Browsing News, Stories and Press Releases by Topic "Resource Efficiency"
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Africa Office Newsletter - Nov-Dec 2018
(2018-12)UN Environment Africa Office's Newsletter for the period November-December 2018. -
Building Capacity to Promote Sustainable Consumption and Production
(2019)In July 2019, Green to Grow held a training on managerial and sustainable consumption and production practices and technologies to 27 MSMEs in Kenya's coffee value chain. In the training sessions, MSMEs learned about ... -
Business Case Analysis of Low-carbon Livestock Production in Costa Rica
(29/04/2020)Costa Rica has adopted a very ambitious national decarbonisation plan with an aspiration of becoming carbon neutral by 2021. The decarbonisation of the economy requires the widespread adoption of climate-smart practices ... -
The Business Case for Sustainable Espresso; What is the Future for Coffee Production in Viet Nam?
(27/04/2020)Viet Nam is the world’s second largest exporter of coffee after Brazil and the largest exporter of Robusta coffee in Asia. Coffee is the second most important agricultural commodity in the Southeast Asian country, after ... -
Changing Flash Floods into Farming Opportunities in Hare 2 Kebele/Village, Shebelle Woreda - Fafan Zone, Ethiopia - Success Story
(2022-10)Since 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working ... -
EaP Green Audio-Visual Update Issue No. 1
(2015)Audiovisual update of various green economy conferences held on diverse dates. -
Faith for Earth
(2021)Ecosystem degradation is affecting the well-being of at least 3.2 billion people – 40% of the world’s population. As a network of Faith Leaders and Faith-Based Organisations, we have an opportunity to #ActNow for People ... -
Faith for Earth Newsletter - 30 June 2021: The Day after World Environment Day
(30/06/2021)We celebrated World Environment Day on June 5th and alongside UNEP and FAO launched the Decade of Ecosystem Restorations. Over 1.39 million people in over 190 countries engaged with the digital platform. The official events ... -
The Grains of Success at Peru’s IMSA - Eco-Innovation success story from Peru
(2017)The production of coffee and cocoa features strongly in Latin America’s agri-food industry, which covers an extensive value chain of very different businesses. Peru is no exception, and one Lima-based company, IMSA, has ... -
Green Solutions for a Growing Adhesives Business - Eco-Innovation success story from Malaysia
(2017)Malaysia’s Wilron Products is an adhesives manufacturer with a plan. Thanks to a new eco-innovative strategy, the company is providing its customers with the ecological adhesives they want, while aiming for a bigger share ... -
Green to Grow Online Course is Helping my Mango Business During the COVID-19 Crisis - Switch Africa Green
(2020)Mango processor narrates her experience -
Greening Economies in the EU Eastern Partnership Countries : Moldova – Recent and Ongoing Activities – Country Update Series Winter 2014/2015
(2014)Greening economies in the EU eastern partnership countries, Moldova, recent and ongoing activities -
Greening Economies in the EU Eastern Partnership Countries: Armenia - Recent and Ongoing Activities. Country Update Series Winter 2014/2015
(2014)Greening economies in the EU eastern partnership countries, country updates -
How Eco-innovation Transformed a Vietnamese Tea Trader - Eco-Innovation success story from Vietnam
(2017)Vietnamese company Hiep Thanh used to produce and trade dried tea for Middle Eastern markets. But as it faced increasingly difficult challenges – regulatory, technical and economic – it became clear that business as usual ... -
It is Unusual that we are Processing Offseason: MSME Reveals how they are Adding Value to Mangoes Despite the COVID-19 Crisis
(2020)The COVID 19 crisis is causing dramatic consequences for businesses all around -
Mining Machinery Goes Green – Funvesa of Peru: Eco-Innovation Success Story from Peru
(2017)A successful producer of iron castings for Peru’s mining and cement sectors, Funvesa is a company with growing ambitions. Before eco-innovation, the business was already using iron scrap to produce its goods. But Funvesa ... -
My wish is to Promote Coffee Consumption among Producers in Rural Kenya: The Story of a Green to Grow Entrepreneur - Switch Africa Green
(2020)The story of a green to grow entrepreneur -
The One Planet Network 2018 Annual Magazine: Building a New Relationship with Natural Resources
(2018)The One Planet network is a multi-stakeholder partnership across stakeholder groups and regions, composed of 700+ partners, including national and local governments, 22 UN agencies, civil society, businesses, scientific ... -
OzoNews Volume XIX - 30 June 2019
(30/06/2019)In this issue: 1. Denmark’s Inger Andersen takes over as head of UN Environment Programme 2. 41st Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer ... -
‘Production to Partnership’ – Why Grassroots Success Means Better Business for Sri Lankan Dairy - Eco-Innovation Success Story from Sri Lanka
(2017)Eco-Innovation success story from Sri Lanka: When Sri Lanka’s Rasoda Dairies took on eco-innovation, it focused on the quality, sustainability and productivity of its dairy business. In a short space of time, the results ...