The EU Eco Flower is a voluntary certification system introduced in 1992 to help European consumers distinguish greener, more environmentally friendly products, goods, and services (Type 1 label).
Products bearing the “Flower” have been checked by independent bodies for compliance with strict ecological and performance criteria.
Currently, twenty-six different product groups have been labeled, and already more than 1.150 licenses have been awarded for nearly 7000 products – mainly products from the sector “all purpose and Sanitary cleaners” (~ 1.600).
A mini-study was commissioned to examine the potential for incorporation of GHG emissions in the catalog of ecolabel criteria. Additionally, a measurement toolkit was also developed; however, the process has not been finished yet.
May 2011