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Environmental Impact from Bed Linen in the Production Chain

3 Summary of results of the survey

In the table below it is summarised, how the individual products were assessed towards each criterion in the old criteria document.

Table 3.1 Assessment results with respect to the old criteria document

  Criterion number
Product 2 10 11 12 14 a 14 b 15 16 17 19 a 19 b 20 21 24 a 24 b 25 26 27
Home Base - (+) - + (+) ÷ + (+) o + + (+) (+) o o (+) + +
Finlayson (+) (+) - + + + + o (+) o o o o (÷) + (+) + +
Madison (+) (+) (+) + + - + o (+) o o o o - + + + +
Night Time - (+) (+) + + (+) + o (+) o o o o + + (+) - +
Millie May Rose                                    
Cornelia - (+) + + - (+) + o - o o o o - + + - +
Loops Classic                                    
Nordisk Tekstil - - - - - - - o - o o o o - - - - -
Barbie - + + + + (÷) + o - o o o o (÷) + + + +
Gallery - (+) - + + + + o (+) o o o o - + - - +
Rapunzel - + + + + (÷) + o - o o o o (÷) + + + +
2-delt sæt - (+) - + (+) - + o - o o o o - + + + +
Sally                                    
Lönn                                    
Strandfräne - (+) - + + (÷) + o (+) o o o o + + + ÷ +
Moments + + + + + + + o (+) o o o o + + + + +
Rosa (+) (+) - + (+) ÷ + o (+) o o o o ÷ + + + +
Blue Stripe + - (+) - - - + + o - - + - o o + - +
Candy Light Blue - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Legend:

square The producer did not want to participate in the survey
+ Documentation that the criterion is met
÷ Documentation that the criterion is not met
(+) Likely that the criterion is met
(÷) Likely that the criterion is not met
- No documentation
o Not relevant for the product in question.

Only the Flower-labelled product Moments meets all the criteria.

The following table summarises, how the individual products were assessed towards each criterion in the revised criteria document.

Table 3.2 Assessment results with respect to the revised criteria document

  Criterion number
Product 2 10 a 10 b 11 a 11b 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 a 20 b 21 22 25 a 25 b 26 27 28 30
Home Base - (+) + - + + (+) ÷ + (+) o + + (+) (+) o o (+) + + -
Finlayson (+) (+) + - + + + + + o (+) o o o o (÷) + (+) + + ÷
Madison (+) (+) + (+) + + + - + o (+) o o o o - + ÷ + + +
Night Time - (+) + (+) + + ÷ (+) + o (+) o o o o + + (+) - + +
Millie May Rose                                          
Cornelia - (+) + + + + - (+) + o - o o o o - + - - + +
Loops Classic                                          
Nordisk Tekstil - - - - - - - - - o - o o o o - - - - - -
Barbie - + + + + + + (÷) + o - o o o o (÷) + + + + +
Gallery - (+) + - + + + + + o (+) o o o o - + - - + ÷
Rapunzel - + + + + + + (÷) + o - o o o o (÷) + + + + +
2-delt sæt - (+) + - + + (+) - + o - o o o o - + + + + (+)
Sally                                          
Lönn                                          
Strandfräne - (+) + - + + + (÷) + o (+) o o o o + + + ÷ + +
Moments (+) + + - - + ÷ + + o (+) o o o o + + - + + ÷
Rosa (+) (+) + - + + (+) ÷ + o (+) o o o o ÷ + ÷ + + ÷
Blue Stripe + - (+) (+) (+) - - - + + o - - + - o o + - + (+)
Candy Light Blue - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Legend:

square The producer did not want to participate in the survey
+ Documentation that the criterion is met
÷ Documentation that the criterion is not met
(+) Likely that the criterion is met
(÷) Likely that the criterion is not met
- No documentation
o Not relevant for the product in question.

None of the products comply with the requirements in the new and revised criteria document, not even the product with the eco-label.

This shows that the revision has tightened the requirements so that those producers, who earlier had products certified according to the criteria document, will have to adjust their documentation and sometimes even their production in order to meet the revised criteria. This is very well in accordance with the whole idea of eco-labelling that continuous improvements regarding environmental aspects are necessary.

 

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