ECO LABELLING (or GREEN LABELLING – it means exactly the same thing)

Why green labelling? Green labelling can raise awareness and perhaps even prevent climate change and deforestation. It certainly promotes sustainability and good human and animal welfare. Green labelling can give consumers a real choice. Green labelling can raise awareness and perhaps even prevent climate change and deforestation. It certainly promotes sustainability and good human and animal welfare. Green labelling can give consumers a real choice. Green Labelling might include information on Embodied carbon Embodied carbon Sustainability of raw materials Sustainability of raw materials Embodied (virtual) water Embodied (virtual) water Ethical farming methods Ethical farming methods Ethical labour schemes Ethical labour schemes Use of natural ingredients Use of natural ingredients

Why green labelling? Green labelling can raise awareness and perhaps even prevent climate change and deforestation. It certainly promotes sustainability and good human and animal welfare. Green labelling can give consumers a real choice. Green labelling can raise awareness and perhaps even prevent climate change and deforestation. It certainly promotes sustainability and good human and animal welfare. Green labelling can give consumers a real choice. Green Labelling might include information on Embodied carbon Embodied carbon Sustainability of raw materials Sustainability of raw materials Embodied (virtual) water Embodied (virtual) water Ethical farming methods Ethical farming methods Ethical labour schemes Ethical labour schemes Use of natural ingredients Use of natural ingredients How can this labelling relate to Life Cycle Analysis? How can this labelling relate to Life Cycle Analysis?

Is there a need for a standard system? If consumers are to be steered towards greener shopping then they must be informed about the "greenness" of the products by a well managed and accurate labelling system. How can you shop in an environmentally beneficial way if you don't know how green a product is compared to its rival? But how can you trust the label?

Who would have this opinion?

Green labelling is a way of telling consumers what impact their shopping practices have on the environment. Good green labelling helps you look after the environment, in the same way that nutritional labelling on food helps you look after your body Green labelling is a way of telling consumers what impact their shopping practices have on the environment. Good green labelling helps you look after the environment, in the same way that nutritional labelling on food helps you look after your body It is important as it helps people when they go shopping to decide which products will help ensure a clean green future for humankind, combating global warming / climate change, habitat destruction and mistreatment of workers in developing countries. When a shopper buys a green product they are supporting / voting for that type of product and as such other manufactures will have to compete to keep the items they sell as green a possible, otherwise they won't sell It is important as it helps people when they go shopping to decide which products will help ensure a clean green future for humankind, combating global warming / climate change, habitat destruction and mistreatment of workers in developing countries. When a shopper buys a green product they are supporting / voting for that type of product and as such other manufactures will have to compete to keep the items they sell as green a possible, otherwise they won't sell

Who would have this opinion? Green labelling is a way of telling consumers what impact their shopping practices have on the environment. Good green labelling helps you look after the environment, in the same way that nutritional labelling on food helps you look after your body Green labelling is a way of telling consumers what impact their shopping practices have on the environment. Good green labelling helps you look after the environment, in the same way that nutritional labelling on food helps you look after your body It is important as it helps people when they go shopping to decide which products will help ensure a clean green future for humankind, combating global warming / climate change, habitat destruction and mistreatment of workers in developing countries. When a shopper buys a green product they are supporting / voting for that type of product and as such other manufactures will have to compete to keep the items they sell as green a possible, otherwise they won't sell It is important as it helps people when they go shopping to decide which products will help ensure a clean green future for humankind, combating global warming / climate change, habitat destruction and mistreatment of workers in developing countries. When a shopper buys a green product they are supporting / voting for that type of product and as such other manufactures will have to compete to keep the items they sell as green a possible, otherwise they won't sell Do you agree ? Do you agree ?

Describe the reasons for the introduction of eco-labelling schemes. Explain how eco-labelling reflects life cycle analysis of certain product categories. Compare the objectives of two different eco-labelling schemes. Consider approaches to eco-labelling in Europe, Australia or the United States (US). Explain how eco-labelling and energy-labelling schemes can help consumers to compare potential purchases