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An information portal for the rapidly expanding topic of eco labels. Eco labelling can help prevent climate change / global warming and deforestation, and promotes sustainability and good human welfare. It helps us choose between products on the basis of their impact, but with the tide of "greenwash" coming your way which ones are good, bad or ugly. Eco Labelling might include information on Embodied Carbon, Embodied Water (Virtual Water), or even Ecology. Some labels already widely used as are Organic (Soil Association) and Ethical (Fair Trade) for example. 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?
The question is, should we consider including other types of information within that label for instance, embodied water. Embodied carbon labelling may help us minimise the impact our shopping has on global warming, but what about robbing dry countries of their water. This may seem trivial but, in countries where water is a precious resource, there is often conflict over water. What do want the produce you buy to tell you? Click the links at the tops of the page and see what various institutions are doing to advance the filed of eco labelling, and helping the environment. Find out how it works. Submit your thoughts. Discuss Ideas for the Future. Read up to date News. Eco Label FAQs Posh Baby Clothes |
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