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Environmental labeling
Type I
Type II
Type III

Environmental Product Declaration, EPD

Sustainability Performance Indicators, SPI

Safety Data Sheet, SDS

Material declaration

Recycling description

Environmental labeling

The ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has developed standards for the following three types of environmental labeling programs. Information about EPD is also given in separate heading.

Type I

Type II

Type III

Labels
Pass-or-fail criteria

Any written or spoken environmental statement
No third party verification
No pass-or-fail criteria

LCA based
Third party verification
No pass-or-fail criteria

Examples:

Registered trademark:

Comparison between type I, II and III labeling:

	Type I Environmental labeling	Type II Self-declared environmental claims	Type III Environmental declarations
Information	Qualitative	Qualitative / quantitative	Quantitative
Range	Special products	All products and services	All products and services
Quality check	Verification of eco-labeling body	None	Third-party certification
Receiver	Consumers	Consumers/ professional purchasers	Professional purchasers

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