SriLanka, Nov. 14 -- In a call that blended environmental urgency with economic opportunity, Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN) Chair K.S. Venkatagiri urged Sri Lanka's industries to fast-track the adoption of Type I ecolabels.

According to him, such a move could cut national carbon emissions by up to 20 percent while opening new doors to export markets increasingly defined by sustainability.

Speaking at the third International Conference on Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy, organised by the National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) Sri Lanka, Venkatagiri stressed ecolabelling is now a matter of survival in global trade.

"Every ecolabelled product tells the world it consumes less carbon, less water and fewer resources. If Sri La...