REDEFINING RESPONSIBLE BUYING

Registration is Open for the Philippine Green Pages

Energy saving appliances, office equipment made out of recycled materials, stores using eco-bags, business solutions to save on electricity and water consumption. A lot of talks have been made to promote these eco-friendly products and services. Conferences, exhibits, news articles on new technologies have been a staple venue to highlight the same. It is time to go beyond talking about it and start acting upon it.

The Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc. (PCEPSDI), the administrator of the National Ecolabelling Programme – Green Choice Philippines (NELP-GCP) is advocating sustainable consumption and production. Redefining the boundaries of responsibilities, protecting the environment not only lies on how the industry operates, but also, on how we decide what to purchase and consume.

Together with the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), PCEPSDI will publish the first-ever directory listing of ecolabelled products (Green Choice Philippines Certified), green products, green materials, green components, and green services. Fittingly titled, Philippine Green Pages (PGP), aims to be the primary reference of all suppliers and providers to be used by institutional buyers including the Green Purchasing Alliance Movement (GPAM) and individual consumers in making purchasing decisions.

The tools to go green are available. The challenge now is to change our consumption patterns and make green products and services accessible. It’s a matter of bridging the gap between consumers and green providers, and that is what PGP will address.

For more details on how to register your green product and service, you may call the secretariat at 631-2151 or visit their website at http://pcepsdi.org/philgreenpages. You may also email them at greenchoicephilippines@pcepsdi.org.ph and philippinegreenpages@pcepsdi.org.ph.

* PCEPSDI is a non-stock, non-profit and non-government organization duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It is an affiliate organization of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) with Ms. Elisea “Bebet” Gozun, former DENR secretary as the chairperson. PCEPSDI is also the administrator of the National Ecolabelling Programme – Green Choice Philippines (NELP-GCP), a project under the auspices of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

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If you’d like more information about this, or to schedule an interview with Mr. June M. Alvarez, please call Grace Lebria at 631-2151 or email at philippinegreenpages@gmail.com or greenchoicephilippines@gmail.com.