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>> Ethical Consumer Best Buy
>> EU Ecolabel
>> EU Organic Euro Leaf
>> Fairtrade Foundation
>> Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
>> Freedom Food RSPCA Monitored
>> Global Organic Textile Standard
>> GoodWeave
>> Marine Stewardship Council
>> Nordic Swan Ecolabel
>> Soil Association Organic Standard

	BUAV approved Approved companies no longer conduct or commission animal testing, or buy animal tested ingredients, throughout their supply chain. Scheme operates across the world http://gocrueltyfree.org/ (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as Go Cruelty Free (BUAV) FAQ: Does BUAV approved differ from a product claim of ‘not tested on animals’? ^ Back to top
	Ethical Consumer Best Buy Rates products on wide range of ethical issues across product life cycle including environmental impact, social justice, human and animal welfare. Companies can only join the scheme by invitation Approval refers to: Ethics of individual products but brand subject to strict ethics checks too www.ethicalconsumer.org (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as Ethical Consumer Best Buy ^ Back to top
	EU Ecolabel For products with lowest environmental impact based on product life-cycle, from raw materials, through production, distribution and disposal www.eco-label.com (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as EU Ecolabel ^ Back to top
	EU Organic Euro Leaf Logo for food that has been produced to the EU Commission's organic standards. Products are certified by bodies accredited by the member state's relevant government department – DEFRA in the case of the UK http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/consumer-confidence/logo-labelling_en (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as EU Organic Euro Leaf FAQ: How are organic products certified, labelled and categorised on the mapping? ^ Back to top
	Fairtrade Foundation Ensures fair prices are paid to developing world producers for products and decent working conditions and environmental criteria are met www.fairtrade.org.uk (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as Fairtrade Foundation FAQ: What is the difference between Fairtrade and fairly-traded? ^ Back to top
	Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Products with this label contain wood or pulp sourced from forests managed in an environmentally and socially responsible way and/or from recycled sources www.fsc-uk.org (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) ^ Back to top
	Freedom Food RSPCA Monitored Approve farms that keep animals to mandatory RSPCA welfare standards, higher than UK/EU legal requirements. Criteria is set at levels to encourage higher standards industry wide not just for top range products www.rspca.org.uk/freedomfood (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as Freedom Food RSPCA Monitored ^ Back to top
	Global Organic Textile Standard Ensures organic status of textiles, and environmentally and socially responsible work practices throughout the supply chain from harvesting of raw materials, to manufacture and distribution of end product www.global-standard.org (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as Global Organic Textile Standard FAQ: How are organic products certified and labelled? ^ Back to top
	GoodWeave This label ensures that rugs imported from South Asia have not been made using illegal child labour. Also provides support and educational opportunities to rescued children and poor weaving communities www.goodweave.org.uk (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as GoodWeave ^ Back to top
	Marine Stewardship Council This label is displayed on products verified as originating from certified sustainable fisheries. Covers wild-capture fisheries not farmed fish www.msc.org (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as Marine Stewardship Council ^ Back to top
	Nordic Swan Ecolabel Indicates environmentally friendly products. Criteria is based on life cycle analyses, from raw materials used to the recycling of the finished product http://www.svanen.nu (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as Nordic Swan Ecolabel ^ Back to top
	Soil Association Organic Standard Ensures all stages of a product supply chain have kept to strict organic standards exceeding UK/EU organic standards particularly in relation to animal welfare, GM and pesticide use www.soilassociation.org (Website opens in a new window) View mapping entries categorised as Soil Association Organic Standard FAQ: How are organic products certified and labelled? ^ Back to top