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The Climate Friendly Pledge is Amazon's new environmental initiative, Climate Pledge Friendly.

The program will help make certified products more accessible to environmentally conscious, green-conscious consumers, while letting buyers know which brands are committed to reducing their carbon footprints and contributing to the planet's ecology.

 

The background to this plan: Amazon's 2019 joint Climate Declaration commits to a goal of carbon neutrality, or net zero carbon emissions, by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement, and expects to run entirely on clean energy by 2025.

 

Compared with VAT, EPR and other mandatory certification, climate-friendly commitment certification is a voluntary and advocacy certification. Currently in the flow dividend period, the earlier the certification, the greater the advantage of the seller.

 

1. Products with climate-friendly commitment certification will be displayed on the search page with climate-friendly labels (as shown in the figure), namely, climate-friendly labels.

Buyers can also click on the label to see the product's certification type in detail.

2. There will also be climate-friendly labels displayed on the product details page. Under the heading:

• The bottom of the description:

3. Display in the exclusive area of Amazon platform

Products with climate friendly certification will be displayed in the Amazon platform dedicated traffic entry. Amazon is making it easier for buyers to find and purchase climate-friendly certified products by showing them in search results and product pages, and in a dedicated section.

 

Friendly climate products exclusive page entry:

https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Climate-Pledge-Friendly/gfhz/events/?categoryId=CP-Friendly&scrollState

4. In all the category pages, the filter column on the left of the search page will be the first to display Climate Pledge Friendly condition screening:

How to get climate Pledge friendly Certification?

 

1. First of all, the products you sell must meet the climate-friendly commitment standards:

Products that have passed one of the sustainability certifications on the Amazon Certification page or Amazon's own certification (compact design or certified used).

2, through the third-party certification agency testing, evaluation and verification, the overall includes the following five steps:

3. After passing the verification, the certification agency will provide relevant commodity level data to Amazon, and your product details page will show the label Climate Pledge Friendly.

What is "compact design"?

 

Compact by Design, is to design our product packaging to save space, save materials and so on.

 

How to determine if our product is "compact design"? We've compiled a few examples:

Here's how Amazon fits the "compact design" bill:

 

To qualify for compact design, a product must have first-rate "unit efficiency." 

We use product attributes such as product package size, product weight, and unit number to calculate product unit efficiency.

 

Units are defined as the total amount of product in the container that we want to evaluate. This is standardized across product categories, such as liquid ounces in cleaners, amounts in laundry detergent, and ounces in coffee.

Unit efficiency is calculated by the formula (cubic volume per unit)x(weight per unit). This metric allows us to calculate volume and weight utilization per unit of product delivery. In this equation, a lower unit efficiency value means a more efficient design.

 

For example, concentrated laundry detergents provide the same number of units (loads) in a smaller volume and weight than non-concentrated laundry detergents, resulting in better unit efficiency. 

To set the threshold, Amazon calculated the unit efficiency of each item in the product category, setting the threshold to identify the most efficient products in each product category. Products with unit efficiency above the category threshold qualify for a compact design and become part of the climate-friendly commitment.

Compact design category thresholds and additional information 

The compact design category threshold and additional information content includes:

 

1. Compact design meets the category threshold 

Amazon lists 83 different thresholds for 44 categories. The categories designed are: Health, Home and Baby Care, Beauty and Personal Care, Industry and Science, Home and Kitchen, Electronics, Groceries and gourmet Food, Cell phones and Accessories, Office Supplies, Arts, Crafts and Sewing, Auto parts, Sports and Outdoors, Tools and Home Improvement, Baby, pet supplies, appliances, clothing, Footwear and Jewelry, toys and Games, Garden and Outdoors, video games, Everything else, books, CDS and vinyl, Musical Instruments.

 

For the specific categories and thresholds, please visit the link:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/Wisp/landing-page/compact-by-design/Compact_By_Design_Thresholds_and_Additional_Information_12_03_21.pdf

 

2. Requirements for qualified products to join the design contract and climate-friendly commitment:

1) Have the correct PRODUCT_TYPE in the directory;

2) Related to registered brands;

3) Enter "unit count" correctly, and the value of "unit_count_type" must be consistent with the threshold;

4) The measurement data will be filled by the Amazon logistics center;

5) For concentrated products : equivalent_product_volume must be entered correctly.

 

3. Calculate whether it belongs to compact design according to the formula.

4. Calculate unit efficiency of concentrated products

For concentrated products, such as concentrated cleaners, where customers must add water before use, Amazon determines the number of units of "equivalent product volume" used for the product. Equivalent product volume represents the total "available" volume of the product at the right amount of liquid when not concentrated or mixed.

 

What are used certified products?

 

Used products (refurbished products) are inspected, cleaned and, if applicable, repaired to an excellent functional standard.

 

Used products (refurbished products) can avoid extracting additional raw materials (metals, plastic oils, etc.) needed to make components of new products. In addition, refurbishing products can extend the service life of products and prevent them from being simply thrown away. This is why certified used products are a good choice.

 

Buying used products can extend the life of products and reduce e-waste and raw material extraction. Second Hand certification is part of the Climate Promise Friendly program to help you discover and buy more sustainable products.

 

How does a product qualify for the Second-hand Certification Scheme?

Second-hand products in approved categories will receive second-hand certification if the product meets prescribed maintenance standards. Once eligible refurbished products have passed quality checks, they are tested and included in the program.

 

1. Products must meet all of the following criteria to qualify: Products must be used and have electrical or mechanical parts that can be replaced or upgraded to excellent functional standards.

 

2. The product must fall into an approved category and meet standard standards, have a battery capacity exceeding 80% of the new equivalent, and use Oems parts for any repair operations.

The following are the approved categories: Video Games, Electronics, Mobile Phones and Accessories, Office Supplies, Sports and Outdoor, Industry and Science, Health, Home and Baby Care, Home and Kitchen, appliances, Clothing, Footwear and jewelry, Musical Instruments, film and television, etc.

3. The product must be supported by the manufacturer, not the discontinued model.

4. 90-day guarantee

 

Second-hand certified products are supported by Amazon renewal insurance. The standards for these products require strict adherence to quality guidelines and guarantee that customers have 90 days to a year to return a product if they are not completely satisfied with it, depending on the location.