Reporting the environmental impact of products and services

The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES), representing business investors, financial institutions and corporations promotes 10 principles of environmental management to its corporate members. The sixth principle states: "We will reduce and where possible eliminate the use, manufacture or sale of products and services that cause environmental damage or health or safety hazards. We will inform our customers of the environmental impacts of our products or services and try to correct unsafe use."

1. Practicing corporate environmental self-assessment
2. Ensuring environmentally responsible production
3. Assessing environmental impacts

1. Providing full cost accounting of consumer products

1. Conducting natural resources damage assessments

1. Implementing voluntary environmental programmes by industry