This is a team work by psg im for Ecologuy and i like to submit it for awareness of all

1. By
10MB03 : N.ANITHA SHANKARI
10MB22 : R.NITHYA
10MB43 : Suresh Kumar Jagada

2. Eco labels –Meaning, Objectives and Benefits
 Forest Steward council certification
 Rainforest Alliance certification
 Carbon Neutral certification
 Fair trade certification
 Global organic textile Standards
 Marine Stewardship council
 Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) of Govt. of India
 Cradle to Cradle certification
 USDA Certification

3.  Meaning
 Brief History / about
 Products
 Standards
 Certifications & Inspections
 Illustration

4.  Eco labels are labeling systems for food and
consumer products.
 Both systems were started by NGOs

5. What is Eco labeling:
Environmental performance certification
 Voluntary method of environmental performance
certification and labelling
 Indentifies products that meet specific
environmental criteria
 An impartial third party identifies the criteria and
verifies and adherences and awards ecolabels
 Based on environmental policy tool known as life cycle
assessment (LCA)

6. Objectives:
 Encouraging environmentally sound innovation and
leadership
 Building consumer awareness on environmental issues
 Protecting the environment
Use:
 Allows consumers to make informed decisions
 Highlights benefits of products in comparison to
their competitors
 Used as a tool for sustainable development and
marketing

7.
 Environmental Benefits Substitution for
environmentally preferable materials
 Industrial Benefits Valuable tool to communicate
environmental benefits of a product
 Consumer Benefits Guidance in decision- making
when buying a product or service
 Governmental Benefits Provides an effective and
easy to use tool for procurement programs

9. What is the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)?
 Non-profit organization devoted to encouraging the
responsible management of the world’s forests.
 Landowners and companies that sell timber or forest
products seek certification as a way to verify to consumers
that they have practiced forestry consistent with FSC
standards.
 Consolidated Graphics has attained this certification
through Smart Wood and CDS is now an important part of that
chain.

10.  1990 -identified the need for a system , The name "Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC)" was already coined at this meeting.
 1992 - FSC Founding Assembly in Toronto, Canada. 130
participants from 26 countries attend.
 1993- FSC Founding Assembly in Toronto, Canada. First FSC
Board of Directors elected
 1994- The FSC is now officially born. irst certified and labeled
FSC product available in the UK
 1996- FSC Board of Directors endorses first FSC Working
Group
 1997- Group certificationfor forest management introduced.
 1998- 10 million hectares certified to FSC standards.

11.  1999- irst FSC certified and labeled NTFP product - Chicle gum
(Mexico). First complete book printed on FSC-certified paper:
 2000- Global Certified Trade Fair in London, UK.
 2001 - decision to establish the FSC International Center in Bonn,
Germany.
 2002- FSC Board of Directors endorses FSC Social Strategy
 2003- FSC establishes FSC Regional Office in Africa. 20 000
FSC certified products on the market.
 2004- wins prestigious ALCAN prize for sustainability
 2005- Fourth FSC General Assembly in Manaus, Brazil.
 2006- FSC Controlled Wood standards come into force.
 2007-FSC created FSC Global Development
 2008

12.  All products that are FSC-certified contain
wood or wood fibre from FSC-certified
forests, recycled material and/or controlled
wood.
 Wood – timber -Green Building , Musical
Instrument
 Plywood - Green Building
 Furniture ,
 paper -, Printer , Handicarft

13.  FSC standards are set in accordance with the
requirements of the ISEAL Code of Good Practice
for Setting Social and Environmental Standards.
 This means that the standards are set on the basis
of consultations with the major stakeholders.
 ISEAL is the global association for social and
environmental standards systems.
 FSC is the only certification scheme in forestry
recognized by ISEAL to follow best-practice
in standard-setting.

