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ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente. International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Rimini, 28-30 June 2001 The role of Eco-label in the Integrated Product Policy Maurizio Fieschi ANPA Unit à per la Qualità Ecologica dei Prodotti. ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente.
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ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Rimini, 28-30 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
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente 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 2000 -
Life-Cycle Thinking Approach Life-Cycle Assessment Tool ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT POLICY IPP Key concepts
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 INTEGRATION WITHIN IPP
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency WHY IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR Social and Environmental aspects within different ACTIVITIES: • TRANSPORT (long distance and local) • ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES • RECREATION
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR IMPLY • INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS • ADOPTION OF A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH • definition of a boundaries system • INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT TOOLS
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente IPP IMPLEMENTATION MODEL
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente INTEGRATED PRODUCT PROLICY Some tools European Eco-label EMAS Environmental Product Declaration I-LCA Green Public Procurement
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency 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 ECO-LABELS ON TOURISM • EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL • Process definition of the European Eco-label (New Regulation n. 1980/2000) in the tourism sector
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL Main characteristics • Selectivity • 5 - 30% 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
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency ENVIROMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION ECO-LABELLING TYPE III Is a document deviced to communicate objective, comparable and credible information on environmental performance on products and on services
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency ECOLABELS WITHIN IPP • INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS • LCA CONSIDERATIONS • EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCES • Reduction of social and environmental impacts within the tourism activities • Improvement of environmental quality of the service offered