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WWF One Planet Mobility Report with contributions from CSCP
How can the “Triangle of Change” encourage sustainable personal mobility within planetary limits? During 2007 and early 2008 WWF's One Planet Mobility campaign brought together more than 30 European organisations from the transport sector, including business, government, research and civil society with the goal to create collaborative solutions for sustainable mobility. The outcomes of this process and the insights it generated are now set out in WWF's new report. The report will be publicly launched at an interactive event on October 30th in London where leading actors from the transport sector, government and civil society will map out ways to achieve a sustainable future for mobility. Fo [...] Read more
"Only one earth, don't waste it"
A step closer to changing our behaviour 'Green Week', the biggest annual conference devoted to European environmental policy, took place this year from the 3rd-6th June, in the Charlemagne building, Brussels. As part of the session on SCP and the European Commission’s Action Plan, head of the CSCP, Michael Kuhndt, gave a presentation on the worldwide SCP perspective. 'Green Week' was aimed to provide a platform for debate, exchange of experiences, and best practices among varying participants from business, NGOs and different levels of government and the public. It spanned four main topic areas; Resources and Waste Management, Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), Nature and Biodiver [...] Read more
Award for Environmental Governance Standards Project
The project "Environmental Governance Standards for Development Financing Institutions" (EGS) has received honourable mention in the Developing Nation category of the 2008 "Associations Make A Better World" awards by the Washington D.C.-based American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Center for Association Leadership. The "Associations Make A Better World" awards competition recognises outstanding association programmes, projects and activities that make a significant contribution to societies and economies worldwide. The 2008 award will be given at the ASAE & the Center's Annual Meeting in San Diego, California on August 16-19, 2008. < [...] Read more
Green Guide now online
Businesses have the potential to make a contribution to SCP, from employee-level to technological solutions provided by IT. Read more in the Green Guide where the CSCP contributed a chapter on extending the view of corporate environmental management. Download Green Guide Read more
Saving for a bright future
A Manual for Efficient Lighting Procurement in UN agencies Saving for a Bright Future is a technical manual issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP). The manual provides convincing and factual arguments tailored to UN offices on cost saving options through more efficient lighting. The manual targets building managers, procurement officers, environmental officers and staff. It provides advice and guidance from the most ambitious to the simple and affordable measures as well as case studies based on UN agencies’ experiences (UN Offices in Vienna and Nai [...] Read more
