40 Years of Credible Environmental Labelling:
Driving Smart Innovations towards our Green Future
International Conference of the Blue Angel and the
Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN)
Date: 25 October 2018, Berlin
Venue: Tagungswerk, Lindenstraße 85, 10969 Berlin
Conference language: English
Moderation: Jacki Davis
08:30 am |
Registration |
09:30 am |
Conference Opening |
09:35 am |
Welcome and introduction Svenja Schulze, German Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
09:50 am |
Keynote: The next 40 years: The future of product stewardship and the Blue Angel Maria Krautzberger, President of the German Environment Agency |
10:00 am |
Table conversations on stage: Environmental Labels and Digitisation Table 1: Consumption 4.0 – What role will ecolabels play in digital shopping environments? Kai Falk, German Retail Federation (Handelsverband Deutschland - HDE) Table 2: Ecolabelling and electronic devices – How to tackle complex supply chains and short product cycles? Miquel Ballester, Fairphone |
11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:30 am |
Panel discussion Together for the Future: Opportunities and challenges for environmental labelling in globalized markets Dr Ulf Jaeckel, German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
12:30 pm |
Lunch Break |
01:30 pm |
Supporting good practice of consumer information worldwide – Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability and other activities of the 10 Year Framework Programme for Sustainable Consumption and Production Beatriz Carneiro, UN Environment Q&A for 10min after the presentation |
01:55 pm |
Strengthening the impact of ecolabels in the international sphere – Example of the Blue Angel award criteria for air-conditioners Tobias Schleicher, Öko-Institut |
02:15 pm |
Parallel Working Sessions: Tackling old and new challenges for ecolabel application Session 1: Increasing the market share of eco-labelled products - Business cases from producers Short presentations by: Jan Christian Polanía Giese, adelphi (host) Session 2: Integration of social criteria into ecolabels on the example of apparel and footwear Short presentations by: Tobias Schleicher, Öko-Institut & Daniel Weiss, adelphi (hosts) Session 3: Making consumer products more durable and easier to repair – The role of ecolabels in the obsolescence discussion Short presentations by: Siddharth Prakash, Öko-Institut (host) Session 4: The future of ecolabels - Short lectures by top-notch scientists Prof Fabio Iraldo, IEFE (host) |
04:00 pm | Coffee Break |
04:30 pm |
Synthesis of the parallel sessions Session 1: Lena Domröse, adelphi |
04:45 pm |
Closing remarks - summary and goodbye Dr Bettina Rechenberg, German Evironment Agency |