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	EU Ecolabel (Flower) European Union · Tier 3 Specialty	Fair for Life Global · Tier 2 Trusted	NATRUE European Union · Tier 2 Trusted	Non-GMO Project Verified United States · Tier 3 Specialty
What it means	The European Commission's voluntary environmental label. Covers cleaning products, paper, textiles, electronics, accommodation services. NOT an organic mark.	Combined organic + fair-trade + social-responsibility certification. Issued by Ecocert (originally developed by IMOswiss). Stricter than baseline Fairtrade on labour conditions; often paired with an organic mark on the same product.	An EU-based natural-and-organic cosmetics certification. Three grades: Natural, Natural with Organic portion, and Organic.	North America's leading 'no genetically modified organisms' certification. Tests for the presence of GMOs in finished products. NOT organic.
Scope	Several categories	Several categories	Cosmetics	Food
Established	1992	2006	2007	2010
Inspection	Annual audit by national Ecolabel competent body	Annual on-site, Ecocert-administered	Annual third-party audit	Annual third-party audit + lab testing
Residue testing	Per-category limits	Risk-based	Risk-based	GMO testing only (not pesticide)
Guarantees	Lifecycle-based environmental criteria per product category. Restrictions on hazardous chemicals. Annual licence renewal with audit.	Fair pricing for producers. Compliance with ILO core conventions on labour rights, no forced or child labour. Environmental criteria including organic-or-equivalent farming practices. Annual on-site audit by Ecocert.	Restricted ingredient list (no synthetic fragrances, no silicones, no PEGs). Tiered organic content: Natural with Organic portion ≥70% certified organic; Organic ≥95%. Annual third-party verification.	Verified absence of GMO ingredients (with action thresholds, not zero tolerance). Annual third-party verification. Tracing and segregation across the supply chain.
Does NOT	Doesn't apply to food. Doesn't mean organic.	Doesn't itself mean organic — pair with an organic mark for the full picture.	Mark is trademark-protected.	Doesn't mean organic — Non-GMO products can use synthetic pesticides and fertilizers freely.

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