Global guidance on making effective environmental, social and economic claims, to empower and enable consumer choice.

The Guidelines offer value chain and public sector professionals clear guidance on making effective, trustworthy claims to consumers, on product-related sustainability information. They are applicable to all regions and companies of all sizes.

Executive summary available in all UN languages: download on the left.

Full Guidelines available in English, Spanish and German: https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/resource/guidelines-providing-product-sustainability-information

This case study forms part of the project ‘Testing the Applicability of the Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information'. The aim is to share a practical application of the Guidelines’ principles by companies and standard-setting organizations.

This case study showcases how CII has applied the Guidelines' principles to its Green Product Certification, a product certification that helps consumers to make informed choices in the building sector.

The Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information are available here: http://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/resource/guidelines-providing-product-sustainability-information

THE EUROPEAN UNION MARKET FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS: THE RETAIL PERSPECTIVE ON SOURCING POLICIES AND CONSUMER DEMAND

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a) Discussing with Kids about 'Need vs Want', happiness and link to material possessions.
b) Using mathematics to show the scope of plastic challenge.
c) Calculating environmental footprint of students based on their habits (shower time, means of transport, new/re-use clothes, etc
d) Exercise to compare footprint of packaged orange juice vis-a-vis fresh squeezed.

This material presents the results of the Advance SCP project in Peru related to one of the prioritised sectors: refineries.

The Advance SCP project promotes sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns in eight emerging economies spread across SouthEast Asia, Africa and Latin America. The project takes the countries’ needs and preferences into consideration: For instance, the UN Environment-led activities in Peru aim to develop Life Cycle Inventory data for refineries, hydroelectric power plants and landfills and a National Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) database.

This material presents the results of the Advance SCP project in Peru related to one of the prioritised sectors: landfills.

The Advance SCP project promotes sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns in eight emerging economies spread across SouthEast Asia, Africa and Latin America. The project takes the countries’ needs and preferences into consideration: For instance, the UN Environment-led activities in Peru aim to develop Life Cycle Inventory data for refineries, hydroelectric power plants and landfills and a National Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) database.

This material presents the results of the Advance SCP project in Peru related to one of the prioritised sectors: hydroelectric power plants.
The Advance SCP project promotes sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns in eight emerging economies spread across SouthEast Asia, Africa and Latin America. The project takes the countries’ needs and preferences into consideration: For instance, the UN Environment-led activities in Peru aim to develop Life Cycle Inventory data for refineries, hydroelectric power plants and landfills and a National Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) database.

The Global Ecolabelling Network have drafted brief descriptions of Type 1 life cycle-based ecolabels and the Global Ecolabelling Network into English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Russian.

The Collaborative Framework for Food Systems Transformation explains how governments and
stakeholders, at national or local levels, can apply a food systems approach to policymaking
and implementation. The publication suggests practical and easy-to-follow actions for performing analyses of food systems, expanding or reorienting existing activities, integrating
policy interventions, and building effective food systems governance.

This case study presents a successful business strategy to extend products lifetime. The aim with these case study is to inspire and encourage organisations to shift to more circular models, to improve their business models towards prolonging or extending a product’s lifetime.

This case study presents a successful business strategy to extend products lifetime. The aim with these case study is to inspire and encourage organisations to shift to more circular models, to improve their business models towards prolonging or extending a product’s lifetime.

This case study presents a successful business strategy to extend products lifetime. The aim with these case study is to inspire and encourage organisations to shift to more circular models, to improve their business models towards prolonging or extending a product’s lifetime.

This case study presents a successful business strategy to extend products lifetime. The aim with these case study is to inspire and encourage organisations to shift to more circular models, to improve their business models towards prolonging or extending a product’s lifetime.

This case study presents a successful business strategy to extend products lifetime. The aim with these case study is to inspire and encourage organisations to shift to more circular models, to improve their business models towards prolonging or extending a product’s lifetime.

This case study presents a successful business strategy to extend products lifetime. The aim with these case study is to inspire and encourage organisations to shift to more circular models, to improve their business models towards prolonging or extending a product’s lifetime.

