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The 9th Round Table on Sustainable Development

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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.
  • Ministerial Attendance:     12