The Impact of Type I Ecolabelling Schemes to Improve the Environmental Performance of Products
The key objective of Type 1 eco-labelling schemes is to realise environmental gains related to products. Unfortunately the evidence available of the performance of many enviromental policy instruments is very incomplete; type 1 eco-labelling schemes are not an exception. In “The Impact of Type I Ecolabelling Schemes to Improve the Environmental Performance of Products", Andreas Öman assesses the impact of type I eco-labelling schemes to improve products environmental performance. Two directions have been hailed as means to achieve this; when manufacturers possible reformulate own products when adopting eco-label criteria; and when already eco-labelled products are given revised (more stringent) criteria that must be lived up to. The main focus of this research is to assess the impact of these strategies on products across time by following the development of a set of products and how they respond to revisions to the label criteria. Have these strategies of type I eco-labelling schemes proven to be functional, i.e. have they had any impact? Secondly, have the eco-labelling schemes impacted the products in a way that improves the overall environmental performance?
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