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WCEFonline Side Event 'State of Play for Circular Built Environment in Europe, Middle East and North America' 20 October 2020

The event shares key findings from three regional reports on circularity in the built environment. Circularity assessment is discussed, and global conclusions and recommendations debated.
Building professionals from different stakeholder groups and geographical regions are invited to join to define action points to share good practices and scale up implementation.

Led by: Finland - Ministry of Environment (MoE)

Implemented in: Europe and Central Asia, Middle East, North America

Circular Built Environment Special Track in the Beyond2020 Conference

Circular Transition in the Global South - Learnings from North, East and West
Regional highlights from Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean

This interactive Special track discusses the opportunities that the transition to circular economy provide. Case studies from different regions can be localised, replicated and scaled up. Reuse and recycling is expected to improve, even leading to upcycling. Examples of sharing economy can spread.

Led by: Finland - Ministry of Environment (MoE)

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Latin America / Caribbean

Joint Statement: Consumers International calls for COVID-19 response to focus on global consumer protection and empowerment

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis Consumers International members in 100 countries called for a focus on the protection and empowerment of individuals in the marketplace based on consumer rights, and for co-ordinated strategies across nations and intergovernmental bodies to build fair, safe, resilient and sustainable economies through consumer protection. Consumers International called on G20 member governments to support a global co-ordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis a

Led by: Consumers International

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

World Consumer Rights Day 2020

This World Consumer Rights Day (15 March 2020), consumer organisations around the world joined together to call for global changes to avert environmental breakdown. The #SustainableConsumer campaign rallied over 160 members in more than 100 countries across the globe, alongside Consumers International partners such the United Nations, to mark the day.

We urgently need drastic action to address the global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. The decade of the 2020s is our last chance

Led by: Consumers International

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Webinar: Tell me more and (maybe) I’ll do it: consumer information for sustainable decisions

Many people in the sustainability field strongly believe that if consumers have the right information, they would do the right thing and opt for sustainable choices. But governments and businesses also play an important role to enable and provide more default sustainable living options. The seventh webinar from the broader webinar series Sustainable Living 1.5: Empowering people to live better and lighter invited expert panelists to discuss the empowering role of consumer information tools and h

Led by: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

The Consumer Information Programme session at the CRB conference: Sustainability Information to Empower Consumers

The Centre for Responsible Business, one of the MAC members of the Consumer Information Programme, hosts an annual India and Sustainability Standards Conference. This year, the Consumer Information Programme hosted a session at the conference entitled Sustainability Information to Empower Consumers.

Led by: Centre for Responsible Business (CRB)

Implemented in: India

"Can I Recycle This?" A Global Mapping and Assessment of Standards, Labels and Claims on Plastic Packaging report

Following the UNEA-4 Marine Litter and Microplastics Resolution (UNEP/EA.4/RES.6), which called upon the One Planet Network to create a set of "guidelines for the use and production of plastics in order to inform consumers, including about standards and labels", the Consumer Information Programme carried out a global mapping of existing sustainability standards, labels and claims on plastic products. The output of this mapping is the report "Can I Recycle This?"

Led by: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Consumers International

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

SPICE - COSMETICS PACKAGING CLAIMS GUIDELINES. Co-Founded by L’Oréal and Quantis

Accurately communicating packaging environmental attributes can strengthen the positive perception of cosmetic brands. These guidelines have dual objectives:
1. Establish the minimum requirements and strong recommendations for providing credible packaging sustainability information to consumers and other audiences
2. Encourage the development of more sustainable packaging through the desire to make stronger claims
Initiative Co-founded by Quantis and L'Oreal

Led by: Quantis

Implemented in: Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, North America

LONGTIME® label

LONGTIME®, the first European-wide, independent label for products designed to last. It clearly informs consumers about the longevity and repairability of products and rewards manufacturers who focus their industrial effort on durability.
It is applicable to all manufactured goods thanks to an innovative process, allowing identification of product specificities, 41 criteria focusing on an end-to-end approach of durability and granted after an audit conducted by third-party certification bodies.

Led by: LONGTIME® label

Implemented in: Europe and Central Asia

How to use green nudging to promote sustainable consumption

Do you want to know how to design, plan and evaluate a green nudge? It is a non-forcing way to gently push and help consumers or other actors to change their behavior in a sustainable manner. In order to understand how green nudges can be applied in environmental policy making, The Swedish EPA has funded a for-year research project. The researchers also present and evaluate three nudging case studies targeting food waste. Green nudging might be used complementary to other policy instruments.

Led by: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Implemented in: Europe and Central Asia, Sweden

Trash Hack campaign

The Trash Hack campaign aims to encourage young people to learn about sustainability through tackling waste. Education is at the heart of the campaign.
The campaign will promote simple actions young people can take to combat waste in neighborhoods and homes. The Trash Hack website will provide examples of concrete actions they can take against waste, inspiration from other young people who have Trash Hacked their lives and tips on how to share their passion for sustainability.

Led by: UNESCO

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Multi-agency support to UNCTs in mainstreaming resource efficiency in the housing, buildings, and construction sector

The specific objective of this joint programme proposal is to equip UN country teams with the necessary tools and information to:
● Support governments in transforming their buildings and construction sector in a resource efficient, low carbon and climate resilient manner
● Raise awareness and strengthen the capacity of national stakeholders on sustainable buildings and construction related benefits and opportunities

Led by: UN-Habitat, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Latin America / Caribbean

Sustainable, resilient and inclusive food systems development

This is a global programme implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and funded through the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM). The objective is to support food systems development through coherent policies, strengthened capacities and increased public and private investments in agribusiness development, trade and food losses and waste reduction. With a current funding envelop of USD 2 million, activities are currently being implemented or planned in 13 countries.

Led by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East

Methodological challenges for ecolabels in the Global Ecolabelling Network - Evaluation and traceability of critical raw materials and determination of quantitative environmental relief potentials

The main objective of this project was to strengthen the use and cooperation of type-I eco-labels within the Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN). Specifically, the project addressed two central methodological challenges faced by ecolabels worldwide. First, the integration of sustainability issues of raw material supply chains into ecolabelling schemes and second, the measurement of ecolabel performance by the determination of quantitative environmental relief potentials.

Led by: Öko-Institut e.V.

Implemented in: Europe and Central Asia

Establishing an information base and developing strategies against "obsolescence"

The aim of the study is to create a sound data basis for assessing product obsolescence and trends in product lifespan and develop strategies against obsolescence. The analysis confirms that the first useful service-life of most of the product groups has decreased in recent years. The results also show that electrical and electronic equipment is being replaced for many reasons. Material, functional, psychological and economic forms of obsolescence interact and create a highly complex pattern.

Led by: Öko-Institut e.V.

Implemented in: Europe and Central Asia

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