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Environmentally Preferable Product Offerings

Environmentally Preferable Products Program

Avantor’s Environmentally Preferable Products (EPP) program is designed to provide greater transparency into product sustainability attributes. This allows you to make more informed and sustainable purchasing decisions. We work with our suppliers to designate sustainable products, materials, packaging, and equipment that meet one or more of the following attributes:

  • Energy efficient
  • Water efficient
  • Waste reducing
  • Sustainable materials
  • Low manufacturing impact
  • Safer human and environmental health
  • Responsible packaging
  • Product transparency


How to Access EPP Products

There are multiple ways to access and view the Environmentally Preferable Products offered by Avantor.

  • EPP products are searchable and identifiable on vwr.com. When available, the option to filter for “Environmentally Preferable” within a product search will be displayed. Once the Environmentally Preferable box is selected, click “Refine Criteria” and all the EPP products for that category will be displayed.
  • Avantor is continuing to develop and release Product Literature for specific EPP products as well as our EPP program as a whole. Contact your Avantor Representative to obtain the latest materials and resources surrounding Avantor’s sustainable product and service offerings.
  • Your Avantor Representative can also generate an Environmentally Preferable Products spend report for your organization which will visualize your company’s EPP Spend for a 12-month period versus total spend. The report also shows which products are contributing to your EPP spend. This is an excellent resource to benchmark and measure your organization’s sustainable purchasing with Avantor.

Discover a wide range of Eco-Friendly Products!

Browse many of Avantor's EPP-attributed items by category below.

Gloves: Safeguard Your Health. Minimize Waste.

Reduce environmental impact with EPP Gloves. Choose from Waste-Reducing and/or Sustainably-Packaged options for a greener lab.

ULT Freezers: Sustainable Storage for Science

Minimize environmental impact with EPP Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers. Choose from Energy-Efficient models and/or Low Manufacturing Impact promote a sustainable lab.

Freezers: Sustainable Storage Solutions

Minimize environmental impact with EPP Freezers. Most are Energy-Efficient or Safer for Human and Environmental Health and promote a sustainable lab.

Refrigerators: Sustainable Cold Storage

Minimize environmental impact with EPP Refrigerators. Most are Energy-Efficient and/or provide Safer Human and Environmental Health to promote a sustainable lab.

Pumps: Sustainable Vacuum Solutions

Minimize waste with EPP Vacuum Pumps. Eco-friendly packaging reduces environmental impact.

Incubators: Cultivate Sustainably

EPP Incubators promote a greener lab with Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Packaging, and/or Water-Saving Designs.

Fume Hoods and Enclosures: Safeguard Your Science. Sustainably.

Protect personnel & minimize environmental impact with Eco-Fume Hoods. Featuring energy-efficient tech, sustainable materials, &/or waste-reducing features.

Sustainable Pipet Tips: Sustainable Research

Avantor offers a range of EPP-designed pipet tips that minimize environmental impact. Choose from options promoting Low Manufacturing Impact, Sustainable Packaging, Reduced Waste, and/or Safer Human & Environmental Health.

Flasks: Sustainable Cell Culture Solutions

Avantor offers cell culture flasks with a Low Manufacturing Impact design, promoting sustainability in your research. Explore our variety of sizes for optimal cell cultivation.

Microplates: Clarity & Sustainability for Your Research

Avantor offers microplates which combine optimal clarity for analysis with a Low Manufacturing Impact Design and Eco-Friendly Packaging options.

Reservoirs: Sustainable Dispensing Solutions

Single and multi-well reagent reservoirs safely contain the required liquids in designs to accommodate all pipettor types. EPP Reagent Reservoirs usually meet the attribute of Low Manufacturing Impact.

Controlled Environment & Cleanroom Sustainability Solutions

Minimize environmental impact with our curated selection of Eco-Friendly Cleanroom Supplies. Maintain safety & performance without compromise.

Avantor Carries ACT Label Products

We believe it is important to support you in better understanding the impact of the products you are purchasing. By emphasizing accountability, consistency, and transparency (ACT) around manufacturing, energy and water use, packaging, and end-of-life, the ACT label makes it easy to choose safe, more sustainable products. Led by the non-profit organization My Green Lab, the label is designed to provide information necessary to make smart, sustainable choices about the product you purchase.

Utilizing our Environmentally Preferable Products program and the ACT label, you have the ability to select more sustainable product solutions.

For more information, please contact your local Avantor representative.

Additional details on our sustainability offerings can be found by visiting Controlled Environment & Cleanroom Sustainable Solutions.