The objective of this project is to develop a new EU Ecolabel and revise the existing EU Green Public Procurement (EU GPP) criteria for professional cleaning services. This report investigates the market, operational and sustainability aspects of cleaning services, with a goal to develop a...

In accordance with the provisions of Article 7(1)(f) of the EU Ecolabel Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, the aim of this report is to present and justify the selection of certain EU Ecolabel criteria that are considered to be the most relevant and appropriate for use by public authorities as Green...

The EU Ecolabel for All-purpose cleaners and sanitary cleaners is under revision. This report is meant to provide a first evaluation of likely areas for investigation and provides the scientific evidence for the revised EU Ecolabel criteria. The technical analysis found that the key...

The main environmental impacts of furniture products are reviewed from a life cycle assessment perspective, considering relevant legal, technical and policy frameworks. Title Preliminary Report for the revision of EU Ecolabel and EU GPP criteria for furniture products. The furniture sector is...

This study is part of the 'Environmental Footprint and Material Efficiency Support for Product Policy' project funded by the Directorate-General for Environment (DG Environment) from 2012 until 2016. Material efficiency criteria for products have become increasingly relevant for European Union...

This report describes the outcome of recent activities and a roadmap setting out the steps being taken by the ECA Preparatory working group 27 led by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre for establishing an EU wide harmonised framework for labelling schemes (which consists of core and...

In December 2003, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) was entrusted by DG Enterprise to verify the validity and applicability of the testing methods, proposed by DuPont, for the identification, characterisation and quantification of their new fibre (elastomultiester). This is...

In December 2003, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) was entrusted by DG Enterprise to verify the validity and applicability of the testing methods, proposed by DuPont, for the identification, characterisation and quantification of their new fibre (elastomultiester). This is...