ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente
International Conference on Sustainable Tourism
Rimini, 28-30 June 2001
The role of Eco-label
in the Integrated Product Policy
Maurizio Fieschi
ANPA
Unità per la Qualità Ecologica dei Prodotti
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente
THE ROLE OF ANPA
To Contribute to the diffusion of products
Goods and services
that lead towards a sustainable consumption
and correspond to the sustainable development principles
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente
TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT
Main issues
Reduction of social and environmental impacts within the tourism activities
Improvement of environmental quality of the service offered
INTEGRATION
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente
WHY THE IPP APPROACH
??• The life cycle of products (good and
services) interacts with all the human activities
• The impacts related to products cover all the relevant environmental items
• The scale of impacts is global
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT POLICYIPP
Definition
“An integrated approach to environmental policies,
oriented to a continuous improvement of the
environmental performance of a products (goods and
services) In the entire life cycle context”
- ANPA Definition, March 2000 -
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT POLICYIPP
Approach
Tool
Life-Cycle Thinking
Life-Cycle Assessment
Key concepts
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente
INTEGRATION WITHIN IPP• ANALITYCAL
– LIFE CYCLE• Extraction• Production• Transport• …………• End of life
– ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
• Air• Water• Resources• ………
• IMPLEMENTATIVE– STAKEHOLDERS
• Public• Private
– TOOLS• Ecolabels• LCA• EMS• Fiscal incentives• Agreements• …………
– LEVEL OF ACTION• National• Local
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency
Social and Environmental aspects within different
ACTIVITIES:
WHY IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency
TRANSPORT (long distance and local)
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES
RECREATION
INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS
ADOPTION OF A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH
definition of a boundaries system
INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT TOOLS
IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR
IMPLY
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente
IPP IMPLEMENTATION MODEL
Taxes
Bans
Incentives
Standards
Policy Tools
Taxes
Bans
Incentives
Standards
Policy Tools
...Taxes
Bans
Incentives
Standards
Policy Tools
...Taxes
Bans
Incentives
Standards
Policy Tools
...
Analysis step Identification step
Evaluation step
OutputsResultsImpact
sharinginformation
Stakeholders
Resourceproducers
Industry
Industry
Consumers
sharingresponsibilities
Envir. andConsumer
Associations
Wastedisposers
Distributors
Consumers
Consultation step
Implementation and monitoring steps
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
....................
Resources
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
....................
...
Life cycle
Resourceextraction
Water
Waste
Air
Soil
Production
Consumption
Distribution
End of life
stages
Impact Theme
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
....................
...
ResourceExtraction
Water
Waste
Air
Soil
Production
Consumption
Distribution
End of life
Life cycle stages
Impact Themes
...
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
....................
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente
Some tools
European Eco-label
Green PublicProcurement
Environmental Product Declaration
INTEGRATED PRODUCT PROLICY
I-LCA
EMAS
Tools for Implementation
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LABELS
• MARKET ORIENTED • BASED ON LIFE CYCLE APPROACH
• STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT
• ACTION BOTH ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND
SIDE
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency
EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL
Process definition of the European Eco-label
(New Regulation n. 1980/2000) in the tourism
sector
ECO-LABELS ON TOURISM
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency
ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente
Selectivity 5 - 30% market share
Based on product groups“any goods or services which serve similar
purposes and are equivalent in terms of use and consumer perception ”
Quatified criteria
EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL
Main characteristics
ECO-LABELLING TYPE III
Is a document deviced to communicate
objective, comparable and credible
information on environmental performance
on products and on services
ENVIROMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency
INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS
LCA CONSIDERATIONS
EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCES
ECOLABELS WITHIN IPP
ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency
Reduction of social and environmental impacts within the tourism activities
Improvement of environmental quality of the service offered