Amazon Green Labels

TCO Development works to ensure that users of IT and office equipment have excellent products with a high degree of usability, while keeping environmental impact to a minimum. By means of the TCO labelling system, we are able to influence the development of products in this direction.

The TCO labelling system makes it easy to choose IT and office equipment that is designed for the benefit of both the user and the environment.

Third Party Certification - With criteria documents in the forefront and strict testing procedures conducted by independent test laboratories, the quality of the label is guaranteed.

User-Centred - The criteria documents are set in consultation with users, manufacturers, researchers and other experts.

A Global Standard - TCO labelling is internationally recognised and products bearing the TCO label can be found throughout the world. Approximately half of all displays in the world are TCO-labelled.

The label takes legislation as well as voluntary agreements into consideration, but we often set stricter requirements to the benefit of users and the environment. The TCO label is independent of manufacturers and professional and industrial organizations. Thanks to our environmental requirements, TCO-labelled IT products are prioritised in many countries for public procurements.

TCO Labelling Produces Results - Since 1992, the TCO labelling system for displays has contributed to improved picture quality and visual ergonomics, reduced electromagnetic fields, lower energy consumption and a reduction in the use of environmentally hazardous substances.

The Scope of the TCO Label - Since 1992, a total of approximately 70 different brands have had the TCO label applied to one or more of their products. During 2007, 460 products were certified with some of our labels. Approximately half of all displays in the world are TCO-labelled.

Our Origins - The company has its origins in TCO, Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation (the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), which at the beginning of the 1980s noted an increase in health problems among office employees. Problems related to poorly designed IT equipment brought about the creation of the TCO labelling system.

The Organization Today - Today, TCO Development is a limited company owned by TCO. The head office in Stockholm employs 15 staff. We have regional representatives in the USA, Taiwan, Germany, Austria and Norway. Our international network consists of strategic partners, experts, users and scientists.

TCO Development is a member of GEN, the Global Eco-labelling Network.

Companies, cooperatives and landowners that participate in our programs meet rigorous standards that conserve biodiversity and provide sustainable livelihoods.

Our Approach - At the Rainforest Alliance, we believe that the key to ensuring long and healthy lives for people, for wildlife and for the planet is by establishing sustainable ways of working the land. In more than 60 countries around the world we are collaborating with farmers, workers, business leaders, NGOs, governments, scientists and local communities to develop and implement standards that are socially and environmentally responsible, as well as economically viable.

By creatively and systematically helping to overhaul the way that crops and timber are produced and the way tourism is managed, the Rainforest Alliance, its partners and the consumers they serve are ensuring that the resources we depend on today will be here far into the future.

How We Do It - By connecting conservation to your life! The Rainforest Alliance Certified seal of approval makes it easy for consumers to know they are buying a product that has been grown or made sustainably. The companies who sell these products also make sure their customers know they are good neighbors in their communities, and that they take care of their workers and protect the environment.

Through collaborative partnerships with businesses, not-for-profit groups that work regionally, and international development organizations. Learn more about how we safeguard our integrity.

Read about our core values and vision for a sustainable future.

The Rainforest Alliance, UK Office,
Winchester House,
259-269 Old Marylebone Road,
London,
NW1 5RA,
United Kingdom.

The Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC) administers the Leaping Bunny Program in the US and British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) administers the Leaping Bunny Program in the UK. Leaping Bunny Program is a cruelty-free standard for companies producing cosmetic, personal care, and household products. The Leaping Bunny Program provides the best assurance that no new animal testing is used in any phase of product development by the company, its laboratories, or suppliers.

The EU energy efficiency label is an energy evaluation scale used by the European Union to promote energy saving lighting and electrical appliances. As per regulations, the European Union energy label must be attached and clearly visible in the front or on the top of each electrical item. The evaluation scale gives information about the energy consumption of that electrical item. It is organised into classes from A to G, where A represents the best class (low consumption) and to G the worst (high consumption).

The European Union Ecolabel - also known as the Flower - is a flower symbol which can be used by goods and services which have a lighter environmental footprint.

It is a voluntary scheme - Manufacturers are not obliged to apply for the label. Instead the scheme places emphasis on consumer demand to transform markets, and actively encourages manufacturers to design products with reduced environmental impacts.

The European Ecolabel was established in 1992 to be a recognisable environmental label across the EU, partly in response to the growing number of national schemes. The success of these national labelling schemes indicated consumer interest in the protection of the environment, and prompted calls for an environmental labelling scheme that would both command credibility and be recognised throughout the EU.

Its aims are:

• To promote the design, production, marketing and use of products which have a reduced environmental impact during their entire life cycle
• To provide consumers with better information on the environmental impact of products, without compromising product or workers' safety or significantly affecting the properties which make a product fit for use.

If you are a consumer the Ecolabel lets you recognise and choose environmentally friendly products.

If you are a manufacturer the Ecolabel offers you a way of differentiating and enhancing your products - and a competitive advantage with customers seeking out goods which meet high environmental standards.

If you would like further information on the European Ecolabel please contact the Ecolabel Helpline.

Ecolabel Helpline Tel: +44 (0)1355 593930
Fax: +44 (0)1355 593879
Email: ecolabel@tuvnel.com
Web: http://ecolabel.defra.gov.uk or
http://ec.europa.eu/ecolabel

Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging is a multi-year initiative designed to alleviate "wrap rage"--the frustration of trying to free a product from a nearly impenetrable package. Using recyclable boxes that are easy to open and free of excess materials such as hard plastic clamshell cases, plastic bindings, and wire ties, Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging is designed to be opened without the use of a box cutter or knife and will protect your product just as well as traditional packaging.

The product is exactly the same--we've just changed the packaging.

In addition to making packages easier to open, a major goal of the Frustration-Free Packaging initiative is to be more environmentally friendly by using less material. It will take many years, but our vision is to offer our entire catalogue of products in Frustration-Free Packaging. Learn more.