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    This document discusses eco-labeling and provides information on: 1) Eco-labels certify that products are environmentally friendly by using sustainable materials and manufacturing processes. They allow consumers to identify products that are safer for the environment and human health. 2) There is growing demand for eco-labels from consumers concerned about pollution. Manufacturers use eco-labels to protect and expand markets by demonstrating their environmental commitments. 3) The eco-labeling process involves an environmental audit and obtaining third-party certification that a product meets set criteria for raw materials, packaging, use, and disposal.

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    ECO-LABELING
    Environmental Management

    [email protected]
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    Eco-Labeling
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    Eco-Labels

    • ISO 14020 to ISO 14025

    • GEN: Global Ecolabelling Network


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    Eco-Labeling

    • Provides brief information on environment related


    product qualities.
    • Enables consumers to identify products that are
    ▫ environmentally safe;
    ▫ manufactured using eco-friendly materials
    ▫ do not contain chemicals that are harmful to the user.
    “eco-friendliness” is an additional product quality, used
    for marketing and advertising purposes.
    • Generally these labels are voluntary & mostly used for the
    promotion of the products on the basis of their
    environmentally friendly characteristics.
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    NEED FOR ECO-LABELLING


    • Consumers concern for adverse impacts of industrial pollution
    on the environment health.
    • Mounting pressure on industry to adopt “eco-friendly”
    chemicals and manufacturing processes particularly in the textile
    sector.
    • Eco-labels that certify the “eco-friendliness” of the textile
    product are now increasingly demanded by consumers.
    • Currently, these are required mainly in Western Europe, with
    Germany being the most demanding
    • Removal of tariff barriers under the WTO Agreement on Tariff
    and Trade in 2005.
    • Manufacturers wishing to protect their existing markets and
    expand into new ones may well be required to obtain an eco-
    label that is acceptable to their client.
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    CRITERIA FOR ECO LABELS

    Raw material

    End Material

    Packaging and Transport

    Use of product by consumers

    Disposal of end product


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    ECO PARAMETERS
    • pH
    • Formaldehyde
    • Heavy metals (As, Pb, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Ni, Hg)
    • Pesticides
    • Chlorinated phenols Dyestuffs (specific classifications)
    • Chlorinated organic carriers
    • Boicidal finishes
    • Flame retardent finishes
    • Colour fastness
    • Emission of volatiles
    • Odours
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    BENEFITS OF ECO-LABELLING
    Enhanced export market opportunities

    Improved product quality

    Financial savings

    Improved environmental performance

    Step towards ISO 14000 and ISO 9000


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    Types of Eco-Labeling
    • a voluntary, multiple-criteria based, 3rd party program that

    Type 1 awards a license that authorizes the use of environmental


    labels on products indicating overall environmental prefer
    ability of a product within a particular product category based
    on life cycle considerations

    Type • informative environmental self-declaration claims

    2
    Type • Voluntary programs that provide quantified environmental
    data of a product, under pre-set categories of parameters set by

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    a qualified 3rd party and based on LCA, and verified by that or
    another qualified third party
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    Process of Eco-Labeling
    Step 1
    • Management Commitment

    Step2
    • Selection of Eco-labeling product line

    Step 3
    • Establish Eco-labeling team

    Step 4
    • Get Eco-labeling certification procedures

    Step 5
    • Prepare process flow Diagram (LCA)

    Step 6
    • Conduct Environmental Audit

    Step 7
    • Develop Action Plan & substitution

    Step 8
    • Process optimization

    Step 9
    • Verification and Submission
    Step
    10
    • Annual Renewal
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    Participants of Ec0-Labeling

    Government

    International Manufacturers
    community / industrialists

    Eco-Labeling
    Participants

    Other
    interested
    parties Consumers
    (Media,
    academia)
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