CiU proposed that the product labels indicate CO2 emissions

CiU parliamentary group will defend next week in the Environment Committee of the Congress of Deputies, a non-legislative proposal which proposes that products manufactured in a label detailing the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) associated with its development with the aim of measuring the impact of each product in global warming and the ecology.

Thus, the CiU spokesman at the Commission for the Study of Climate Change, Carles Campuzano, believes that if given such information, be sensitized to the citizens and will promote the responsible consumption, so if consumers have this information you can choose products based on their own criteria for environmental responsibility.

Product labels indicate CO2 emissions

"It's about raising awareness among citizens, and promote more responsible consumption by providing the consumer with information as the trace left by the product acquired in the emission of greenhouse gases," he said.

Campbell notes that in countries like Britain, France, Switzerland and Finland and is included in some products this type of information. In that sense, has become such a British supermarket chain Tesco, which includes the label of the carbon footprint of products such as chips or orange juice, for example, the associated CO2 emission, or the French supermarket Casino also include such information in some products, as well as Migros in Switzerland or oatmeal in Finland. Also referred to the phone company Orange, which has begun to explain the traces of mobile telephony and the ecology.

CO2 Emissions and the Ecology

"We must extend this practice in Spain. With this goal comes the CiU initiative," said Campuzano.

For this purpose the non-legislative proposal CiU is urging Congress to urge the government to move forward within the European Union to establish uniform criteria for measuring the environmental impact of products, in terms of CO2 emissions and the ecology, and cooperate with the regions to promote that product labeling include information on its impact in terms of emissions.