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A quote from Fabienne Raynaud, sustainable Development Consultant LFG's aim was not to be the greenest site on the Internet. The brands are above all chosen for their design and legitimacy. LFG wanted to acknowledge those brands that respect the environment and that produce their products in an ethical manner. This organic label is therefore being replaced by a sustainable one. Although the term is widely used, it covers a whole host of responsible practices. This label signifies brands that set themselves apart by their environmental and social commitments. There are many different ways to show these commitments from using organic materials (cotton, linen, etc) as the primary material of a product to using sustainable materials such as carton, wood or recyclable materials. There are also companies that use products that are produced within Europe as this reduces the amount of travel and therefore the CO2 emissions. In order to show their social commitment companies can improve working conditions and use fair trade cotton.Under this label we find independent green labels such as FSC or PEFC, AB and ekologik as well as sub sections of brands that are considerate of the environment and of the social conditions. The process one has to go through to have a green label is often long and hard; it requires lots of different resources that smaller brands may not have. What is most important for LFG is having a responsible approach. For more details, clic here.
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