The GLOBAL GreenTag is the unique, world’s first, lifelong, sustainable green product evaluation/certification program that has played an important role in South Africa, highlighting exemplary, local and ethical product manufacturers, We support the growing need for green buildings. We provide the market with reliable product information that has been evaluated, certified, and verified by a third party.
Global GreenTag’s rating system, recognized by the world’s leading green building programs, uses scientifically robust life cycle analysis to comparatively rank the performance of eco- and health-conscious products. It provides indicators on a range of sustainability issues, including energy and water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, pollution prevention, resource use, producer responsibility, and detailed health impacts. Its broad program allows environmental, health and social impacts to be factors in making building product decisions, reducing risk for professional enterprises and ultimately protecting building occupants and the environment. To do.
The GreenTag program is performance-based and a cradle for product impacts and benefits, synergies with other products, detailed health effects, and more specific information from programs such as the Global GreenTag Modern Slavery Declaration™. Use analysis from to the grave. We provide the likes of it in the world to end the rise of modern slavery in our supply chains. It also offers the Product Health Declaration™, another world-first material health transparency tool. With this tool, progressive manufacturers fully disclose their product ingredients to ultimately receive health status ratings for their products in use, including specific health ratings for their products. For asthma and allergy sensitive people.
The GreenTag system is quantifiable and objective, with different scoring levels of certification, so you can endlessly judge which products are better, better or the best, making the market more discerning. You can increase your power and choice.
Product reports and details are published on our free-to-air website.
Ethics and transparency are at the core of the GreenTag product evaluation service, and all areas of corporate and social responsibility (health, environment, people) are considered. The company’s vision and purpose as a certification body is regularly monitored by external stakeholders who actively contribute to the development of standards and certification programs through a public consultation process in accordance with ISO 14024 requirements.
For the market, GreenTag offers genuine green products with real recognition in the sea of ’greenwash’ that has dominated the eco-market and caused confusion among buyers. Any brand can claim to be an environmental savior with some “natural” ingredients and some sharp marketing. We empower you to choose with confidence in products that are manufactured in a gentle manner and evaluated using robust, evidence-based, cutting-edge science.
Ultimately, GreenTag takes the doubt out of your purchase. Buyers know they can trust the label, so genuine green products earn the greatest reward of all: trust.
Driven by the purpose of protecting all living systems, the Global GreenTag’s goal is to have a strong and meaningful global presence and participate in the larger global conversation to achieve this.
Global GreenTag is based in Australia and is recognized in over 70 countries including South Africa, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and the United States (Canada, North America, Latin America).
The Global GreenTag Program is officially recognized by WELL™, LEED®, BREEAM International, EarthCheck®, Green Star®, LOTUS®, and the Malaysian government’s MyHIJAU program.
These certifications and compliances make Global GreenTag the world’s most connected product certification mark and the most efficient “one-stop” certification provider in the built environment and business operations sectors.
find us at www.globalgreentag.co.za
