Working Group: Environment and Packaging

Contact this working group.

Task
The (inter)national promotion of socially responsible entrepreneurship and the practicable, environmentally friendly, distribution of products.


Subjects 

• Influencing socially responsible entrepreneurship for web-shops 
• Implementing the Packaging and Packaging Waste Decree 
• Influencing legislation on fire safety in relation to (children’s) clothes 
• Influencing tax on packaging

Lobby issues 

• Drawing up guidelines relating to socially responsible entrepreneurship for web-shops 
• Promoting practicable, environmentally friendly distribution (packages) of products

Other goals and activities

• Publishing a white paper on socially responsible entrepreneurship

External contacts
The Netherlands

• Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport

Europe 

• European Commission 
• EMOTA (European E-Commerce and Mail Order Trade)

 
Members of the Working Group on Environment & Packaging: 
Vincent van Daalen (IkSloopGoedkoop), Chairman
Menno van der Put (Thuiswinkel.org), Secretary
Hennie Theissen (Neckermann.com) 
Cees de Jonge (Wehkamp) 
Marte Kersten (ECI) 
Joost Luteijn (Klingel) 
Wim Steijns (Neckerman.com) 
Rob Verduin (Afval.nl)