Labels & Certificates = Sustainability. Yes. No. Or?
a new controversy launched by Sustainable | Water | Management
In continuation of the most recent and successful controversy about sustainability (Sustainability. What is it? view the results here, [1]) a new debate focusing on the blooming variety of sustainability labels and certificates - Labels + Certificates = Sustainability. Yes. No. Or? - has been launched.
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Today, such labels and certificates exist for almost every kind of product or service - be it a building, be it packaging, be it a flight service, etc., etc. More or less each week at least one new label enters the market and most often the recipient of the label, i.e. the consumer, is confronted with a sheer endless amount of conditions, influence factors, application opportunities, aspects, etc. to be considered with regard to the application of a particular label or certificate.
The present situation does not provide for an unbiased, objective and transparent evaluation/rating of this huge amount of labels. Therefore, the question arises as to whether labels, certificates, etc. indeed provide for sustainability and, more specifically, by which means [2]. All concerned stakeholders are invited to join this debate and share votes, insight, perspectives, etc. by visiting this link. The debate is open from now and during the next 2 months. The insights will be discussed in the next issue of the Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management - Q04/2011.
