Greenfoot Global Review and Profile

Greenfoot Global no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

In November 2013, the FTC alleged that Greenfoot Global had made false or inadequately substantiated claims that EnviroTabs would substantially increase fuel efficiency, decrease emissions, and save consumers money. Green Foot Global LLC and the Hyman defendants agreed to an $800,000 judgment, while the court orders prohibited the defendants from misrepresenting product testing or making fuel-saving and environmental claims without reliable scientific support. In April 2014, the FTC distributed $42,580.45 in full refunds to 1,274 purchasers, averaging $33.42 per consumer.

Original Npros business profile for Greenfoot Global, preserved below for archival purposes:

Greenfoot Global was a Henderson, Nevada-based network-marketing company operated by co-founders William "Bill" Hyman and Mary Ann Hyman. The company was active by at least 2010 and marketed automotive fuel additives under the Greenfoot Global, GFG, GFG Commercial, GFG Industrial, GFG Fuel Tech, and GWO Network names. Its principal product was EnviroTabs, a tablet containing organometallic compounds, including ferrocene, that customers placed in vehicle fuel tanks.

Greenfoot Global promoted EnviroTabs as an environmentally oriented automotive product and claimed that it could improve fuel economy, reduce fuel consumption and emissions, remove engine deposits, extend engine life, and save consumers money. The company sold the product online and through a multilevel marketing program in which distributors earned income from personal sales and sales generated by recruited distributors.

The company's compensation program used a binary network structure. An archived Greenfoot Global business presentation offered distributor enrollment for $49.95, followed by optional product packages priced at $199, $399, and $599. Distributors could earn retail profits, fast-start bonuses for sponsoring new package purchasers, binary cycle commissions, matching bonuses, and leadership or coding bonuses. The higher-priced packages provided greater sales volume, larger potential fast-start payments, and, in some cases, additional business centers within the binary organization.