Classification Matrix Instruments
Class |
'Mandatory' |
'Voluntary' |
Informational |
- Product labels
- Approved technology lists
- Graduated tax on advert
|
- Information campaign
- Product location at sale
- Ranking and awards campaigns
|
Regulatory / administrative |
- Regulatory standards
- Licenses
- Government procurement
- Recycling requirements
- Product ban
- Waste targets, requirements and/or prices
- Deposits / refunds on purchased goods
- Limits on percentage ownership or use
|
- Sector trade body standards
- Business emission agreements / allowances
- Supply chain procurement requirements
- Voluntary agreements by trade organisations
- Extension of product lifetime
- Retailers product choice
|
Economic / financial |
‘Externality / Cost-raising’
- C-intensive materials charge
- Carbon embodied charge
- Product user fees
- Waste targets, requirements and/or prices
- Minimum price limits
- Business emission agreements / allowances
|
‘Subsidy / cost –reducing’
- Subsidy
- Deposits / refunds on purchased goods
- Product tax incentives
- Trade Env Goods and Services agreements - e.g. tariffs
- Preferential finance terms
|
Enabling infrastructure & institutional |
- Mandatory metering
- Infrastructure Improvements
|
- Enabling recycling
- Enabling product sharing
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