14. FSC and environmental organizations
Trusted environmental organizations that support and
encourage FSC certification include:
 Greenpeace
 National Wildlife Federation
 The Nature Conservancy
 Sierra Club and
 World Wildlife Fund

15. FSC Vision Statement
FSC seeks a world where buyers of wood and paper are
empowered to make responsible choices through the use
of FSC certification. We strive to build trust in our
brand every day and thereby rebuild trust in the practice
of responsible forestry. By creating value in working
forests, we will create a marketplace that rejects
unsustainable and irresponsible forest products.

16. Principles and Criteria
•FSC has developed a set of Principles and Criteria for forest
management that are applicable to all FSC-certified forests and
throughout the world.
•There are 10 Principles and 57 Criteria that address legal issues,
indigenous rights, labor rights, multiple benefits, and environmental
impacts surround forest management.
•The principals and criteria at www.fsc.org

17. Becoming Certified
•Forest Stewardship Council forest certification is a
voluntary market mechanism through which forests are
certified against a strict set of environmental and social
standards.
All producers and manufacturers along the supply chain
are certified to ensure that the final product bearing the
FSC logo actually originated from a certified forest

18. Chain of Custody
•There are two types of certifications:
Forest Management
Chain of Custody
Primary Manufacturing of materials
Pulp to paper
Secondary Manufacturing of materials
Paper to finished goods
Final delivery to end-user

19. Proper FSC Label Use
Two different uses of the label
On-Product Labeling
When using On-Product label you must print on FSC-
certified paper bought from an FSC-certified
merchant
Off-Product Labeling
Used for promotional use

22. The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure
sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business
practices and consumer behavior.
We believe that the best way to keep forests standing is by
ensuring that it is profitable for businesses and communities to do
so. That means helping farmers, forest managers and tourism
businesses realize greater economic benefits by ensuring
ecosystems within and around their operations are protected, and
that their workers are well-trained and enjoy safe conditions,
proper sanitation, health care and housing. Once businesses meet
certain environmental and social standards, we link them up to the
global marketplace where demand for sustainable goods and services
is on the rise.

23. The Rainforest Alliance Family of Marks
Those businesses that meet the standards for their field earn access
to the Rainforest Alliance family of marks, which distinguish their
products and services in the marketplace. These marks make it easy
for consumers to identify a legitimately sustainable product or
service and support those businesses that are acting responsibly.
•Farms that meet the comprehensive criteria of the Sustainable
Agriculture Network earn the right to use the Rainforest Alliance
Certified seal.
•Forestry businesses that comply with the rigorous standards of the
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) may use the Rainforest Alliance
Certified™ seal in conjunction with the FSC logo.
•Tourism companies that demonstrate progress toward minimizing
their environmental footprint and supporting their workers, local
cultures and surrounding communities receive the Rainforest Alliance
Verified mark.

24. Certification, Verification and Validation Services

25. Agriculture
Rainforest Alliance Certification
offers farms a way to distinguish
their products as being socially,
economically and environmentally
sustainable.
Forestry
Our diverse set of certification and
verification services includes
forest certification; legality,
logging and forest carbon
verification and validation; and
forest products chain-of-custody
certification (wood, paper,
furniture and more).

26. Tourism
We offer verification services to
hotels, restaurants and inbound tour
operators who are interested in
improving their environmental, social
and economic practices and are on
their way to obtaining certification.
Forest Carbon
We offer validation and verification
services to forest-based carbon
projects under a variety of credible
standards, including the Chicago Climate
Exchange, Plan Vivo and the Voluntary
Carbon Standard.

28. Carbon Systems
Carbon Systems’ Enterprise Sustainability Platform (ESP) enables you to
manage your carbon, energy, environmental and social responsibility
performance, to operate more efficiently and drive cost savings in your use of
energy, fuel, gas, water, waste, and other environmental metrics.
Working with companies with over 20,000 combined locations around the world,
Carbon Systems can help you streamline and automate the capture,
management and reporting of your sustainability metrics.
Through offices in London, New York and Sydney, Carbon Systems service
clients in a diverse range of sectors, including real estate, construction, utilities,
government, manufacturing, distribution, education, information technology and
professional services.

