Eco Mark News99

Eco Mark News The Eco Mark is a voluntary program ran by Japan Environmental Association. Contract fees from licensing companies cover whole budget for our activities. In this “Eco Mark News”, the information related to Eco Mark Program such as newly selected Eco Mark product category and proposals for certification criteria is provided on the ® basis of the “Guidelines for Eco Mark Program Implementation”. September 16, 2016 No.99

Establishment of Certification Criteria Following 3 certification criteria were established (revised from the former versions) on September 16, 2016.

1. No.119 “Personal Computers Version3” 2. No.159 “Servers Version1” 3. No.140 “Refill Containers and Resource Saving Containers Version 1.10” - F. PET bottles (containers) using plant-based plastics

For more information, please refer http://www.ecomark.jp/english/nintei.html

Partial Revision of Certification Criteria Following certification criteria were partially revised on July 1, 2016;

1. No.155 “Imaging Equipment Such As Copiers, Printers, etc. Version1.1”

The revised certification criteria is on our web site at; http://www.ecomark.jp/english/nintei.html

Newly selected categories Following product categories were selected for establishing criteria.

- Shredders - Secret documents discarding service Eco Mark Office welcomes committee candidates and opinions for establishing criteria for the above mentioned categories until September 30th, 2016.

Please contact at [email protected] for the candidacy and submitting opinions.

Issued by Japan Environment Association, Eco Mark Office Bakurocho Daiichi Bldg. 9F, 1-4-16, Nihonbashi Bakurocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0002 TEL: +81-3-5643-6255 FAX: +81-3-5643-6257 e-mail: [email protected] URL http://www.ecomark.jp/

Imperial Hotel, one of the most exclusive hotels in Japan, awarded Eco Mark

All 4 directly managed hotels of Imperial Hotel group were awarded Eco Mark certificate on June 28th, 2016. Four hotels are; Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Imperial Hotel Osaka, Kamikochi Imperial Hotel and The Crest Hotel Kashiwa.

100-year-hisotry Imperial Hotel, known as Teikoku Hotel, is recognized as one of the most exclusive hotels in Japan which opened first doors in 1890 as Japan's official State Guest House in Tokyo. Since welcoming first guests, royal families and VIPs from all over the world such as Queen Elizabeth, Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe has enjoyed it great hospitality.

Imperial Hotel group, which has been continuously (top) Tokyo / Osaka taking the environmental initiative, was awarded Eco (bottom) Kamikochi / Kashiwa Mark certificate through 25 strict Eco Mark criteria requirements satisfied.

“Eco Mark Award 2016” --- Entries open!! Eco Mark Award honors the best efforts for promoting environmentally-friendly products such as Eco Mark certified products. The awards – Gold, Silver and Bronze prize – are given to companies or organizations which pass the award selection in an award ceremony in February 2017.

We welcome the entries from; 1. Eco Mark products holder companies or organizations (Eco Mark Licensees) 2. Companies or organizations who contribute to the Eco Mark dissemination.

Entry Period: August 15 – October 14, 2016

For details, please refer our website at; http://www.ecomark.jp/award/2016/ (only in Japanese) Eco Mark Award Trophy