ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Rimini, June 2001 The role of Eco-label in the Integrated Product Policy Maurizio Fieschi ANPA Unità per la Qualità Ecologica dei Prodotti

ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente THE ROLE OF ANPA To Contribute to the diffusion of products Goods and services  that lead towards a sustainable consumption  and correspond to the sustainable development principles

ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT Main issues  Reduction of social and environmental impacts within the tourism activities  Improvement of environmental quality of the service offered INTEGRATION

ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente WHY THE IPP APPROACH ? The life cycle of products (good and services) interacts with all the human activities The impacts related to products cover all the relevant environmental items The scale of impacts is global

INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT POLICY IPP Definition “An integrated approach to environmental policies, oriented to a continuous improvement of the environmental performance of a products (goods and services) In the entire life cycle context” - ANPA Definition, March ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente

INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT POLICY IPP Approach Tool Life-Cycle Thinking Life-Cycle Assessment Key concepts ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente

INTEGRATION WITHIN IPP ANALITYCAL –LIFE CYCLE Extraction Production Transport ………… End of life –ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS Air Water Resources ……… IMPLEMENTATIVE –STAKEHOLDERS Public Private –TOOLS Ecolabels LCA EMS Fiscal incentives Agreements ………… –LEVEL OF ACTION National Local ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency

Social and Environmental aspects within different ACTIVITIES: WHY IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency  TRANSPORT (long distance and local)  ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES  RECREATION

 INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS  ADOPTION OF A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH  definition of a boundaries system  INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT TOOLS IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR IMPLY ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency

ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente IPP IMPLEMENTATION MODEL

ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente Some tools European Eco-label Green Public Procurement Environmental Product Declaration INTEGRATED PRODUCT PROLICY I-LCA EMAS

Tools for Implementation ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LABELS MARKET ORIENTED BASED ON LIFE CYCLE APPROACH STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT ACTION BOTH ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND SIDE ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency

EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL Process definition of the European Eco-label (New Regulation n. 1980/2000) in the tourism sector ECO-LABELS ON TOURISM ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency

ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente  Selectivity % market share  Based on product groups “any goods or services which serve similar purposes and are equivalent in terms of use and consumer perception ”  Quatified criteria EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL Main characteristics

ECO-LABELLING TYPE III Is a document deviced to communicate objective, comparable and credible information on environmental performance on products and on services ENVIROMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency

 INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS  LCA CONSIDERATIONS  EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCES ECOLABELS WITHIN IPP ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency  Reduction of social and environmental impacts within the tourism activities  Improvement of environmental quality of the service offered