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EarthCheck

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EarthCheck is a benchmarking certification and advisory group for travel and tourism. Since 1987, EarthCheck have helped businesses, communities and governments to deliver clean, safe, prosperous and healthy destinations for travellers to visit, live, work and play. EarthCheck's approach has been to help operators break resource challenges into manageable actions that can be taken forward by management teams starting with the recognition that you can’t manage what you don’t measure. EarthCheck has over fifteen years of evidence research on operational performance.

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Conformity assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

Conformity with EarthCheck's standard is verified by an independent organization (third party) following ISO 17021 Management system certification

Certification / registration required

Applicants are certified against the ecolabels’s criteria before using the label

Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?

Name

EarthCheck

Member of

Other

Type

For-profit

Also manages

None.

Organization type: EarthCheck also service and support the not-for-profit EarthCheck Research Institute (ERI) and host the APEC International Centre for Sustainable Tourism.

Member of: PATA GSTC


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Ecolabel details | What are the characteristics of the standard(s) related to this ecolabel?

  • Applicable life cycle and supply chain phases
  • Social and environmental attributes
  • Mutual recognition with other ecolabels
  • Standard details, including standard document, review frequency

Ecolabel development | How were the standards for this ecolabel developed?

  • Standard development and management process
  • Standard-setting norms followed for development of the ecolabel's standard
  • Type of standard-setting process, external stakeholders, and funding sources

Conformity Assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

  • Requirements to achieve certification (i.e. chain of custody, site visits, metrics)
  • Audit / surveillance requirements
  • Duration of certification, time to achieve certification

Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?

  • Contact details, primary contact
  • Organizational details including year established, funding, and governance

Additional information | Including:

  • Compliance type (pass / fail / tiered)
  • Target audience (consumers / retailers / manufacturers / etc)

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Key data

Year ecolabel est. 1997

Classification | Who, what, where

Product categories this ecolabel applies to
Buildings Carbon Tourism Transportation


Where this ecolabel is found
Albania American Samoa Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote D'Ivôire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Germany Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Lao People's Democratic Republic Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niue Norfolk Island Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territory, Occupied Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe



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Last updated: 20 October 2015