Type I

Type I environmental labels are certified by third parties based on their own product categories and criteria.

• Pass/fail determinations are based on their criteria.
• The third-party organization decides product categories and criteria.
• Businesses are authorized to use a label after their applications are screened.

Eco Mark
The Eco Mark is an ecolabel established in 1989 by the Japan Environmental Association. It is displayed on products that have a low environmental impact throughout their entire life cycle, from production to disposal, and help protect the environment.

Blue Angel
The Blue Angel is the world's first ecolabelling system. It was introduced in Germany in 1978 with the aim of solving environmental problems and promoting the development and sale of environmentally friendly products. The system is overseen by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

Type II

Type II environmental labels are self-declared environmental claims made by businesses about their products based on their own criteria. Unlike other environmental labels, they do not require third party certification.

Type III

Type III environmental labels indicate the environmental impact of a product analyzed in a quantitative manner throughout its life cycle from resource extraction to disposal using the life cycle assessment method.
The general rules and procedures of Type III environmental labels are stipulated in ISO 14025.
Type III environmental labels typically disclose only quantitative data about products and leave it up to the buyer to evaluate the products and interpret the data.

• It's not a pass or fail system.
• Labels indicate quantitative environmental impact data.
• It's up to the consumer to interpret the data.

EcoLeaf Environmental Label
The EcoLeaf environmental label was started in 2002 by the Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry based on the framework for Type III environmental labels provided by ISO. The labelling program has been operated by the Sustainable Management Promotion Organization since 2019. It discloses quantitative environmental data on products for their entire life cycle.

Other Environmental Labels

International Energy Star Program
The International Energy Star Program is an international certification program that promotes energy efficient office automation equipment. Launched in October 1995 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the program operates in partnership with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in certifying Energy Star registered products. Products that meet certain criteria can be labelled with the "International Energy Star" Logo.

Act on Promoting Green Purchasing
The Act on Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities (Act on Promoting Green Purchasing) enacted in April 2001 requires public agencies and other organizations to purchase products and services that have low environmental impact. We label our products that comply with the criteria for eco-friendly goods specified by the Act on Promoting Green Purchasing with the Kyocera Group's own conformity mark in catalogs and on our websites so that customers can use it as a guide when making purchase decisions.

EPEAT*
EPEAT is a registry program started in the U.S. in 2006 for evaluating the effect of electronic products on the environment. In 2013, MFPs and printers were added to the range of products it covers. Products are evaluated on the basis of 23 required criteria and 28 optional criteria and rated Bronze, Silver or Gold depending on how many of the criteria they meet. Today EPEAT is used as a procurement requirement by national and local government organizations in the US and many other countries as well as universities and companies.