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8.30 - 9.00 am
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Registration |
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Opening Plenary:
Setting the Stage - The International
Context of Certification and Labelling
9.00 - 10.30 am, Shine Dome
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Introductions and Welcome
Sustainable Consumption and the Role of Ecolabelling:
Juan Carlos Brandt: Director - UN Information Centre for
Australia and the Pacific on behalf of the Division of Technology, Industry
and Economics, Production and Consumption Branch, United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP)
Bio:
 Speech:
International Developments - Global Ecolabelling Network:
Petar Johnson, President, AELA
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Paper:
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Message from
GEN Chair.
Message from
Blue Angel
Introducing the International Social and Environmental
Accreditation and Labelling Alliance (ISEAL): Dr.
Sasha Courville, RegNet ANU
Presentation:
(PowerPoint Presentation)
Experiences and Challenges in the International Framework,
ISEAL case study IFOAM,: Rod May, International Federation
of Organic Movements (IFOAM) and NASAA
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
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10.30 - 11.00 am
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Morning Tea |
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Plenary:
Placing Certification Systems into Context: Regulation, Consumers
and the Environment
11.00 - 12.30 am, Shine Dome
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Chaired by Professor Peter Drahos, Director, Centre for Competition and Consumer Policy, RegNet, ANU
Reconfiguring Regulation - Where Labelling Fits:
Professor Neil Gunningham, RegNet, ANU
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Paper:
Outlining the Regulatory framework for consumer protection:
Commissioner Jennifer McNeill, Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Paper:
Environmental NGO
Perspectives on Certification and Labelling:
Geoff Law, Tasmanian Forestry Campaigner, The Wilderness
Society
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
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12.30 - 1.30 pm
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Lunch, Shine
Dome |
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Case Studies: Semi-Plenary
Sessions
1.30 - 3.30 pm, Shine Dome
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1:
Forestry Certification Panel: The Status of Forest Certification
in Australia
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Chaired by Professor Peter Kanowski, SRES, ANU
Progress of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in
Australia:
Tim Cadman MA, Forest Stewardship Council Australia
Presentation:
Paper:
The Australian Forestry Standard: 'Australia's Forest
Certification Scheme':
Hans Drieslma, General Manager, Forest Management, Forestry
Tasmania and Chair of Australian Forestry Standard
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Experiences with FSC: Roger Banks, Integrated
Tree Croping
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Forest Certification in Australia: Perceptions and
Intentions in the Value Chain: Lucie K. Ozanne, Senior
Lecturer in Marketing, Commerce Division, Lincoln University
Canterbury, NZ
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
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Session
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Certification and Labelling Panel for Energy and Manufacturing:
Credibility in the Market |
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Chaired by Michael Pritchard, New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust
(NZET)
Good Environmental Choice Program:
Petar Johnson, President, Australian Environmental Labelling
Association (AELA)
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation) Paper:
Appliance Energy Rating - Mandatory and Voluntary Approaches:
Shane Holt, Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO), National Appliance
and Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee representative
Presentation:
The Green Power Program: Suzanne Dunnford,
National Green Power Accreditation Program, SEDA
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Implementation of EU Eco-label Criteria in Supply Chains
Processing Australian Wool: Dr Ian Russell and Christine
Nunn, CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology:
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
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3.30 - 4.00 pm
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Afternoon Tea |
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Plenary:
Ensuring Credibility: Legitimate Roles for Government, Industry
and NGOs
4.00 - 6.00 pm, Shine Dome
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Chaired by Paul Perkins, The Barton Group
The Role for Government in Ecolabelling:
Jane Harris, Economics Branch, Department of Primary Industries,
Victoria
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Paper:
Compulsion doesn't hurt the Complaint: The Case for
Increased Government Regulation of Product Labelling:
Richard Denniss, The Australia Institute and Jeremy Tager,
Greenpeace
Paper:
Organic Certification Body Perspective: (In) Credibly
Organic:
Dr Andrew Monk, Biological Farmers Australia (BFA - ACO)
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Experiences in Regulating the Organic Industry:
Ian Lyall, Program Manager Organic and Biodynamic Program,
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
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CONFERENCE
DINNER featuring Certified Products
University Hall, Australian
National University
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Day
2
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Plenary : Contributions
to Sustainability of Certification and Labelling Systems
8.30 - 10.30 am, Shine Dome
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Chaired by Dr Brendan Mackey, SRES, ANU
Fairtrade Certification in Australia: Fairtrade
Labelling Organizations International (FLO) and Fair Trade
Association of Australia and New Zealand representatives
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Fisheries Certification: Duncan Leadbitter,
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Paper:
The Mining Certification Evaluation Project:
Andrew Rouse, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Green Globe 21: Jill Grant, Executive Director,
Green Globe Asia Pacific
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
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| 10.30
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Morning
Tea |
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Plenary:
Business Case for Certification and Labelling
11.00 - 12.30 pm, Shine Dome
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In this round table session, company representatives speak on
their experiences with certification and labelling systems.
Speakers include:
Chaired by Fiona Wain, CEO Environment Business Australia
Hewlett-Packard's Position and Experience with Eco-label
Schemes:
May-Y Yeow, Regulatory and Standards Manager (South Pacific),
Hewlett Packard
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Ecoflex - A New Technology Needs a New Standard:
Tim Edwards, Ecoflex Australia
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Experiences with Fairtrade Certification: Ian
McKenzie, Marketing Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company, Australia
Paper:
The Business case for Eco Labelling: Phillip
Lawrence, National Technical Marketing Manager, STORAENSO,
Australia
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Paper:
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12.30
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Lunch |
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Plenary :
Creating
Synergies with other Corporate Responsibility Initiatives
1.30 - 3.00 pm, Shine Dome
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Chaired by ... TBC
Linkages with Ethical Investment: Duncan Paterson,
Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER)
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Linkages with Green Procurement: Adrienne Stephens,
CEO, ECO-BUY (Local Government Buy Recycled Alliance Victoria)
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Linkages with Triple Bottom Line and Sustainability
Reporting:Tricia Caswell, Executive Director, Global
Sustainability, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Quantifying Environmental Impacts of Green Public Purchasing
including Ecolabelled Products:Michael Oke, Green
Purchasing Project Officer, International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
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Afternoon
Tea |
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Closing Session:
Future Directions and Trends
in Certification and Labelling
3.30 - 4.30 pm, Shine Dome
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Drivers and Opportunities for Convergence of Certification
Systems: Dr Sasha Courville, RegNet, ANU
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Lessons Learned and Next Steps: Petar Johnson,
President, AELA
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| Parallel
Workshop Sessions - 10 October 2003 |
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Managing small-scale plantations
in the certified environment:
Tim Cadman, University of Canberra.
Presentation:
(PowerPoint
Presentation)
Paper:
Science, Choice and Meaning: a
Sociological Account of the Labelling of GM Food: Peter
Parbery, University of Melbourne.
Paper:
Ecoproperty: Catriona Jane
MacDiarmid on behalf of EcoProperty.
Paper:
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