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The European Commission is launching an initiative to commit to green consumption.
Commitment to green consumption is part of the European Climate Pact, an EU-level initiative calling on citizens, communities and organizations to engage in the fight against climate change and building a greener Europe. By joining the initiative, companies promise to start contributing to the green transition as soon as possible. The Commission and the companies jointly formulated their commitments. The goal is for companies to start contributing to a sustainable economic recovery as soon as possible and to build consumer confidence in the environmental performance of businesses and products.
Commitment to green consumption is part of the European Climate Pact – an EU-level initiative calling on citizens, communities and organizations to engage in the fight against climate change and building a greener Europe.
Commitment to green consumption includes five basic obligations. Businesses that want to get involved are committed to taking ambitious actions to improve their environmental impact and to encourage consumers to make more sustainable purchases. They must take concrete action in at least three of the five areas of commitment and show progress on the basis of publicly available data. Any company undertaking these commitments will cooperate fully transparently with the Commission to ensure reliable and verifiable progress.
There are five main areas of commitment:
- calculate the carbon footprint of enterprises, including the supply chain, using the Commission’s calculation methodology or environmental management system and establish appropriate due diligence procedures to reduce the footprint in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement;
- calculate the carbon footprint of selected main products of the company using the Commission’s methodology, achieve a certain reduction in the footprint of selected products and make data on progress available to the public;
- increase the share of sales of sustainable products or services in the total sales of the company or its selected part;
- allocate part of the amount the company spends on public relations to promote sustainable practices in line with the Commission’s implementation of European Green Plan policies and measures;
- ensure that information provided to consumers regarding the business and the carbon footprint of the product is easily accessible, accurate and clear, and that this information is updated after each reduction or increase in footprint.
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