Product Care participants understand that more than the finished product can impact human health and the environment. They are also concerned about how products raw material and packaging components are produced.

Many suppliers of raw material and packaging materials to the consumer and institutional specialty products industry participate in Product Care and promote the objectives of protecting human health and the environment. Companies that make finished products promote stewardship objectives by purchasing the material and services needed to manufacture and market products from companies that share their strong commitments whether they participate in Product Care or not.

Product Care guidelines call for participants to have an internal process to evaluate suppliers of raw material, packaging and services. In addition to the quality of the purchased goods or service, companies look for business partners that follow sound business practices. Suppliers help the manufactures by sharing expertise and information on the safe and efficient use of their products.