The SCP project seeks to encourage and support national governments, the private sector and consumers in moving towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production in the agri-food sector aiming to develop examples of best practice that are then transferred through a South-South transfer.
The project operates in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Paraguay and Colombia.
WWF-Germany
Implemented in
- Asia / Pacific
- Latin America / Caribbean
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Thailand
Led by
Sectors of activity
Environmental Services, Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, Tourism
Type of initiative
Capacity Building & Implementation, Education & Awareness Raising, Policy Frameworks & Tools
Type of lead actor
Civil society
Start date
01/03/2017
End date
29/02/2020
Submitted on:
18/03/2017Objectives
The project promotes sustainable consumption and production in the agri-food sector and seeks to integrate SCP strategies into national mitigation policies and climate protection efforts. In addition to reducing carbon emissions, the project helps protect biodiversity by improving forest management and agricultural practices.
An important component of the project extension to South America is the South-South exchange. This encompasses the direct exchange of knowledge and technical know-how between the countries.
Key goals within the framework of the project are:
- Cooperating with the respective national governments to develop mitigation strategies for the agri-food sector
- Collaborating with companies to implement sustainable business models and to improve availability, accessibility and quality of consumer information
- Increasing consumers' awareness of the impact of their consumption patterns
- Developing and implementing concepts for SCP as models for other countries (south-south transfer).
Activities
As collected through the One Planet Reporting
Output level
Outreach and communication for SCP
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Kick Off of the « Establish Low Carbon Consumption in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines » project funded by the German BMUB, Bangkok, Thailand
Kick Off of the « Establish Low Carbon Consumption in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines » project funded by the German BMUB, Bangkok, Thailand
Regions
Asia / Pacific
Lead organization
WWF
Objective
Official project kick off event
Achievements
Media echoed the event and thus the project. Participants were made aware of the scope of the project and of the linkages to the 10YFP's mission
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All outreach and communication of the project in three countries
All outreach and communication of the project in three countries
Regions
Asia / Pacific
Lead organization
WWF
Objective
Develop recommendations and guidelines on sustainable consumption and production and pursue their integration into national policies.
Achievements
Launch of a new project website: https://www.wwf-scp.org/ Thailand: - Implementing a consumer campaign on SCP, including public events and an online platform, aimed at raising consumers' awareness and concern for the sustainability of the food system, impacts of food consumption on ecosystems and contribution towards sustainability through food consumption choices: o SCP community events (http://scp.wwf.or.th/) o EAT BETTER online campaign (Facebook @kindeekwa) o Consumer survey o New documentary VDOs and articles to promote the project (http://scp.wwf.or.th/resources/gallery_videos/) - Oct. 12-13, 2018: Co-organising a workshop at the Sustainable Brands Forum 2018 in Bangkok (http://sustainablebrandsbkk.com/sb2018/schedule/), in cooperation with the Consumer Information Programme promoting "Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information" Indonesia: - October 2018: Sustainable Brands Forum 2018 in Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok, in which the project will participate - November 2018: Asia-Pacific Round Table on SCP organized by the Indonesian government in Jakarta, with pre-events under participation of WWF in September-October. - Media engagement will be started at the end of this year with a media visit to Sintang, West Kalimantan - The project will participate at the UNFCCC COP 24 in Katowice, Poland from 3-14 of December 2018, with new findings on NDC development after the above mentioned NDC workshop. Philippines: - As of 30 September, a total of 24 restaurants have partnered with the project - Communication materials were continuously developed to promote the project's core principles (local and sustainable sourcing, management of wastes with a special focus on food waste, and management of resources). Early this year, the project released three videos showing the perspectives of different stakeholders on sustainability. - An interactive exhibit material in the form of a simulation of a restaurant dining experience and its relation to the environment/ climate was launched at the International Food Exhibition in May at the World Trade Center Manila. The aim of the material is to educate and engage participants in events and activities through a fun and interactive platform on food sustainability. - Part of the project activities is to conduct media trips with key actors, i.e. celebrity chefs, key lifestyle influencers, and traditional (opinion editorials, food/ travel/ lifestyle) columnists and social bloggers to build awareness on SCP in food and tourism media and to present project information. A media trip series was conducted entitled "Savour Planet: Cooking with a Purpose" in the three key tourism cities of the project (Quezon, Tagaytay and Cebu). - Examples of materials: The Sustainable Diner 2018 Teaser Video (Jan. 6)- https://www.facebook.com/WWF.Philippines/videos/10156008816534618/ How Should We Dine Out When We Travel? Video (Jan. 31) - https://www.facebook.com/WWF.Philippines/videos/10156076410319618/ The Sustainable Diner Valentine's Dinner Date Guide (Feb. 9) - https://www.facebook.com/pg/WWF.Philippines/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10156100175549618 Why Do Filipinos Love Dining Out? Video (Feb. 26) - https://www.facebook.com/WWF.Philippines/videos/10156146946774618/ Savour Planet Launch Material (Apr. 3) - https://www.facebook.com/WWF.Philippines/photos/a.199225344617/10156249224459618/?type=3&theater How Does Dining Affect Climate Change? Video (Apr. 26) - https://www.facebook.com/WWF.Philippines/videos/10156303569869618/ How Can We Dine Sustainably? Photo Album (July 12) - https://www.facebook.com/pg/WWF.Philippines/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10156482154274618 Balay Kawayan Game Teaser Video (Aug. 13) - https://www.facebook.com/WWF.Philippines/videos/276095963172487/
Outcome level
Policy instrument for SCP
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Policy relevant activities of the SCP TIP project
Policy relevant activities of the SCP TIP project
Regions
Asia / Pacific
Lead organization
WWF
Objective
Ddevelop recommendations and guidelines on sustainable consumption and production and pursue their integration into policies.
