Glossary term

recognised excellent environmental performance

A regulatory term referring to environmental performance compliant with Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council or wit.

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What does recognised excellent environmental performance mean?

Recognised excellent environmental performance is the Green Claims / Empowering Consumers benchmark term for environmental performance supported by EU Ecolabel, recognised EN ISO 14024 type I ecolabelling, or top performance under applicable Union law.

Official definitions by source

Green Claims / Empowering Consumers Directive

Directive (EU) 2024/825 empowering consumers for the green transition

environmental performance compliant with Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council or with national or regional EN ISO 14024 type I ecolabelling schemes officially recognised in the Member States, or top environmental performance in accordance with other applicable Union law;

Reference: Article 1 / Directive 2005/29/EC Article 2(s)

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Practical application

This term matters when traders want to use high-performance environmental claims and must point to an accepted benchmark rather than self-defined excellence.

Minespider commentary

For Minespider, recognised excellent environmental performance is a benchmark-evidence term for claims that depend on recognized schemes or Union-law performance levels.

Relationship to Green Claims Directive

The Green Claims Directive (proposed, not yet adopted as of mid-2025) will impose substantiation and third-party verification requirements on explicit environmental claims. The Empowering Consumers Directive already prohibits generic environmental claims without substantiation. Companies making environmental claims about their products or supply chains should design their claims architecture to be compatible with both the existing Empowering Consumers Directive requirements and the anticipated Green Claims Directive framework.

Common confusions

Assuming the everyday meaning of recognised excellent environmental performance is enough without checking the official source definition.
Using recognised excellent environmental performance as a loose generic label rather than the narrower meaning used in the source text.
Assuming recognised excellent environmental performance can be interpreted without understanding methodology, scope, or lifecycle context.