Racing to the top or the bottom? Industry resistance to eco-labelling of paper products in three jurisdictions

Article Abstract:

Governments of industrialized countries have become interested in voluntary alternatives to environmental regulation. Eco-labelling is one such approach, hailed as an innovative alternative. It aims to harness market forces by assisting environmentally aware consumers in identification of products that are less harmful to the environment. The effectiveness of this policy approach is examined in the context of eco-labelling of sanitary paper products in Canada, Scandinavia and the European Union.

Research, Usage, Labeling, Paper products, Green marketing, Labels

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Sectoral green politics: environmental regulation and the Canadian pulp and paper industry

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Analysis of Canadian pulp and paper industry regulation over a 20-year-old period, focused on political-institutional variables.A sectoral focus is required for environmental political analysis. Macro approaches omit variables necessary for a concrete understanding of policies. Longitudinal depth of coverage can be included in a sectoral focus to capture relationships between variables.

Case studies, Canada, Laws, regulations and rules, Wood pulp industry, Environmental aspects, Political aspects, Paper industry, Ecology, Pulp industry, Green Party (Canada)

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Community-based ecological resistance: The Bergama movement in Turkey

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The Bergama community has resisted gold-mining activity in Turkey, which has become the largest scale and longest running ecological resistance movement Turkey has noticed. The characteristic of community-based resistance movements is outlined in order to provide theoretical tools to be used in the analysis of the Bergama movement.

Turkey, Evaluation, Resistance movements

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