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Eco Labelling

This document provides an overview of ecolabeling, including its origins, objectives, benefits, and processes. Ecolabeling began in the 1990s as businesses recognized environmental concerns and consumer interest in products with environmental claims. However, misleading claims led to demands for credibility, resulting in the establishment of global ecolabeling organizations and national programs. Ecolabeling aims to encourage environmental innovation, raise consumer awareness, and protect the environment by certifying products that meet life cycle assessment criteria set by third parties. Benefits include environmental, industrial, consumer, and governmental advantages. The document outlines the steps for ecolabeling certification and examples of national programs worldwide and Indian ecolabeled products and case studies.

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  • Market advantages,
  • Ecolabelling schemes,
  • Environmental certification,
  • Ecolabelling steps,
  • BEE,
  • Unfair competition,
  • Consumer guidance,
  • Blue Angel,
  • Eligibility criteria,
  • Environmental leadership
203 views16 pages

Eco Labelling

This document provides an overview of ecolabeling, including its origins, objectives, benefits, and processes. Ecolabeling began in the 1990s as businesses recognized environmental concerns and consumer interest in products with environmental claims. However, misleading claims led to demands for credibility, resulting in the establishment of global ecolabeling organizations and national programs. Ecolabeling aims to encourage environmental innovation, raise consumer awareness, and protect the environment by certifying products that meet life cycle assessment criteria set by third parties. Benefits include environmental, industrial, consumer, and governmental advantages. The document outlines the steps for ecolabeling certification and examples of national programs worldwide and Indian ecolabeled products and case studies.

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Topics covered

  • Market advantages,
  • Ecolabelling schemes,
  • Environmental certification,
  • Ecolabelling steps,
  • BEE,
  • Unfair competition,
  • Consumer guidance,
  • Blue Angel,
  • Eligibility criteria,
  • Environmental leadership

ECOLABELLING

A Presentation by S.A.S.A.K.I

Environmentalists
Shardul Thakker
Amar Itagi
Suhail Manjardekar
Ateet Rao
Kunal Sharma
Ikram Vora

Contents
Introduction
Origins
Objectives
Steps
Benefits
Schemes
Indian Ecolabel and products under it
Case Studies

What is Ecolabel?
Environmental performance certification
Voluntary method of environmental performance
certification and labelling
Indentifies products that meet specific
environmental criteria
An impartial third party identifies the criteria and
verifies and adherences and awards ecolabels
Based on environmental policy tool known as life
cycle assessment (LCA)

Origins
Growing global concern for environmental protection on part of
governments, businesses
Biz recognized [Link]
Found advantages in special products involving environmental
declarations
Gained attraction of customers
More Biz made claims and Greenwash began
Concern for Credibility amongst customers
1994, Enter GEN; 2 Decades, 27 Organizations across the globe

Objectives
Encouraging environmentally sound innovation and leadership
Building consumer awareness on environmental issues
Protecting the environment

Benefits
Environmental Benefits Substitution for environmentally
preferable materials
Industrial Benefits Valuable tool to communicate environmental
benefits of a product
Consumer Benefits Guidance in decision- making when buying
a product or service
Governmental Benefits Provides an effective and easy to use
tool for procurement programs

Types of Eco Labels


Type I: Voluntary, multiple-criteria based 3rd party program
that awards a license that authorizes environmental labels
on products indicating overall environmental preferability
Type II: informative environmental self-declaration claims
Type III: voluntary programs that provide quantified
environmental data of a product, under pre-set categories of
parameters set by a qualified third party and based on life
cycle assessment

Barriers
Misleading/ Fraudulent Claims
Uninformative Claims
Unfair Competition
Feasibility
Methodologies

Steps in Eco-Labelling
1. Getting Started
a. Eligibility
b. Applicability

2. Getting Advice
a. Contact Competent body
b. Understand advices

3. Starting the Application


4. Collecting Evidence
a. Provide Dossier containing declarations, documents, etc.

5. Submitting Application
6. Ecolabel Awarded
a. Application Approval
b. Compliance Monitoring
c. Inspections

Ecolabelling Schemes
National Eco-labels - Worldwide
Country Name

Year Started

Name of Programme

Germany

1977

Blue Angel

Canada

1988

Environmental Choice Programme

Japan

1989

EcoMark

Nordic Countries

1989

White Swan

United States

1989

Green Seal

New Zealand

1990

Environmental Choice

India

1991

Ecomark

Products
Ecomark
UPS Carbon Neutral
Energy Star
BEE

Case Studies

SAMSUNG Galaxy Series

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