WEBINAR: "Eco-labels: How can they be scaled up, streamlined and used to drive sustainable consumption and production?"
UNEP and the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership organize a discussion on how eco-labelling can be improved to support a better future
DATE: 23 March
TIME: 10am (CET)
- How effective are eco-labels in scaling up sustainable consumption and production?
- How can eco-labeling open business opportunities, particularly with public procurers?
- What is the biggest challenge for governments in an increasingly complex eco-certification landscape?
- How can we strengthen collaboration and knowledge exchange for global coordination on eco-certification?
- How can we better promote the benefits of eco-labelling to consumers?
These are some of the questions addressed during the webinar “Eco-labels: How can they be scaled up, streamlined and used to drive sustainable consumption and production?”.
The event is organized jointly by the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the framework of United Nations Development Account project "Enhancing sustainable public procurement for the regional transition to inclusive green economy in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia” (EECCA) (UNDA SPP project).
The recording of the webinar is now available in both English and Russian.
SPEAKERS
- Mr. Kuanysh Baltabayev, Executive Director, ECOJER (Kazakhstan)
- Ms. Eugenia Kuznetsova, Head of Certification Body, Ecological Union (Russian Federation)
- Ms. Iordanca-Rodica Iordanov, Executive Director, EcoContact (Moldova)
- Dr. Ulf Jaeckel, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)
- Ms. Giulnara Jusupjanova, Chairman of the NGO "For Quality" (Kyrgyzstan)
- Ms. Lesya Nikolayeva, UNDA SPP project
- Mr. Björn-Erik Lönn, Chairman of Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN)
- Ms. Kateryna Shor, Project Manager, Green Dossier Information Center (Ukraine)
- Moderated by Mr. Nils Heuer, Associate Programme Officer, Consumption and Production Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
