Ekolabel Indonesia

Overview

Indonesia's ecolabelling framework, established by the Ministry of Environment in 2004 and later reorganized under Minister of Environment Regulation No. 2/2014, is divided into two types. The first type—commonly known as "Ecolabel Indonesia"—is an ISO 14024-compliant Type I scheme, under which a third-party body certifies products based on life-cycle assessment (raw material production, consumption, and end-of-life stages). Criteria are based on Indonesian National Standards (SNI) related to ecolabelling, with 20 SNIs currently serving as certification requirements. Certifying bodies are accredited by KAN (the National Accreditation Committee). Indonesia is also a member of the Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN). Currently, 125 brands across multiple products are certified under Green Label Indonesia (GLI), concentrated mainly in paper, plastics, building materials, and textiles (food and other strategic product categories are not yet covered). Commentary on ASEAN environmental policy (including from the East Asia Forum) notes that Indonesia's and Vietnam's national ecolabelling programs remain relatively limited due to infrastructure and regulatory gaps, suggesting that the program's maturity and adoption still lag behind those of Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

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Business Impact

Adoption in Indonesia is concentrated mainly in paper, plastics, building materials, and textiles. Coverage of strategic product categories such as food remains at an early stage, and the scheme's overall maturity is considered to still be developing relative to other ASEAN countries.