RECP Programme in UNIDO Green Industry InitiativeMontreux, Switzerland, 4th September 2013

Heinz LEUENBERGER, PhDDirector Environmental Management Branch

Green IndustryGreen

Economy(UNEP, DESA) Green

Growth(ESCAP, G20, OECD)

Green Jobs

(ILO)

Sustainable Consumption and Production

Macro-level(policy/strategy)

Micro-level(operational/

solutions)

Green Industry is a sector strategy for the realizationof Green Growth – Green Economy – Green Jobs in the

manufacturing and related sectors

GreenIndustry(UNIDO)

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The Green Industry Initiative

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High-level, multi-stakeholder, transformative partnership framework Businesses, governments, international and civil society organizations have joined by

signing the “Statement of Support” Scales up and mainstreams Green Industry throughout global manufacturing industry

• Reduces the negative environmental impact of manufacturing• Increases social and economic benefits

Only comprehensive, targeted and practical sector-based strategy

Green Industry Platform Launched at RIO+20

WWW.GREENINDUSTRYPLATFORM.ORG

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The Green Industry Initiative Greening of Industries

Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production

Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies

Execution of Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Mercury Programme

Creating New Green Industries

New Business Models – Chemical Leasing

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R) Industries

Eco-Industrial Parks

Renewable and Energy-Efficient Technologies

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National Cleaner Production Centres Established to foster adaptation and adoption of Cleaner Production

Information and awareness creation

Professional training Plant level assessments and

demonstrations Policy advice Technology transfer and

investment

Programme launched in 1994 and since expanded to >50 countries

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Global RECP Programme Modules

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Operational Workstreams

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Global RECP Programme

Network Development

Expansion Ukraine Indonesia European

Partnership Programme

Consolidation Regional Chapters -

RECPnet GIZ capacity

development programme

Knowledge Management Systems

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Green Industry Policy and Pilot Implementation Completed

Green Growth Policy Advice for Manufacturing in India - GGGI Gujarat, Orissa, Tamil Nadu & Himachal Pradesh

Green Industry for Low Carbon Growth in South East Asia – Japan Cambodia, Lao & Myanmar

Policy Advice for Environmental Management in Viet Nam – Phase I Green Industry Policy Framework Pilot I: EAF Steel Industry Pilot II: Eco-Town Development in Hoi An City Pilot III: Zero Waste Systems for Crafts Villages

Low Carbon Development in Africa – Japan Egypt, Kenya, Senegal & South Africa

Under Implementation

Policy Advice for Environmental Management in Viet Nam – Phase II

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Scale-up

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GEF-Funded Technical Assistance Projects Examples:: Reducing GHG Emissions through Improved Energy Efficiency in

the Industrial Sectors in Cambodia, 2010-2014 Climate Change Related Technology Transfer for Cambodia

Using Agricultural Biomass Residues for Sustainable Energy Solutions, 2012-2015

Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies in the South Mediterranean – Egypt, Morocco & Tunisia, 2009-2012 Phase II: SWITCH MED, 2013-2017

Improve the Health and Environment of Artisanal Gold Mining Communities by Reducing Mercury Emissions and Promoting Sound Chemical Management – Francophone Africa, 2012-2015

Environmentally Sustainable Management of Medical Waste in China, 2009-2014

Non-Combustion Technologies for the Destruction of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) – Philippines, 2007-2014

Updating of National Implementation Plan (NIPs) 55 developing countries/emerging economies in total

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Thank You

Heinz LEUENBERGERDirector Environmental Management Branch

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