Publications [#279505] of Lincoln F. Pratson

Papers Published

  1. Golden, JS; Dooley, KJ; Anderies, JM; Thompson, BH; Gereffi, G; Pratson, L, Sustainable product indexing: Navigating the challenge of ecolabeling, edited by Carl Folke and C. S. Holling, Ecology and Society, vol. 15 no. 3 (January, 2010), Open Access Publishing, ISSN 1708-3087 [repository], [doi]
    (last updated on 2023/06/01)

    Author's Comments:
    We received the following news about this paper: Dear researchers I am pleased to inform you that following the publication of‘Sustainable Product Indexing: Navigating the Challenge of Ecolabeling' in Ecology and Society, the story has been selected for inclusion in a special carbon footprinting issue of Science for Environment Policy, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/research_alert_en.htm, the European Commission's environmental news service for policy makers, distributed to over 12,000 subscribers. We have drafted the attached article due for publication, would you be able to kindly check it for accuracy and return any comments to me by Wednesday 5 January please? Many thanks and kind regards Michelle ----- Michelle Kilfoyle Science for Environment Policy Science Communication Unit University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol UK

    Abstract:
    There is growing scientific evidence that improving the sustainability of consumer products can lead to significant gains in global sustainability. Historically, environmental policy has been managed by bureaucracies and institutions in a mechanistic manner; this had led to many early successes. However, we believe that if policy concerning product sustainability is also managed in this way, negative unintended consequences are likely to occur. Thus, we propose a social-ecological systems approach to policy making concerning product sustainability that will lead to more rapid and meaningful progress toward improving the environmental and social impacts of consumer products. © 2010 by the author(s).

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