CERTIFICATES

Hotels are finding that their guests no longer merely want to consume. A healthy lifestyle, ethical and ecological values have increasingly become deciding factors for today’s guests. Body care products are expected to be friendly both to the skin and the environment. The brands in this category aptly fulfill these high demands.

Hotels that want to live up to these new principles of healthy and ecological lifestyle have to select from an ever-growing number of green cosmetics. But with so many products on the market today claiming to be green, how can you tell which ones really are? To clarify this, certification systems have been introduced to deliver consumer assurance. It requires some studying to figure out what each one means: eco-friendly, organic, fairly traded

EU ECOLABEL is the environmental label for ecological products from the European Union. The quality seals are given to products that have only a minimal impact on the environment, after their life cycle has been evaluated.

NORDIC ECOLABEL – “Nordic Swan”  was established in 1989 by the Nordic Council of Ministers. It is an effective tool to help companies that want to go ahead with sustainable solutions – and thereby enable consumers and professional buyers to choose the environmentally  best goods and services. Today, the Nordic Ecolabel covers 67 different product groups from soap and batteries to furniture. The certificate is valid for 3 years.

FAIRTRADE is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based on a partnership between producers and consumers. Fairtrade offers producers a better deal and improved terms of trade which are based on three key standards: environment, social standard and economics. Environment – standards for resource-saving and environmentally friendly production. Social – the prohibition of exploitation and discrimination of workers. Economics – Fairtrade  minimum prices to cover the cost of sustainable production.