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ECOLABELS: Are They Environmental-Friendly?

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This article provides a general overview of the technical, economical, regulatory and environmental aspects of ecolabeling. An ecolabel is a market-based policy instrument that can be either voluntarily adopted or mandated by law. Ecolabels are applied to services and products in order to inform consumers of their environmental-friendliness and to avoid market failures. In reality, however, ecolabels do not always succeed in achieving environmental improvements. The mis-use of environmental standards, the practice of strategic manipulations that create trade-distortions, the excessive use of claims, and behavioural biases are some of the factors that can prevent an ecolabel from reaching its initial objective to reduce or even eliminate environmental externalities.
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hal-02928465 , version 1 (02-09-2020)

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Lisette Ibanez. ECOLABELS: Are They Environmental-Friendly?. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Springer New York, pp.1-9, 2016, ⟨10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_520-1⟩. ⟨hal-02928465⟩
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