(Thematic report) Green Certification Programsby ALOK DHAKAL | 20-07-2022 00:04 |
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 28th Ambassadorship, Month 4, Report 2 Month: June Thematic report Topic: Green Certification Programs The idea of labeling produced things as green originally emerged over more than 25 years ago. This encompasses a wide range of goods, including glues, adhesives, and anything from paints to window cleaners. Green certification is beneficial for them, as well as for all of us, to review the history of third-party certifications, notably as they relate to green products, given that so many people today stand for green and environmental movement. The modern environmental movement of the 1970s gave rise to the demand for better foods and environmentally friendly products. While there was initially a lot of enthusiasm for this movement, by the 1980s, only a small number of American products were being marketed with phrases like "organic," "ecological," or "environmentally friendly." In the 1980s and 1990s, green product standards also started to show up in the marketplace. Initial concerns about product toxicity and its effects on children's health and indoor environmental quality led to the development of numerous green product standards (IEQ). The quantity and variety of green product standards and certifications increased in the twenty-first century as research and public awareness of growing worries about global warming and resource depletion increased. The emphasis was also broadened to cover a wider range of environmental concerns and the effects of items on the environment throughout production, usage, and recycling. Even though there isn't a single definition for what constitutes a "green product," these goods are meant to live up to claims that they are good for the environment and follow certain rules. More consumers, both at home and in business, started expressing a desire to choose items that were more earth- and health-friendly as people started to notice the true effects of these issues. By the dawn of the twenty-first century, manufacturers in a wide range of sectors had heeded this appeal, and green had significantly increased in popularity. But, in poor and developing countries it is still not implemented and people are not aware on this. Government and related stake holders should work on this so as to make people aware on this.
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