The Origin of Environmental Protection Labels

With the establishment and continuous improvement of the socialist market economic system, people will pay more attention to better utilizing the competition mechanism under market economy conditions to strengthen environmental management. focus. Under the conditions of the socialist market economy, every consumer uses his or her choice of goods to influence the development of the enterprise and plays a regulatory role in the environmental behavior of the enterprise. The decision-makers of each enterprise also use their choice of products to influence the development of the enterprise. requirements, study how to cater to people's environmental consumption psychology, how to overcome new non-trade tariff barriers, in order to promote the transformation of enterprises from mandatory governance to independent governance and the need for international trade exchanges, after the 1992 Conference on Environment and Development , my country started environmental labeling work. In August 1993, my country formally determined the environmental symbol graphic, which consists of green mountains, green water, the sun and ten rings. Its central structure represents the environment that human beings rely on for survival; the ten outer rings are closely integrated and interlocking, indicating public participation and joint protection of the environment; at the same time, the word "ring" in the ten rings is consistent with the word "ring" in the environment. ” has the same word, and its meaning is “all people unite to jointly protect the environment that human beings rely on for survival”. The determination of environmental label graphics provides the possibility for environmental trademark protection. On May 17, 1994, the China Environmental Labeling Product Certification Committee was established. It is the 13th product certification agency authorized by the State Administration of Technical Supervision. It is the only legal agency that certifies environmental labeling products on behalf of the country, thus making my country's environmental protection Logo product certification has organizational guarantees. After several years of hard work, the certification system for environmental labeling products in my country has been initially formed. The certification work of environmental labeling products has been on the decline. The influence of environmental labeling is also growing, and more and more products have passed certification, which marks that Our country's environmental labeling work has gradually become more and more popular and has become an important part of people's participation in environmental protection work. Environmental labels, also known as green labels and ecological labels, refer to certificates issued by government departments or public or private groups to relevant manufacturers based on certain environmental standards to prove that the production, use and disposal processes of their products comply with environmental requirements and are environmentally friendly. It is harmless or does little harm and is conducive to the regeneration and recycling of resources.

Environmental labeling work is generally authorized by the government to environmental protection agencies. Environmental labels can prove that products meet requirements, so they have certification properties; labels are applied for registration by chambers of commerce, industry or other groups, and have the ability to identify and guarantee the goods using the certification, so they are authoritative; because they only apply to labeled products It is certification and therefore has certification; considering the improvement of environmental standards, the mark needs to be re-certified every 3 to 5 years, and it is timely; the proportion of products with the mark in the market cannot be too high, so there are proportional restrictions.

my country’s environmental logo graphic consists of green mountains, green water, the sun and 10 rings. The central structure represents the environment that human beings rely on for survival, and the 10 outer rings are closely integrated to represent public participation. Its meaning is "all people unite to jointly protect the environment that human beings rely on for survival."