How to Apply for the Green Button
The application and certification process itself is an instructive and informative experience for your company. Find out how the certification process works and how you can take the first step.
This is how it works
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE GREEN BUTTON
1. Information and application
Green Button Secretariat
Your company sends an inquiry or directly an application for certification to the Green Button Secretariat. The office will provide you with informative documents and answer your questions about the certification process. It will also check your eligibility to apply.
2. Consultation
Green Button Secretariat
If your application is approved, the Green Button Secretariat will offer you an informal, confidential consultation. This serves the purpose of your preparing for the audit which will be conducted by an independent certification body.
3. Certification audit
Certification body
Following the consultation, you can prepare for the audit using the extenisive material offered. Hereafter you can make an audit appointment with one of the certification bodies authorised by the Green Button. You will conclude an agreement with the certification body on carrying out the audit. The certification body will monitor fulfilment of all due diligence requirements as well as the existing recogniced certification labels for the products to be awarded.
Certification bodies authorised by the Green Button are: Din Certco, Hohenstein, TüV Nord.
4. Licensing
Assurance Services International (ASI)
After receiving its certificate, your company will conclude a licence agreement with ASI. This agreement is valid for a three-year period, during which your company may identify the respective products as Green Button-certified. Your company will find details on identifying and advertising certified products in the Green Button logo manual.
Start your Green Button journey
You want to get started?
All the relevant details about the certification label, the costs, the requirements and our communication measures can be found in a comprehensive information package.
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You are already in the licensing process?
Then you find further documents, such as a guide with helpful examples to implement the requirements in the online portal. Log in at the top right of the page.
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