What does Ethical Certification and Labelling (ECL) mean?
Ethical Certification and Labeling is defined as a broad category of voluntary standardization, certification and labelling programs which provide assurance that certified organizations display “ethical” behaviour; ethical in the sense that they support social, environmental and/or economic equity and participate to sustainable development. • Who are the stakeholders in ECL? ECL stakeholders include: Certification systems/conformity assessment systems, NGOs (development, environment, consumers, social/human rights), business (large, SME engaged and not engaged, retailers, producers, service sector), government (national and local), standards institutions, intergovernmental organizations, investment/insurance sector, trade unions, academic sector, indigenous people, media, donors institutions, ECL schemes, youth organizations and associations of standard-setting and certification. • What is the difference between market access and market uptake? Market access is the right for producers
