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	Welcome to the European Union Eco-label Homepage The Flower is the symbol of the European Eco-label – your guide to greener products and services. It is a voluntary scheme designed to encourage businesses to market products and services that are kinder to the environment and for European consumers - including public and private purchasers - to easily identify them. You can find the Flower throughout the European Union as well as in Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. The European Eco-label is part of a broader strategy aimed at promoting sustainable consumption and production. New pages European Commission Guide on innovation and public procurement Revision of the Eco-label scheme Revision consultation Fairs - information on the Eco-label at fairs for consumers and producers GPP - link to our new GPP web page Marketing Activities from the Competent Bodies Heat pumps - work on the new product group criteria development Printed paper - work on the new product group criteria development	September 2008 Lots of exciting activities for the upcoming Flower Month mid-September / mid-October 2008 The European Ecolabel in a low energy building project The Flower on London buses! August 2008 Revision of the EU Ecolabel Scheme Thai textile goes green! First EU Ecolabel award in Romania: The Hotel Saturn in the Black Sea Resort Saturn Short film promoting EU Ecolabelled textile by Lenzing Upcoming Flower month mid-September / mid-October 2008 July 2008 Samsung TV awarded the European Ecolabel Promotion of the Flower at the PLMA Fair Three Workshops on the EU Ecolabel in June June 2008 Presentation of the Flower at the UNEP Ecolabelling Conference UK retailer Co-op launches an ecolabelled range of cleaning products European Ecolabel presented during ISSA/Interclean 2008 May 2008 Ecolabel promotion at the BIOSTYL FAIR 2008 in Prague Best practice tool “Acquisition Training Workshop” in Warsaw First Dutch substrate producer awarded with the Flower for growing media Green Public Procurement Survey 2008 Procurement Solutions 2008: Seminar on GPP and the Flower The Flower in the French magazine « LE FIGARO – madame » April 2008 Workshops on the Ecolabel for tourism and lubricants in Romania First producer awarded with the Flower in Estonia! Flower sets a strong issue at this year's ITB Berlin! March 2008 Joint project for the promotion of the Flower in Bulgaria Ecolabel Synergy Workshops throughout Europe Raising awareness of the EU Flower among public procurers The Flower for indoor paints and varnishes in the French media Nine new camp sites awarded with the Flower at a German camping fair February 2008 Strong interest of the Finnish media in the EU Flower The first European hostel chain awarded with the Flower Presentation of the Flower at the Ecorismo fair The Flower in the New York Times January 2008 The French Competent Body awards the Grand Prix Ecolabel Presentation of the Flower at the UNEP Ecolabelling Conference in Cairo Updating the Green Store [Read all the news]

Welcome to the European Union Eco-label Homepage

The Flower is the symbol of the European Eco-label – your guide to greener products and services.

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