Matrix of Global Activities for Green Purchasing
NGOs conducting label operations (alphabetical order)

Organization Information
  Environment
and Development Foundation,
Taiwan		 GEN - Global Ecolabelling Network JEA - Japan Environmental
Association		 KELA-Korean Environmental Labelling Association MSS - Swedish Environmental Management Council
Type of Organization NGO NGO NGO NGO National organisation
Region Taiwan Aｌｌ Japan Korea Europe (EKU) and All (EPD)
Program Name/
Main Activity 		Certification of green products and promotion
of green purchasing		 ISO Type I Environmental Labelling Eco Mark Program Eco-label program(TypeI), Environmental Declaraton for Products(TypeIII) Ecologically Sustainable Procurement (EKU) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
Location/
Office where the program is managed 		Hsinchu,Taiwan Ottawa, Canada
Tokyo, Japan		 Tokyo, Japan Seoul, Korea Stockholm, Sweden

Green Purchasing Activities
  Environment
and Development Foundation,
Taiwan		 GEN - Global Ecolabelling Network JEA - Japan Environmental
Association		 KELA-Korean Environmental Labelling Association MSR - Swedish Environmental Management Council
General Guidelines/
Principles
(which apply to all areas 'in general') 		Green Purchasing
Guidelines for
Government Agencies		 Updated by each member and can be viewed from various websites Follows the
ISO 14024 and
guidelilnes.		 Follows the Development of and Support for Environmental Technology Act and ISO 14024, ISO/TR 14025 Follows the European Commission proposal for the 6th Action Programme (which identifies the importance of green purchasing) and ISO/TR 14025 and guidelines from the international EPD network GEDnet for EPD.
Checklist/
Guidelines//
Specifications/
Criteria 		88 for type I Eco-Label 　
・Criteria for 87 product
＆
１ service categories 　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　		 Updated by each member and can be viewed from various websites 45 product
categories		 TypeI: 102 product categories, TypeIII : 23 product categories 11 EKU product categories containing suggested procurement criteria for professional use
Product List/Database >2600 products in 45 categories 　　 Updated by each member and can be viewed from various websites 4935 products
in 45
categories		 TypeI eco-labeled products: 2,150
TypeIII eco- labeled products : 250		 Product Category Rules (PCR) database covering appr 70 product categories for EPD
Suppliers List/Database Available in Chinese unavailable http://www.
ecomark.jp
(only in Japanese)		 unavailable Listed in internet-based and
open PCR & EPD databases
Environmental Label (ISO), Other (EnergyStar) ISO Type I Labelling,
Type
II Certification,
Energy Star and Green Construction Material Labelling		 GEN is a network of Type I Label operators Conduct Label
Operations
(Type I Label)		 Conduct Label Operations (Type I & III ) EPD and Type III LCA-based declarations
Training Course/Tools (market related) Various material available from http://www.greenmark.
org.tw and http://www.greens.org.tw		 Introduction to Ecolabelling is available Varios materials in
Japanese: In English,
“A guide
of Eco Mark” is
available at
http://www.ecomark.jp
/english/tebiki.html
 Eco-design software and LCA software development, green purchasing law Private and public sector
training materials
Education Materials/Tools (non-professional) [general purchasers] unavailable Varios materials in
Japanese:
In English,
“A guide of
Eco Mark” is
available at
http://www.ecomark.jp
/english/tebiki.html
 Several presentation 　　materiaｌ for purchasers The program target groups
in the public and private sector
Events ・GEN International Conference, Taipei,
July 2005
・Green Purchasing seminars and workshops
・Eco-Product Exhibition, 2003
・Establishment of Green Purchasing Network		 Annual General Meeting and Workshop Symposium,
Talk shows,
exhitions		 Organize workshops Often participates in seminars
and conferences
Research (market)/Surveys (awareness) unavailable Various material available from some members Consumer awareness and
reliablity survey,
Market
Share of Eco Mark Certified
Products		 Cost & Benefit analysis to the eco-labeled products unavailable
Good Practices/Case Studies for purchasing unavailable Updated by each member and can be viewed from various websites unavailable annual purchasing report
conducted by public organization		 unavailable
Newsletter [Green Consumption eNewsletter] Quarterly Eco Mark News(bi-
monthly)		 unavailable A quarterly newsletter with
over 150 subscribers
Related Laws/
Regulations
(i.e. "Green Purchasing Law") 		・Government Procurement Law, 1999
・Resource Recycling Act, 2002		 unavailable unavailable Act on the Promotion of the Purchase of Environment-friendly Products European
Directive 2004/18/EC
31 March 2004

Other
  Environment
and Development Foundation,
Taiwan		 GEN - Global Ecolabelling Network JEA - Japan Environmental
Association		 KELA-Korean Environmental Labelling Association MSR - Swedish Environmental Management Council
Measurement/
Evaluation Method 		Annual evaluation of the performance by government agancies on green procurement not applicable Life Cycle
Consideration
in setting criteria		 Annual evaluation of the performance
by Ministry of Environment on green purchasing, release the result to the public via Internet and offical gazette		 Uses LCA-based, quantified information for environmental performance for products and services
Publications ・[Green Procurement Guidelines(2003)]
・[Green Procurement Software(2002)]
・Buyers’ Guide on Green Product (biannually,
in Chinese only)		 Annual Report unavailable Annual guideline for green
purchasing for public organization , report on cost and benefit of eco-products		 Requirements for environmental
product declarations, EPD (MSR 199:2) and Managing Environmental Purchasing and Procurement (in Swedish).