Konichiwa Greenguard!
A recent PR Wire release announces Greenguard has its first Japanese certification.
ecolabelling.org — looking behind the labels
(a guest post from Olga Orda)
Ecolabels are everywhere from Wal-Mart’s “seafood aisle” to my local grocery store. But, at the end of day, what do these labels really mean? Who’s behind them? And, most importantly, can I rely on them to make my certified no-rainforests-were-destroyed-in-the-making-of-this-latte latte?
Global Ecolabel Survey 2008
This week we launched the latest piece of our outreach to the ecolabelling community -- the Global Ecolabel Survey 2008.
If your label is listed in ecolabelling.org, but you didn't receive a survey (or at least it didn't come to you), get in touch at survey at ecolabelling.org.
If your favourite ecolabel isn't listed on the site at all yet, then you can send us the basics from the
Posted by Trevor on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Daily links
Stuck on you
Review from The Observer (UK) on how useful ecolabels are for average shoppers.
(tags: commentary)
Big market, big benefits
EPEAT was launched in July 2006, and already the Fed's are mandating it for their own purchasing. The so called 'Bible' of federal purchasing in the US (the Federal Acquisition Regulations) recently integrated the requirement to use the EPEAT label in purchasing. This means that fully 95% or more of all computers they purchase will be qualified under the EPEAT green computer purchasing standard.