29.  CarbonSystems’ Enterprise Sustainability Platform (ESP)
enables you to manage your carbon, energy, environmental
and social responsibility performance, to operate more
efficiently and drive cost savings in your use of energy, fuel,
gas, water, waste, and other environmental metrics.
 Working with companies with over 20,000 combined
locations around the world, CarbonSystems can help you
streamline and automate the capture, management and
reporting of your sustainability metrics.
 Through offices in London, New York and Sydney,
CarbonSystems service clients in a diverse range of sectors,
including real estate, construction, utilities, government,
manufacturing, distribution, education, information
technology and professional services.

30. Achieving CarbonNeutral® certification
There are five stages to achieving CarbonNeutral® certification, providing a straight-forward carbon reduction process:
Define the subject: A variety of business activities can be certified CarbonNeutral® including:
•Entire companies or single offices
•Product lines
•Business travel
•Construction and use of buildings
•Services such as deliveries, print production and data hosting
Measure the subject’s carbon emissions: We use independent, qualified third parties to conduct and verify greenhouse
gas assessments.
Set a net zero carbon emissions target: This provides a strong statement on carbon emissions and stimulates internal
efficiencies
Reduce carbon emissions: Achieve the target through a cost-effective combination of internal reductions and carbon
offsets
Communicate: Display CarbonNeutral® certification on company websites, reports, packaging and fleet vehicles along with
communication on how the target was achieved.
You can find out more about The CarbonNeutral Company's services here:
Carbon offsets, carbon offset videos, carbon reduction target, carbon management, carbon measurement, carbon strategy,
carbon plan, carbon marketing, selling carbon, CarbonNeutral® and PAS 2060 certification,
The CarbonNeutral Company blog, carbon calculator, business white papers and our free carbon reduction newsletter.

32.  What is fair trade ?
 History
 Industry & Products
 Fair trade standards
 Fair trade inspection and certification

33. What is fair trade ?
 Organized social movement and market- based approach
 Help producers to make better trading Conditions
 Promote sustainability
What is fair trade certification ?
 Product certification system
 Designed to allow people to identify products
 Meet environmental, labor and development standards.

34. Agricultural products
 COFFEE NUTS

35. COTTON SILK JUTE

36.  History
 1960’s and 1970’s - Attempts to Market
 1988 - Fair Trade Sales , Max Havelaar
 1997 - Fair trade international
 2002 - Flo launched fair trade international
mark
 2004 - divided into two Flo and Flo Cert
 2008 ,2009, - sales amounted to €3.4 billion (US $4.9
worldwide, a 15% increase from 2008
 2011 - 827 producer organizations in 58
developing countries

37. Fair trade standards
 minimum requirements that all producer organizations must
meet to become certified
 progress requirements producers must demonstrate
improvements over time.
Types
 Standards for small farmers' organizations and
 Standards for hired labor situations.
Approvals
 Fair trade Standards and procedures are approved BY FLO

38. Fair trade inspection and certification
 carried by FLO-CERT.
 FLO-CERT ensures that both producers and traders comply
with Fair trade Standards
 FLO-CERT works with a network of around 100 independent
inspectors .
 regularly visit producer and trade organizations and report
back to FLO-CERT.
 FLO-CERT follow the international ISO standards for product
certification bodies (ISO 65).
 Typically, in order for a product to be marked as "Fair-Trade"
at least 20% of its mass must be made up of a Fair trade
product.

39. Fair trade System
 Minimum Price and the Premium.
 paid to the exporting firm, usually a second tier
cooperative, not to the farmer.
 paid proportion of their output they are able to sell
with the brand 'Fair trade Certified',
 typically 17% to as much as 60% of their turnover.
 Fair trade Minimum Price is a guaranteed price.
 Fair trade Premium is a separate payment designated
for social and economic development in the producing
communities.

