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	EU Ecolabel (Flower) European Union · Tier 3 Specialty	Soil Association Organic United Kingdom · Tier 2 Trusted	Nordic Swan Ecolabel Nordic Countries · Tier 3 Specialty	ECO Ecocert France · Tier 2 Trusted
What it means	The European Commission's voluntary environmental label. Covers cleaning products, paper, textiles, electronics, accommodation services. NOT an organic mark.	The UK's largest organic certifier. Standards are stricter than the UK government's baseline (which still mirrors EU 2018/848 post-Brexit). Recognised by the EU and USA under equivalence.	The official environmental label of the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland). Covers ~60 product categories from cleaning products to hotels — NOT specifically an organic standard.	France-based independent certifier operating in 130+ countries. One of the world's largest organic + cosmetics + textile certifiers. The 'Ecocert' wordmark on a package usually means Ecocert was the accredited body that ran the inspection against the national/EU standard.
Scope	Several categories	Several categories	Several categories	Several categories
Established	1992	1946	1989	1991
Inspection	Annual audit by national Ecolabel competent body	Annual on-site, UKAS-accredited	On-site + product review by national Ecolabel office	Annual on-site, ISO 17065-accredited
Residue testing	Per-category limits	Risk-based	Risk-based per category	Risk-based per standard
Guarantees	Lifecycle-based environmental criteria per product category. Restrictions on hazardous chemicals. Annual licence renewal with audit.	Stricter-than-baseline organic standards across food, textiles, cosmetics, and farming. Annual on-site inspection. Animal welfare standards (outdoor access, lower stocking density).	Lifecycle-based environmental criteria for the product category. Restrictions on hazardous chemicals. Recyclability and packaging requirements. Audited every 3-5 years against an updated standard.	Inspection against the relevant national or private organic standard (EU 2018/848, USDA NOP, COSMOS, GOTS, Fair for Life, etc.). Annual on-site inspection. Accredited under multiple national systems including USDA NOP and EU 2018/848.
Does NOT	Doesn't apply to food. Doesn't mean organic.	Logo is trademarked — not a free-licence mark.	Doesn't certify food as organic — Nordic Swan on a food package means lower-environmental-impact, not 'no synthetic pesticides'.	Ecocert is the certifier, not the standard — the actual rules come from whichever organic regulation the product is certified under.

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