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Global Outlook on SCP Policies: Taking Action Together [Preview of main report]
This report presents the first findings of the Global Outlook on SCP Policies, commissioned from UNEP by the European Commission, which provides a nonexhaustive review of... -
A sustainability standard for Chile's agriculture sector
This study identifies the challenges that are currently hampering the export of agricultural products from Chile, and assesses opportunities to make use of sustainability... -
The Chemicals in Products Project: Case Study of the Textiles Sector
The study investigated the wide range of needs of the numerous stakeholders involved in the life cycle of textiles and who would undertake management of the chemicals contained... -
Comparative Analysis of Green Public Procurement and Ecolabelling Programmes...
This report compares Green Public Procurement (GPP) programs from four leading Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea and Thailand) to understand what the frameworks and key... -
Voluntary Standards for Sustainable Food Systems: Challenges and...
Papers presented: Nexus between public and private food standards: main issues and perspectives; Objectives and challenges of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability... -
Certification and Sustainable Fisheries
The main concern of this paper is a consideration of the hypothetical and actual benefits of certification and eco-labelling. The paper focuses on environmental certification of... -
Implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement Action Plan: Final Report
Sustainable Procurement is a process whereby organisations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves “value for money on a whole life... -
Análisis de Mercado en Argentina Sobre la Capacidad de Cumplir con Criterios...
El presente reporte se enmarca bajo el proyecto “Estimular la demanda y oferta de productos sostenibles a través de las compras públicas sostenibles y el eco-etiquetado -... -
A Guideline for Sustainable Public Procurement: Adapted for use by Mongolian...
With vast agricultural and mineral resources and an increasingly educated population, Mongolia’s long-term development prospects are bright. At the same time, Mongolia continues... -
Project "Stimulating the Demand and Supply of Sustainable Products through...
This report presents an insight into Vietnam’s public procurement framework. It identifies potential benefits and challenges in existing legislation for the best possible... -
Eco-Labelling of the Priority Groups – PVC Sustainable Windows and Doors and...
Concepts like "green public procurement," "sustainable development," "sustainable public procurement," are increasingly common in development strategies established at the... -
Assessment of the Eco-Labelling System in the Republic of Moldova, in line...
The labelling system has become not only a response to the population’s concern about the worsening state of the environment, but rather proved to be an efficient method for... -
Market Readiness Analysis: Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood...
The study was conducted to determine the readiness of the market to promote sustainable public procurement (hereinafter - SPP) on the priority product categories in Ukraine. The... -
Project “Stimulating the Demand and Supply of Sustainable Products through...
This Status Assessment report aims at drawing the overall portrait of the current public procurement status in Vietnam with a view to understand the actions needed and gaps to... -
Review of the Public Procurement Legal Framework of Mongolia
This legal review is one of the preliminary studies recommended by the UNEP Approach to SPP with a view to design and then implement an SPP Action Plan. The UNEP Approach to SPP... -
Market Readiness Analysis on Sustainable Public Procurement in Mongolia:...
The Market analysis is developed based on related information and findings within the Legal Review and the Prioritization Exercise, both of which are presented in separate... -
Ecolabelling as a Potential Marketing Tool for African Products: An Overview...
Ecolabelling entered mainstream environmental policy making in 1977, when the German government established the blue angel programme. since that time, ecolabels have become one... -
Plan de Accion Nacional de Ecoetiquetado sello Ambiental Colombiano
El presente Plan de Acción Nacional de Ecoetquetado diseñado por el Gobierno Nacional, se sustenta en la premisa básica del Desarrollo Sostenible que busca satsfacer las... -
Analytical Report of the Ecolabelling Practices in Ukraine
Analytical report of the ecolabelling practices in Ukraine was prepared by the NGO Living Planet under contract with the UN Environment Program (UNEP) in the framework on... -
Legislative Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources...
This book seeks to explore how legislation, which is the backbone of governance and enforcement systems, accommodates and makes provision for the connections among economic (and...