41.  Meaning
 History
 Industry
 GOTS standards
 GOTS inspection and certification

42. What is organic clothing ?
 Environment concerns or some other ethical issues
 Growing and harvesting of organic food and organic textile
fibers are similar
 Conversion of fibers into yarn, fabric, garments and other
finished products
difficulty lies in the interpretation of organic nature of these
post harvest operations or processes.

43. What is GOTS ?
 Organic certification standard for textiles
Four member organizations
U.S based Organic Trade Association
International Association Natural Textile Industry IVN
British Social Association
Japan Organic Cotton Association (JOCA)

44. History
 2002 -International Conference on Organic Textiles (Intercot) in
Düsseldorf (Germany).
2004 – In NaTex- Four standards organizations - IVN, OTA, Soil
Association
2005 – Intercot – Four Organizations – version 1 GOTS
2006 –GOTS certification system started
2008 –IFOAM – Valid Version 2 GOTS
2009 - Approval Procedure and Requirements for Certification
Bodies’ , ‘Licensing and Labeling Guide’
2010 - 2800 facilities are GOTS certified, 13 certification bodies
2011 - Version 3.0 of GOTS

45. Products

46. Features of GOTS :
•Certification of the entire textile supply chain
•Environmental Criteria
•Environmental management
•Storage, packaging and transport
•Record keeping & internal quality assurance
•Technical Quality and Human Toxicity Criteria
•Minimum Social Criteria
•Quality assurance system
•Testing of Technical Quality Parameters and Residues

47. Certification Bodies Certification Body
Certification
Elements of the Inspection
Certification requirements
Certification for traders, brand holders and Retailers
Certification Cost
Licensing and Labelling

49. What is MSC ?
An independent non-profit organization which sets a standard for
sustainable fishing .

50. founded in 1997 by the World Wide Fund for Nature and
Unilever and became fully independent in 1999.
It has a staff of around 100 spread across the HQ in London,
regional offices in London, Seattle, and Sydney, and local offices
in Edinburgh, Berlin, The Hague, Paris, Cape Town, Tokyo, and the
Baltic region.
MSC program is open to all fisheries regardless of size, scale,
location and intensity and runs a Developing World Program to
ensure equal access to the program.
As of February 2012, there are over 13,000 seafood products
available with the MSC ecolabel, sold in 74 countries around the
world.

51. Over 100 fisheries have been independently certified as meeting
the MSC’s environmental standard for sustainable fishing and over
100 are currently undergoing assessment. [9]
 1,986 companies have met the MSC Chain of Custody standard
for seafood traceability (link to chain of custody section of site).
The MSC works in partnership with a number of organisations,
businesses and funders around the world but is fully independent
of all.

52. •Raw Sea food products
•Packed marinated sea foods

53. three core principles :
Principle 1: Sustainable fish stocks
Principle 2: Minimizing environmental impact
Principle 3: Effective management

54. MSC Certification :
Conditional certification : atleast 80 scores by end of
certification period ( Five years)
To remain certified, fisheries also have to undertake an annual
surveillance to check that they continue to meet the MSC
standard. After 5 years, the fishery must be reassessed in full
if it wants to continue to be certified.

56.  The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is an agency of the
Government of India , under the Ministry Of
Power created in March 2002 under the provisions of the
nation's 2001 Energy Conservation Act .
 The agency's function is to develop programs which will
increase the conservation and efficient use of energy in
India.
 The primary objective would be to reduce energy
intensity in the economy.

57. The broad objectives of BEE
 To exert leadership and provide policy for energy efficient.
 To coordinate energy efficiency and conservation policies and
programs .
 To leverage multi-lateral and bi-lateral and private sector
support in implementation of Energy Conservation Act and
efficient use of energy and its conservation programs.
 To demonstrate delivery of energy efficiency services as
mandated in the EC bill through private-public partnerships
 To interpret, plan and manage energy conservation programs as
envisaged in the Energy Conservation Act.

