International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Rimini, 28-30 June 2001 The role of Eco-label in the Integrated Product Policy Maurizio Fieschi ANPA Unità per la Qualità Ecologica dei Prodotti ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente THE ROLE OF ANPA To Contribute to the diffusion of products Goods and services that lead towards a sustainable consumption and correspond to the sustainable development principles ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT Main issues Reduction of social and environmental impacts within the tourism activities Improvement of environmental quality of the service offered INTEGRATION ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente WHY THE IPP APPROACH ? • The life cycle of products (good and services) interacts with all the human activities • The impacts related to products cover all the relevant environmental items • The scale of impacts is global ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT POLICY IPP Definition “An integrated approach to environmental policies, oriented to a continuous improvement of the environmental performance of a products (goods and services) In the entire life cycle context” - ANPA Definition, March 2000 - ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT POLICY IPP Key concepts Approach Tool Life-Cycle Thinking Life-Cycle Assessment ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente INTEGRATION WITHIN IPP • ANALITYCAL – LIFE CYCLE • Extraction • Production • Transport • ………… • End of life – ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS • Air • Water • Resources • ……… ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency • IMPLEMENTATIVE – STAKEHOLDERS • Public • Private – TOOLS • Ecolabels • LCA • EMS • Fiscal incentives • Agreements • ………… – LEVEL OF ACTION • National • Local WHY IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR Social and Environmental aspects within different ACTIVITIES: TRANSPORT (long distance and local) ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES RECREATION ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency IPP IN THE TOURISM SECTOR IMPLY INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS ADOPTION OF A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH definition of a boundaries system INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT TOOLS ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency IPP IMPLEMENTATION MODEL Consultation step Industry ..... ..... ..... ... ..... ..... ..... Distributors Consumers ..... ..... ..... Envir. and Consumer Associations ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Consumers ..... ..... ..... Standards ..... ..... ..... Industry ..... ..... ..... Incentives Bans ... Resource producers ..... ..... ..... Consumption End of life Stakeholders ..... ..... ..... Production Distribution Soil ..... ..... ..... Air Water Resource extraction Waste Life cycle stages Identification step Policy Tools Impact Theme Taxes Analysis step ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Waste disposers Resource Extraction ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Impact ..... ..... ..... Results ... Standards Incentives Bans ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente Taxes ... Taxes ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Evaluation step ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Standards ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Policy Tools Policy Tools Bans ... Incentives Standards Taxes ... Soil ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Consumption End of life Air ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Production Distribution Waste Water ..... ..... ..... Bans Policy Tools Impact Themes Life cycle stages sharing responsibilities Incentives sharing information ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Outputs ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Resources Implementation and monitoring steps INTEGRATED PRODUCT PROLICY Some tools European Eco-label EMAS Environmental Product Declaration I-LCA ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente Green Public Procurement Tools for Implementation ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LABELS • MARKET ORIENTED • BASED ON LIFE CYCLE APPROACH • STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT • ACTION BOTH ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND SIDE ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency ECO-LABELS ON TOURISM EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL Process definition of the European Eco-label (New Regulation n. 1980/2000) in the tourism sector ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency EUROPEAN ECO-LABEL Main characteristics Selectivity 5 - 30% market share Based on product groups “any goods or services which serve similar purposes and are equivalent in terms of use and consumer perception ” Quatified criteria ANPA Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente ENVIROMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION ECO-LABELLING TYPE III Is a document deviced to communicate objective, comparable and credible information on environmental performance on products and on services ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency ECOLABELS WITHIN IPP INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS LCA CONSIDERATIONS EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCES Reduction of social and environmental impacts within the tourism activities Improvement of environmental quality of the service offered ANPA Italian Environment Protection Agency
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