Achievements
Thailand: - April 23: formal meeting with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and project partners to discuss and update on the project's activities and SCP policy implementation. The Deputy Minister expressed support for the project and policies geared to the promotion of sustainable agriculture. - Accelerating the policy implementation process of the "Draft: Thailand's sustainable agriculture system promotion ACT", which includes principles of SCP, and now also includes aspects of consumer participation. The regulation aims to contribute to the country's target to increase the sustainable agriculture landscape to 800,000 hectares by 2040. - June 26-27 and July 24-25: the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) co-organized and participated in the project's SCP policy research and capacity building workshops for smallholders at project sites in Chiangmai and Nan - July 10: official meeting with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment and the Director of the Royal Forest Department to discuss and update on the project's model site in Chiangmai in implementing SCP as an alternative and policy instrument to deforestation Indonesia: - The National Development Agency (BAPPENAS) issued a presidential regulation on low-carbon development, which in essence is mainstreaming emission reductions into development planning. - Just recently the Indonesian president announced Presidential Instruction No. 8/2018 on Monitoring and Evaluation of Oil Palm Concessions and Productivity Improvement, a landmark policy to halt the unmanaged expansion of palm oil plantation development and improving governance. - In order to be able to give better advice on development and implementation of the Indonesian NDC, the project team will receive training on developing NDCs for the agro-food sector by experts from CGIAR/ IRRI in November 2018 Philippines: - The Philippine Center for Environment Protection and Sustainable Development Inc. (main administrator of the National Eco-Labelling Programme-Green Choice Philippines) signed an MoU with WWF-Philippines and together worked on political interventions (project presentations, policy review, policy dialogues, roundtable discussions, action-planning workshop, crafting a policy brief and policy recommendations). - The Climate Change Commission is headed by a new commissioner, Atty. Rachel Herrera. With its approach of advancing sustainable waste management, including food donation programmes for food-safe surplus and composting of biodegradable waste, the project is contributing to the National Climate Change Action Plan (which prioritizes food security and environmental stability), and it contributes to participating cities' carbon footprint reduction, which can be factored into their Local Climate Change Action Plans. - The project was part of the Congressional Technical Working Group seeking to consolidate House Bills that concern food waste and food donation programmes. The consolidated bills have been approved at committee-level and will soon be deliberated upon by both the lower and upper Chambers of Congress for final approval.
SCP changes in practice
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Sustainable Diner "model" implementation by partner restaurants
Sustainable Diner "model" implementation by partner restaurants
Regions
Asia / Pacific
Lead organization
WWF-Philippines
Objective
See overall objectives in the project's webpage or OPN webpage
Achievements
2019 marks one of the major years of the project. In this year, various factors have influenced both the progression and deference in the conduct of some of the activities that support the overall goal to promote an SCP responsive food service industry along with support of the current political setting and demand-driven SCP products and services. One contributory component to the project's implementation were the 2019 Philippine Midterm Elections (when in 2019?), which comprised new selections for the following positions: 12 Senators, 61 Party-List Representatives, 244 Legislative District Representatives or Congressmen, 81 Governors, 81 Vice Governors, 780 Members of the Provincial Board, 1634 City/ Municipal Mayors, 1634 City/Municipal Vice Mayors and 13, 544 City/ Municipal Councillors. Of these, the most important positions influencing the project as potential partners on the ground are the mayoralty, vice-mayoralty and councillor positions. Though the project has exceeded its target in gathering partnerships from the food service industry from the three key cities, participation of business partners in the project might be hindered by ingrained unsustainable business practices. There is, moreover, the problem of the team being overwhelmed by its own success (currently 24 partner restaurants), which might result in delays in the release of results and manpower limitations of the project to visit each partner restaurant
Impact and Results
During project implementation, recommendations and guidelines on sustainable consumption and production have been developed and integrated into political policy-making processes such as NDCs revision. Businesses have been informed about the benefits of sustainable production practices, and have received support for implementation. The multi-level approach (government, business, and consumers) provides the best opportunities for a long-term impact.
Through regular sharing of experiences and communication among the target countries, innovative methods will be multiplied and scaled up on a regional level. The close cooperation with the UNEP 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP), the Consumer Information Programme as well as the Sustainable Food Systems Programme has allowed to incorporate lessons learned, best practices and to rely on internationally recognized frameworks to develop context-based solutions.
Next steps and how to get involved
Contact: lisa.christel@wwf.de