Eco Choice Aotearoa is an ongoing commitment.
Businesses must review and sign their applicant statements on an annual basis, notifying us of any changes. In between site-audits, companies must still track their waste, energy and water usage and any other requirements stipulated in the relevant product or service standard.
Want to know exactly what’s involved? Download the Certification Guide for a step-by-step breakdown of the process, fees, and what to expect.
Application fees
Applicants are charged a one-off application fee ($1,000.00) to cover a preliminary assessment. Only if an application is successful, will they be subject to an annual licensing fee to use the ecolabel. This fee goes toward the operation and maintenance of the ecolabeling programme.
For products and services, Eco Choice Aotearoa uses a tiered fee structure (dependent on the annual turnover of the certified product or service) to make the ecolabel as accessible as possible.
Please note, independent audit fees is additional, and quoted on a case-by-case basis according to the scale and complexity of the assessment.
- Declared Total Annual Ex-Factory Value NZ$ (total ex-warehouse value NZ$ for imported product)
- Annual Licence Fee (plus GST)
- Net sales value is the total value invoiced of the product which is licensed to use the Eco Choice Aotearoa label
Responsible Workplace
Our pricing structure differs for organisations applying to be certified as a Responsible Workplace.
If successful, a business will be charged on annual license fee based on head count (regardless of whether they are full or part-time, permanent or contract, or work from home). This is because the certification does not relate to the product or service offered by the company, but levels of consumption and waste produced by its office-based activities.
Applicants for Responsible Workplace, will be charged a $1,000 application fee to cover a preliminary assessment. Independent auditing is additional.
Download Your Certification Guide
Learn more about what’s involved and how to get started on your certification journey.
One of the things that comes into the conversation a lot is greenwashing. So having a certification like this (Eco Choice) is a really strong proof that you are meeting a really strict set of criteria for the impact your product is having.
– Romain Mereau, Sustainability Project Manager at Ecostore
