2020 Virtual International Symposium

2020 is a pivotal year for sustainability.
 
This panel will discuss the practical and legal considerations related to product safety and sustainability. How all stakeholders can be on board and play an active role in the sustainability transition?
 
Sustainability concepts like reuse, repair, increase uptake of recycled content, etc., are likely to impact product safety. How businesses and regulators are working on this issue? What are the legal issues at stake in this transition?
 
How businesses are dealing with consumer behaviour in front of this sustainability transition?  Ex. Reuse could involve the increase in second hands products. How is business-facing questions about labelling, and instructions or questions related to the products end of life?
 
Product safety is a powerful tool that involves legal framework, manufacturers, distributors and consumers; it means that all society is pushed together to the same direction but, how?
 
This session will touch the following areas:
- What businesses do and how it is perceived by consumers?
- Related legal issues like labelling, the notion of a safe product, placing on the market, etc.
- Insights from the 2020 EU circular economy action plan