I roto i tētahi whanaketanga nui mō te umanga whakapaipai rauropi, kua puta te tiwhikete COSMOS hei huringa nui, e whakatakoto ana i ngā paerewa hou, e whakarite ana hoki i te māramatanga me te pono o te hanga me te tapanga o ngā whakapaipai rauropi. I te mea kei te rapu haere ngā kaihoko i ngā kōwhiringa taiao me te rauropi mō ā rātou hua ataahua me te tiaki whaiaro, kua noho te tiwhikete COSMOS hei tohu pono mō te kounga me te pono.
Ko te tiwhikete COSMOS (COSMetic Organic Standard) he kaupapa tiwhikete ā-ao i whakatūria e ngā whakahaere whakapaipai rauropi me te taiao e rima o Ūropi: BDIH (Tiamana), COSMEBIO & ECOCERT (Wīwī), ICEA (Itari), me SOIL ASSOCIATION (UK). Ko te whāinga o tēnei mahi tahi he whakataurite me te whakarite i ngā whakaritenga mō ngā whakapaipai rauropi me te taiao, me te whakarato aratohu mārama mō ngā kaihanga me te whakamanawanui mō ngā kaihoko.
I raro i te tiwhikete COSMOS, me tutuki e ngā kamupene ngā paearu pakari me te piri ki ngā mātāpono pakari puta noa i te mekameka uara katoa, tae atu ki te kimi rauemi mata, ngā tukanga hanga, te takai, me te tapanga. Kei roto i ēnei mātāpono:
Te Whakamahinga o ngā Kai Matū me ngā Kai Taiao: Me nui te nui o ngā kai matū me ngā kai taiao i roto i ngā hua kua whakamanahia e COSMOS, i whiwhihia mai i ngā tukanga e pai ana ki te taiao. He iti ngā rauemi hangai, ā, he tino rāhuitia ētahi matū pēnei i te parabens, phthalates, me ngā GMO.
Te Kawenga Taiao: E aro nui ana te tiwhikete ki ngā mahi tauwhiro, te whakatairanga i te tiaki i ngā rauemi taiao, te whakaiti i ngā para me ngā tukunga, me te whakamahi i ngā pūtake pūngao hou. E akiakihia ana ngā kamupene kia whakamahi i ngā takai e pai ana ki te taiao, kia whakaitihia hoki ō rātou tapuwae taiao.
Te Rapunga Matatika me te Tauhokohoko Tika: Ka whakatairangahia e te tiwhikete COSMOS ngā tikanga hokohoko tika, ā, ka akiaki i ngā kamupene ki te rapu kai mai i ngā kaiwhakarato e piri ana ki ngā paerewa matatika, kia mau ai te oranga o ngā kaimahi pāmu, ngā kaimahi, me ngā hapori o te rohe e whai wāhi ana ki te mekameka tuku.
Te Hanga me te Tukatuka: E hiahiatia ana e te tiwhikete kia whakamahia e ngā kaihanga ngā tukanga hanga e aro ana ki te taiao, tae atu ki ngā tikanga whakaputa e penapena ana i te pūngao me te whakamahi i ngā whakarewa e pai ana ki te taiao. Ka āraia hoki te whakamātautau kararehe.
Tapanga Mārama: Me whakaatu ngā tapanga mārama, tika hoki i roto i ngā hua kua whakamanahia e COSMOS, kia mōhio ai ngā kaihoko ki ngā ihirangi waro o te hua, te takenga mai o ngā kai, me ngā mate pāwera pea e pā ana ki aua kai. Mā tēnei māramatanga ka taea e ngā kaihoko te whakatau whai whakaaro.
Kua rongonui te tiwhikete COSMOS i te ao whānui, ā, kei te piki haere te whakamahinga a ngā kamupene e whakapau kaha ana ki te whakaputa i ngā mea whakapaipai rauropi. Inaianei, ka taea e ngā kaihoko o te ao te tautuhi me te whakawhirinaki ki ngā hua e whakaatu ana i te tohu COSMOS, me te whakarite kia rite ā rātou whiringa ki ō rātou uara o te oranga tonutanga, te taiao, me te māramatanga ki te taiao.
E whakapono ana ngā tohunga ahumahi, ehara i te mea ka whai hua noa te tiwhikete COSMOS ki ngā kaihoko engari ka akiaki hoki i te auahatanga me te whakatenatena i te whanaketanga o ngā mahi tauwhiro ake i roto i te umanga whakapaipai. I te mea kei te piki haere tonu te hiahia mō ngā whakapaipai rauropi me ngā whakapaipai taiao, ka whakatakotohia e te tiwhikete COSMOS te pae teitei, ka akiaki i ngā kaihanga ki te whakatairanga i te kawenga taiao me te whakatutuki i ngā tumanakohanga e whanake haere ana o ngā kaihoko mohio.
I te mea kei te ārahi te tiwhikete COSMOS i te ara, he pai te āhua o te heke mai o te umanga whakapaipai waro, e tuku ana ki ngā kaihoko he whānuitanga o ngā kōwhiringa pono me te pumau mō ō rātou hiahia ataahua me te tiaki whaiaro.
Me tatari mai mō ētahi atu whakahōutanga e pā ana ki te tiwhikete COSMOS me tōna pānga ki te umanga whakapaipai.
Wā tuku: 23 Paenga-whāwhā 2024