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This presentation describes finding of an ADB project on investigation of recycling business in developing Asian countries: China, India, Malaysia and Thailand. Remarks: For working group discussion only.

This paper argues that SCP should be reflected in the formulation and implementation of the SDGs. Drawing from international agreements, practical policy experience, and research from a range of disciplines it also discusses the issue of how SCP can be included in the SDGs framework. Special attention is given to how SCP in the SDGs can create...

An axiom that has shaped policy approaches to sustainable consumption has been that if more consumers understand the environmental consequences of their consumption patterns, through their market choices they would inevitably put pressure on retailers and manufacturers to move towards sustainable production. The result is the proliferation of...

In June 2012 at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (“Rio + 20”), the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption (GRF-SPaC) was launched, bringing together organizations and individuals from various regions of the world engaged in research and its applications in the transition to sustainable production and consumption...

The paper was prepared as a case study for OECD for designing updated guiding principles for EPR design and implementation. The paper was a background paper for Global Forum on Environment: Promoting Sustainable Materials Management through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) held in June 2014.

福島県伊達市霊山町の関係者、国、福島県、県内市町村の除染・放射線対策担当者、福島県内で被災者支援などに活動するNPOなどを招いて、「第4回FAIRDO車座会議」を伊達市霊山町で開催しました。本会議では、引き続き、伊達市霊山町において、第３回車座会議で挙げられた課題を掘り下げ、共有しつつ「霊山町の復興とは？ 逆境からの新たな地域づくりを考える」ための議論を深めました。