

SOURCE UL Environment, Inc.

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