The green label criteria have been developed under the guidance of the following principles:

• An environmental assessment of the product using life cycle consideration, taking into account all aspects of environmental protection, including the efficient use to row materials and focusing on opportunities to achieve significant reductions in detrimental environmental impacts.
• Solving specific issues of high political priority, e.g. reduction of waste production, and minimization of energy and water consumption.
• Capability to meet proposed criteria with reasonable process modification and/or improvement.
• Possession of appropriate test methods.