Browsing Manuals, Guides and Toolkits by Author "Economy Division"
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Chemicals in Toys: Make it Safer, and Better - Corporate Training Booklet
United Nations Environment Programme (2021)This booklet provides a brief introduction regarding regulations and standards concerning chemicals in toys in major toy markets. It also suggests where you can find further information and support, and how to make your ... -
Codigo Deontologico para el Comercio Internacional de Productos Quimicos
United Nations Environment Programme (1994)El código tiene carácter genérico y se dirige a la industria y otras partes del sector privado de todos los palses con el propdsito de establecer principios y directrices que sirvan como normas de conducta rectoras para ... -
Compendium of WHO and other UN Guidance on Health and Environment
World Health Organization; United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Children's Fund (World Health Organization, 2021)This compendium provides a systematic compilation of published guidance from WHO and other UN organizations on all major areas of health and the environment. This guidance also includes information about ways to raise ... -
Conducting Awareness-Raising Campaigns on Lead: International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - Toolkit for Establishing Laws to Eliminate Lead Paint - Second Edition
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Developing a National Action Plan to Reduce and, Where Feasible, Eliminate Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining - Guidance Document
United Nations Environment Programme; Global Mercury Partnership (2017)This document represents an expansion of this original guidance document and is intended to reflect the language of the Convention and other advances in understanding of the ASGM sector. It is intended to provide guidance ... -
Developing a National Action Plan to Reduce, and Where Feasible, Eliminate Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining - Draft version
United Nations Environment Programme (2015)This document represents an expansion of the UNEP’s Guidance Document: Developing a National Strategic Plan to Reduce Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (UNEP 2011), and is intended to reflect Convention ... -
Developing Baseline Estimates of Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Communities: A Practical Guide
United Nations Environment Programme (2015)This guide is an educational and training document that can be used as a practical introduction to conducting baseline estimates of mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities. -
Disaster Waste Management Guidelines
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2013)These guidelines provide advice and tools to overcome these challenges and manage disaster waste in emergency and take out early recovery phases. They are targeted at implementers of disaster waste management projects. ... -
Dredging and Marine Aggregate Extraction
United Nations Environment Programme (2022-05)Dredging and marine aggregate extraction are inherently harmful to the marine environment and are not considered as part of the sustainable blue economy. However, dredging – specifically capital and maintenance dredging – ... -
E-waste Vol. III: WEEE / E-waste “Take-back System”
United Nations Environment Programme (2012)This third manual focuses on WEEE/E-waste collection, transport and the financial mechanisms for funding these efforts.It is intended to build the capacity of practitioners and decision makers to guide and assist them in ... -
Eco-i Manual - Agri-food Supplement
United Nations Environment Programme (2017)This manual contains information specific to the agri-food sector supplementing the eco-innovation manual when working with companies in this sector. As agri-food is a resource intensive sector with significant adverse ... -
Eco-i Manual - Metals Supplement
United Nations Environment Programme (2016)The sector specific supplement for metals value chains is an integral part of the Eco-I manual, as it applies the eco-innovation methodology with all its phases and activities on the metals value chain. Valuable background ... -
Eco—i Manual: Electronics Supplement
United Nations Environment Programme; Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management Secretariat (2022-12)The aim of this supplement is to provide electronics sector-specific information and guidance to service providers supporting electronics companies on how to manage eco-innovation opportunities in the electronics sector. ... -
Emission Standards & Guidelines Information Clearinghouse (IE-ESGIC) Volume I: Textile Industry Effluent Discharge Standards
United Nations Environment Programme (1996)Establishing environmental standards and guidelines for potentially polluting industrial wastes: liquid effluents, air emissions and solid wastes, is an important first step for countries concerned about regulating industrial ... -
Engaging Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners in the National Action Plan Development: Minimata Convention Consultation Guide
Zero mercury working group (2017-05)This document is intended to assist government officials responsible for developing and implementing their National Action Plan (NAP) to reduce, and where feasible eliminate, mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold ... -
Enhancing the Uptake and Impact of Corporate Sustainability Reporting: A Handbook and Toolkit for Policymakers and Relevant Stakeholders
United Nations Environment Programme (2019)Corporate sustainability reporting constitutes an essential lever for the transformation of companies’ practices and for ensuring their contribution to sustainable development. It represents a potential mechanism for ... -
Environmental Guidelines for Handling Treatment and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 18
United Nations Environment Programme (1990)Concern regarding the handling, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes is growing, as is the need to develop appropriate hazardous waste management strategies. Questions are being asked about suitable actions and ... -
Environmental Policy Toolkit for Greening SMEs in the EU Eastern Partnership Countries - Pre-publication of the Second Edition
United Nations Environment Programme (2016)The objective of this Environmental Policy Toolkit for SME Greening is to help governments in the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to design ... -
Establishing Legal Limits on Lead in Paint: The European Union Experience - Toolkit for Establishing Laws to Eliminate Lead Paint - 2021 Update
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Estimating Mercury Use and Documenting Practices in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) - Methods and Tools Version 1.0
United Nations Environment Programme (2017)The ASGM baseline guidebook and toolkit enable the reader to: 1. Create a comprehensive national overview of ASGM practices; 2. Design a baseline research plan that aligns with allotted resources; 3.,Collect relevant data ...