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Counterproductive eco-labelling

Other Names:
Confusing green classification of consumer products
Consumer rejection of environmentally friendly products
Failure of green consumerism
Broader Problems:
Consumerism
Consumerism
Inadequate integration of environmental and economic issues
Narrower Problems:
Misrepresentation of information to consumers
Related Problems:
Unsurveyed consumer needs
Insufficient returns from farming
Lack of consumer influence on industry
Undue control of prices by intermediaries
Aggravates:
Incorrect labelling
Dumping of consumer waste products
Strategies:
Harmonizing labelling
Encouraging green consumer movements
Making home-made environmentally friendly household products
Rejecting environmentally friendly products
Choosing environmentally friendly products
Using environmental labelling
Subject(s):
Geography → Ecology
Amenities → Consumers
Industry → Products
Societal Problems → Failure
Research, Standards → Signs and labels
Informatics, Classification → Classification
Environment → Environment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and ProductionGOAL 15: Life on Land
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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