GreenPro — India's National Eco-Label for Products
GreenPro is India's national eco-label for products. If your products go into green building projects (LEED, IGBC, GRIHA certified buildings), architects and project specifications increasingly require eco-labelled materials. GreenPro is the recognised Indian eco-label for this purpose.
CII-ITC CESD
Issuing body — Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Product-level
Certifies the product, not the company's management system
Green building
Recognised in LEED, IGBC, GRIHA specifications
Your company is applying for GreenPro and you need to understand what data is needed. GreenPro certifies that a specific product meets environmental criteria across its life cycle — materials, manufacturing process, energy use, and end of life. Your job is to help gather accurate production data: material inputs, energy consumption per unit, and waste generated.
Product data
Material composition and quantities per unit
Energy
Energy consumed in manufacturing per unit
Waste
Manufacturing waste generated per unit produced
Quick reference. GreenPro issued by CII-ITC CESD (Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development). Product categories include building materials, electrical equipment, chemicals, textiles. Criteria set per product category. Application via ciigreenpro.org. Recognised by IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) and partially by LEED India.
CII-ITC CESD
Issuing body
ciigreenpro.org
Application portal
IGBC
Recognised in Indian green building ratings
GreenPro is India's national eco-label programme administered by the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development. Launched in 2014, it evaluates products across their life cycle — from raw material extraction through manufacturing, use, and disposal. Positioned as India's equivalent to global eco-labels like the EU Ecolabel, Nordic Swan, and Green Seal.
2014
GreenPro launched
CII-ITC CESD
Programme administrator
Life cycle
Assessment across full product life cycle
India's national eco-label — issued by CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable DevelopmentRequired for green building projects specifying eco-labelled materialsProduct-level certification — separate from ISO 14001
What’s on this page
01 —What it isUnderstanding GreenPro
India's national eco-label — certifying that a specific product meets environmental criteria, not just the factory.
GreenPro is India's national eco-label for products, administered by the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD). Unlike ISO 14001 which certifies an organisation's environmental management system, GreenPro certifies a specific product — that it meets defined environmental criteria across its life cycle.
GreenPro covers product categories including building materials (tiles, paints, glass, steel), electrical equipment, chemicals, and textiles. Criteria include material composition (hazardous substance restrictions), energy consumption in manufacturing, recyclability, and end-of-life considerations.
The label is recognised by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) and is credited in IGBC green building rating systems. It is also increasingly specified by architects and project teams working on LEED and GRIHA certified buildings in India.
GreenPro is a product-level certification — not a substitute for ISO 14001. ISO 14001 certifies that your company has an environmental management system. GreenPro certifies that a specific product meets environmental criteria. Many manufacturers hold both — ISO 14001 demonstrates how you manage environmental impacts, GreenPro demonstrates what your product achieves.
👥 Illustrative case — details changed for confidentiality
The business
Ceramic tile manufacturer Morbi, Gujarat · 200 employees, exporting to Middle East and Europe
The trigger
A European distributor asked for an eco-label credential for their tiles as part of a green building project specification requirement.
The challenge
They had ISO 14001 but the distributor specifically needed a product-level eco-label — not a company-level management system certificate. They had not tracked product-level environmental data (material composition, energy per unit, recyclability).
Where Clicarity came in
They had been using Clicarity to track production jobs. Every production stage captured energy-consuming equipment and material quantities in and out. This stage-wise production data became the foundation for the energy consumption per unit calculation required in the GreenPro application.
We already had 14 months of production data in Clicarity. The energy-per-unit figure we needed for GreenPro came from our own job records.
02 —Who needs itIs it right for you?
Do you actually need it? Honest answer.
✓ You need it
Building material manufacturers (tiles, paints, steel, glass, insulation)
Manufacturers supplying green building projects with eco-label specifications
Electrical equipment manufacturers supplying to IGBC or LEED projects
Textile and chemical manufacturers with sustainability claims to substantiate
∼ Worth considering
Exporters to markets where eco-labels are expected by buyers
Consumer product manufacturers differentiating on sustainability
— Check if GreenPro covers your category
GreenPro criteria are published by product category — verify at ciigreenpro.org
03 —What it requiresWhat is checked
What the GreenPro assessment covers — criteria across the product life cycle.
1
Material composition — hazardous substance restrictions
Your product must not contain substances restricted under the applicable GreenPro criteria for your product category. Documentation of material inputs required.
E.g. For building materials: absence of specific heavy metals, VOC content within limits, no restricted substances in finishes.
2
Energy consumption in manufacturing
Energy consumed per unit of product manufactured. Measured and documented. Benchmarked against the GreenPro criteria for your category.
E.g. kWh per square metre of tile produced, calculated from actual production data over a defined period.
3
Water consumption in manufacturing
Process water used per unit of product, where applicable to your product category.
E.g. Litres of water per unit produced, for products with significant water use in manufacturing.
4
Recyclability and end-of-life
Evidence of recyclability of the product at end of life, or the proportion of recycled content in the product.
E.g. Percentage of recycled material used. Confirmation of recyclability of the finished product.
5
Test reports from recognised laboratories
Third-party laboratory test reports confirming compliance with relevant Indian Standards or international standards for the product category.
Most common gap: Test reports from unrecognised laboratories. GreenPro assessors specify the laboratory standards required.
6
Production consistency documentation
Evidence that the product described in the application is representative of normal production — not a specially prepared sample.
E.g. Production records showing that the tested formulation is used in all production runs.
