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Fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world, coming just after oil. Clothing manufacture and consumption have a huge negative impact on both the environment and people. Sustainability is not only about the environment, but is also an economic and social indicator, and the clothing industry is a good example illustrating their interconnections. Are technological innovations alone enough to 'tailor' a green and fair future for fashion?

This paper analyses the contribution, or lack of contribution of, the current EU Consumer Protection Legislation to a sustainable consumption and a longer lifetime of products. In addition, it gives an overview of the most relevant best practices at national and international level and provides recommendations on the future development and possible reforms of European consumer protection legislation in order to contribute to a more sustainable consumption and a longer lifetime of products. This ...

The IA clearly defines the problems and the objectives of the proposed initiative, and relies on comprehensive and up to date sources of information. Overall, the objectives appear to be relevant, measurable, and achievable; however, some discrepancy seems to exist between the definition of the operational objective and the indicators suggested for monitoring and evaluating the impacts of the proposed initiative. In addition, two of the suggested indicators could have been better qualified, in order ...

Organic food

Pārskats 19-05-2015

Organic production is an overall system of farm management and food production that aims at sustainable agriculture, high-quality products and the use of processes that do not harm the environment, human, plant or animal health and welfare. Globally, 43.1 million hectares of agricultural land was under organic production in 2013, six million more than the year before. With 10.2 million hectares, the European Union (EU) accounts for 24% of the world’s organic land. There are almost 2 million organic ...

Fisheries in Azores

Pētījums 16-02-2015

Information note on the fisheries sector in Portugal for the Delegation of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries from 7 to 10 April 2015. The note describes fisheries in Azores and related activities.

Impact of the Crisis on the Real Economy

Padziļināta analīze 12-01-2010

This crisis came about because a bubble burst. Keeping this in mind leads to important considerations : 1) Europe (and in particular the Euro area) exhibited the same pre-crisis or ‘bubble symptoms’ (house price increase, excess credit growth) as the US. 2) The impact of the crisis on the real economy should be assessed on the basis of changes in unemployment and consumption (rather than only in GDP). A ‘happiness’ indicator, based on these two variables, has behaved in a quite different way across ...