Consumption standards as the basis for promoting the concept of sustainable development

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10.2991/cssdre-19.2019.44How to use a DOI?

Keywords

sustainable development, consumption standards, environmental labeling

Abstract

The article considers the problem of the formation and promotion of consumption standards as an element of the transition to the concept of sustainable development on the example of comparing eco-labeling systems in Russia and Germany. It is noted that the rationalization of consumption standards is one of the goals of the transition to sustainable development, enshrined in the decisions of the United Nations. The algorithm for obtaining a quality mark was compared by the example of ABCERT AG Company, Germany, and the Russian organizations Eco-Control and St. Petersburg Ecological Union. A comparative analysis of regulatory documents of the federal level governing the activities of certifying organizations has been carried out. The following conclusions were made. The formation of consumption standards in Russia occurs spontaneously and reflects the current socio-economic situation. Domestic problems of the formation of consumption standards oriented towards sustainable development can be divided into two groups: a) objective - for example, low incomes of the population and confidence in certifying organizations; b) organizational - for example, the lack of a holistic position of the state on the issue of eco-labeling and a system of interaction with voluntary certification bodies. There are no fundamental differences (for example, in the sequence of stages) in the eco-labeling system of domestic and foreign authorized bodies. Moreover, the work of Russian voluntary certification systems is based on foreign standards and regulations.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Alexey Zaytsev
AU  - Maria Vlasova
AU  - Olga Popova
AU  - Petr Mashegov
AU  - Innara Lyapina
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - Consumption standards as the basis for promoting the concept of sustainable development
BT  - Proceedings of the Volgograd State University International Scientific Conference "Competitive, Sustainable and Safe Development of the Regional Economy" (CSSDRE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 219
EP  - 223
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/cssdre-19.2019.44
DO  - 10.2991/cssdre-19.2019.44
ID  - Zaytsev2019/06
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