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National experimentation for the environmental display on products. 3 novembre 2010 (mis à jour le 15 novembre 2011) Informing consumers about the environmental characteristics of consumer products is one of the major drivers for more sustainable consumption Labelling / displaying products with environmental characteristics, a commitment forming part of the Grenelle Environment Forum Agreements and an action agreed as part of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2010-2013, constitutes an innovative and structuring approach.

It aims to involve consumers, producers and retailers alike. In addition to the direct challenge of providing consumers with information in order to change their behaviour, this potential labelling also offers companies a means to achieve a competitive edge. Principal characteristics of the national experimentation A national experimentation which : A broad requirements specification involving projects : Support for projects and experimentation follow-up : Timetable : Contact giving contact details and stating your query. CESC - Centre for Sustainable Communications - KTH. Kevin John Dooley. Kevin J. Dooley - VITA Employment Arizona State University (1997-present) § Professor of Supply Chain Management (2003-present) § Senior Sustainability Scientist, School of Sustainability (2010-present) § Chief Research Officer, The Sustainability Consortium (2008-present) § Professor of Management, Professor of Industrial Engineering (1997-2003) University of Minnesota (1987-97) § Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1992-97) § Assistant Professor (1987-92) § Director, Industrial Engineering Program (1993-97) Co-founder and CEO, Crawdad Technologies (2002-present) Education University of Illinois Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (1987), "A fault classification system for quality and productivity improvements in continuous processes" (Dr.

M.S., Industrial Engineering, (1984), "An integrated quality systems approach to quality and productivity improvement in continuous manufacturing processes" (Dr. B.S., Industrial Engineering (1982) Books Baumann, W., Fristch, J., and K. Software Patents. Single Market for Green Products - Environment. Additional tools 9 April 2015 The pilots are starting to consult on the first draft of the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rule (PEFCR). Each consultation is open for 4 weeks on the Environmental Footprint Wiki. You need to sign up as stakeholder in order to be able to access the documents and provide comments (Read registration instructions). The drafts currently open for consultation are Liquid laundry detergents (until the 6th of May) and Hot and cold water supply pipes (until the 7th of May). 20 January 2015 A workshop was held on the 15th of January discussing USEtox.

Download the presentations. 3 November 2014 Most of the face-to-face consultation meeting on food, drink and feed pilots are completed. 30 September 2014 On the 6th of October pilots and stakeholders have the opportunity to discuss End of Life (EoL) formulas in Brussels. 9 September 2014 Meeting dates and registration are starting to be available on the Environmental Footprint Wiki. 3 June 2014 How to participate? The Sustainability Consortium. Sourcemap: where things come from. TEEB – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity.