Program history
EcoLeaf (type III
environmental declaration)
CFP
Program
2000
Feasibility study of type III program in Japan conducted by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2002
EcoLeaf launched by JEMAI
2006
ISO14025 published
No. of registered products exceeded 500
2008
JIS Q 14025 published
CFP
Program
2008
Preliminary feasibility study conducted by METI
2009
3-year national pilot project started (fy2009 – fy2012)
2011
No. of registered products exceeded 1,000
2012
Carbon Footprint Communication Program (CFP Program) launched by JEMAI
2013
ISO/TS14067 published
2014
No. of registered products exceeded 1,500
2015
No. of registered products exceeded 1,000
New framework for "integrated" program launched in 2017
2019 The program name was changed to EcoLeaf Environmental Labeling Program by the operational transfer to Sustainable Management Promotion Organization (SuMPO).
The Japan EPD Program by SuMPO
Previously separate PCRs and the procedures for the EcoLeaf, for the assessment of multiple environmental aspects, and the Carbon Footprint of Products, for the assessment of global warming impact, have been integrated. The Japan EPD Program by SuMPO now handles both a Type III environmental declaration and a CFP declaration.
