Ecolabelling as a Potential Marketing Tool for African Products: An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationEconomy Division
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-14T14:54:05Z
dc.date.available2020-05-14T14:54:05Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionThis document explains ecolabelling as a voluntary, market-based tool that communicates environmental performance and can influence purchasing, procurement, and supply-chain requirements, while also posing potential trade barriers for producers with limited certification capacity. It outlines the purposes and economic and environmental benefits of ecolabels and then surveys existing initiatives in Africa across fisheries, forestry, tourism, leather and textiles, agriculture, and energy efficiency, highlighting sector-specific opportunities and constraints. Across sectors, it emphasizes recurring challenges such as certification cost, limited local inspection bodies, technical capacity gaps, and the need for harmonized standards. en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32296
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number36 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectecolabelling
dc.subjectmarketing
dc.subjectfishery
dc.subjectforestry
dc.subjecttourism
dc.subjectleather industry
dc.subjecttextile
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectenergy efficiency
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectManufacturing
dc.subject.sdgSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.themeresources
dc.subject.themeresource efficiency
dc.titleEcolabelling as a Potential Marketing Tool for African Products: An Overview of Opportunities and Challengesen
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