Environmental Aspects of Product Standards: The Role of Voluntary Environmental Standards in Sustainable Consumption and Production

Author

Bruce J. Farquhar

Organization

Pollution Probe

Published

2007

Summary

This report compares and contrasts efforts in Canada with international initiatives to address the environmental aspects of product standards. The aim is to identify initiatives that could be undertaken to implement policies and practices equivalent to those of leading jurisdictions around the world. This report describes product standards initiatives at the international, European and selected national levels, including the US. The most developed infrastructure for addressing the environmental aspects of product standards is found in Europe, so this report focuses largely on the EU standards system, as well as the international standards systems of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC). Pollution Probe makes five recommendations as a result of the research and analysis contained in this report.

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This research received funding support through the Office of Consumer Affairs' Contributions Program.

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Source: Consumer Policy Research Database