Law No. 20.097 creating the Environmental Green Seal and the Investment Green Seal.

This Law establishes the environmental quality certificate called Environmental Green Seal to be granted to public and private entities and bodies that adopt measures to preserve, protect and recover the environment in their activities, as well as carry out actions that aim at the sustainable development of the State and the consequent improvement in the population’s quality of life. Entities or bodies that receive this certification may use the seal symbol contained in the Annex. The following are requirements for obtaining the Environmental Green Seal: creation of an environmental management committee within the entity or body; carry out environmental diagnosis; prepare a socio-environmental management plan; prepare a plan for the use of energy from a sustainable and clean source from solar or biomass sources that covers no less than 10% of total energy consumption; biannual evaluation, adaptation and improvement of the plan referred to in section III of this article. The Environmental Green Seal will be granted upon proof of compliance with specific requirements, will be valid for 1 year and may be renewed.