House of Commons - Environmental Labelling - Environmental Audit Committee

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Session 2008-09
Publications on the internet
Environmental Audit Committee Publications

Environmental Audit Committee - Second Report
Environmental Labelling

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 3 March 2009.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary
1  Introduction
2  The Government's role
3  Focusing on the most relevant labels

Environmental impacts covered by labels
The EU Ecolabel
Linking labels to consumer priorities
Raising awareness

4  Ensuring quality

Standards
Provision of background information
Reviewing labels

5  Engaging business

Limitations to the consumer's role
The potential for engaging business
Product road-mapping
Voluntary action
The role of retailers

Providing consumers with information
Enforcement
Incentives

6  Carbon labelling

Carbon labelling for consumers
Carbon labelling for business
Lifecycle assessment

Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes of the Sub-Committee on Environmental Information
Formal Minutes of the Environmental Audit Committee
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence
Wednesday 14 November 2007
Wednesday 12 December 2007
Wednesday 09 January 2008
Wednesday 23 January 2008
Written Evidence

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Prepared 23 March 2009