Greetings, Ecostreet readers.

You need to know that the Philips Green Tick is not the Genuine Green Tick.

Green Tick Certification Limited, at http://www.greentick.com, provides independent sustainability certification, using a Green Tick on the front of the product to show buyers that the product is truly sustainable.

Philips does not have the genuine Green Tick for any of its products, and they have told us that they cannot meet our ‘cradle to grave’ sustainability standards.

So buyers beware! Unless a product has had an independent life cycle assessment done on it, it doesn’t meet the international standards for sustainability or consumer reporting, and it isn’t truly sustainable.

Philips continue to use our brand name and a logo that is very similar to ours, and won’t change it. They know that as a small company, we can’t afford to take them on in numerous international courts, and so they are ignoring our protests.

But at least Ecostreet readers know now what is the Genuine Green Tick, and what isn’t!

Merry Christmas to all,

Susan Harris.