Green-e Energy

The Green-e Energy certification assures consumers and businesses in the US and Canada that they are reducing the environmental impact of their electricity use.

Green-e Energy was established in 1997 in order to provide consumer protection in the emerging and unregulated voluntary renewable energy market through clear guidelines, disclosures, and standards.

Green-e Energy is a rigorous consumer protection program for renewable energy with a transparent standard and hundreds of stakeholders participating in setting and revising that standard. The non-profit Center for Resource Solutions administers the program.

Learn more: Green-e Energy website

Conformity assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

Conformity with Green-e Energy's standard is verified by an independent organization (third party) following Auditors must be in good standing with the AICPA or IIA

Certification / registration required

Applicants are certified against the ecolabels’s criteria before using the label

Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?

Name

Center for Resource Solutions

Member of

Unknown

Type

Non-profit

Also manages

Green-e Climate, and Green-e Marketplace

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Ecolabel development | How were the standards for this ecolabel developed?

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Conformity Assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

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Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?