Biodiversity labelling : "A dimension of compromise and choice" (Vincent Colomb, Ademe, France )

'Biodiversity is a complex matter. Depending on the area concerned, some practices would favour certain species and harm others. Creating a rating system that reflects biodiversity as a whole is an extremely difficult exercise in itself. The aim is to produce something meaningful that provides information on the major well-known trends. While a consensus has been reached on favourable practices, such as reducing pesticides and ploughing, and the presence of hedges and meadows, there is not necessarily a consensus on the extent of potential benefits, which may depend on specific parameters (e.g. the type of tree species in the hedge). Therefore, it will be difficult to reach a complete consensus on the scoring method. Moreover, no single indicator has achieved complete consensus in international bodies. "There's a notion of compromise and choice", said Vincent Colomb, Ademe's environmental labelling coordinator, in an interview with News Tank on 23 June 2025.

Although work on the future environmental labelling scheme has resumed, with a particular focus on integrating a biodiversity…