Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "ECOLABELLING"
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34 Projects at A Glance: Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)The overall objective of SWITCH Africa Green is to support 6 countries in Africa to achieve sustainable development by engaging in transition towards an inclusive green economy. -
6 Projects at a Glance: South Africa - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)Projects in South Africa include Awareness Creation and Capacity Building on Eco Labelling for the Agricultural Sector, Promoting Eco-entrepreneurship In Africa, Meat Naturally Initiative: Embedding Sustainability in South ... -
Awareness Creation and Capacity Building on Ecolabelling for the Agricultural Sector - South Africa
(2017)The objective of the project is to build capacity to ensure policy support for Eco labelling, equip producers/service providers with relevant skills for effective implementation of Eco labelling practices and establish ... -
Certification and Sustainable Fisheries
(2009)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 capture fisheries (rather than social and/or ... -
The Chemicals in Products Project: Case Study of the Textiles Sector
(2011)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 in textile products: it found the main driver ... -
Comparative Analysis of Green Public Procurement and Ecolabelling Programmes in China, Japan, Thailand and the Republic of Korea: Lessons Learned and Common Success Factors
(2017)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 success factors that result in high-impact green ... -
Ecolabelling as a Potential Marketing Tool for African Products: An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges
(2007)Ecolabelling entered mainstream environmental policy making in 1977, when the German government established the blue angel programme. since that time, ecolabels have become one of the more high- profile market-based tools ... -
Environment and Trade: A Handbook
(2000)The handbook has been developed to highlight the relationship between envi- ronment and trade. The primary aim is to foster a broader understanding of these interlinkages to enable governments to develop practical approaches ... -
Global Outlook on SCP Policies: Taking Action Together [Preview of main report]
(2011)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 government policies and business and civil society ... -
Green Label for Businesses, Tel Aviv-Yafo- Online Platform: SwitchMed in Israel - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)The city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, the second most populous city in Israel and the second largest local economy in the Middle East in partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection created a Green Label for ... -
Greening the Tourism Sector in Uganda
(2019)The overall objective of this action is to boost the transformation of Uganda towards an inclusive green economy by enhancing the sustainability and competitiveness of a key sector for the country, as it is the Tourism ... -
Legislative Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Governance - FAO Legislative Study No. 114
(2020)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 social) activities that may have more than ... -
Promoting Inclusive Green Business Practices in the Tourism Sector - Uganda
(2017)The overall objective of the action (the project) is to support Uganda to achieve sustainable tourism development by engaging in the transition towards an inclusive green industry based on sustainable consumption and ... -
Promoting Sustainable Product Innovation and Energy Efficient Practices Among Small Scale Industries in Uganda
(2017)Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) account for a sizeable share of the Ugandan industry and contribute a lot to its economic development. They are a vehicle through which the rural poor and informally employed ... -
Sustainability Reporting in the Financial Sector: A Governmental Approach
(2017)This report takes a detailed look at reporting by the financial sector. It explores the variety of laws, regulations, codes and voluntary initiatives that have driven reporting, illustrated through case studies. -
A sustainability standard for Chile's agriculture sector
(2016)This study identifies the challenges that are currently hampering the export of agricultural products from Chile, and assesses opportunities to make use of sustainability standards to overcome these challenges. With this ... -
SWITCH Africa Green Quarterly Report: January-March 2017
(2017)In this quarter, the SWITCH Africa Green project carried out technical monitoring of projects in three countries: Burkina Faso, Mauritius and South Africa. Technical Monitoring involves review, monitoring and assessment ... -
Trade related Environmental Measures in the Field of Safety in Biotechnology - Environment and Trade 14
(1997)The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how safety requirements in the field of biotechnology can sometimes take the form of trade measures when they create a restriction on trade to protect the environment and/or human ... -
Voluntary Standards for Sustainable Food Systems: Challenges and Opportunities - A Workshop of the FAO/UNEP Programme on Sustainable Food Systems, 11–12 June 2013
(2013)Papers presented: Nexus between public and private food standards: main issues and perspectives; Objectives and challenges of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards – the emerging Intergovernmental Forum of ... -
Youth X Change Training Kit on Responsible Consumption for Africa
(2017)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) created the YouthXchange Initiative in 2001 to promote sustainable lifestyles among young ...