Green Economy Initiative - Home About Calendar Multimedia News Publications 中文 Español Français United Nations Environment Programme environment for development Climate Change Disasters & Conflicts Ecosystem Management Environmental Governance Harmful Substances Resource Efficiency What is Green Economy? Discover more ... Green Economy in action View latest briefing papers Read reports Mexico Building a green economy means investing in people Serbia Education and innovation are key to a green economy Morocco Generating clean energy is a priority for the country Jordan Study finds investing in conservation can create jobs Philippines Achieving a resource-efficient economy is the goal With a GDP of approximately USD 1 trillion, Mexico is ranked as the 13th largest economy in 2010. Photo © Oxfam International Serbia’s economy has been growing continuously, except for 2009 when the financial crisis hit the country. Photo © World Bank In Morocco, green economy is presented as a source of opportunities for wealth creation and jobs. Photo © 350.org Partnerships
elamuskoolitus How do we redesign a new economic theory framed by ecological systems? | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional Economics as we know it today is broken. Unable to explain, to predict or to protect, it is need of root-and-branch replacement. Or, to borrow from Alan Greenspan, it is fundamentally "flawed". But where do we look for inspiration in facilitating what is the mother of all paradigm shifts? Interestingly, the most insightful and strikingly innovative ideas are coming from all directions other than the economics profession. Ecology offers the insight that the economy is best understood as a complex adaptive system, more a garden to be lovingly observed and tended than a machine to be regulated by mathematically calculable formulae. From anthropology we learn that economy and society are inseparable and that markets and money are relatively recent arrivals, a thin veneer layered onto a much older history of co-operation, gift and reciprocity. At our college, the core hypothesis we work with is that nature is mentor. This content is brought to you by Guardian Professional.
Extended producer responsibility Strategy designed to promote the integration of environmental costs associated with goods Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a strategy to add all of the estimated environmental costs associated with a product throughout the product life cycle to the market price of that product, contemporarily mainly applied in the field of waste management.[1] Such societal costs are typically externalities to market mechanisms, with a common example being the impact of cars. Extended producer responsibility legislation is a driving force behind the adoption of remanufacturing initiatives because it "focuses on the end-of-use treatment of consumer products and has the primary aim to increase the amount and degree of product recovery and to minimize the environmental impact of waste materials".[2] Passing responsibility to producers as polluters is not only a matter of environmental policy but also the most effective means of achieving higher environmental standards in product design.[3]
The Green Economy Realister OÜ - www.realister.ee The Ecology of Commerce :: A Book Review by Scott London The fact that the title of this book, The Ecology of Commerce, reads like an oxymoron illustrates how wide the gap has become between the natural world and our commercial lives. Business believes that if it doesn't continue to grow and instead cuts back and retreats, it will destroy itself. Ecologists believe that if business continues its unabated expansion it will destroy the world around it. Central to Hawken's argument are two basic facts: 1) the age of industrialism, as we know it, has come to an end; and 2) we are confronting a global ecological crisis that is considerably more acute than most of us realize. Creating a restorative economy means rethinking the fundamental purpose of business, according to Hawken. Business has three basic issues to face, Hawken says: what it takes, what it makes, and what it wastes. Because the restorative economy, as Hawken envisions it, inverts ingrained beliefs about how business functions, it may produce unusual changes in the economy.
