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Webinar - May 10: Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing - Report of the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability in Light of Rio+20
The High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) was established by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to formulate a new blueprint for sustainable ...
WFUNA Webinar: Get Rio: Global Governance for a Sustainable Future
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD) is one of the two main themes of Rio+20. But what exactly does this ...
Green Jobs in Asia Regional Conference
Green Jobs in Sri Lanka
This is an ILO Fact Sheet on Green Jobs in Sri Lanka.
Research Conference: Green Jobs for Asia and the Pacific - Technical Papers and Presentations
The research conference organized by ILO was held on 21-23 April 2008 in Niigata, Japan. It aimed to explore new concepts and approaches, extract lessons for ...
Green Jobs: Working for People and the Environment
The report, Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World, is the first comprehensive compilation of global green jobs trends and ...
Green Gold Rush: How ambitious environmental policy can make Australia a leader in the global race for green jobs
The report indicates that Australia has an opportunity to turn action to combat environmental challenges into growth of the green economy. This report ...
Toward Resource-Efficient Economies in Asia and the Pacific: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
The report reviews the economic and environmental consequences of resource inefficiency in Asia and the Pacific and examines a range of technical, policy, and ...
Toward Resource-Efficient Economies in Asia and the Pacific: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (Highlights)
This publication aims to share the preliminary key findings of ADB study entitled Towards Resource Efficient Economies in Asia and the Pacific. It provides an ...
Going Green: Safe and Healthy Jobs - PtD in Motion (Issue 5)
This issue of PtD in Motion highlights examples of applying Prevention through Design (PtD) principles to achieve sustainable design and protect the health and ...
The European Commission in Search of the Best Climate Solutions in Europe - The World You Like Challenge
On 11 February, Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action, launched a low-carbon contest, calling on creative and innovative minds from across the ...
Green Business in the Waste Management Sector (Indonesia)
Presentation of Green Business in the Waste Management Sector in Indonesia held at the Technical Workshop within the Indonesian Green Business Programme in ...
E-waste in China - A country report
The report aims to enable better understanding of the e-waste system in China, including actors, projects, policies and other factors, and to facilitate ...
Green Business Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific Region
Green Business Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific Region Prepared within the Framework of the ILO Green Jobs Programme for Asia and the Pacific 2013
Green Jobs in Asia project - Final Evaluation Report
This includes the Evaluation Summary and full Final Evaluation report of the Green Jobs in Asia project (2010-2012) supported under the ILO-Australian ...
The global impact of e-waste: Addressing the challenge
The report explores the volumes, sources and flows of e-waste, the risks it poses to e-waste workers and the environment, occupational safety and health ...
30 countries from Asia & Pacific adopt the Ha Noi 3R Declaration (Reduce, Reuse, Recycling) on Sustainable 3R Goals for Asia and the Pacific for 2013‐2023
"Representatives from the Governments of 30 countries from Asia & the Pacific, international organizations, bilateral and multilateral agencies, research ...
Coke creates China brand linking bottled water to clean water for schools
Plastic News, 1 May 2014 - Coca-Cola Co. is launching a socially responsible bottled-water brand in China that will fund projects to bring clean drinking water ...
NE China plastic bag ban drives green industry.
Eco-Business, 19 Jun 2015 - When Wang Bin heard about Jilin Province’s plan to ban non-biodegradable plastic bags, it inspired a career switch.
Waste Management in Republic of Korea
The Korean government’s “Extended Producer Responsibility” (EPR) system requires manufacturers and importers to recycle a certain amount of their products.
What a Waste: A global review of solid waste management
This report provides consolidated data on municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, collection, composition, and disposal by country and by region. The report ...
ILC 2013 - Executive summary of the Report V (Sustainable development, decent work and green jobs) (ILO HQ, 2013)
Executive summary of the Report on "Sustainable development, decent work and green jobs", including six points for discussion in a number of consecutive ...
WRAP study says more recycling equals increased em - RT - Recycling Today
Recycling Today, 22 Jan 2015 - Study finds that more than 200,000 jobs may be created in the U.K. as the recycling sector grows.
Chair’s Summary on Fourth Regional 3R Forum in Asia, 3Rs in the Context of Rio+20 Outcomes – The Future We Want
It provides Summary Report of the Chair on Fourth Regional 3R Forum in Asia where Representatives from the Governments of 30 countries from Asia & the ...
IBM buys from its own supply of recycled electronics
IT giant reveals how it is making use of recycled equipment in its own data centres
Treasure trove of trash.
Down to Earth, 27 Jul 2015 - One man's trash is another man’s treasure, so goes the saying. For some entrepreneurs in India, this has become the new business ...
Start Your Green Business (SYGB) Training Modules
Developed under the Indonesian Green Entrepreneurship Program Inception Phase, the Start Your Green Business (SYGB) Training Modules cover 5 green sector: ...
Green Jobs - An estimate of direct employment potential of a greening South African economy
The primary purpose of this report is to provide a segmented view of the net direct job creation anticipated to emerge in the formal economy across a wide ...