Importing goods from sustainable production countries could lower EU’s environmental footprint

Posted by aclimaadmin | 22/11/2019 | Noticias del Sector

A new study has analysed how to reduce the environmental footprint of EU trade by preferentially importing goods from countries that have greener production processes.

The study concludes that the environmental impacts of 200 product groups imported into the EU could be considerably reduced in this way. For example, water consumption caused by these imports could be cut by 72%, and land use by 65%…read more

Fuente: ec.europa.eu

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