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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 135, Issue -, Pages 806-818Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.167
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Ecolabels; Eco-innovation cyclical process; Environmental certificates; Environmental management; Systematic literature review
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- Universidad de Navarra-Banco Santander
- Universidad de Navarra
- Universidad de La Sabana
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This study analyzes the importance of ecolabels as an eco-innovation tool that can contribute to the sustainable design, production and consumption of products. Our research has a dual objective. The first is to build a theoretical framework that explains the relationship between ecolabels and eco-innovation, their determinants (demand, supply; and institutional and political influences) and the dimensions that arise from them. Second, according to this framework, a systematic literature review was carried out to identify the trends and opportunities in ecolabeling as a multidimensional topic, from empirical, geographical and sectorial perspective. The main contributions of this paper are a proposal for cyclical ecolabeling innovation process, an understanding of the ecolabeling dimensions according to the studies analyzed, and ecolabel performance in the market. Additionally, the systematic literature review revealed that ecolabels have been mainly explored in food sectors and, developed countries, and researchers tend to assess their performance from the dimension of market dynamics. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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