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EU perspective on Green Purchasing and EU/Swedish administered eco-labels

EU perspective on Green Purchasing and EU/Swedish administered eco-labels. Peter Nohrstedt The Swedish Environmental Management Council. Singapore 2006-11-02. The Swedish Environmental Management Council (SEMCO)

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EU perspective on Green Purchasing and EU/Swedish administered eco-labels

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  1. EU perspective on Green Purchasing and EU/Swedish administered eco-labels Peter Nohrstedt The Swedish Environmental Management Council Singapore 2006-11-02

  2. The Swedish Environmental Management Council (SEMCO) Jointly owned by the Swedish state, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprises. EMAS: www.emas.se EPD: www.environdec.com EKU: www.eku.nu

  3. Agenda • Current status of GPP in EU • Strategies • Legislation • Action plans • Capacity building • EU/Swedish administered eco-labels and eco-declarations • EU-flower • Nordic Swan • Others • Eco declaration

  4. Current status of GPP in EU • Strategies • Integrated Product Policy, IPPOne of the overarching goals of IPP is to stimulate consumer demand for greener products, through easily accessible, understandable and credible information. • Lisbon strategyTarget is to make Europe more dynamic and competitive, in a sustainable way and while enhancing social inclusion.

  5. Legislation • Directive on Energy-using Products (EuP), provides coherent EU-wide rules for Eco-design • Procurement directives allowing environmental and social considerations in publicprocurement

  6. Action plans • Environmental Technologies Action Plan – ETAP Covers a spectrum of actions to promote eco-innovation and the take-up of environmental technologies. It includes priority actions along several lines: • promoting research and development, • mobilizing funds, • helping to drive demand and improving market conditions.

  7. Action plans • Action plan for Green Public ProcurementHanded in by the EU-25 to EU Commission before next year. Stating actions, targets and follow-up actions for the coming 3 years.

  8. Capacity building • EU will develop a training toolkit including • Strategic information for policy makers (at government and organisational level) • Life cycle cost information for financial units => models for calculating LCC per product group • Concrete environmental criteria for purchasing officers

  9. Capacity building • New EUROPA websitehttp://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/ • Examples of national/local GPP strategies • Will include info on life cycle cost • Continuous upload of good practices • Links to databases containing environmental specifications

  10. EU/Swedish administered eco-labels • EU Flower www.eco-label.com • administered by the European Eco-labelling Board. Currently twenty-three different product groups, and already more than 250 licenses have been awarded for several hundred products. • Nordic Swan www.svanen.nu/Eng/ • The Swan is the official Nordic eco-label, introduced by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Currently 892 licenses within 64 product areas.

  11. EU/Swedish administered eco-labels • Other eco-labels in Sweden • Bra Miljöval www.snf.se/bmv/english.cfm • Managed by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation • TCO Development www.tcodevelopment.se • TCO Development works to create good work environments for office workers while also safeguarding the external environment. • KRAV www.krav.se/english.asp • KRAV is a key player in the organic market in Sweden

  12. Eco-declaration • Environmental Product Declaration – EPD www.environdec.com/ Thank you for listening!

  13. THE IPP TOOLBOX Eco-design EMS Ecolabel GPP EPD

  14. EPD - OBJECTIVES To communicate detailed and verifiable information on environmental aspects To encourage the supply of and the demand for environmental preferable products To stimulate ongoing potential environmental improvement

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