Environmental labels

Buying food, detergents, cleaning and hygiene products can be challenging. Taste, smell, function and pricing all come into play. And of course how the product affect the environment.

Ecolabeling is a good guide if you feel unsure which products are environmentally friendly. The organisations look for different things before giving out labels to a product. A few is CO2 emission, the walfare of those involved in the chain of production (both humans and animals), and how the product affects the planet and the user.

Important to note, not all green labels are ecolabels. You should always look for labels controlled by an impartial organisation or company. Neither does all environmentally friendly products contain a label and therefore you might have to do your own research.

The NGO Swedish Society of Environmental Conservation present a guide over impartial ecolabels External link.. Note that it's in swedish and we recommend using a translation tool.