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'''Green light''' is designation for a product certification that the product | '''Green light''' is designation for a product certification that the product | ||
* has not caused harm (by pollution, depletion of resources, etc.) to any fragile ecology in the region it was made; | |||
* was not made with sweatshop labour (forced labour, child labour); | |||
* revenues for which will not pay for corporate crimes. | |||
It may also signal an [[endorsement]] - meaning effectively '''buy at any [[price]]''' | |||
It is also possible for a '''conditional endorsement''' to be made. | |||
This is a [[score]] easily translated into a [[price premium]]. If | |||
the [[price]] minus that [[price premium]] (which represents higher | |||
price you are willing to pay for the merits) is less than that of | |||
the [[alternative product]], then you should buy it. But this means | |||
the same as a [[yellow light]] if the price is so close that premium | |||
is not obvious. In this case no single product can be green-lighted, | |||
but all alternatives to the top choices can probably be [[red light]]ed! | |||
It is of course completely up to the [[consumer]] to choose the people or [[Interesting organisations|NGOs]] who are choosing which things to evaluate and how ie. what values should be given to the [[variables]] used in the calculation of the '''green light''', [[yellow light]] and '''[[red light]]''' |