The Human Development through the Market (HDtM) Project aims at introducing innovative business model for entrepreneurs, National Cleaner Production Centres (NCPCs) and other relevant intermediaries like financial institutions, business associations and other organizations. It is a market based business approach that provides products and services with environmental, social, and economic values. It is doing business in a way that benefits the private sector, the public bodies, the host community, and the intermediary organisations.

 

A major outcome of the project is the HDtM Strategy Paper. This document illustrates the opportunities behind the HDtM approach and the competitive advantage that promoting it might bring to intermediary organisations. It consists of a conceptual introduction to the approach and good practice case studies in the area of Agriculture and Food, Tourism, Waste, and Energy. It also delivers some ideas about various possibilities for sources of financing, cost structure, type of partnerships, performance evaluation and monitoring.

 

The HDtM Strategy Paper also served as the background paper to UNEP’s 9th International Seminar on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP9), which was held on 12-13 December 2006, Arusha, Tanzania.

Burcu Tunçer, burcu.tuncer@scp-centre.org

 

	HDtM_InANutshell.pdf In a nutshell: 'Human Development through the market'	175 K
	scp9_bckgrdpaper_final_cscp.pdf Background Paper for the UNEP 9th High-level Seminar on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP9) – Creating Solutions for Industry, Environment and Development 10-12 December 2006, Arusha, Tanzania	1.9 M
	Stockholm_Kuhndt_June07.pdf "Building partnerships for human development through the market" - Presentation held by Michael Kuhndt at Third International Expert Meeting on the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP), Stockholm, 26-29 June 2007	2.7 M
	GIN_BOPSession_Tuncer.pdf Presentation held at GIN Sustainable Ecosystem & Social Stewardship, Waterloo, June 14-17	1.2 M
	Tanzania_Kuhndt_HDtM.pdf Presentation held at UNEP 9th High-level Seminar on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP9) – Creating Solutions for Industry, Environment and Development 10-12 December 2006, Arusha, Tanzania	1.4 M
	Paper_HDtM_Kuhndt_et_al.pdf An innovation market-based approach for poverty reduction via environmental and social improvements. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, October 12-13, 2006, Berlin.	148 K
	Presentation_HDtM_Kuhndt_et_al.pdf Powerpoint presentation shown at the 2nd International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, October 12-13, 2006, Berlin.	2.4 M
	APRSCP_Paper_VillarHerrndorf.pdf Exploring the business case of sustainable consumption in Asia. Villar, Andreas/ Herrndorf, Martin/ Tuncer, Burcu/ Kuhndt, Michael, paper submitted for the Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP), July 2005	209 K