Environmental Choice New Zealand

For a complete list of global ecolabels and more information on ecolabelling in general please take a look at the Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN) website. A copy of the Global Ecolabelling Network [GEN] Annual Reports are available on the GEN website (in the GEN Activities section).

The Global Ecolabelling Network.

The three strategic objectives for the GEN have been identified:

1. Capacity Building and Membership Expansion
2. Enhanced Co-operation and Internal Communications
3. International Promotion and Awareness Raising.

GEN plans to work towards these objectives by:

• managing, financing and implementing a technical assistance program for new and developing program
• further developing communications in order to enhance co-operation among members, with particular emphasis on exploring opportunities for harmonization and mutual recognition;
• Associate membership, which was approved at the 2000 meeting, will bring five new organizations to GEN;
• Harmonized specifications will be developed and adopted in more than three product categories;
• The GEN will be regularly invited to participate in a range of information sessions for international intergovernmental bodies;
• Requests for technical assistance will outstrip the core resources available, but the GEN will have partnerships in place with foundations and development banks to meet these needs;
• Ecolabelling as a trade concern will be replaced with the recognition that ecolabelling in fact enhances trade; and
• The GEN will develop partnerships with other environmental labeling organizations to use the marketplace for environmental improvement.