58. The Major Regulatory Functions of BEE include:
 Develop minimum energy performance standards and labelling
design for equipment and appliances
 Develop specific Energy Conservation Building Codes
 Activities focussing on designated consumers
 Develop specific energy consumption norms
 Certify Energy Managers and Energy Auditors
 Accredit Energy Auditors
 Define the manner and periodicity of mandatory energy audits
 Develop reporting formats on energy consumption and action
taken on the recommendations of the energy auditors

59. BEE SECTORS
 Lighting
◦ BYL Programe Energy Efficient and Conserve Energy
◦ Energy Reservation CFL
 Building
◦ Energy Conservation Building Code for New Constuction Building
◦ Energy Service COmpany )
 Aplliances
( Mandatory –Frost Free Refrigerator,TFL,AC,Distribution
Transformer)(Voluntary Direct Cool Refrigerator , General
Purpose Industrial Motors , Monoset Pumps , Openwell Pump
Sets , Submersible Pump Sets , Ceiling Fans , Domestic Gas
Stoves , Stationary Storage Type Water Heaters , Color
Televisions , Washing Machine and Laptop)

60. BEE SECTORS
Agriculture
Scheme Targets replacement of inefficient Pumps with result in energy
and Cost Saving
Demand Side Management , DSM project 2009 at Solapur, Maharashtra
Municipality
Street Lighting
Water Supply Save Water and Energy and improve Service
Industries
Consultant to stimulate Energy Efficient Measures
Small And Medium Enterprises.
Notify energy intensive industries
Establish and prescribe energy consumption norms
Cluster Analysis And Proposing Energy Conservation
Climate Change / 8 zones

61.  Market-based approaches to unlock energy efficiency
opportunities, estimated to be about Rs. 74,000
Crores
 By 2014-15:
◦ Annual fuel savings in excess of 23 million toe
◦ Cumulative avoided electricity capacity addition of
19,000 MW
◦ CO2 emission mitigation of 98 million tons per year
 Climatic Changes

62. Constant Multiplier. (kW h/Litre/Year)
Constant Fixed Allowances (kW h/Year)

65.  MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry) is a global
sustainability consulting and product certification firm founded
in 1995 by world-renowned architectWilliam McDonal and
chemist Dr.Michael Braungart. MBDC consults clients on
leaving a 'positive footprint' on the planet (instead of reducing a
negative footprint) by implementing the
Cradle to Cradle® Framework.

66. There are five categories of criteria for certification which were
designed to align with the Cradle to Cradle principles:
Material Health,
Material Reutilization,
 Renewable Energy Use,
Water Stewardship,
and Social Responsibility.

67. 1.Material Health
 Material that are Healthy
for both Human and
Environment .
 Unlike other programs that
simply measure what harmful
chemicals are being emitted
from a product, the Cradle
to Cradle Certified
CM process examines the
toxicity of every material
that goes INTO a product
and provides a path to help
manufacturers improve
product design and safety to
humans and the environment.

68. 2.Material Reutilization:
 Material Re Utilization Level
 Promotes design that
=
encourages the { ( % Recyclable Composite
recyclability of the Content x 2) + ( % Recyclable
product for future uses Renewable Content x 1 ) } / 3
 • At the Silver level, the
score must be >=50
 • At the Gold level, the score
must be >=65
 • At the Platinum level, the
score must be >=80

69. 3. Renewable Energy Use:
Manufacturers are encouraged to go beyond
 .
PARAMETERS OF AUDIT

energy efficiency and commit themselves to the
use of solar, wind, geothermal, or
other renewable sources of energy during the
Characterization of
manufacturing process. Savings made from
energy efficiency can then be invested into non- 
Energy
fossil fuel sources of renewable energy. Forms of
current solar income include geothermal, wind,
biomass, hydro (in certain circumstances – to be
determined on a case-by- case basis) and, of
course, photovoltaic.
 Strategy Developed to
 • At the Silver level, manufacturers must quantify
and characterize the energy used in the final
Use Renewable Energy
assembly of the product.  Use of Renewable
 • At the Gold level, the final assembly of a
product must be manufactured with at least 50%
Energy for Manufacture
renewable energy sourced directly or through
Green-e Certified renewable energy certificates
 Use of Renewable
(RECs). Energy for Entire
 • At the Platinum level all of the final assembly
energy must be renewably powered and 50% of
Product
the entire energy footprint must be
renewably powered.

