Organization(s) |
Program delivered |
Standards/ criteria sets |
Licenses issued to companies |
Certified products/services |
Asociacion Espanola de Normalizacion y Certificacion — AENOR [Spain] |
AENOR Medio Ambiente |
13 |
52 |
275 |
Associascao Brasileira de Normas Technicas — ABNT [Brasil] |
Certificado do Rótulo Ecológico ABNT – Qualidade Ambiental |
— |
— |
— |
Australian Environmental Labelling Association – AELA, Inc. |
Australian Ecolabel Program |
24 |
26 |
280 |
Central Pollution Control Board — CPCB [India] |
Ecomark Scheme of India |
16 |
6 |
9 |
Clean & Green Foundation, Inc. [Philippines] |
Green Choice Philippines |
7 |
2 |
2 |
DG Environment (DG3), European Commission + AENOR [Spain]/Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [United Kingdom]/Ecolabelling Denmark/ Ecolabelling Norway/Ministere de l’Environment, Luxembourg/Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic/Ministry of the Environment and Physical Planning, Greece/SIS Ecolabelling AB [Sweden]/ Umweltbundesamt [Germany] |
European Eco-label/ “The Flower” |
23 |
231* |
— |
Ecolabelling Denmark/Ecolabelling Norway/SIS Ecolabelling AB [Sweden] |
Nordic Swan |
59** |
~700 companies/ 1 067 licenses** |
>3 000** |
Environment and Development Foundation — EDF [ROC (Taiwan)] |
Green Mark |
88 |
551 |
2 556 |
Federal Environment Agency [Germany] |
Ecolabel Blue Angel |
86 |
571 |
3 359 |
Green Council [Hong Kong] |
Hong Kong Green Label |
41 |
7 |
20 |
Green Seal Inc. [USA] |
Green Seal |
43 |
99 |
493 |
Hong Kong Federation of Environmental Protection (HKFEP) |
Environment Label Certification |
16 |
6 |
16 |
Japan Environment Association — JEA |
Eco Mark Program |
45 |
1 765 |
5 074 |
Korea Environmental Labelling Association — KELA |
Environment Labelling Program |
102 |
448 |
1 765 |
Living Planet [Ukraine] |
Program for Development of Ecological Marking in Ukraine |
13 |
68 |
63 |
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning, Republic of Croatia |
Environment Label of the Republic of Croatia |
40 |
12 |
18 |
Ministry of the Environment & Czech Environment Agency, Czech Republic |
National Program of Labelling Environmentally Products |
39 |
72 |
176 |
The New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust — NZET |
Environmental Choice New Zealand |
23 |
13 |
207 |
Singapore Environment Council — SEC |
Singapore Green Labelling Scheme — SGLS |
35 |
32 |
130 |
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation — SSNC |
Good Environmental Choice |
13 |
223 |
786 |
TCO Development [Sweden-based; international] |
Quality and Ecolabelling Program |
10 |
67 |
2 302 |
TerraChoice Environmental Services, Inc. — TESI [Canada] |
Environmental ChoiceM Program |
160 |
230 |
>3 000 |
Thailand Environment Institute — TEI |
Thai Green Lable Program |
39 |
30 |
162 |
Common name |
Species name |
Stock |
Atlantic salmon |
Solmo solar |
Scottish wild-caught |
Bluefin tuna – northern |
Thunnus thynnus |
All |
Bluefin tuna – southern |
Thunnus maccoyii |
All |
Patagonian toothfish |
Dissostichus eleginoides |
All |
Skates and rays |
Raja and Dipturus species |
All |
Roundnose grenadier |
Coryphaenoides rupestris |
All |
Orange roughy |
Hoplostethus atlanticus |
All |
Sharks |
All species |
All |
Cod |
Godus morhua |
North Sea, Irish Sea |
Swordfish |
Xiphias gladius |
All except managed fisheries operating on-board observer programmes |
Brand |
Dolphin logo |
Label statement |
Certification |
ASDA |
Dolphin Friendly (on some tins) |
None |
None |
Co-op |
Dolphin
Safe |
None |
Ell-certified |
Glenryck |
None |
‘Dolphin Friendly’ |
Ell-certified |
Iceland |
Dolphin Friendly |
None |
None |
John West/Heinz |
None |
‘Dolphin Friendly’ |
Ell-certified |
Marks & Spencer |
Dolphin Friendly |
None |
None |
Princes |
Dolphin Friendly (on some tins) |
None |
Ell-certified |
Safeway/Morrisons |
Dolphin Friendly (on some tins) |
None |
None |
Sainsbury’s |
Dolphin Friendly |
Some labels state: ‘We are fully committed to fishing methods which protect marine life’ on ‘Sainsbury’s tuna is caught by using a pole and line, avoiding danger to other marine life.’ |
None |
Somerfield |
Dolphin Friendly (on some tins) |
None |
None |
Waitrose |
None |
‘Waitrose tuna is caught using only fishing methods which do not harm dolphins or other marine mammals’ |
None |
Tesco |
Dolphin Friendly |
‘Dolphin friendly: Tesco is fully committed to fishing methods which protect the marine environment and its species’ |
Ell-certified |