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Ecolabel Verification Institution
Ecolabel Verification Institution Elucidation
Sucofindo as an Ecolabel Verification Institution appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry serves business actors who wish to self-declare ecolabels for the products they produce.
Ecolabel is a logo or statement label that shows environmental aspects and is one of the tools in the framework of environmental management.
This label provides information to consumers that a product has a relatively smaller negative impact on the environment compared to other products.
Ecolabel Verification Institution Service Scope
The legal basis regarding procedures for applying labels is contained in Minister of Environment and Forestry Regulation No. 5 of 2019 in Article 15 Paragraph (1)
Procedures for applying labels are regulated in the Minister of Environment and Forestry Regulation No. 5 of 2019 in Article 15 Paragraph (1). Ecolabels are divided into 2 (two) types, namely:
- The Indonesian Ecolabel is a comprehensive multi-criteria that considers the results of product life cycle analysis, starting from the raw material stage, production, consumption, to the end-of-life stage.
- The Indonesian Self-Declaration Ecolabel is a declaration by a manufacturer regarding a verification mark for a statement or claim on one or more environmental parameters of a product.
Stages of Implementing Ecolabel Verification
- The applicant specifies the environmental claims it wishes to verify;
- The applicant submits a verification request to the Ecolabel Verification Institute;
- Ecolabel Verification Institute carries out verification;
- The applicant registers with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry accompanied by verification results and supporting data;
- The Ministry of Environment and Forestry granted permission to use the Indonesian Ecolabel Self-Declaration logo to the Applicant.
Benefits
- For consumers, the inclusion of an ecolabel logo will provide information to the public and facilitate real action to change consumption patterns through choosing environmentally friendly products, so that the principles of green lifestyle and green consumers can be realized;
- For producers, the inclusion of an ecolabel logo provides appreciation or incentives for producers who have started greening their products by meeting certain standards/criteria. Apart from that, an environmentally friendly product image can also increase competitiveness in domestic and international markets;
- For the government, the ecolabel logo implementation scheme will encourage innovation and investment in producing environmentally friendly products.
