Climate bill: towards environmental labels on clothing
The French Parliament recently approved a climate bill which will introduce compulsory "carbon labels" for goods and services, including clothes.
The Climate and Resilience Bill revolves around the five themes on which the Citizen Climate Convention (CCC) debated and presented its proposals in June 2020: consuming, producing and working, moving, staying and feeding.It also strengthens sanctions in the event of environmental damage.
With the global objective of better informing consumers about the environmental impact during their act of purchase, is therefore planned that an “environmental label» is created to inform consumers about the impact, in particular on the climate, ofproducts and services.At the end of an experimental phase, this "eco-score" will be standardized and compulsory, primarily for clothing.»
Presented to the Council of Ministers of February 10, 2021 by Barbara Pompili, Minister of Ecological Transition, the bill had been adopted at first reading, with modifications, by the National Assembly in May 2021, then at first reading with modifications by theSenate in June 2021.The compromise text was definitively adopted by the National Assembly and the Senate on July 20, 2021.On July 27, 2021, more than 60 French deputies therefore followed the process and seized the Constitutional Council of this bill.
It is the French Agency for the Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) that pilots the environmental display project at the national level for consumer products, for several years. L’agence a ainsi déployé un système d’étiquetage, une notation A/B/C/D/ E affichée sur les produits ou services, en rayonnage ou sur internet, calculée sur l’ensemble du cycle de vie du produit ou du service, suivant un référentiel validé, permettant de comparer les produits entre eux au moment de l’achat.
France has also already prohibited brands from destroying the remaining stocks thanks to the promulgation of an "anti-winning" law (law n ° 2020-105 of February 10, 2020, known as Agec law) in early 2020.
Source: https: // www.pobil life.FR/- 07/27/21
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