"Green Offices" is an innovative
eco-label for offices and buildings, based on the activities of the Foundation for Environmental Education, an international NGO focusing on sustainable development around the world.
The Mackerel Industry Northern Sustainability Alliance came together in 2012 to prove the fish's sustainability credentials and after a two-year assessment, the fishery has been certified with the MSC's blue tick
eco-label.
Green business and
eco-labels: a model of voluntary overcompliance with asymmetric information.
The "Blue Flag" is a voluntary
eco-label awarded to more than 4000 beaches and marinas in 49 countries across Europe, South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada and the Caribbean.
The EU
eco-label currently covers many products and services.
(27) Earth Island also created and monitored the use of its own dolphin-safe
eco-label. (28)
Working closely with Tiavar to achieve these targets is Sealed Air global accounts director for hospitality Mehdi Belarribi, who recalls: "When we started our contract in 2009,
eco-label products only amounted to around 12% of our annual worldwide turnover; and in the Middle East and North Africa this number was actually 0%".
More than 2100 establishments in 41 countries, including the Park Inn by Radisson Leuven have now received the Green Key accolade, which is presently the largest
eco-label for accommodation globally.
BookDifferent.com users sifting through the website's more than 245,000 hotels can now siphon out all the ones that are not
eco-labeled in the same way that one might search for hotels by the facilities they offer.
1978 Year that Germany's Ministry of the Environment creates Blue Angel, the world's first
eco-label.
Germany's Ministry of the Environment introduced the world's first
eco-label, the Blue Angel, in 1978 to highlight products' environmental and sustainability credentials.
Partly based on raw materials of plant origin (41 percent biosourced carbon from total carbon), Synaqua 4804 also produces very low VOC glossy paint, and can be used in paint carrying the European
eco-label.
