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We
are pleased to invite individuals and organizations with an interest
in the development, use and regulations of credible environmental
and social labelling systems to participate in The
Future of Ecolabelling in Australia
conference.
Markets
in Australia are responding to the call for sustainable development.
The formal implementation of green procurement policies, industry
efforts to improve environmental and social outcomes and growing
consumer awareness is creating strong market demand for greener
products and services. At the same time, the ability of companies
to address these challenges and communicate this effectively depends
on the availability of a number of triple bottom line tools.
 Third
party certification and labelling is being promoted by the international
environmental and social community as being a fundamental trigger
to motivate markets to buy greener and bring rewards to environmentally
and socially progressive manufacturers.
Australia
has been lagging behind the international trend in environmental
labelling and declarations with only a small number of recognised
and effective programs. This conference will make progress on
identifying the market, structural and regulatory preconditions
for credible and effective certification and labelling in Australia.
We invite industry,
governments, environmental and consumer NGO's, researchers and
managers of ecolabelling programs to exchange ideas and learn
from a wide range of sectoral experiences at the conference with
the overall aim of ensuring that ecolabelling systems, working
within a wider policy context, facilitate a broader community
shift toward sustainable consumption and a greater capacity for
rewarding progressive companies for taking significant steps toward
sustainable production.
We look forward
to seeing you at the conference.
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