Environmental labels: A new policy strategy

Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-123

  Lynch, Julie W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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References (10)

1. The opinions expressed in this essay are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of EPA.
2. Determinants of Effectiveness for Environmental Certification and Labeling Programs (Washington, DC: U.S. EPA, April 1994), pp. 37-38.
3. Evaluation of Environmental Marketing Terms in the United States (Washington, DC: EPA, February 1993), pp. 29-66.
4. Germany's Blue Angel ecolabeling program, which is sponsored by the federal government, was launched earlier in 1977.
5. FTC Chairman Steiger "Announces National Guidelines to Prevent Misleading Environmental Marketing Claims," FTC News Release, July 28, 1992. The guidelines were reissued with minor revisions in October 1996. See Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (Washington, DC: FTC, 16 CFR Part 260, October 4, 1996).
6. FTC Chairman Steiger "Announces National Guidelines to Prevent Misleading Environmental Marketing Claims," FTC News Release, July 28, 1992. The guidelines were reissued with minor revisions in October 1996. See Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (Washington, DC: FTC, 16 CFR Part 260, October 4, 1996).
7. Draft Operating Procedures of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO/TC-207 on Environmental Management Standards, ISO/TC-207, January 1994, pp. 1-3.
8. "Global Ecolabeling Network (GEN) Elects Green Seal V.P. Arthur Weissman as Chair," Green Seal News Release, January 30, 1995.
9. Executive Order 12873, Sec. 503, Federal Acquisition, Recycling, and Waste Prevention, October 20, 1993.
10. Consumer Labeling Initiative Phase I Report (Washington, DC: EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 700-R-96-001, September 30, 1996).