Environmental Labels   

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Cleaner and Greener - South Korea
Cleaner and Greener - South KoreaOrganization: Korean Government
Contact:
Korea Environmental Labelling Association (KELA)
Paek, Young-Min, 1307 Leader’s Bldg. 1599-11
Seocho-Dong, Seocho-Ku, Seoul, 137-070, Korea

email: ecomark@chollian.net
web: http://www.kela.or.kr/english/

Eco Mark - India
Eco Mark - IndiaOrganization: Minístry of Environment and Forests
Contact: Central Pollution Control Board
Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-cum-Office Complex, East Arjun Nagar
Delhi 110032
India
Tel.: 91-11-2224812
Fax: 91-11-2511539
national label of India, founded by the Minístry of Environment and Forests in 1991. textiles and apparel: certification of textiles is under process; homepage: English; short summary in German - click on SEETEX-Server,

email: cpcb@alpha.nic.in
web: http://envfor.nic.in/cpcb/ecomark/ecomark.html

Eco Mark - Japan
Eco Mark - JapanContact: Japan Environment Association
Office - Tranomon 1 Bldg. (5F), 1 - 5 - 8
Totanomon, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105
Japan
phone 81 - 3 - 508 - 2651
fax 81 - 3 - 508 - 2570
national label of Japan; founded by the Japanese Department for Environment in 1989;
textile and apparel: unbleached clothing, towels and bedlinen, textiles from waste materials, shopping bags from fabric, textiles from used resins, nappies from fabric; homepage: Japanese, English; short summary in German - click on SEETEX-Server

email: taguchi@japan.email.ne.jp
web: http://www.eic.or.jp/jea/index-e.html
web: http://www.jeas.or.jp/ecomark/english/index.html

Environment 2000 - Simbabwe (label of NGO)
Environment 2000 - SimbabweOrganization:
Environment 2000 Foundation
Contact: Environment 2000
P.O. Box A639
Avondale, Harare
Simbabwe
Tel.: 263-4-302886
Fax: 263-4-339691

email: e2000kb@samara.co.zw

Environmental Choice - Australia
Environmental Choice - AustraliaContact: ANZECC Secretariat
Environment Australia
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Fax: 02 6274 1858
Email: anzecc@ea.gov.au
URL: www.environment.gov.au/anzecc

email: anzecc@ea.gov.au
web: http://www.ea.gov.au/index.html

Environmental Choice - Canada
Environmental Choice - CanadaContact: Terra Choice Environmental Services
2197 Riverside Drive, Suite 300
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 7X3
Tel.: 1-613-247 1900 236
Fax: 1-613-247-2228
national label of Canada; founded in 1988 by an initiative of the Ministry of Environment as the second national label of the world. "Terra Choice" is a privat organisation, who is responsible for carrying out and administration by order of the Ministry of environment.
homepage: French, English; short summary in German - click on SEETEX-Server

email: jpolak@terrachoice.ca
web: http://www.environmentalchoice.com/
web: http://www.terrachoice.ca/

Environmental Choice - New Zealand
Environmental Choice - New ZealandOrganization: Environmental Choice New Zealand / Telarc NZ
Contact: International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ)
Private Bag 28 908
Remuera Auckland 1136
Neuseeland
Tel.: 64-9-525 6655
Fax. 64-9-5252266

email: marseneault@ianz.govt.nz
web: http://www.mfe.govt.nz/

Global Ecolabelling Network - Canada
Global Ecolabelling Network - Canadacountry: ecolabelling organizations
contact: GEN Secretariat Terra Choice Environmental Services Inc.
2781 Lancaster Road, Suite 400
Ottawa, ON Canada K1B 1A7
phone +1 613 247 1900
fax +1 613 247 2228
e-mail gensecretariat@terrachoice.ca

or GEN General Affairs Office Japan Environment Association (JEA)
Cosmos Aoyama 5-53-67, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
phone +81 3 3406 5155
fax +81 3 3406 5190

email: hv6h-stu@asahi-net.or.jp
web: http://www.gen.gr.jp/

Global organic textile standard
Global organic textile standardContact: Control Union Certifications
Meeuwenlaan 4-6
P.O. Box 161
8000 AD ZWOLLE
The Netherlands

Tel : +31 (0)38 - 426 01 00
Fax : +31 (0)38 - 423 70 40

The aim of the standard is to define requirements to ensure organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing up to labelling in order to provide a credible assurance to the end consumer (production, processing, manufacturing, packaging, labelling, exportation, importation and distribution of all natural fibres).

web: http://www.controlunion.com/certification/default.htm

Green Choice - Phillipines
Green Choice - PhillipinesClean & Green Foundation, Inc.
Mr. June M. Alvarez, Programme Manager
Clean & Green Foundation
GREEN CHOICE-PHILIPPINES,
c/o of CLEAN & GREEN FOUNDATION, INC.,
2nd Floor, Benlife Building, BPI Compound,
Muralla corner Solana Streets,
Intramuros, Manila, PHILIPPINES
Tel: +632 528 0979
Fax: +632 527 4390

email: greenchoice@i-manila.com.ph
web: http://www.gen.gr.jp/philippines.html

Green Label - Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region)
Green Label - Hong KongOrganization:
Green Council;
Program:
Green Label

email: info@greencouncil.org
web: http://www.greencouncil.org/

Green Label - Israel
Green Label - IsraelOrganization:
Ministry of the Environment

Program:
Green Label Program

email: motis@environment.gov.il
web: http://english.sviva.gov.il/Enviroment/bin/en.jsp?enPage=e_HomePage

Green Label - Singapore
Green Label - SingaporeOrganization: Government of Singapore
Contact: Secretariat c/o Waste Minimisation Department
40 scotts Road Environment Building
#20-00 Singapore 0922
Singapore
Tel.: 65-731 9434
Fax: 65-731 9749

email: secnet@singnet.com.sg
web: http://www.sec.org.sg/greenlabel_htm/greenlable_frameset.htm

Green Label - Thailand
Green Label - ThailandOrganization: Thailand Business Council for Sustainable Development (TBCSD)
Institution: GREEN LABEL BOARD (GLB)
Thailand Environment Institute
210 Sukumvit 64, Bangchak Refinery Building 4
Prakanong, Bangkok 10260
Thailand
Tel.: 66-2-331 0047
Fax: 66-2-332 4863

email: pongvipa@tei.or.th
web: http://www.tei.or.th/main.htm

Green Mark - Taiwan
Green Mark - TaiwanOrganization: UMWELTSCHUTZBEHÖRDE (USB)
Program: GREEN MARK PROGRAMM
GCPCT/Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
Bldg. 9 #195, Section 4, Chung Hsing Road
Chutung, Hsinchu
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel.: 886-35-916221
Fax: 886-35-820231

email: ningyu@edf.org.tw
web: http://www.greenmark.itri.org.tw/

Green Seal - United States (private environmental label)
Green Seal - United StatesContact: Green Seal
1730 Rhode Island Ave, NW Suite 1050
Washington DC 20036 3101
USA
phone 1 202 331 7337
fax 1 202 331 7533

private label of the United States; founded by a private organisation in 1989; textile and apparel: no certified product, but other product groups like wooden and paper products; homepage: English; short summary in German - click on SEETEX-Server

email: aweissman@greenseal.org
web: http://www.greenseal.org

Qualidade Ambiental - Brazil (environmental quality)
Qualidade Ambiental - BrazilOrganization: Associacao Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas (ABNT)

email: fcabral@abnt.org.br
web: http://www.abnt.org.br