The practice of marking products with a distinctive label so that consumers know that their manufacture conforms to recognized environmental standards.
贴有生态标签，贴有环保标识 （表示产品符合环保标准）
as modifierthe launch of a nationwide eco-labelling scheme
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The rapid spread in eco-labeling of forest products likely will force logging firms to change to sustainable harvesting or be driven out of business.
European eco-labelling has enjoyed a very uneven history; and ‘fair-trade’ products have grown in number but remain limited to a small range of products (bananas, tea, coffee, chocolate).
These accession states also could be a good testing ground for new policy instruments such as voluntary agreements for eco-labeling and market mechanisms such as emissions trading and energy taxes.
There will also be discussion on eco-labelling, which may be illegal under current trade rules.
But it is still hoping for agreement on eco-labelling so that consumers can be informed about the environmental impact of the products they buy - but it is finding opposition from other countries.
Planned developments in Integrated Production Policy will mean that tools such as eco-labelling and environmental management systems will be driving forces for companies in every sector of the economy.
Another method of raising environmental standards is through eco-labelling.
A negative impact from eco-labeling conforms with other evidence that a strong pro-environmental stance did not benefit candidates in the 1996 and 1998 elections.
Countries including Korea, the United States and China are claiming that eco-labelling damages their competitiveness and acts as a barrier to trade.
Generally, eco-labeling is beneficial, and env-PAC support increases a candidate's chance of winning an election, thereby heightening environmental support within the Senate.
‘International pressure, in terms of eco-labeling or forest product certification, will be ineffective, unless we first show our own commitment to complying with the law and taking harsher action against illegal loggers,’ he said.
There are some aspects of the trade and environment debate, such as the precautionary principle and eco-labelling, that give us cause for deep anxiety.
Derivatives
eco-label
nounˈiːkəʊˌleɪb(ə)l
A label used to identify products that conform to recognized environmental standards.
eco-labels can show product characteristics and production methods
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Even eco-labels designating a product that's been sustainably grown or harvested could be construed as ‘trade barriers’ for discriminating against the method of production.
A number of eco-labels are not administered by the federal government, but instead are governed by trustworthy independent verification boards that should ensure that the food is produced a certain way.
Within a few years, there were a half-dozen flower eco-labels in Europe, Colombia and most recently Ecuador - but none took hold with American consumers.