Green finance and the Belt and Road Initiative Green finance is officially promoted as an important feature of the Belt and Road Initiative, China's signature global economic development initiative. The official vision for the BRI calls for an environmentally friendly "Green Belt and Road".[1] Policy[edit] Chinese policy documents for the BRI coordinate and encourage green finance and investment. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment with four other ministries released the "Guidance on Promoting a Green Belt and Road" in 2017. The Development Research Center of the State Council and Export-Import Bank of China released a report in 2019 on green finance for the Belt and Road. Forms[edit] The various forms of green finance includes investments, lending, and insurance by Chinese state-owned financial entities and companies for renewable energy projects in host countries of the Belt and Road.[4] Bonds[edit] Loans[edit] Coal projects[edit] References[edit]
Et si la comptabilité passait au vert ? La comptabilité verte ou universelle fait peu à peu son entrée dans le monde feutré des directions financières. Réchauffement climatique, biodiversité, pollution, consommation d'eau, nuisances sonores, employabilité, ou lutte contre les discriminations vont tenter d'intégrer les plans comptables. Objectif: comptabiliser, outre la performance financière, la capacité de l'entreprise à vivre en harmonie avec son milieu environnemental et social. Un changement de modèle économique de taille. Mais un sujet pris très au sérieux par une poignée d'auditeurs, d'experts et chercheurs. Le Conseil supérieur de l'Ordre des experts comptables a même été l'un des pionniers de la réflexion, en lançant, dès 1997, son club "comptabilité et développement durable", animé par Jacques de Saint Front et Michel Veillard. Mesurer les bénéfices et dommages d'une activité Toutes les entreprises n'y sont pas opposées, d'ailleurs. Quatre domaines d'action Quelques entreprises commencent à expérimenter le dispositif.
INTERNATIONAL ECOTOURISM CONFERENCEINTERNATIONAL ECOTOURISM CONFERENCE 22-23 September 1997 Rehabiltation Centre "Tervis", Pärnu, Estonia Conference was organized by Estonian Ecotourism Association - ESTECAS and Swedish Ecotourism Association - SEF with the support of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency,Estonian Ministry of Environment, Estonian Tourist Board, Pärnu County Government and the Baltic Tourism Commission As Central and Eastern European countries are looking for means of economic development, the tourism industry presents a number of unique challenges and opportunities. The CEE countries boast a significant cultural heritage as well as many untouched natural areas, even more so than in the West, which present opportunities for ecotourism development. The tourism industry is in a relatively early and experimental stage in the CEE countries. Hence there are still opportunities to develop a comprehensive management plan rather than an ad hoc system of add-ons. Pre Conference Event Conference Agenda Wednesday, September 24, 1997 a.m.
CASE_DWT Helix of sustainability The helix of sustainability - the Carbon cycle ideal for manufacture and use The helix of sustainability is a concept coined to help manufacturing industry move to more sustainable practices by mapping its models of raw material use and reuse onto those of nature. The environmental benefits of the use crop origin sustainable materials have been assumed to be self-evident, but as the debate on food vs fuel shows, the whole product life cycle must be examined in the light of social and environmental effects in addition to technical suitability and profitability. The advantages of working with crop origin raw materials are readily observed if the social and environmental impacts are considered as well as monetary cost (the Triple bottom line), and the helix of sustainability helps to demonstrate this. Conventional cycles of use and reuse are circular. For sustainable material articles there is not such a great requirement for a dedicated recovery infrastructure. See also[edit]
Economie verte inclusive: greenwashing ou vraie solution? Le Sommet de la Terre se prépare depuis des mois, et dans les couloirs menant à Rio, un nouveau concept a fait son entrée et tenté de s'imposer: "l'économie verte". Cette tendance sémantique soutenue par l'OCDE a éclipsé les termes de "croissance verte", mais surtout de "développement durable". Elle s'affiche comme l'un des deux enjeux principaux du Sommet, non sans susciter au passage l'ire de nombreux acteurs et observateurs des débats, parmi lesquels le Brésil lui-même qui demande à clarifier la chose. L'économie verte, mais pas pour tout le monde? Les critiques sont nombreuses car le concept reste flou, et beaucoup cherchent le loup qui peut bien s'y cacher. Certains y voient une manière de donner éternellement la prime à l'économique plutôt qu'au social. Et quand on y accole le terme d'inclusif, est-ce une manière d'afficher une ambition sociale là où le tout économique, même vert, a déjà prouvé son incompétence en matière de répartition des richesses? Quid du social?
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