Is EcoLogo A Legitimate Eco-Label?

EcoLogo is a third-party ecolabelling program and one of only two such standards in North America approved by the Global Ecolabelling Network, an international association of ecolabelling programs, as meeting the ISO 14024 environmental labelling standard. Like the U.S. government’s Energy Star Program, EcoLogo was originally founded by the Canadian government and is now widely used across North America.

EcoLogo provides a market incentive to manufacturers and suppliers of environmentally preferable products and services in more than 120 product categories (more than 7,000 products currently certified), and thereby helps purchasers, consumers identify products and services that are less harmful to human health and the environment. EcoLogo certification provides the assurance that those products and services meet stringent environmental standards that have been verified by a third party auditor.

EcoLogo has many standards for cleaning products including Hardsurface Cleaners (CCD-146), Floor Care Products (CCD-147), Hand Cleaners (CCD-104), Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners (CCD-148), among many others. EcoLogo was established in 1988 and today is one of the most recognizable ecolabels in North America.

EcoLogo certification is referenced as a requirement to meet for several categories of cleaning products in the Sustainable Cleaning Products and Materials section of the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED EB:OM) Green Building Rating System. For more information, visit www.ecologo.org.

WAXIE has several EcoLogo products to choose from, including all-purpose cleaners, glass cleaners, neutral floor cleaners, bathroom cleaners, hand soaps, floor finishes, floor finish enhancers, floor strippers, paper towels and bath tissue.