Eco-Label Preparation
Eco-Label Preparation
The EU Eco-Label System is defined by a series of European Regulations, through specific compliance criteria that companies should meet for the products and/or services they provide, in order to limit their environmental impact throughout their life cycle, without significantly affecting their functionability. The Eco-label System is optional, it results in the award of an Eco-label and aims to promote environmentally friendly products and services.
The most significant reasons why a company chooses to label its products and/or services with the Eco-label are:
- To prove the good environmental performance of its products/services
- To strengthen its position in comparison to its competitors
- To be easily identified by the consumers
- To attract consumers who are aware of environmental issues
- To contribute to the global effort to reduce the planet’s environmental burden
The process of a company’s compliance with the criteria of the Eco-label that ends at the awarding of the label, includes the following phases:
- Identify the ecological criteria and environmental requirements that are related to the products/services of the company
- Assess the level of compliance of products or services with the required ecological criteria
- Determine any deviations
- Plan and implement actions to correct these deviations
- Prepare and submit the technical dossier and apply for the label