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Global Review of Eco-Labels: Implications for South Africa

PHASE ONE REPORT

References  

Literature

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Childs, C. and Whiting, S. (1998) Eco-Labelling and the Green Consumer, Working Paper, University of Bradford

Consumers International A Guide to the International Green Claims Code January 2000

DANCED Cleaner Textile Production Project: Certification and Ecolabelling, November 2000

DEFRA Action for Greener Products: Second Report of the Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment

Environmental Resources Management Study on Different Types of Environmental Labelling (ISO Type II and III Labels): Proposal for an Environmental Labelling Strategy, September 2000

Hyvärinen A. Introduction of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and its Implications on Developing Country Producers/Exporters (International Trade Centre, 1999)

IEFE and ICEM-CEEM Project for the Promotion and Diffusion of the EU Eco-Label in Italy and the Benelux: Final Report

IISD Eco-labelling: Its Implications for China September 1996

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National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee (Australia) Energy Labelling and Standards Programs Throughout the World, May 2001

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New Economics Foundation Social Labels: Tools for Ethical Trade, 1998

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Okopol Promoting and Marketing the European Eco-Label in Germany and Austria, March 2000

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Internet sites

Country programmes

Australia www.abnt.org.br

Canada www.terrachoice.ca or www.environmentalchoice.com

Croatia www.blauer-engel.de

Hungary www.kela.or.kr

Netherlands www.skal.com

New Zealand www.ianz.govt.nz

Nordic Swan www.svanen.nu

Spain www.aenor.es

Sweden www.greenseal.org