Green Council
The Green Council is a Hong Kong non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt charitable environmental stewardship organisation and certification body of Hong Kong established in 2000. A group of individuals from different sectors of industry and academics shared the vision to help build Hong Kong into a world-class green city for the future. They formed the Green Council with the aim of encouraging the industrial and commercial sectors to include environmental protection in their management and production processes.History
The Green Council, a non-profit environmental protection organisation, was founded in 2000. Volunteers in the fields of academia, commerce, and industry largely were the association's creators. It was established to push for the adoption of environmental considerations in companies' operations and manufacturing. It created the Hong Kong Green Label Scheme in in 2000 to certify products as being environmentally friendly. The organisation established the Hong Kong Green Awards in 2010 to recognise companies that had exemplary environmental practices. The organisation hosted environmental education and advocacy events such as the Green Carnival, the Creative Model Design Tournament, the International Coastal Cleanup Campaign, Hong Kong Green Day, and Green Run.Green Label Scheme
The Hong Kong Green Label Scheme is an independent and voluntary scheme for the certification of environmentally preferable products launched in 2000 by the Green Council. The scheme sets environmental Product Criteria and awards its "Green Label" to products that are qualified regarding their environment attributes and/or performance, and the aim is to encourage manufacturers to supply products with good environmental performance and provide a convenient means for consumers to recognise products that are more environmentally responsible, thus promoting a more sustainable pattern of consumption.