The CSCP is seeking funding partners for the project that will set up a bread bakery powered entirely by a solar oven in a rural village in south-western Cameroon.

The CSCP together with project partners UNEP and the China State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) delivered a capacity building training program for government officials and policy experts in Beijing China. The training program is based around a ‘toolbox’ of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) policies and measures developed by the CSCP.

The CSCP presented the “Human Development through the Market“ (HDtM) approach at UNEP’s 9th International Seminar on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP9), held on 12-13 December 2006 in Arusha, Tanzania. HDtM covers market-based environmentally and socially responsible activities that empower the poor to meet their basic needs and introduces innovative business model to entrepreneurs, National Cleaner Production Centres (NCPCs) and other relevant intermediaries such as financial institu [...]

Together with the UNEP, the CSCP is currently looking for project partners to publish a self-help guidebook provisionally entitled “Do SMART Business – Week by Week”. Targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) around the world, this publication will introduce the basics for operating their business in a more environmentally and socially responsible manner.

The CSCP in partnership with UNEP has developed an updated Efficient Entrepreneur Website to further promote the Efficient Entrepreneur Calendar and Assistant Handbook, and make it more easily available. Users can view the Calendar online, and download electronic copies of the Calendar and Assistant Handbook in English or French language versions free of charge.

The Efficient Entrepreneur Calendar is a practical tool that en [...]