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The certification initiative launches a guide aimed at the hospitality sector to facilitate purchasing decisions with a lower environmental impact Since June 2021, Plastic Free Balearics has certified 49 establishments, which plan to eliminate almost...

BANGKOK, August 1, 2022 -- The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is proud to publish the Food and Plastic Waste Reduction Standard for Tourism Businesses as part of its commitment to the European Union (EU)-funded TourLink project, under the EU...

INRAe (France's National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment), a SFS Programme Advisory Committee member, is coordinating the new EU-funded project FOODPathS, which kicked off with its seventeen partner organisations lon 29th...

UNESCO organized an event at Youth4Climate; in which, the more than 400 climate leaders from all over the world met with 6 Ministers of Education to ask them questions about the current status of climate education, inclusivity, young peoples’ role in...

In order for more schoolchildren to identify with the main environmental challenges of the city and alternative solutions from their schools and homes, the Municipality of Lima received 30 ecological bricks built by the participants of the first...

In order to make vehicle drivers and neighbors aware of the effects of noise and air pollution in the city, this year the Municipality of Lima will continue to carry out its Stop the Honk and Breathe Clean campaigns.

With the aim of continuing to strengthen the commitment of children to the protection of urban birds, 34 girls and boys participated in the third edition of the Little Ornithologists program. To date, there are already 128 participants who have...

Recently TÜV Rheinland Greater China (hereinafter referred to as "TÜV Rheinland"), as the main compiling unit, attended the launch meeting for the "Zero Carbon Cold Chain Park Carbon Accounting Standard" in Shanghai. The project is led by the Yangtze...

The 11th edition of the IGPN Newsletter is now available, including the latest information on how our green purchasing networks support green purchasing and environmentally friendly products development

The International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN) Webinar was held on July 12, 2022, members met to discuss survey report of <How Environmentally Friendly Product and Green Purchasing to Tackle Climate Change>.

The third Newsletter reporting on progress implementing the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism was released in July 2022.

Update from the Pacific We interviewed Petero Manufolau as Chair of the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) and Chair of the Small Island States and Territories Board Sub Committee. Petero is also CEO of the Tourism Authority of Kiribati.