| 英文摘要 |
In recent years, green commodities have flourished internationally.
Global environmental labels are divided into Eastern and Western models
due to cultural differences, resulting in complex verification operations and
standards that hinder international alignment. Taiwan's verification process
is rigorous but challenges arise from managing numerous items,
necessitating closer integration with green procurement and more
streamlined review procedures. To overcome these difficulties, executing
units have focused on mutual on-site inspections over the past decade, which
can reduce costs, avoid specification discrepancies, and achieve mutual
recognition. This approach helps enhance the competitiveness of Taiwan's
green product industries and promotes international integration, though longterm
exploration is needed to address multifaceted challenges.
Since 2021, the Environmental Protection Administration has allowed
environmental label products manufactured domestically to simultaneously
obtain the MIT Smile Mark. As of November 2024, there are 5,151 valid
environmental label products, with 2,258 from foreign production and 2,893
from domestic sources. Among domestic products, 1,305 meet MIT
recognition standards, with 148 successfully converted, resulting in a
conversion rate of approximately 11.34%. Continuous collaboration with the
MIT Smile Mark executing unit, the Taiwan Productivity Center, aims to
promote a system where manufacturers can be authorized to use the MIT
Smile Mark through environmental labels, thereby increasing application
willingness and the number of environmental label products.
Regarding the research and revision of environmental label product
specifications, this year planned to complete 10 standards. Modifications
have been completed for refrigerators, water-saving faucets and accessories,
hotel industry, and travel industry. Eleven outdated standards for fluorescent
lamps and energy-saving light bulbs have been abolished. Relevant data for
displays and biodegradable plastics have been collected for future reference.
Regarding laboratory testing item certification, no formal certification
applications were submitted. The system now guides laboratories to apply
directly to TAF, with reduced certification items indicating a maturing
environmental label testing system, eliminating the need for environmental
department item registration.
In environmental benefit statistics, the project completed quantitative
analysis of government and private green procurement and environmental
label usage data, calculating benefits across dimensions such as electricity
saving, water conservation, and waste reduction.
During international environmental label activities, a report on
"Common Core Standards Across Countries" was presented at the GEN
annual meeting, and assistance was provided in GENICES peer evaluation.
Due to ongoing updates in Taiwan's environmental label operational
guidelines, the planned Asian region organizational visits were impeded,
leading to participation in the 2024 Global Environmental Label
Organization meeting. The meeting revealed that most of Taiwan's mutual
recognition agreements are outdated, with functional agreements maintained
only with New Zealand, Thailand, and Japan. Future recommendations
include re-examining and expanding international cooperation domains.
Future promotion of private green consumption should reference
successful international experiences, potentially through image rewards or
substantial economic incentives to maintain business cooperation
willingness. Continuous specification standard revisions and comprehensive
feedback collection are crucial to ensure market relevance. Collaboration
with municipal environmental bureaus can facilitate label application
guidance, with central authorities providing professional support to local
units and encouraging local guidance for environmental label applications.
Taiwan's certification methods and processes are overly stringent,
potentially disadvantaging mutual recognition efforts. Future adjustments to
the verification system are necessary to prevent further marginalization of
the national label system.
The overall project maintains the environmental label's integrity and
transparency through international information collection, international
activity participation, standard research and modification, certified product
management, and promotional activities, continuously enhancing
institutional and public trust in the environmental label.
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