The Danish Øresund Food Network and Øresund Environment Academy have recently published a report entitled: Climate Change and the food industry– Climate labelling for food products: Potential and limitations
The report seeks to:
- Present the concept of climate labelling for food and its various forms;
- Provide an overview of existing examples of implementation of climate labelling for food as a way of informing consumers about climate impacts of food products;
The Danish Øresund Food Network and Øresund Environment Academy have recently published a report entitled: Climate Change and the food industry– Climate labelling for food products: Potential and limitations
The report seeks to:
- Present the concept of climate labelling for food and its various forms;
- Provide an overview of existing examples of implementation of climate labelling for food as a way of informing consumers about climate impacts of food products;
- Identify the main strengths, driving forces for, and limitations of climate labelling for food;
- Analyse what climate labelling might imply for producers and in particular for Danish and Swedish food producers.
Among others, the report looks at the UK’s Carbon Trust methodology, at a number of schemes offering ‘carbon neutrality’ and at the activities of various retailers (including Tesco, Innocent and Walker’s).
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