ISO standard will help purchasers by clarifying environmental labels

摘要

Businesses can contribute to a more sustainable planet by purchasing goods and services that cause less stress on the environment. However over the last two decades, an increasing number of environmental labels have not always communicated verifiable and accurate information about their products. In order to address this problem, ISO has published ISO 14025:2006, Environmental labels and declarations - Type III environmental declarations - Principles and procedures, which will benefit business-to-business communication, by enabling purchasers to make comparisons between products fulfilling the same function, and encourage improvement of environmental performance.