Environmental Choice Program Guidelines

Pursuant to paragraph 8(I)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, Environment Canada is pleased to publish the following national guideline
on industrial and commercial cleaners under the auspices of the Environmental Choice™ Program.

Click here to see Environmental Choice Program guidelines on industrial and commercial cleaners.

EcoLogo^CM is a third-party ecolabelling program and the only standard in North America approved by the Global Ecolabelling Network, an international association of ecolabelling programs, as meeting the ISO 14024 environmental labelling standard. Like the U.S. government’s Energy Star Program, EcoLogo^CM was originally founded by the Canadian government and is now widely used across North America.  EcoLogo^CM provides a market incentive to manufacturers and suppliers of environmentally preferable products and services in more than 120 product categories (more than 7,000 products currently certified), and thereby helps purchasers, consumers identify products and services that are less harmful to human health and the environment.  EcoLogo^CM certification provides the assurance that those products and services meet stringent environmental standards that have been verified by a third party auditor.  EcoLogo^CM has many standards for cleaning products including Floor Care Products (CCD-147), Hardsurface Cleaners (CCD-146), Hand Cleaners (CCD-104), Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners (CCD-148) among many others.  EcoLogo^M was established in 1988 and today is one of the most recognizable ecolabels in North America.  EcoLogo certification is referenced as a requirement to meet for several categories of cleaning products in the Sustainable Cleaning Products and Materials section of the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Green Building Rating System.

The Environmental Choice Program is designed to support a continuing effort to improve and/or maintain environmental quality by reducing energy and materials consumption and by minimizing the impacts of pollution generated by the production, use and disposal of goods and services available to Canadians.

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