Certification

Life

http://www.institutolife.org.br/en/

LIFE Institute is responsible for managing LIFE Certification which qualifies and recognizes public and private organizations who promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable development initiatives, thus ensuring the protection of the ecosystem integrity and its perennial ecological processes of cycling water, nutrients, flow of energy and more.

Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF)

http://www.leafuk.org/leaf/home.eb

LEAF membership brings together farmers in Britain with food retailing and processing companies as well as the farm supply and service sectors. LEAF’s approach is built around the whole-farm principles of Integrated Farm Management (IFM), which achieves a balance between modern technology and sound traditional methods, whilst enriching the environment. LEAF also works with European partners to build sustainable solutions that are practical, achievable, and realistic

Malaysian Timber Certification Council

http://www.mtcc.com.my/

The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) is an independent organisation established to develop and operate the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS). it provides independent assessments of forest management practices in Malaysia to meet the demand for certified timber products.

Marine Aquarium Council

http://www.aquariumcouncil.org/news_main.aspx?MACI...

The Marine Aquarium Council was created in 1998 by key stakeholders to provide voluntary standards and an eco-labeling system for the marine aquarium trade. Since then, MAC has worked with fisheries, industry operators, and stakeholders to develop certification programs at 21 fisheries in the Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji, Hawaii, and the UK, covering over 400,000 hectares of waters, 50,000 hectares of reefs, and 1,000 hectares of no-take zones.

Marine Stewardship Council

http://www.msc.org/

The Marine Stewardship Council is an independent organisation that promotes environmentally responsible stewardship of marine fisheries. It has developed a product label based on environmental standards for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.

Mohonk Agreement

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/tourism/documen...

An agreement by a number of certification programmes on a common baseline for sustainable tourism and ecotourism certification. It provides a framework of principles and recommendations for the certification of sustainable ecotourism.

NaTrue

http://www.natrue.org/

International Natural & Organic Cosmetics Association that offers certification of natural and organic cosmetics. They provide a set of criteria for compliance that relates to the ingredients, processing agents, and packaging of cosmetic products.

Natural Products Association Sseal

http://www.npainfo.org/

US-based association that has a standard and certification programme for personal care products that provides a set of guidelines on certified natural and sustainable ingredients.

Öko-Tex Standard 100

http://www.oeko-tex.com/OekoTex100_PUBLIC/index.as...

The Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 for textile products provides a scientifically-founded evaluation standard for the human ecological safety of textiles, from the raw material to the finished product, against the background of the globalized and extremely fragmented nature of the textile manufacturing chain.

Organic and Sustainable Industry Standards

http://www.oasisseal.org/

The OASIS seal is an industry consensus standard certifying that the highest international Standard for the Health and Beauty industry have been met. To obtain the seal a product must contain 85% certified organic content.