Reducing your carbon footprint: consumer products
Climate Change Working Group
This event has been postponed. A new date will be announced here shortly.
Overview
How can we make sounder choices about our future consumer purchases?
This online event will begin with a brief introduction about the challenges that our consumer society presents in terms of carbon emissions associated with the production and distribution of the goods “we love to buy” on both a personal and societal level.
This will be followed by a presentation from David Lovell – a regulatory consultant with wide experience in the environmental impact of white goods and lead author of PAS 7770:2024, the new national standard with implications for how products are made, bought, used and disposed. He will address the steps that industries and retailers are taking to be a part of a more circular economy and explore some of the challenges that this change faces.
What are the greenwashing tactics that companies might produce and how can you identify them? What are the best options for consumers who want to reduce the environmental impact of their purchases?
David’s presentation will be followed by questions from the audience, and we encourage you to get involved and take part in the discussion.
David Lovell
David Lovell is a regulatory consultant drawing on his experience of both UK Central Government and Local government regulator roles.
David previously held a number of roles at the Office for Product Safety & Standards. He was Head of Enforcement for a series of technical, environmental and product-based EU Regulations and Directives (Timber, Eco-design, ROHS etc), as well as being the Lead Investigator for the Product Safety Investigation relating to the cause of the Grenfell Tower Fire.
David has a deep understanding of product safety legislation regarding consumer products coupled with how that interacts with the sustainability of the same products. He was the Technical Author of the recently published guide BSI PAS 7770:2024 Energy-related consumer products – Environmental performance assessment (September 2024).
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