GreenFacts Digests' Publication Process

The Topics of our Digests are chosen by our Board of Directors, in consultation with our Scientific Board, Partners and Full Members.
They are selected among the important environment and health topics for which an adequate source document exists (see below).

The Source Document that we summarize is decided by our Scientific Board, which composed of independent experts. It must be a recent scientific consensus publication, produced by an international panel of experts, and published by a independent international organization such as:

the WHO (World Health Organization),
the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization),
the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer),
the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme),
the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change),
the MA (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment),
the European Commission's Scientific bodies...

Our Summaries are written following a rigorous publication procedure, summarized below, to ensure that they are impartial and faithful to their Source Document:

The draft summaries are generally written by a scientific expert (see our panel of experts) in collaboration with our staff.
They are sometimes pre-reviewed by stakeholder experts from both environmental or health associations and industry, to ensure that they are not biased against specific views.
They are then peer-reviewed by at least three independent experts selected by our Scientific Board, to ensure their accuracy, impartiality and faithfulness to the source document.
Final publication is authorized by our Scientific Board President.

See our detailled publication procedure.