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Sustainable Consumption & Production: Action Plan Bettina Lorz Environmental Policy Forum 24 October 2008. Threats to Human Health. Threats to Biodiversity. Climate Change. Degradation air, water, soil…. Pollution. Green House Gasses. Depletion Resources. Unsustainable

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Prices do not reflect costs

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  1. Sustainable Consumption & Production: Action PlanBettina LorzEnvironmental Policy Forum24 October 2008

  2. Threats to Human Health Threats to Biodiversity Climate Change Degradation air, water, soil… Pollution Green House Gasses Depletion Resources Unsustainable Production & Consumption Population growth Economic growth Spending power Market Distortions Prices do not reflect costs Biased Information Unbalanced Markets Fixed behaviour of consumers

  3. Consumption Impacts of Products • 70-80 % of impacts are caused by: • food & drink • housing (buildings, occupancy, appliances) • (private) transport • Focus policies on Products!

  4. Challenges • Reduce environmental stress in growing economy • Economic opportunities: “Do More with Less” • Towards an energy and resource efficient economy

  5. The Response • Stimulate demand:for better products and production technologies • Continuously improve:environmental products performance over life-cycle • Empower better choices:for retailers and consumers

  6. Action Plan: Core Elements Better Products Smarter Consumption Leaner Production Action at global level

  7. Better Products • Approach: • Exclude “bad” performance • Promote “good” Performance • Continuous Improvement • Key Legislation: • Eco-design • Energy Labelling • Eco-label

  8. Better Products: Eco-design • Scope: Energy-related products (in the future: all products?) • Minimum requirements (mandatory) • Benchmarks of environmental performance (voluntary) • Update Periodically

  9. Effective Labelling • Labelling Directive: linked to Ecodesign • energy-using and energy-related • Labelling categories (set by minimum requirements & benchmarks) ->A, B, C ,D… • Ecolabel: Excellence & Broad Scope • Voluntary • ‘Front runner’ label (top 10%) • Feeds into ecodesign

  10. Continuous Improvement Environmental PerformanceBenchmark Minimum requirement D C B A A+ A++ A+++ Mandatory Label Ecolabel

  11. Incentives Performance levels will provide harmonised basis across EU: • For Member State incentives • Mandatory Public Procurement

  12. Green Public Procurement(voluntary actions) • 16% of EU GDP • Provide Guidance • Set Common Criteria • Indicative Targets

  13. Working with Retailers • Retail Forum • Promote sustainable products • Reduce environmental footprint of retail sector • Green supply chains • Share best practice

  14. Leaner Production • Promote Resource Efficiency and Eco-innovation • Tools to monitor, benchmark and promote; addressing targets • Environmental Technology Verification Scheme • Enhance the environmental potential of industry • Revised EMAS • Industrial policy for environmental industries • Support SMEs

  15. Towards Global Markets for Sustainable Products • Promote good practice: SCP Action Plan as input to UN Marrakech process • Promote international trade in environmentally friendly goods and services • Promote sectoral approaches in international climate negotiations

  16. Roadmap • Published: • Proposal for extended Ecodesign Directive • Proposal for revised Ecolabel Regulation • Proposal for revised EMAS Regulation • Communication on Green Public Procurement • Further actions later in 2008 and 2009 • Proposal for revised Energy Labelling Directive • Environmental Technology Verification Scheme • Retailer Forum • Review of Action: 2012 • Extend Ecodesign & Labelling directives ?

  17. European Commission DG Environment Sustainable Consumption and Production Thank you www.ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/escp_en.hm

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