ISO standards on environmental labels and declarations and its implications on the market

Author

Lee, Kun M. ; Stensel, H. David

Author_Institution

Sch. of Environ. & Urban Eng., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea

fYear

1999

fDate

1-3 Feb 1999

Firstpage

504

Lastpage

508

Abstract

Economic instruments such as extended producer responsibility (EPR) and green purchasing network (GPN) are conducive to environmentally sound and sustainable development in our society. The implementation of EPR and GPN would require tools such as environmental labels and declarations (EL). EL has been used to encourage the demand for and supply of those products that cause less stress on the environment, thereby stimulating the potential for market-driven continuous environmental improvement. However, EL may act as potential trade barriers. Harmonization of EL by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) results in EL standards termed the ISO 14020 series. The contents of the ISO 14020 series and its implications on the market are discussed

Keywords

ISO standards; environmental factors; standardisation; Economic instruments; ISO 14020 series; ISO standards; International Standardisation Organization; environmental labels and declarations; environmental labels harmonisation; environmentally sound development; extended producer responsibility; green purchasing network; market implications; market-driven continuous environmental improvement; potential trade barriers; sustainable development; Acoustical engineering; Civil engineering; Environmental economics; ISO standards; Labeling; Manufacturing; Paramagnetic resonance; Standardization; Stress; Sustainable development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 1999. Proceedings. EcoDesign '99: First International Symposium On

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0007-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECODIM.1999.747664

Filename

747664