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The Blauer Engel (Blue Angel) is the German government’s eco-label, introduced in February 1978. It marks products and services that do less harm to the environment than others of the same kind…
Alternative to fresh-fibre paper and office products with vague “eco” claims
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OxfamUnverpackt is the online gift shop of Oxfam Deutschland where each “gift” is a donation: a goat for €28, school books for €12 or clean water for 50 people for €44. The person receiving it gets a…
Alternative to last-minute gifts that end up in a drawer
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Goldeimer is a Hamburg social enterprise that sells recycled toilet paper with the Blauer Engel label and compost toilets for gardens, allotments and camper vans, and puts its profits into sanitation…
Alternative to toilet paper from big paper groups and to chemical camping toilets
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Dr. Hauschka is a range of certified natural cosmetics made by WALA, a foundation-owned company in Bad Boll-Eckwälden in Swabia that grows many of its medicinal plants in its own biodynamic garden.
Alternative to conventional skin care from L’Oréal, Beiersdorf and other cosmetics groups
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The EU Ecolabel is the European Union’s official environmental label, with a flower logo, for products and services that meet published criteria; for cleaning products it limits hazardous substances…
Alternative to cleaning products with green claims that nobody checks
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Grünspecht is a family company in Bavaria that has made natural baby and family products since 1994, such as cherry-stone pillows, natural rubber teething rings, organic cotton and wool care, mostly…
Alternative to conventional baby care products and plastic baby accessories
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memo is a German mail-order company that sells more than 20,000 products for the office, home and everyday life chosen for their sustainability, and ships them in a reusable box at no extra charge…
Alternative to Lyreco, Amazon and other big office-supply sellers
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Don en Confiance is a French association that awards a label to charities and foundations that sign its ethical code and accept continuous checks. Donors use it to see which organisations appealing…
Alternative to giving to street or phone fundraisers without checking the organisation
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The DZI Spendensiegel is a German seal for charities that collect donations. The DZI (Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen), a foundation in Berlin, awards it each year after checking the…
Alternative to giving to the organisation with the most emotional advertising, without knowing how the money is used
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Good On You rates fashion brands on their impact on people, the planet and animals, on a five-step scale from “We avoid” to “Great”. Its website and free app for iOS and Android cover more than 7,000…
Alternative to the green marketing of fashion brands, which nobody checks
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Weleda is a Swiss maker of natural cosmetics and anthroposophic medicines, founded in 1921, with its head office in Arlesheim near Basel and its largest site at Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany. Its…
Alternative to conventional cosmetics with mineral oils, silicones and synthetic fragrances
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The Nutri-Score is a front-of-pack label from A (dark green) to E (red) that sums up a food's nutritional quality per 100 g or 100 ml, so that two breakfast cereals or two pizzas can be compared at a…
Alternative to nutrition tables in small print and to health claims on packaging
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dieUmweltDruckerei is a German online print shop that prints flyers, business cards, brochures, posters, calendars and labels on 100 % recycled paper, much of it with the Blauer Engel label, using…
Alternative to online print shops printing on virgin-fibre paper
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Écotable is a French label and guide for restaurants that cook with organic, local and seasonal produce, with three levels from “transition started” to “an example for all” and a map of about 300…
Alternative to restaurant guides that say nothing about where the food comes from
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Food Made Good is the sustainability standard of the Sustainable Restaurant Association, a British organisation that rates restaurants, cafés and caterers on sourcing, society and environment and…
Alternative to restaurant guides that rate the food but not the sourcing
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The Initiative Pro Recyclingpapier is a German alliance of companies that promotes office and printing paper with the Blauer Engel, made from 100 % waste paper, and runs the Papieratlas, a yearly…
Alternative to virgin-fibre office paper
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L’Arbre Vert is a French brand of washing-up liquids, laundry detergents, household cleaners and toiletries sold in supermarkets, most of them certified with the EU Ecolabel and made in France.
Alternative to conventional cleaning products and toiletries from big consumer-goods groups
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NATRUE and Cosmébio are two labels for natural and organic cosmetics, NATRUE common in Germany and across Europe, Cosmébio in France, whose criteria are published and whose products are checked by…
Alternative to “natural” and “green” claims on cosmetics that no one checks
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Imprim’Vert is a French environmental label for print shops, created in 1998, which nearly 2,000 production sites hold; it checks how they dispose of hazardous waste, store dangerous liquids, replace…
Alternative to print shops with no environmental commitment
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Office, paper and printing
Electronics and home appliances
Celebrations, gifts and holidays
Donations, volunteering and non-profits
Water and sanitation
Household and personal care
Cosmetics and hygiene
Health, care and wellbeing
Shopping: online, marketplaces and local shops
Children, family and toys
Clothing and mending
Nutrition advice and recipes
Restaurants and food delivery
Food and community farming
Work and cooperative economy
Waste, recycling and zero waste
