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Country Type / name of<br />

initiative<br />

Description<br />

SK Eco-labelling The National environmental labelling<br />

scheme for Environmental friendly<br />

products (adapted by Act No.469/2002)<br />

aims to promote the production and<br />

consumption of products that lower<br />

negative impacts on environment, energy<br />

consumption and consumption of raw<br />

material and hazardous substances,<br />

to improve better knowledge about<br />

environmental performance of products<br />

among the public, producers, suppliers,<br />

sellers.<br />

UK<br />

Communication,<br />

awareness<br />

raising on<br />

climate change<br />

The Climate Change Communications<br />

Initiative (CCCI) was launched in<br />

December 2005. The initiative built on<br />

an evidence base which indicated that<br />

there was a need to focus on helping<br />

people understand that climate change<br />

was a “here and now” issue, and<br />

emphasised the value of using “trusted<br />

intermediaries” to shift attitudes.<br />

The initiative uses the latest multimedia<br />

techniques, including interactive<br />

websites, champion blogs and films, to<br />

promote individual involvement in action<br />

against climate change under the theme<br />

Tomorrow’s Climate: Today’s Challenge.<br />

UK Education The academic year 2006/2007 was the<br />

year of action on sustainable schools,<br />

sponsored by the governmental<br />

Department of Education and Skills.<br />

It aimed to embed sustainability in all<br />

areas of school life.<br />

UK<br />

UK<br />

Public sector<br />

and sustainable<br />

food<br />

<strong>Sustainable</strong><br />

public procurement<br />

The Government Collaborative Food<br />

Procurement Programme was<br />

established to identify how public<br />

sector organisations can work together<br />

when buying food to achieve improved<br />

sustainability.<br />

Government Buying Standards (developed<br />

by a Cross-Government Stakeholder<br />

Group and introduced in 2010)<br />

are designed to make it easier for<br />

government buyers to buy sustainably.<br />

The standards include:<br />

•Official specifications that all<br />

government buyers must follow when<br />

procuring a range of products;<br />

•Information about sustainable<br />

procurement and how to apply it when<br />

buying;<br />

•Direct links to websites with lists of<br />

products that meet the standards.<br />

Domain(s)<br />

Consuming<br />

Cross-cutting<br />

Cross-cutting<br />

Consuming<br />

Consuming<br />

Appendix A 147

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