Links

The following links provide relevant information about green cleaning, green buildings, and green product standards.

Environmental performance standards for Green Products and Services

The following sites are the ecolabelling programs of Australia, NZ, and North America and provide useful information about product standards, articles and certified products. All programs are members of the Global ecolabelling network GEN

• Good Environmental Choice Australia www.geca.org.au
• Environmental Choice New Zealand www.envirochoice.co.nz
• Ecologo - The Canadian ecolabelling program www.ecologo.org
• Greenseal - The US ecolabelling program www.greanseal.org

Green Buildings

The Green Building Councils were established to drive the transition to more sustainable building practices. The US GBC rating Tool LEED for existing buildings rewards green cleaning. At this stage the GBCA does not have a Green Star rating system for existing buildings.

• Green Building Council of Australia www.gbca.org.au
• US Green Building Council www.usgbc.org

Green Procurement

The following resources are available for procurement of green products : Australian Green Procurement www.greenprocurements.com.au

• Ecobuy www.ecobuy.org.au