Monthly Blog Archive

EC commits EU to Energy Star

“The requirement of the new Energy Star Regulation to apply ambitious energy efficiency criteria in the public procurement of office equipment will further push manufacturers to put efficient equipment on the market while making good use of public money.

Perfect Doesn’t Exist.

So says the executive director of Earth Pledge in a NY Times article about the eco-fashion industry.

Dishwasher gets ecolabel

ASKO's not very excitingly named D3152XL dishwasher was just awarded the Nordic Swan ecolabel. It is the first dishwasher in the whole wide world with a national ecolabel.

Skinning the Carbon Cat

Royal Hawaiian Honey is the first U.S. food product to be certified Carbonfree, according to a report in environmental leader.

Certified greenhouse gas professionals

Spring 2008 is back to school for verifiers, validators, and consultants - ECO Canada, the Standards Council of Canada, and the federal government are establishing a national certification system for greenhouse gas professionals in Canada. Ensuring that greenhouse gas emissions (and their reductio

MSC Pilots Developing Country Certification Plan

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is piloting a verification methodology designed to allow data poor developing countries to meet their standards. Ecolabels have recently been accused of being de-facto