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1/2017 Industry Barometer EUROPE
SA 8000
Corporate Ethics
Social Accountability 8000
www.sa-intl.org
SA8000 (Social Accountability), international social standard,
initiated by the New York NGO SAI (Social Accountability International),
closely based on conventions of the International Labour
Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations. Objective: global
improvement of working and social standards on the basis
of voluntary certification.
Bio Siegel
Product Ecology
www.bio-siegel.de
Bio Siegel, quality and test seal, identifies controlled products
from ecological land cultivation. The term Bio is protected
Europe-wide by EU law. The German Bio-Siegel was created in
2001 and must only be used in addition to the EU Bio logo. Every
product with Bio-Siegel must be registered with the Bio-
Siegel information body before being launched onto the market.
Blauer Engel
Product Ecology
www.blauer-engel.de
Blauer Engel, German environmental label, introduced in 1978,
for products and services that are more environmentally friendly
than comparable products and services. Manufacturers can
equip their products with the label awarded to them. The environmental
label does not however certify the complete ecological
harmlessness of a product.
Find a structured overview of important
current certificates for companies and
products in the promotional products
industry in the „PSI Industry knowledge
compact 2“ directory.
Ökoprofit
Enterprise Ecology
Ecological Project For Integrated
Environmental Technology
www.oekoprofit-nrw.de
ÖKOPROFIT (Ecological Project For Integrated Environmental
Technology), originally an Austrian cooperation project,
subsequently taken over internationally, between local authorities
and the companies and organisations based in them. Sense
and purpose: reducing operating costs and consumption of
resources. Participation in the ÖKOPROFIT programme forms a
valid basis for subsequent certification under ISO 14001.
OHSAS 18001
Corporate Ethics
Occupational Health and Safety
Assessment Series
www.ohsas-18001-occupational-health-andsafety.com
OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment
Series), one of the best known and most important health and
safety management systems worldwide, closely based on the
standards ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
PSO
Enterprise Economy
The Prozess Standard Offset
www.pso-insider.de
The Process Standard Offset Print (PSO) is certification for the
purpose of standardising offset printing, and thus conforms to the
ISO 12647 standard series. Application of the PSO is intended to
ensure compliance with high quality standards in offset printing –
from data generation through to the finished print product.
ECOfit
Enterprise Ecology
ECOfit, a company environmental advisory programme of the
State of Baden-Württemberg that has existed since April 2005
as a preliminary stage of EMAS and ISO 14001. Objective:
developing practically relevant measures, e.g. for reducing
energy consumption and energy costs.