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Information Disclosure and Climate-Friendly Consumption: Assessing the Impact of Carbon Labelling at a University Dining Hall
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Global dietary patterns are increasingly reliant on animal products, which are highly carbon intensive and significantly contribute to climate change. While transitioning towards plant-based diets is regarded as an important ...
- Posted May 20, 2022
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Simplifying Sustainable Procurement: EPA's Recommendations of Standards and Ecolabels
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
EPA's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program harnesses the power of the over 650 billon dollar federal pocketbook to catalyze a more sustainable marketplace for all - reducing climate impacts, improving ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Increasing University Competitiveness through Assessment of Green Content in Curriculum and Eco-Labeling in Higher Education
- University of Novi Sad
- Educons University
Growing environmental problems and increasing requirements of green jobs force universities around the world not only to transform their curricula but also to enrich existing ones with contents related to ...
- Posted May 28, 2021
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EPA's Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
With over 450 ecolabels in the marketplace today, each claiming to validate environmental and human health benefits, it can become very difficult and time consuming for purchasers to identify which ...
- Posted Aug. 1, 2018
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College Students' Emissions “Foodprint”: Can Eco-Labels Shift Diet Types?
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Due to the higher greenhouse gas emissions from livestock food production compared to plant-based food production, it is imperative that consumers shift their diets away from meat. One possible method ...
- Posted Dec. 12, 2017
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Interactive Workshop: Simple Choices in Sustainable Purchasing? Beware the Pitfalls
- Green Seal (DC)
What's the simple answer for selecting a sustainable product?' Many purchasers ask this when seeking environmentally-responsible choices. Many of these simple answers may seem to be the correct ones ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Challenge the Label
- ISEAL Alliance
Sustainability claims have become widespread in the modern marketplace, and with it greenwashing has expanded. The practice of making empty, unfounded or exaggerated sustainability claims risks alienating buyers committed to ...
- Posted March 30, 2016
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