Environmental certification is a way to increase competitiveness

Environmental certification is carried out in order to ensure the safety of any activity in relation to the environment. It is considered a serious incentive for the production of products and the introduction of technologies that provide confidence in the safety of products and processes for health, life, property and the range of people.

The system of environmental certification covers the following types of objects: environmental elements (components and resources); Sources of pollution (technological processes, production); Products in the field of nature protection; Information resources (databases, models, programs). The motive for environmental certification is to increase competitiveness by obtaining the appropriate sign. Moreover, for certain groups of products, it is a factor that confirms the ability in principle to compete with other producers. Environmental certification is mandatory for organizations that use environmentally polluting technologies, and for enterprises of the defense industry.

The main tasks solved by it are: observance of people's rights to safe products, assistance in the proper selection of goods, protection of manufacturers' unfair actions, improvement of the quality of goods sold in conditions of free competition.

Environmental certification serves to achieve a specific goal. It stimulates the development and improvement of production. As a result of this procedure, the environmental quality parameters are confirmed. In addition, environmental certification contributes to the company's prestige. This process is clearly regulated.

Not only goods for consumers are certified, but also the organization's environmental management system (EMS). For this purpose, a whole set of standards has been developed, which must be met by the company under test. The SEU itself is considered a component of the company's management system, its main task is to manage environmental risks. All standards in this field are integrated into the ISO 14000 series.

The following objects are checked during the certification process: activities for environmental protection management, its provision and improvement; Technological redistribution, which is the cause of pollution; Conformity of production to requirements of ecology at its marketing, designing, manufacture, consumption and recycling.

To obtain an eco-label for the goods, the manufacturer must submit a number of documents. In particular, it is a production passport, test reports, conclusions of sanitary-epidemiological surveillance institutions, product samples. The procedure consists of submitting an application, signing a contract, checking, assessing environmental purity, registering and issuing a certificate. Its effect can be suspended if any inconsistencies are detected during the inspection. If the instructions are not rectified or the product manufacturing technology deteriorates, the certificate can be revoked.