My presentation to the conference
"40 Years of Credible Environmental Labelling – Driving Smart Innovations towards Our Green Future",
25 October 2018 - World Ecolabel Day
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Ecolabel day - conference in Berlin
1. The future of Ecolabels:
where it starts from, where it is going
Fabio Iraldo
SUM – Istituto di Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna e
IEFE – Università Bocconi
3. Are consumers keen to pay more for green
products?
Source: Nielsen «Global survey of corporate social responsibility and sustainability»-
2015 (30.000 consumers in 60 Countriesi)
3
Worldwide, the
percentage of those
willing to pay more
jumps at 66%, 11
percentage points higher
than 2014 and 16 with
respect to 2013
4. So companies should be offering more
green products on the market…
Source: Eurobarometer - SMEs, resource efficiency and green products, January 2018
5. Are labels widespread on the
packs of thoise new products
that are launched on the
market?
(Sustainable cleaning, Ecocert, Ecolabels, Cruelty free, FSC, UTZ, Fair trade, Friend of sea,
Dolphine safe, MSC, etc.)
5.653 6,7% 9,4% 3,6%
Products with
labels related
with
sustainability
on their pack
% on total
number of
monitored
products
% on sales TREND 2017
vs 2016
Source: GS1 – ECR Indicod, 2018 – Monitor on product packaging
12. Base your claims on reliable information
Focus on significant improvements, addressing the topic
which are relevant
Make the information useful for the consumer
Address the issues relevant for the consumer and not
hide them
Let the information reaches the consumer and not
the opposite
Key principles of the Guidelines on
reporting product sustainability:
13. Plus, they seem to work pretty well,
from the environmental point of view:
Source: Iraldo F., Nucci B., Environmental and Energy Policy and Economics, 2015
14. As well as from the competitive point of
view:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316675728_Drivers_Barriers_and_Benefits_of_the_EU_Ecolabel_in_European_Companies%27_Perception
19. What does their future look like, in the
eye of the stakeholder…
20. … and in the eye of the policy
maker.
1 Streamline the procedure for criteria development
2 Focus on Life-cycle indicators
3 Provide key environmental indicators as part of the label
4 Harmonisation and/or integration between labels
5 Increase promotion among consumer
6 Better integration with GPP
7
Strengthen the use of labels though Directive 2005/29/CE on
the unfair commercial practices and Directive 2006/114/CE
on misleading and comparative advertising
8 Fiscal incentives
21. Thanks for your attention
Email: f.iraldo@sssup.it
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