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Ecological Design: the First Step to a Sustainable SocietyThe European Environmental Bureau and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation launched a report exploring opportunities for an EU approach to "ecodesign", a concept that products and services should be safe for people and the environment as a fundamental element of a sustainable society.
As scepticism about a voluntary approach to ecodesign grows even within the industry sector, the new study calls for more strategic links between policy tools, including sustainability criteria on specific products and information provision on sustainability issues.
The study, "Forcing Products to Go Green?" is being launched with a view to influencing the European Commission's finalisation of the Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and Sustainable Industrial Policy (SIP) Action Plans.
Doreen Fedrigo, EEB Policy Unit Coordinator, said: "It's obvious that Western industrialised societies need to change their consumption and production patterns, but there is a real lack of inspiration in how to go about it.
Ecodesign needs to become the leading factor in developing the products of the future and we're pleased there is finally broader support for a legislative approach.
However, we question the Commission's focus on process in the Action Plan packages when we need a more honest debate on why we consume and produce the way we do.
The Action Plans, sadly, won't deliver this policy path, but will at least open the door to such urgent discussions.
The interesting part is yet to come."
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