Environmental Labels |
| European Union | European Countries | EU Candidate Countries | World |
| Cleaner and Greener - South Korea | |
![]() | Organization: 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 |
| Eco Mark - India | |
![]() | Organization: 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 |
| Eco Mark - Japan | |
![]() | Contact: 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 |
| Environment 2000 - Simbabwe (label of NGO) | |
![]() | Organization: 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 | |
![]() | Contact: 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 |
| Environmental Choice - Canada | |
![]() | Contact: 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 |
| Environmental Choice - New Zealand | |
![]() | Organization: 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 |
| Global Ecolabelling Network - Canada | |
![]() | country: 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 |
| Global organic textile standard | |
![]() | Contact: 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). |
| Green Choice - Phillipines | |
![]() | Clean & 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 |
| Green Label - Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region) | |
![]() | Organization: Green Council; Program: Green Label email: info@greencouncil.org |
| Green Label - Israel | |
![]() | Organization: Ministry of the Environment Program: Green Label Program email: motis@environment.gov.il |
| Green Label - Singapore | |
![]() | Organization: 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 |
| Green Label - Thailand | |
![]() | Organization: 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 |
| Green Mark - Taiwan | |
![]() | Organization: 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 |
| Green Seal - United States (private environmental label) | |
![]() | Contact: 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 |
| Qualidade Ambiental - Brazil (environmental quality) | |
![]() | Organization: Associacao Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas (ABNT) email: fcabral@abnt.org.br |