What is LEED®Certification?

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System™ is a third-party certification program that is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings.

LEED® promotes a whole building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health:

  • Sustainable site development
  • Water savings
  • Energy efficiency
  • Material selection
  • Indoor environmental quality

LEED® gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact of their building's performance.



Accredo Packaging, Inc. is the first flexible packaging manufacturing facility in the U.S. granted LEED® Silver certification by the US Green Building Council

Our designation as a LEED® Silver manufacturing facility is a major milestone in our commitment to delivering sustainable packaging solutions. In order to achieve this notable certification, our executive team made a long-term investment of time and resources to design, build and operate a facility according to stringent environmental requirements…from optimizing the procurement of materials to energy usage and waste management.

As a result, everything we produce has a greatly reduced carbon footprint, even when manufactured to the same specifications as at conventional plants.

We are currently expanding our production capacity, with construction on a second site.

Here are just a few of the ways in which we’ve integrated sustainability into every aspect of Accredo’s business model. As one of our core values, sustainability is critical in the products we create, our worker safety initiatives and our environmental policies.

  • Renewable Energy — 100% Wind Generated Electrical Power
  • Up to 95% ink waste reduction
  • State of the art equipment:
    • Extruder is capable of producing the thinnest, high-performance films and barriers
    • Efficiency and versatility — capability of handling both petroleum-based resins and certified biodegradable, compostable, or recyclable eco-resins
    • Our pre-press department offers waste reduction resources such as digital plate-making and automated plate-mounting (enhancing color accuracy and registration)
    • Extended color gamut printing process eliminates all ink changes and results in up to 35% less ink and solvent usage
    • Optimum in-class efficiencies across the board
  • Treatment of all chemicals/byproducts
  • Reduced waste stream
  • Energy and water conservation
  • Regionally produced building materials
  • Reused or refurbished building materials
  • Pollution prevention during construction

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