Why use eco-labels?
Do you want to know how to incorporate them in your products and services?
The use of eco-labels contributes to the improvement of the environment and greatly benefits the companies that use them as they help to make a difference and make them more competitive.
ITeC offers the advice and support needed to add this methodology to products and services. We are experts in the calculation of life cycle analysis, and in the calculation of environmental indicators, such as global warming potential, energy consumption or recycled content of the product, among others.
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Eco-labels are a system for evaluating products, materials or services that help us to identify those with a lower environmental impact through a series of ecological criteria. Their purpose is to encourage the use of products and services that contribute to the care and conservation of the environment by transferring information to the user.
The international standard UNE-EN ISO 14020 establishes the general principles of labels:
- Reducing the environmental impact of products and services
- Inform and encourage consumers to make environmentally conscious choices.
- Encourage manufacturers to use them.
- Promote eco-design in product development.
- Motivating sales through environmental marketing.
Ecolabels are currently classified into three types, regulated by international standards ISO 14021, 14024 and 14025.
| Type I: Eco-labels | Type II: Environmental self-declarations | Type III: Environmental Statements (EPD) | |
| Standard | ISO 14024 | ISO 14021 | ISO 14025 |
| Reason | The product complies with specific environmental criteria. | Indicators provided by the manufacturer itself. Own criteria. | Report with a quantitative statement of environmental impact indicators. |
| Certification | Mandatory by independent third party | Voluntary, self-certification | Mandatory by independent third party |
| Contemplates the LCA | |||
| Necessity of the LCA calculation | |||
| Communication to the final consumer | |||
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The choice between one ecolabel or another brings you different environmental advantages, from complying with public regulations to carrying out private certifications at the building level that exist in the market. The way these certifications take into account all eco-labels changes depending on their content and the type of eco-label.
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