A Study on Environmental Standards and Their Trade Impact on Indian Textiles & Clothing Industry (SESTI) PROSAIG Project Advisory Committee Meeting 8 th December 2011 Archana Jatkar Coordinator & Deputy Head CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment

Background  Goal - Promotion of optimal use of eco-labels for enhancing environmental sustainability and economic welfare Purpose - Generation of improved understanding of the communicative power of environmental and social labels for enhancing consumer welfare and environmental sustainability Period : January 2011 – December 2012 (24 months) Partner: National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO) 2

Progress to Date January March 2011 Operational Strategy Note Project webpage Activity Time Chart Project Review Committee Terms of Reference Review of Literature April June 2011 Draft Review of Literature Project Launch Meeting held on 20 May, 2011, in Oslo Revision of desk research after launch meeting – shared with RC/SIFO Preparation of an inventory of environmental standards for India in T & C products especially in Norway, Germany, Sweden & France 3

Progress to Date July2011- September 2011 Planning & preparation for quantitative and qualitative field survey of T & C exporters/consumers An econometric model/equation to collect primary data to examine impact of environ standards on Indian T & C sector Formulation of draft questionnaire for quantitative and qualitative survey of T & C firms/associations Preliminary stakeholder’s survey in Norway October December 2011 Appointed Ace Global, LLP - a professional survey agency to conduct the survey in India – under CUTS procurement policy, 2010 One Day workshop followed by personal interviews/field survey in India on technical, economic & cultural barriers ongoing in five major textile centres Prepared draft questionnaire for consumer survey by SIFO Consumer survey in Norway, Sweden, Germany & France will be conducted by SIFO Preliminary draft report on the field survey in India 4

Outputs Sr No.Name and Type of OutputDeadline for the output 1. Briefing Paper by CUTS on initial literature review Ongoing 2. Draft Report of the Field Survey on Technical, Economic and Cultural barriers in India and Europe December – January Second Briefing paper by SIFO on initial stakeholders survey in Norway January Report of consumer survey in select European countries February Briefing Paper by CUTS after collection of data from field survey on technical & other barriers in India August - September Briefing Paper by SIFO after collection of data of consumer survey August - September Event reports of 5 capacity building programmesApril - August Final Project ReportSeptember - November

Planned Activities January 2011 – June 2012  First Briefing paper on initial review of literature  Analysis of collected data from the quantitative & qualitative survey in India  Second briefing paper on initial stakeholders’ survey in Norway  Report of the field survey in India on technical, economic & cultural barriers  Analysis of collected data of consumer survey by SIFO  Report of the consumer survey by SIFO  Review of above reports  Capacity building workshops 6

Planned Activities July – December 2012  Five capacity building workshops in India  Two briefing papers  Publication & dissemination of the study 7

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