From year to year, eco-trend is becoming an increasingly powerful tool for enhancing competitiveness for manufacturers, service providers and contractors in all countries of the world.

The desire to preserve the health and better conditions of modern life motivates the growth of consumer demand for natural, high-quality and safer.

The development of the eco-products market is influenced by growing consumer demand and a number of global initiatives under the auspices of the UN, including those aimed at informing consumers about the benefits of such products, supporting the introduction of resource-efficient and cleaner production technologies, greening public procurement and combating unfair competition.
A study commissioned by the European Commission in 2017 gave an estimate of the global eco-market at 4536 billion Euros with an EU share of 21%. Since 2010, this market has been growing annually by an average of 4% and has the greatest potential for growth in both the private and public sectors of the economy.

Article 152 of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement requires the Ukrainian side to ensure the implementation of the requirements of EU Directive 24/2014 regarding the expansion of the possibility of applying economic, environmental and social criteria to the subject of procurement.

A workshop with an expert will take place with the aim of presenting and discussing with existing furniture manufacturers and timber products existing tools and new initiatives aimed at supporting the production of eco-products in Ukraine.

Speaker: Берзина Светлана – Expert of the United Nations Environment Program, Deputy Chairman of the National Technical Committee for Standardization TC 82 “Environmental Protection”, founder of the Center for Environmental Certification and Labeling of the Living Planet NGO.

Participation in the workshop is possible subject to prior registration: http://bit.ly/ecoFurniture
Cost: 300 UAH per person, free of charge for UAFM members.

The program of the event includes consideration of the following issues:
– eco and marketing (research, innovation and success stories)
– the responsibility of the manufacturer (or importer, supplier) for the use of baseless statements and markings about the environmental characteristics or preference of products;
– guidelines on environmental awareness of products;
– confirmation of the environmental characteristics and benefits of products: standards and certification schemes for furniture and wood products;
– support for producers of environmental products, in particular, government assistance and opportunities for attracting green investments aimed at improving energy intensity, resource efficiency and reducing environmental impacts;
– the advantages of environmental products at competitive bidding (public procurement) according to the requirements of technical specifications and the use of non-price criteria;
– Planned changes to the Law of Ukraine “On public procurement” that will affect the increase in demand for eco-products;
– expected changes in legislation in the field of chemical safety.

When: April 4, 2019
Where: city. Kiev, st. Yu. Ilyenko, 81a, UAFM conference room on the first floor
Beginning at 16:00
Duration: 2 hour