Eco labelling in Australia

Standards Australia [23] has established AS/NZS ISO 14021 2000, Environmental Labels and Declarations - Self-Declared Environmental Claims (type II environmental labelling). This Standard is an adoption with national modifications of ISO 14021 1999 and it specifies requirements applying to the development of environmental claims, expressed in either words or symbols, about products and services. The objective of the standard is to harmonise the various national guidelines on environmental claims used on product labels and in marketing generally, in order to facilitate trade in the global marketplace and to improve consumer confidence in environmental claims. 

The Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) [24] has a number of initiatives to facilitate practices that reduce greenhouse impact  

The ACCC administers the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Act). The consumer protection provisions of the Act cover advertising and selling and aim at any commercial conduct that could be misleading, deceptive or untruthful. This includes statements made on labelling and packaging. It is the responsibility of companies to ensure that consumers form an accurate 

http //scaleplus.law.gov.au/cgi-bin/downloadpl /scale/data/pasteact/0/440 

http //www.apvma.gov.au/guidelines/subpage guidelines.shtml 

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