Discussion: Adding sustainability information (e.g., hasEcoLabel) to Product type

[se-jaeger]

I'm wondering whether there are any plans or any effort regarding adding sustainability information into the Product type (couldn't find any). If not, maybe some of you are interested in connecting and join forces to make this possible?

More concrete, I'm thinking about adding a property, e.g., hasEcoLabel, to represent that a product (e.g., a shirt) is certified with a given ecolabel (e.g., GOTS). However, I'm happy to elaborate on this topic and suggest/introduce more of those.

Many (at least German) online shops provide schema.org information and list that a given product is certified.
IMHO, embedding this information into the Product type would be very helpful.

[github-actions]

This issue is being nudged due to inactivity.

[OR13]

I am interested in supporting this.

• https://schema.org/docs/search_results.html?q=sustainability
• https://twitter.com/OR13b/status/1576746976087273473
• https://twitter.com/OR13b/status/1571219487717838848

See also: https://www.w3.org/community/sustyweb/wiki/Main_Page

In particular, I am interested in parsing page fragments to obtain information regarding sustainability and other concerns related to product origin, such as labor certificates, etc.

We've been developing "Verifiable Credentials" based on schema.org and other sources here:

• https://w3c-ccg.github.io/traceability-vocab/

We'd love to be able to rely on schema.org exclusively for semantics related to sustainability and product origins.

[mgifford]

I like the idea. It could point to things like https://github.com/thegreenwebfoundation/carbon.txt

and for that matter policies like:
https://github.com/thegreenwebfoundation/sustainability-policy/blob/master/sustainability-policy.md

[BigDatalex]

I am sharing a few links that could be helpful:

The GS1 web vocabulary is an extension of schema.org and provides some specifications that address the standardization of sustainability information. It includes standards regarding packaging and the products themself. E.g. it includes the EU Eco Label see link:

    {
      "@id": "gs1:PackagingMarkedLabelAccreditationCode-EU_ECO_LABEL",
      "@type": "gs1:PackagingMarkedLabelAccreditationCode",
      "rdfs:comment": {
        "@language": "en",
        "@value": "The item is physically marked with the European Union Eco label a European environmental initiative supported by the European Commission."
      },

and more general properties see link:

{
      "@id": "gs1:sustainabilityInfo",
      "@type": [
        "rdf:Property",
        "owl:ObjectProperty"
      ],
      "rdfs:comment": {
        "@language": "en",
        "@value": "A link to information relating to sustainability and recycling requirements or processes."
      },

In addition, schema.org themself have added the type EnergyConsumptionDetails which represents information related to the energy efficiency of a product that consumes energy.