Certain goods or appliances manufactured or imported into Australia may need to comply with environmental standards before they can be sold. Each standard sets out a rating and labelling system to inform consumers on how efficiently a product uses an environmental resource, and has the added benefit of promoting suppliers who manufacture high rating products.
If you are an importer, manufacturer, architect, engineer or specifier of a product requiring a label, you're responsible for testing, registering and labelling the product according to the mandatory standards. If you are a retailer, you also need to ensure you comply with each scheme so that you don't sell or supply a product without the required label.
When labelling your products, you also need to ensure the labels are not misleading, as existing labelling laws under the Trade Practices Act still apply.
For more information select from the labelling standards below:
