Green Party of the United States
Home Vote Results History Contacts Admin
 National Committee Voting

Login

Proposal Details

Proposal ID985
Proposal2020 Platform Amendment: Chapter II, Section A, 10 Consumer Protection
PresenterPlatform Committee Sponsor: Eco-Action Committee
Floor ManagerKristin Combs
PhaseClosed - Adopted
Discussion01-13-2020 - 02-09-2020
Voting02-10-2020 - 02-16-2020
Presens QuorumTwo Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Consens QuorumTwo Thirds of Yes and No Votes

Background

None

Proposal

Amend Chapter II, Social Justice, Section A, Civil Rights and Equal Rights, Sub-section 10, Consumer Protection point c.
Proposed Changes
c. Preserve and expand product-labeling requirements to ensure that consumers are fully informed about the origin, ingredients, and ecological life cycle of all products, including animal testing, and the product’s organic, recycled, and genetically engineered content. Include information about the nutritional value and the vegetarian or vegan status of food products. Require stringent “Eco-Labeling” requirements which show the “environmental impacts associated with the production or use of a product.” This may include land use, water use, waste byproducts, emissions, and more.

Current Text
c. Preserve and expand product-labeling requirements to ensure that consumers are informed about the origin, ingredients and ecological life cycle of all products, including animal testing and the product’s organic, recycled and genetically engineered content. Include information about the nutritional value and the vegetarian or vegan status of food products.

Resources

Approval of this proposal will amend the 2018 GPUS Platform.

Contacts:
Platform Committee platcom@gp.org; Co-chairs Bruce Hinkforth, Tim Willard
Eco-Action Committee ecoaction-cochairs@gp.org; Co-chairs Audrey Clement, Frank Jeffers

References

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1a59/d85d0d88a26df8783ba7709cd8d025e30607.pdf



The voting software used by the Green Party of the United States is free software, licensed under the General Public License v2 (GPL).