This case study presents a successful business strategy to extend products lifetime. The aim with these case study is to inspire and encourage organisations to shift to more circular models, to improve their business models towards prolonging or extending a product’s lifetime.

The BPIE guide addresses various aspects of the Directive, offering Member States a comprehensive toolkit to meet the decarbonisation challenge. It focuses on articles were requirements evolved or were added: long-term renovation strategies, financing of renovation, EPCs and building renovation passports, smart readiness indicator and how to calculate energy performance.

The ExcEED EU-funded project published a new factsheet which recalls the main objectives of the project and presents its platform to collect existing buildings’ energy performance data, especially given the contribution it can give to the development of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI).

This case study forms part of the project ‘Testing the Applicability of the Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information'. The aim is to share a practical application of the Guidelines’ principles by companies and standard-setting organizations.

This case study showcases how Betterfly Tourism has applied the Guidelines' principles to the environmental footprint of hotels - that consists of measuring and communicating the environmental impacts of a guest’s over-night stay based on a life cycle approach.

The Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information are available here: http://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/resource/guidelines-providing-product-sustainability-information

This case study forms part of the project ‘Testing the Applicability of the Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information'. The aim is to share a practical application of the Guidelines’ principles by companies and standard-setting organizations.

This case study showcases how Freemet has applied the Guidelines' principles to the statement on the biodegradability of its laundry detergent.

The Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information are available here: http://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/resource/guidelines-providing-product-sustainability-information

This case study forms part of the project ‘Testing the Applicability of the Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information'. The aim is to share a practical application of the Guidelines’ principles by companies and standard-setting organizations.

This case study showcases how SOFEA has applied the Guidelines' principles to its product rating system for office products.

The Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information are available here: http://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/resource/guidelines-providing-product-sustainability-information

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In addition to contributing significantly to attract foreign currency, and therefore to the balance of payments, tourism also exercises a strong synergy over the other sectors of the economy that necessarily function as suppliers or complements necessary for the proper functioning of this sector, contributing so in a relevant way to the development of them.

This case study forms part of the project ‘Testing the Applicability of the Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information'. The aim is to share a practical application of the Guidelines’ principles by companies and standard-setting organizations.

This case study showcases how dna merch has applied the Guidelines' principles to organic t-shirts sewn by a self- organised social worker cooperative in Croatia. dna merch’s main sustainability claim is: "made with dignity, worn with attitude".

The Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information are available here: http://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/resource/guidelines-providing-product-sustainability-information

This case study forms part of the project ‘Testing the Applicability of the Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information'. The aim is to share a practical application of the Guidelines’ principles by companies and standard-setting organizations.

This case study showcases how Colgate-Palmolive has applied the Guidelines' principles to its Save Water logo and messaging campaign.

The Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information are available here: http://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/resource/guidelines-providing-product-sustainability-information

This toolkit is aimed at partners of the United Nations Environment Programme and the One Planet network Consumer Information Programme that wish to deliver workshops and/or trainings on the Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information (hereafter the Guidelines).

This toolkit provides information and practical guidance on preparing the workshops around the Guidelines. It will help organizers/facilitators/moderators plan, deliver and evaluate their own trainings.

This online tool is based on the United Nations Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information. The main objective of this online tool is to offer an opportunity for organizations to self-assess and improve the way they are communicating with consumers about product sustainability (through marketing claims, labels, voluntary standards, product declarations, etc.). This tool serves as a checklist following the Guidelines’ 10 principles and allows you to analyse one specific product’s sustainability information (a claim) of your choice (existing or in development) at a time.

The Committee on Government Procurement shall adopt and periodically review a work programme, including a work programme on sustainable procurement; recognize that several Parties have developed national and sub-national sustainable procurement policies;affirm the importance of ensuring that all procurement is undertaken in accordance with
the principles of non-discrimination and transparency as reflected in the Agreement;
hereby adopts a work programme with respect to sustainable procurement.

The Symposium was organised by the Secretariat at the Committee's request, for the benefit of
GPA Parties and Observers, in furtherance of the Committee's agreed Work Programme on
Sustainable Procurement. It featured contributions from diverse non-governmental experts in addition to national experts and representatives ofother international organizations.