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International Conference on Sustainable Tourism

Rimini, 28-30 June 2001

The role of Eco-label

in the Integrated Product Policy

Maurizio Fieschi

ANPA

Unità per la Qualità Ecologica dei Prodotti

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THE ROLE OF ANPA

To Contribute to the diffusion of products

Goods and services

that lead towards a sustainable consumption

and correspond to the sustainable development principles

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TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT

Main issues

Reduction of social and environmental impacts within the tourism activities

Improvement of environmental quality of the service offered

INTEGRATION

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WHY THE IPP APPROACH

??• The life cycle of products (good and

services) interacts with all the human activities

• The impacts related to products cover all the relevant environmental items

• The scale of impacts is global

INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT POLICYIPP

Definition

“An integrated approach to environmental policies,

oriented to a continuous improvement of the

environmental performance of a products (goods and

services) In the entire life cycle context”

- ANPA Definition, March 2000 -

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INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT POLICYIPP

Approach

Tool

Life-Cycle Thinking

Life-Cycle Assessment

Key concepts

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INTEGRATION WITHIN IPP• ANALITYCAL

– LIFE CYCLE• Extraction• Production• Transport• …………• End of life

– ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

• Air• Water• Resources• ………

• IMPLEMENTATIVE– STAKEHOLDERS

• Public• Private

– TOOLS• Ecolabels• LCA• EMS• Fiscal incentives• Agreements• …………

– LEVEL OF ACTION• National• Local

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Social and Environmental aspects within different

ACTIVITIES:

WHY IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR

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TRANSPORT (long distance and local)

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES

RECREATION

INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS

ADOPTION OF A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH

definition of a boundaries system

INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT TOOLS

IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR

IMPLY

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IPP IMPLEMENTATION MODEL

Taxes

Bans

Incentives

Standards

Policy Tools

Taxes

Bans

Incentives

Standards

Policy Tools

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Bans

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Analysis step Identification step

Evaluation step

OutputsResultsImpact

sharinginformation

Stakeholders

Resourceproducers

Industry

Industry

Consumers

sharingresponsibilities

Envir. andConsumer

Associations

Wastedisposers

Distributors

Consumers

Consultation step

Implementation and monitoring steps

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Life cycle

Resourceextraction

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Some tools

European Eco-label

Green PublicProcurement

Environmental Product Declaration

INTEGRATED PRODUCT PROLICY

I-LCA

EMAS

Tools for Implementation

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LABELS

• MARKET ORIENTED • BASED ON LIFE CYCLE APPROACH

• STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT

• ACTION BOTH ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND

SIDE

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EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL

Process definition of the European Eco-label

(New Regulation n. 1980/2000) in the tourism

sector

ECO-LABELS ON TOURISM

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Selectivity 5 - 30% market share

Based on product groups“any goods or services which serve similar

purposes and are equivalent in terms of use and consumer perception ”

Quatified criteria

EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL

Main characteristics

ECO-LABELLING TYPE III

Is a document deviced to communicate

objective, comparable and credible

information on environmental performance

on products and on services

ENVIROMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION

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INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS

LCA CONSIDERATIONS

EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCES

ECOLABELS WITHIN IPP

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Reduction of social and environmental impacts within the tourism activities

Improvement of environmental quality of the service offered