Australian & New Zealand Components 100% - Self Declared is one of the declarations under the Ekko Score Place of Origin standard and declares that 100% of the ingredients or materials in a product are from Australia or New Zealand. All claim percentages are rounded up or down in the normal manner. It is illegal for a business to make a claim that goods were grown, produced, made or packed in a particular country when this was not the case.
Knowing what percentage of a product is made in Australia or New Zealand allows consumers to make educated choices. Australian & New Zealand components allows consumers to make assumptions about how far the ingredients in a product have travelled, that the product is made and grown to Australia’s high quality, health and safety standards. Supporting products from your own country of origin also means that you are supporting workers and businesses in your own community.
EKKO SCORE: Australian & New Zealand Components 100% - Self Declared sits in the Australian & New Zealand COMPONENTS Family under the Environmental Standard: Place of Origin of Ekko Score. One set of weighted Ekko Score points are gathered from each Family.
These are the claimable declarations & certifications under the Environmental Standard: Place of Origin. Please note that different certifications and declarations may be relevant to each category.
Yes, where the impact of the claim is similar. This is how it works.
IMPORTANTLY, SELF DECLARATIONS ARE GOVERNED BY CONSUMER LAW. IT IS AGAINST THE LAW FOR BUSINESSES TO MAKE FALSE CLAIMS (INCLUDING IMPLIED CLAIMS IN A CONTEXT LIKE EKKO SCORE).
EVEN IF A PRODUCT HAS A FORMAL CERTIFICATION, THAT CERTIFICATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ENTIRE INTEGRITY OF THE PRODUCT'S MAKE UP.
An example might be a Handmade, Australian & New Zealand, Certified Organic chocolate that contains Palm Oil. Under Ekko Score, this product would claim Certified Organic and would self declare: Zero Waste Production and Australian & New Zealand made, but could not claim the No Palm Oil declaration. This would mean a lower score under the Organic - Chemical Free Standard, making the inclusion of Palm Oil clear to potential consumers, without detracting from its other assets.
No product is perfect, but some products are definitely better than others. Ekko Score allows you to make the best decision you can, or to put it another way, the least worst decision. And to make that decision with the confidence of not being green washed. Find out more about how Ekko Score works.