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                   The GreenPro standard takes    What is the
                  into account all these factors also.
                  A total of 30 mandatory tests are   range of
                  done on each product at 3rd party   products
                  NABL accredited labs for human   you offer
                  and environmental safety, apart   across
                  from the usual declaration of not
                  using any of the banned ingredients   various
                  and using in limit the regulated or   segments in
                  limited substances.             India?
                                                                                         Archana Bhatnagar,
                  What is the cost impact           We have around 150
                  in changing over to green       products that are all green-
                  certified products?             certified. We are the first in
                                                  India to be GreenPro certified
                   Our slogan is Green Cleaning for   for cleaning chemicals. We offer   green. Two decades ago, Haylide
                  all and we believe green certified   green products and Green certified   Chemicals started with green
                  products should be affordable for   products across Housekeeping &   products which have been
                  all businesses that require cleaning.   Infection Control (first in India   evolving over the years to improve
                  Hence, we worked hard and       certified product), hand wash,   performance. The challenge of
                  innovated such products that the   laundry (first in India certified   changing mindsets to adopt the
                  overall cost impact is minimized.  product), degreasing, dishwashing,   usage of green products and
                   We offer products with multiple   descaling, polishing and all other   convincing stakeholders that such
                                                                                  products are not prohibitively
                  applications, thereby reducing   hygiene products for every type of   expensive to impact the overall
                                                  need and every type of business
                  inventory costs. There is a     segment.                        budget allocation, is a work in
                  reduction in processes like laundry                             progress.
                  cycles, reduction in temperature in   Future of Green Cleaning?
                  laundry, or making it easier to use
                  reducing wastage, energy, water   Green is the present and the
                  and training costs.             future. If we want to sustain
                   So, coupling these benefits the   and care for our future
                  overall impact could be 7% to 12%   generations, it
                  which will keep on coming down   is possible
                  over the years, and is a small price   with going
                  in the overall budget of a company.



























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