Ecolabeling factsheet - What are ecolabels?

For your business, providing clear and verifiable information about a product's sustainability credentials, can bring competitive advantage, contribute to long-term sustainable commercial growth and create a positive brand message for consumers regarding your sustainability activities.

However, with an ever growing landscape of eco-labels, understanding the latest developments and how that affects your business can be difficult.

This fact sheet will help you learn more about what ecolabels are.

The series of additional fact sheets can help you learn more about:

• what  are their benefits
• what are the different types of environmental labels 
• how to obtain Ecolabel (formerly Type I) and
• how to make the most of ecolabels.