Logo Equals Ecolabel
Hi Label Geeks,
This is the first in a series of posts we're going to file under "how we roll" that explains how we're making changes to the site and asks for your input in true bottom up fashion.
We've been asking labels for permission to post their logos to our site. You'll see these popping up all over the site over the next few weeks as we add them.
Eco-promising: New report from Forum for the Future and BSR
Hat tip to Forum for the Future and Business for Social Responsibility for including ecolabelling.org as a resource in their new report, Eco-promising: communicating the environmental credentials of your products and services.
Fresh tracks at Whistler
"But it's so HARD to figure out what to do!"...a common refrain from those resisting implementing sustainable purchasing policies.
Well, The Natural Step Canada has helped Whistler come up with a guide that can help anyone survive the sustainable purchasing slalom.
Lipstick on a Pig
Pardon Our Dust : Los Angeles Times : The wonderful world of greenwashing
Here's a great list of home improvement greenwash examples that ends with a plug for more and better ecolabelling. Well done LA Times!
Tesco to put carbon scores on goods - Telegraph
Tesco to put carbon scores on goods - Telegraph
Tesco, a large UK retailer, will add carbon scores to thirty of its products this week.
EU Primes Eco-Labels for the Big Time
The EU is developing a proposal for extending its energy label to all manufactured goods. This would be a significant step forward in energy labelling for products.
Passing the Sniff Test
PR Week's earth day piece talks about the importance of green claims passing the sniff test as green becomes the norm.
As consumers get exposed to more green claims they're going to learn which are good and which are greenwash.
EU Ecolabel Stays Strict on Textiles, GMOs
EU Member States today rejected proposals from the European Commission to allow PVCs, GMOs and other potentially environmentally damaging substances into ecolabelled products.
Coordinators saw the move as reinforcing the role of the EU ecolabel, and perhaps of ecolabels in general, as a best-in-class indicator for consumers.
Loblaw’s takes a swipe at ecolabels
An article in yesterday's Globe and Mail outlined green options available to consumers in the household goods section.
