NSF International & Trucost Form Global Strategic Partnership

Business Wire, Sept 22, 2008

Partnership to Provide New Environmental Services Worldwide

LONDON & ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- NSF International today announced a global partnership with Trucost Plc. The strategic partnership will provide new environmental measurement, management and reporting products and services by combining Trucost's unique, patented methodology with NSF's environmental certification, verification and auditing services.

NSF, a public health organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has also today made a financial commitment to the global partnership by participating in Trucost's latest round of financing.

Simon Thomas, CEO of Trucost said, "This is an exciting time for us. NSF's partnership and investment validates Trucost's rigorous and evidence-based approach. We are able to help companies address the business costs of their environmental impacts in a timely, cost-effective and comparable manner. The partnership with NSF will leverage the Trucost model as the key to how some of the world's leading companies address their environmental performance."

"The agreement expands the global reach of both our companies," said Kevan P. Lawlor, President and CEO of NSF. "It will enable NSF to offer carbon traceability, environmental footprinting, supply chain analysis and global benchmarking to NSF's customer base in over 100 countries."

For more information about the partnership or new service offerings, please contact Koen Bontinck, NSF Vice President of International Operations, at t 32 2771 3654, bontinck@nsf.org or f 32 2 763 0013. For more information on Trucost, please contact Patrick Racz, Head of Partnerships, Trucost Plc at 44 7917 404 473 or patrick.racz@trucost.com.

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