Environmental protection

Theme 1: Sustainable Consumption and Production Measurement Methods

Research Projects 06/07

EV02024 2006 Review of Ecological Footprinting Methodologies

Defra SCP evidence projects to date have reviewed a wide range of existing methods for assessing the environmental impacts of consumption and production. The effective policy use of measurement is an evolving SCP area, and this review consider a number of key issues regarding the use of Ecological Footprints as a policy tool.

Final Report (EV02024)

Project (EV02019) - Review of sustainable commodities

The project sought to identify reliable data on the broad scale of the impacts of UK commodity consumption to inform Defra’s understanding of the likely improvements required by future policy development and made recommendations for actions to promote sustainable use of commodities.

Final Report (EV02019)

Page published: 23 January 2008

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs