Characterization of the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products Program in the context of eco-labels and environmental declarations
| dc.contributor.author | Minkov, Nikolay | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bach, Vanessa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Finkbeiner, Matthias | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-13T15:41:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-13T15:41:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-03-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | (1) Background: The Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products Program (C2C Certified for short) is a scheme for the certification of products that meet the criteria and principles of the Cradle to Cradle® design approach. The objective of this paper is to characterize C2C Certified as an instrument for external communication in the context of environmental labeling and declarations. (2) Method: An eco-label characterization scheme consisting of 22 attributes was used to analyze C2C Certified. In addition, it was compared with the established standardization labeling typologies, namely Type I and Type III. This was further illustrated in an example within the building and construction sector. (3) Results: C2C Certified can be classified neither as a Type I, nor a Type III label. The main weaknesses of C2C Certified from a labeling perspective are: the generic, but not product-specific focus of the awarding criteria, the lack of a life cycle perspective, and the incompletely transparent stakeholder involvement procedure. Nevertheless, for certain attributes (e.g., the awarding format), C2C Certified provides practical solutions and goes beyond a Type I eco-label. Substantial similarities between Type III declarations and C2C Certified cannot be identified. (4) Conclusions: The main advantages and shortcomings of C2C Certified from a labeling perspective are pointed out. The approach shows similarities to a Type I eco-label, and efforts toward conformance with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) labelling standards would result in improving its comparability, recognition, and robustness. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | DFG, 325093850, Open Access Publizieren 2017 - 2018 / Technische Universität Berlin | de |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/7502 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-6722 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject.ddc | 338 Produktion | de |
| dc.subject.other | cradle to cradle | en |
| dc.subject.other | environmental labeling | en |
| dc.subject.other | eco-label | en |
| dc.subject.other | EPD | en |
| dc.subject.other | characterization | en |
| dc.subject.other | criteria | en |
| dc.subject.other | ISO | en |
| dc.title | Characterization of the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products Program in the context of eco-labels and environmental declarations | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber | 738 | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi | 10.3390/su10030738 | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3 | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle | Sustainability | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername | MDPI | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplace | Basel | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume | 10 | en |
| tub.accessrights.dnb | free | en |
| tub.affiliation | Fak. 3 Prozesswissenschaften::Inst. Technischen Umweltschutz::FG Technischer Umweltschutz / Sustainable Engineering | de |
| tub.affiliation.faculty | Fak. 3 Prozesswissenschaften | de |
| tub.affiliation.group | FG Technischer Umweltschutz / Sustainable Engineering | de |
| tub.affiliation.institute | Inst. Technischen Umweltschutz | de |
| tub.publisher.universityorinstitution | Technische Universität Berlin | en |