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September 4, 2024Consumers International

Purchasing Powers: The New Consumer

Consumers International presents "Purchasing Powers", a new branded series produced for us and series participants by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. This set of stories explores the power of a purchase and the shift between consumers and...

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September 3, 2024World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Implementing GBF Target 16: Addressing biodiversity impacts of food consumption

Target 16 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) urges national governments to reduce the global footprint of consumption. With the food sector driving biodiversity loss globally, sustainable food systems must become a policy...

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Global
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Food & Beverage
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July 29, 2024Shenzhen Zero Waste/Toxics-Free Corps

The 2024 Conference on the Sustainable Future of E-commerce and the Opening Ceremony of HZECA’s Green E-commerce Committee Are Successfully Held

As the annual mid-year e-commerce festival concluded, concerns about the environmental impacts of the booming e-commerce industry remained in the spotlight. Addressing these concerns, the 2024 Conference on the Sustainable Future of E-commerce and...

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July 2, 2024Pacific Tourism Organisation

Standards and Certification Programme for the phasing out of single-use plastics in the Pacific Tourism Sector

Participate and contribute to the development of the Standards and Certification Programme to phase out single-use plastics in the Pacific Tourism Sector! As a key economic sector, tourism benefits from a cleaner environment but it also puts pressure...

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Asia/Pacific
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Tourism
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June 29, 2024One Planet Network

SDG Annual Report highlights pathways to progress amidst warnings

The latest UN SDG progress report details how global strides in renewable energy and poverty reduction are tempered by persistent challenges hindering realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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May 21, 2024United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Good practices on ecolabelling and sustainable public procurement

This series of 20 good practices reflects experiences on ecolabelling, sustainable public procurement, or the joint use of ecolabelling and sustainable public procurement that have demonstrated positive impacts on fostering sustainable consumption...

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Environmental Services
Consumer Goods
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April 30, 2024Shenzhen Zero Waste/Toxics-Free Corps

For a Non-toxic China: Talk with Dr. Mao from Shenzhen Zero Waste

Shenzhen Zero Waste has a very focused target, namely to reduce the toxic chemicals in consumer products on the major the E-commerce platforms like JD.com, Taobao, PDD... e.g. they started the campaign of reduce toxic chemicals in the children toy...

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Asia/Pacific
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April 12, 2024United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Driving Sustainability in China's Textile Industry: A Collaborative Approach to Ecolabeling and Sustainable Procurement

The "Sustainability in the Textile Value Chain Promoting Ecolabel and Sustainable Public Procurement in China" project is a small-scale initiative spanning one and a half years, from 2024 to 2026. It's supported by UNEP and is contributing to the...

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Environmental Services
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March 19, 2024

Call For Proposals : Promoting Ecolabels and Sustainable Public Procurement In the Building and Construction Sector

The Consumer Information Programme of the One Planet network (OPN) and the EcoAdvance project, in partnership with the Sustainable Public Procurement Programme of the One Planet network are launching a call for proposals. Its main objective is to...

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March 11, 2024Ecological Union

Two Vitality Leaf standards have been included in the database for sustainability standards created by the ITC, UN and WTO

Voluntary ecolabeling standards The Vitality Leaf for household detergents and fertilizers the first of Russian standards have been included in the global database for sustainability standards Standards Map. Therefore, international experts have...

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February 12, 2024United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Highlights from the Consumer Information Global Conference 2023

The Consumer Information Global Conference 2023: Ecolabel and Sustainable Public Procurement took place in Bogota, Colombia, on the 14th and 15th of November, 2023, and brought together 98 participants, 55 women and 43 men from 20 countries...

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December 21, 2023Consumer Information Programme

New podcast by HEJSupport: 'Building a World Without Toxins – Real Life Stories’

The new HEJSupport podcast is dedicated to inspiring stories of individuals and initiatives to create a cleaner, healthier world. Join the co-directors of HEJSupport on this journey toward a toxics-free future.

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Global
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Environmental Services
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Textiles
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Consumer Goods
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