Conference “Eco-labelling as an effective tool to achieve sustainable business success: Case of the Nordic Eco-label”
December 2, 2010, Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva, Konstitucijos ave. 20,
SPEECHES & PRESENTATIONS
Welcome speech
Bo Harald Tillberg, Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in
Welcome speech
Mr. Paulius Lukauskas, Managing Director, Enterprise Lithuania;
Nordic eco-label enhancing sustainable consumption and production
Mr. Bjorn-Erik Lonn, the Nordic Eco-labelling Board;
Survey on eco-labelling among businessmen in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and North-West Russia
Mr. Janar Sutt, Swedish Trade Council;
Current status and future plans for eco-labelling in Estonia
Ms. Hedi Leomar, Senior Specialist of Environmental Information Centre, Estonia;
Current status and future plans for eco-labelling in
Ms. Marytė Kuodytė, Senior Specialist of Environmental Protection Agency,
Current status and future plans for eco-labelling in Russia
Mr. Semen Gordyshevskiy, President of St. Petersburg Ecological Union;
Consumer demand for eco-labelled products
Ms. Zita Ceponyte, President of Lithuanian Consumer Institute;
How to apply for an eco-label?
Mr. Bjorn-Erik Lonn, the Nordic Eco-labelling Board;
Presentations of companies using eco-labels and comments of business organisations
Ms. Mereli Kivi, printing house Ecoprint, Estonia;
Mr. Saulius Rubėnas, AB „Utenos trikotažo“ rinkodaros ir pardavimų direktorius;
Mr. Renaldas Rimavičius, Project Coordinator of Lithuanian Green Movement on “Green Key“ programme;
Ms. Arūnė Zuzevičienė, Marketing Manager of Radisson Blu Lietuva hotel;
Mr. Konstantinas Iljasevičius, Deputy Head of Environmental Committee of Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists;
Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Business and Industry - a tool for sustainable cooperation
Mr. Karlis Valters, Adviser for the Nordic-Baltic mobility programme for business and industry, NCM Office in Latvia
Background
Consumers in the Baltic countries and in North West Russia are steadily getting more environmentally-conscious and they become interested in ecolabelled products. Environmentally friendly consumer habits and issues of sustainable development are high on the political agendas in the Baltic countries, as well as in
Objectives of the project
- To increase environmental awareness among the public and businesses in the Baltic countries and North West Russia by introducing the Nordic Ecolabel as a successful example;
- To stimulate the interest for import of Swan-labelled Nordic products to the Baltic countries and North West Russia, and by this to contribute to better environment in the Baltic Sea Region;
- To increase the interest for businesses in the Baltic countries and North West Russia to label their products with Nordic Ecolabel and by this to increase their competitiveness in the Nordic market;
- To increase contacts between public servants in the Nordic, Baltic countries and North West Russia on ecolabeling;
- To investigate and evaluate the possibilities of representation of Nordic Ecolabel labeling services in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.
Target group
The main target groups of the project are officials, businesses and NGOs involved in ecolabelling, and consumption in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.
Activities
1. Survey on business awareness about ecolabelling in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.
2. Meetings of project group for representation of Nordic Ecolabel in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.
3. Presentation of Nordic Ecolabel at Business &Trade fairs & local conferences in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.
4. Seminars (workshops) about the ecolabelling in the Baltic countries and North West Russia
5. Final conference of the project.
Duration
March-December 2010
Partners
Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania (Coordinating partner)
Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Estonia
Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Latvia
Nordic Council of Ministers Information Office in St. Petersburg
Environmental Protection Agency under the Ministry of Environment in Lithuania
Estonian Environment Information Centre under the Ministry of Environment in
Latvian Vides Projekti State Ltd
St.Petersburg Ecological
Ecolabelling Sweden
Nordic Ecolabelling Board
More info about the Nordic Ecolabel:
www.nordic-ecolabel.org
Ecolabelling
Fonden Dansk Standard
Kollegievej 6
DK-2920 Charlottenlund
Denmark
Telephone +45 72300450
Fax. +45 72300451
E-mail: info@ecolabel.dk
www.ecolabel.dk
SFS Ecolabelling
Box 130
FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Telephone +358 91499331
Fax. +358 914993320
E-mail: joutsen@sfs.fi
www.ecolabel.fi
Iceland
Ecolabelling Iceland
Umhverfisstofnun
Suđurlandsbraut 24
IS-108
Telephone +354 5912000
Fax. +354 5912020
E-mail: svanurinn@ust.is
www.svanurinn.is
Ecolabelling
Tordenskiolds gate 6 B
NO-0160
Telephone +47 24144600
Fax. +47 24144601
E-mail: info@ecolabel.no
www.ecolabel.no
Sweden
Ecolabelling Sweden
SE-118 80 Stockholm, Sweden
Telephone +46 8 55552400
Fax. +46 8 55552401
E-mail: svanen@ecolabel.se
www.ecolabel.se
Lithuania
Nordic Council of Ministers Office in
Didzioji 5
LT-01128
Telephone +370 5 2122211
Fax. +370 5 212 24 23
E-mail:
www.norden.lt
Environmental Protection Agency
Juozapavičiaus st. 9
LT-09311,
Telephone: +370 5 266 2800
Fax. +370 5 266 2800
E-mail: aaa@aaa.am.lt
http://aaa.am.lt
