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ENVIRONMENTAL LABELLING [1 record]

Record 1 2024-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labelling (Packaging)
  • Industrial Standardization
  • Environmental Management
CONT

According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), ecolabeling should be understood as a tool that ... facilitates the development of a commercial relationship between parties that want to purchase products or services with specific environment-related characteristics and parties that are able to supply those products[.]

OBS

The purpose of environmental labelling is to provide an indication of a product's environmental impact ...

Key term(s)
  • eco-labeling
  • green labeling
  • environmental labeling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
  • Normalisation industrielle
  • Gestion environnementale
CONT

L'étiquetage environnemental (EE) des produits [consiste] à mesurer l'impact du produit sur l'environnement et à rendre cette information directement accessible au consommateur sur les emballages [...]

OBS

étiquetage vert : Bien que le mot «vert» soit parfois utilisé pour rendre l'idée d'«écologique», l'usage d'un terme plus précis, surtout en l'absence d'un contexte, peut être souhaitable afin d'éviter toute confusion entre les différents sens du mot «vert».

Key term(s)
  • éco-étiquetage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Etiquetado (Embalajes)
  • Normalización industrial
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
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