70. 4. Water Stewardship
 Manufacturers are encouraged to  PARAMETERS OF AUDIT
.
operate in a way that respects the
need for all living things to have
clean water. A Cradle to Cradle
design would have the water leaving  Water Stewardship
the factory as clean as or cleaner Guideline
than when it came in.
 At the Silver level, the company  Water Audit
must publish water stewardship
principles that guide operations.
 Innovative Conservation
 At the Gold level, the company Measures
must conduct a self-assessment of  Innovative Discharge
the water use. Measures
 At the Platinum level, the company
must implement innovative water
conservation and water discharge
measures.

71. 5. Social Responsibility:
 Respecting diversity is one of the
 PARAMETERS OF AUDIT
central principles of Cradle to Cradle.  SA8000 (Social Accountability
International) (www.cepaa.org)
Manufacturers are encouraged to
practice business in a way that  WRAP (Worldwide Responsible Apparel
Production) (www.wrapapparel.org)
respects the health, safety, and
rights of people and the planet.  Corporate Ethics/Fair Labor Statemen
◦ addresses fair labor practices, corporate and
 • At the Silver level, the company personal ethics (e.g., supplier relationships,
must publicize a corporate ethics or competitive behavior, integrity), customer
fair labor statement. service, and local community.
 Social Accreditation Process
◦ Child Labor, forced Labor, Health and Safety,
 • At the Gold level, the company must Discrimination , Discipline/harassment , Working
conduct a self-assessment in order to hours , Compensation
collect data towards a third party
social accreditation or certification.  Third Party Accreditation
 • At the Platinum level, the company ◦ dopted statements regarding their social and
ethical
must complete a third party social ◦ performance goals, as well as implement any
responsibility certification. necessary workplace improvements.

72.  FEDEX EXPRESS
 FORD MOTOR
 PEPSICO
 Volvo
 United States Air Force

74. Organic certification is a certification process for
producers of organic food and other
organic agricultural products.
In general, any business directly involved in food
production can be certified, including seed
suppliers, farmer, [food] processors,
retailers and restaurants.
Requirements vary from country to country, and
generally involve a set of production standards for
growing, storage, processing, packaging and
shipping

75. no human sewage sludges fertilizer used in cultivation
of plants or feed of animals
avoidance of synthetic chemical inputs not on the
National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances
(e.g. Fertilizr, Pesticides, antibiotives , food additives,
etc.), genetically modified organism, irradiation, and the
use of biosolids ;
use of farmland that has been free from prohibited
synthetic chemicals for a number of years (often, three
or more);
keeping detailed written production and sales records
(audit trail);
maintaining strict physical separation of organic
products from non-certified products;
undergoing periodic on-site inspections.

76.  Study the organic standards, which cover in
specific detail what is and is not allowed for every
aspect of farming, including storage, transport and
sale.
 Compliance — farm facilities and production
methods must comply with the standards, which
may involve modifying facilities, sourcing and
changing suppliers, etc.
 Documentation — extensive paperwork is
required, detailing farm history and current set-up,
and usually including results of soil and water
tests.
 Inspection — annual on-farm inspections are
required, with a physical tour, examination of

77.  Planning — a written annual production plan must
be submitted, detailing everything from seed to
sale: seed sources, field and crop locations,
fertilization and pest control activities, harvest
methods, storage locations, etc.
 Fee — an annual inspection/certification fee
(currently starting at $400–$2,000/year, in the US
and Canada, depending on the agency and the size
of the operation).
 Record-keeping — written, day-to-day farming
and marketing records, covering all activities, must
be available for inspection at any time.

78.  Cotton
 Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
 Processed Fruits and Vegetables
 Poultry
 Eggs
 Livestock and Meat
 Dairy Products
 Tobacco

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