GREEN PRODUCTS

Denmark to Hand out Subsidies to Economic Operators for Eco-labelled Products, Including for Clothing and Textiles

01 December 2017

On 3 November 2017, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency opened a round of applications for companies wishing to label their products with the Swan label or the EU Flower. The Swan label and the EU flower are Denmark’s two official eco-labels which aim to guide consumers to choose environmental friendly products. In order to be used, the labels require that products meet a wide range of requirements, including with respect to the chemicals that may be found in the product. More

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Tapping into China’s Eco-friendly Tea Products Market

27 September 2017

In the wake of skyrocketing economic growth, Chinese people are enjoying a better quality of life and have become more health conscious. TKA Holdings (HK) Ltd specialises in the development of deep-processed natural and ecological products for marketing on the mainland. Danny Yu, Project Manager for TKA, spoke about his experience in tapping the mainland green and health products market. More

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Progress in Negotiations for an Environmental Goods Agreement

27 February 2015

Hong Kong traders may recall that negotiations are ongoing for an Environmental Goods Agreement. The negotiations, officially launched on 8 July 2014 by 14 WTO Members including Hong Kong, mainland China, the EU and the US, aim at liberalizing and stimulating trade in so-called green goods, covering products such as wind turbines and solar panels. More

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Sweden Calls on EU to more Widely Regulate Chemicals in Textile Products

13 February 2015

On 3 October 2014, the Swedish Chemicals Agency (SCA) published a report on chemicals in textiles and their risks to human health and the environment. In its report, the SCA noted that textile consumption within the EU and in Sweden is continuously increasing, and that, although a large amount of chemicals is being used in textile production, only a few of these chemical substances are subject to regulation. More

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Restrictions Proposed for PFOA, a Substance Used in Consumer Products and Textiles

13 February 2015

Hong Kong traders should be alerted to an end-date of 17 June 2015, which is the final deadline for submitting comments on a proposed restriction on the manufacturing, use and placing on the market of Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and certain PFOA-related substances. The proposal is also intended to restrict mixtures and articles that contain the substance from being placed on the EU market. More

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Commission Axes Proposed Circular Economy Package, but more Ambitious Product- and Ecodesign-related Proposal is Expected

13 February 2015

At the 22 January 2015 meeting of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee, DG Environment Director-General Karl Falkenberg confirmed that the new Commission has decided not to go forward with its much touted Circular Economy package. Instead, a new proposal is to be re-tabled in 2015. More

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State and Local Governments Continue Efforts to Enhance Safety of Consumer Products, Reduce Environmental Waste

06 February 2015

U.S. state and local governments have continued to tackle a broad range of chemical safety and environmental matters in order to fill the vacuum left by the federal government, which over the past decade has acted decisively to enhance the safety of food and consumer products but has lagged behind on the environmental front largely due to the constraints posed by an outdated regulatory system. More

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EU Environmental Concerns: Developments and Implications

22 October 2014

EU consumers have continued to be attentive to green issues. Yet they have remained bargain hunters, and are sceptical of producers’ self-made claims about the environment performance of their products. These suggest that the cost/benefit ratio of sustainable products is an important factor for making buying decision, along with the burden on the sellers to ascertain the value of their green offerings. More

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US Environmental Concerns: Developments and Implications

12 September 2014

Green consumerism is taking on a continued stride in the US. In response, more and more US businesses now adopt environmentally friendly practices, while the US administration and states have also taken regulatory actions to address green issues. So for Hong Kong suppliers, adopting green designs and processes to ride on the green trends in the US is going to be vital to business success. More

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Driving Green Solutions

31 October 2014

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