What inspectors really check
GreenPro assessment involves document review and technical committee evaluation — not a factory floor audit like ISO 14001. The technical dossier must be complete: material composition, energy data, test reports, and production consistency documentation. Incomplete dossiers are returned for resubmission.
Gap analysis checklist — tick what you already have
GreenPro criteria for your product category downloaded from ciigreenpro.org
Current criteria — updated periodically.
Material composition data available for all inputs
Bill of materials with quantities and supplier details.
Energy consumption per unit calculated from production records
Based on actual production data, not estimates.
Laboratory test reports from recognised laboratories
For required tests per product category criteria.
Hazardous substance restrictions checked against criteria
No restricted substances in product.
Production records demonstrating consistency with tested formulation
Same formulation in all production, not just the test batch.
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04 —Official bodyWho certifies in India
Who issues this in India — and how to verify it.
GreenPro is issued by the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development. Applications are submitted via the GreenPro portal at ciigreenpro.org. Assessment is conducted by the CII-ITC CESD team.
Download the current product category criteria before starting your application. GreenPro criteria are specific to each product category and are updated periodically. Always work from the current criteria document, available at ciigreenpro.org.
Based on ciigreenpro.org. Actual timelines vary. Confirm with your CB.
GreenPro Journey
Step 1
Check your product category criteria
Download criteria from ciigreenpro.org. Confirm your product category is covered.
Step 2
Gather material composition data
Bill of materials with quantities and supplier details. Hazardous substance check.
Step 3
Calculate energy and water per unit
From actual production records over a defined period.
Step 4
Commission laboratory tests
From recognised laboratories. Per criteria requirements for your category.
Step 5
Submit technical dossier
Complete application via ciigreenpro.org with all supporting documentation.
Licence
Annual surveillance
Licence issued for defined period. Annual surveillance to confirm continued compliance.
▶Where to begin: Use the checklist in Section 3 to assess your readiness before contacting any CB.
Application
Via ciigreenpro.org
Direct application to CII-ITC CESD. No intermediary required.
Licence validity
Annual renewal
Surveillance to confirm continued compliance.
Recognised by
IGBC, partially LEED India
Confirm recognition with your specific project specification.
Cost
Check at ciigreenpro.org
Application and assessment fees published on the portal.
The energy-per-unit calculation is where most applications get delayed. Manufacturers often have site-wide energy data but not product-specific data. You need energy consumption attributable to the specific product being certified.
06 —Find certified companiesHow to verify
How to find and verify certified organisations.
GreenPro certified products are listed in the CII-ITC CESD product directory. To verify whether a specific product holds a current GreenPro licence, search the directory at ciigreenpro.org.
How to verify: To confirm whether any organisation holds a current GreenPro certification, use the official register. Verify the issuing CB's accreditation at nabcb.qci.org.in.
Good records are the foundation. A process tracker builds them automatically.
Clicarity — Live Job Process Tracker & Bottleneck Identifier
Clicarity doesn't apply for GreenPro on your behalf. It tracks your production process — and that tracking generates the product-level environmental data GreenPro applications require.
A GreenPro application requires product-level environmental data: energy consumed per unit produced, material composition and quantities, waste generated in manufacturing, and process water usage. This data must be product-specific — not site-wide averages. In Clicarity, every production job tracks material input, output, and wastage at each stage for a specific product. When a job covers multiple product variants, each variant is tracked as a sub-job with its own material and resource data. When they rejoin, the per-product environmental data is available by variant — exactly what a GreenPro application needs.
Stage-wise material input and output data — by product, by batch — provides the material consumption per unit figure GreenPro applications require.
When production covers multiple product variants, each variant's material and waste data is tracked independently as a sub-job. Per-variant environmental data is preserved at rejoin.
Production wastage by stage — trim, rejects, process losses — captured per job, supporting the waste generation data in the GreenPro technical dossier.
Clicarity provides a historical record of production data over time — 12+ months of job records that form the baseline for product-level environmental impact calculations.
▼ Job splits — each component tracked independently
#GP-2026-04-A
Product variant A — standard
▼All criteria met
▼Assessor
📅Assessment date
#GP-2026-04-B
Product variant B — premium
▼All criteria met
▼Assessor
📅Assessment date
▲
Components rejoin as #GP-2026-04 — complete record of every branch, every data point, every sign-off preserved.
Technical committee review
▼Committee decision
✎Conditions if any
📅Review date
▼Chair sign-off
→
Licence issued
✎GreenPro licence no.
📅Issue date
📅Expiry date
▼Issued by CII-ITC CESD
→
Annual surveillance
📅Next surveillance date
▼Production records submitted
▼Surveillance outcome
▼Licence renewed
Wastage tracked:▰ Each product variant assessed independently against GreenPro criteria▰ Laboratory test reports submitted separately per variant▰ Licence issued only after both variants clear technical committee
ⓘ Fields and stage names are fully customisable. This illustrates a typical GreenPro eco-label application — CII-ITC CESD setup.
👥 Illustrative case — details changed for confidentiality
The business
Ceramic tile manufacturer Morbi, Gujarat · 200 employees, exporting to Middle East and Europe
The trigger
A European distributor asked for an eco-label credential for their tiles as part of a green building project specification requirement.
The challenge
They had ISO 14001 but the distributor specifically needed a product-level eco-label — not a company-level management system certificate. They had not tracked product-level environmental data (material composition, energy per unit, recyclability).
Where Clicarity came in
They had been using Clicarity to track production jobs. Every production stage captured energy-consuming equipment and material quantities in and out. This stage-wise production data became the foundation for the energy consumption per unit calculation required in the GreenPro application.