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Country
Type / name of
initiative
Improving
environmental
product performance
Description
Domain(s)
UK
Product Roadmaps Defra is piloting
product roadmaps to help improve
the environmental performance of
ten priority products. The roadmaps
aim to: identify the impacts that occur
across each product’s life cycle; identify
existing actions being taken to address
those impacts; develop and implement
a voluntary action plan to address any
gaps.
The Product carbon footprinting standard
PAS 2050 was introduced in 2008 for
assessing the greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions arising from products
across their life cycle. Published by
the British Standards Institution, it was
co-sponsored by The Carbon Trust and
Defra. It is the first widely-consulted
method that specifically addresses the
emerging interest of both organisations
and consumers in understanding the
carbon footprint of goods and services.
Courtauld Commitment, a voluntary
agreement between the government and
the food industry to achieve a demanding
net packaging reduction target and
substantial cuts in food waste from
households and businesses by 2012,
by design. Although voluntary, it was
brokered by WRAP (Waste & Resources
Action Programme) to facilitate
commitments by retailers that would
avoid regulation.
Consuming
UK
Assessing GHG
emissions
Living/consuming/
moving
UK
Waste reduction
Consuming
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