Dubbed the “flower label”, this was one of the first EU-wide attempts to improve the energy efficiency of goods and raise environmental standards more generally. Eco-labelling, an entirely voluntary ...

The flower scheme is part of a market-based environmental policy, whose aim is to encourage sustainable production and consumption. The idea is to encourage businesses to market “greener” products and ...

Flowers grown in the UK should be given special provenance labels in an attempt to boost sales. The National Farmers' Union (NFU) wants to encourage a change in attitude to flower buying to help ...