The 9th Round Table on Sustainable Development

Eco-labelling for Sustainable Development

6 December 2002

• Background Papers :

- Private Voluntary Ecolabels: Trade Distorting, Discriminatory and Environmentally Disappointing

- Voluntary Sustainability Standards: The Case for Fostering Them

• Outcomes: Work on ‘franchising’ an eco-label in developing countries launched by the European Commission. The concept emerged from one of the Round Table background papers and meeting discussion.

• Agenda

• Chairman’s Summary

• Ministerial Attendance:     12