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Unilever — Sustainable Consumption and Production Conference 2023
7 slides from Unilever's conference presentation, Jul 8, 2023
Slide 1: Providing environmental performance information of consumer products with environmental ratings
Providing environmental performance information of consumer products with environmental ratings Maëlys Courtat, P. James Joyce, Sarah Sim, Jhuma Sadhukhan, Richard Murphy Session H03, 8 th July 2023
Slide 2: Emergence of environmental ratings
Emergence of environmental ratings Evolution of ecolabels: from assessing practice to measuring impacts Environmental rating ecolabels: characteristics B Communicate Display the product’s Enable consumers to environmental impacts overall environmental compare multiple holistically through a performa
Slide 3: Emergence of environmental ratings
Emergence of environmental ratings Environmental rating ecolabels: a rapid emergence Number of new schemes created between 2011 and 2022 35 30 25 Yearly total 20 Cumulative 15 total 10 * Up to May 2022 5 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 * Source: Courtat et al., 2023
Slide 4: The need for harmonisation
The need for harmonisation A common framework to guide the development of environmental ratings 4 Principles 18 guidelines Contributing to the delivery of 4 key objectives 1 - The consumer can make an environmentally 5 recommendations focused decision based on the label while shopping 2 - Environmen
Slide 5: Towards fewer, better ecolabels
Towards fewer, better ecolabels 1 2 3 4 Assessment of Publication of Implementation Collaboration environmental technical of assurance and between impacts via the documentation verification actors/with LCA framework providing mechanisms manufacturers to ensure transparency on that leads to scientifi
Slide 6: Concluding thoughts & looking ahead
Concluding thoughts & looking ahead
Slide 7: Thank you!
Thank you! Scan me to access the article Maëlys Courtat Doctoral Practitioner in Sustainability University of Surrey / Unilever SEAC; UK [email protected] DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117684
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