Integrated product Policy

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Integrated product Policy
Gunilla Blomquist Swedish Ministry of
Sustainable Development Email gunilla.blomquist_at_s
ustainable.ministry.se
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Principles of the IPP approach

• Life-cycle thinking
• Working with the market
• Stakeholder involvement
• Continuous improvement
• Use of a mix of policy instruments.

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Integrated Product Policy IPP
Civil society (supply and demand side)
manufacturing industry, financial world, trade
and industry, consumers
Product Life Cycle Approach
Planning Raw Material Production
Procurement Use Disposal
Government/ Administration (regulation) environmen
tal policy, procurement policy, economy and trade
policy, finance policy, agricultural policy,
product liability and standards policy,
development policy, social policy, energy policy,
transport policy, etc.
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Integrated Product Policy

• Instruments and tools
• Regulative
• Economical
• Voluntarily

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Integrated Product Policy

• Regulative legislation (dissemination of
  pollutants, chemicals, Producer Responsibility
  etc.)
• Economical taxes (CO2) fees, subsidies etc.
• Voluntarily- Ecolabelling, Environmental
  Management Systems, Product declarations,
  Sustainable public procurement, EMA,

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IPP actions

• Identifying products with greatest potential of
• environmental improvement (by 2007).
• IPP Pilot Projects how IPP approach can work in
• practice -mobile phones, teak garden chair .
• A framework on the EU level to set eco-design
• requirements for energy using products. (EuP).

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IPP working groups

• Product information needs
• Reporting
• Their aim is to discuss and find solutions to
  specific
• subjects important to the development of IPP with
  the
• participation of relevant experts.
• The working groups have clear objectives,
  mandates
• and they are organised for a limited period of
  time

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IPP Indicator study
Development of indicators to measure the
environmental improvement of products over
time Develop a basket of product to monitor the
progress on Objective Monitor the progress in
IPP
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Life Cycle Awareness Study

• Target group SMEs, Consumer Organisations,
  Retailers
• Awareness of life cycle thinking
• Main trends to use life cycle assessment tools
• Main promoters of life cycle thinking for these
  organisations
• Recommend measures that can be taken on
  Community level to increase life cycle awareness

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Integrated Product Policy
EuP Directive - a framework for eco-design
requirements for energy using products
Promotion of sustainable development through
free movement of EuP, environmental protection
and increased security of energy supply
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EuP Directive

• Products covered
• In principle all energy sources are covered, in
• practice at first products using electricity or
  fuels will
• be considered
• No list of priority products (unnecessary and
• counterproductive) but clear selection criteria
• (including EU environmental priorities emphasis
  on
• reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the first
  stage)
• Means of transport excluded

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Useful links

• Integrated Product Policy
• europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ipp
• Resources Strategy
• europa.eu.int/comm/environment/natres
• Waste Prevention and Recycling Strategy
• europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/strategy.htm

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Integrated Product Policy
Thank you!