My Green Lab unveils ACT Ecolabel

Lab sustainability usually breaks down at the exact moment money changes hands. Companies make broad green claims. Procurement teams ask for proof. Product data is patchy, hard to compare, or buried in PDFs nobody has time to decode. That is the gap My Green Lab is trying to close with ACT Ecolabel 2.0, which it spotlighted again at its Europe Summit on March 19, 2026 as a practical way to compare lab products on environmental impact. ### What is ACT Ecolabel, exactly? It is a product label for laboratory equipment and supplies. The point is not just to say a product is “greener.” The point is to show structured, third-party verified sustainability data at the product level, so a buyer can compare one centrifuge, freezer, tip box, or water system against another using the same framework. My Green Lab describes it as the only ecolabel built specifically with EU regulations. ### What changed with version 2.0? The big shift is standardization. ACT Ecolabel 2.0 uses a scorecard that maps environmental impact across multiple categories rather than relying on a single vague claim. My Green Lab says the system is science-based, transparent, and independently audited, with scoring tied to sustainability data and claims that manufacturers have to substantiate. In other words, it is trying to turn “trust us” into something closer to a comparable spec sheet. ### What does the label actually measure? It looks across the product life cycle. That includes manufacturing, packaging, use, and end-of-life factors. Some of the underlying criteria also reach into energy and water use, chemicals, waste, and corporate accountability. For buyers, that matters because a lab product’s footprint is rarely just the plastic in the box — sometimes the real impact sits in electricity draw, consumables, or disposal. ### Why was Veolia in the summit discussion? Because this is no longer just a nonprofit standards story. It is becoming a vendor adoption story. The summit page lists Dr. Bethany Campbell of Veolia as leading sustainable innovation in lab water solutions and “spearheading the proactive pursuit of ACT Ecolabels” as part of Veolia’s GreenUp strategy to 2027. That is a useful tell — manufacturers now see this kind of labeling. ### How big is the program now? Big enough to matter, if My Green Lab’s numbers hold. The organization says the ACT database now includes more than 2,000 certified products from more than 70 manufacturers. It also pitches the label as a way for suppliers to respond faster to RFPs and improve win rates. That framing is important — the ecolabel is being sold not only as an environmental tool, but as market infrastructure. ### Why is Europe the right place to push this? Because Europe is where sustainability rules are increasingly becoming purchasing rules. The Europe Summit itself was framed around “credible, evidence-based frameworks” that move sustainability from voluntary action to market infrastructure. Basically, if labs and institutions are under more pressure to document Scope 3 emissions, procurement choices start to matter a lot more — and comparable product data becomes more valuable. ### What is the catch? A label only helps if buyers actually use it and vendors keep feeding it credible data. Third-party verification solves part of the trust problem, but not all of the adoption problem. Procurement teams still need systems that can plug this information into tenders, preferred-product lists, and budgeting decisions. Otherwise it stays a nice badge on a webpage. That last mile is the hard part — but it is also where standards become real. ### Bottom line? ACT Ecolabel 2.0 is My Green Lab’s attempt to make lab-product sustainability legible at buying time. That sounds narrow, but turns out to be the whole game. If labs can compare environmental impact with the same ease they compare price or performance, sustainability stops being a side promise and starts becoming a purchasing variable.