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January 31, 2022US Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)

The Circular Economy Strategy Series

The Circular Economy Strategy Series is a sustainable consumption and production national action plan. The Series facilitates...

Organisation
US Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
January 31, 2022US Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)

Save Our Seas Act 2.0

The SOS Act 2.0 is a vehicle through which the United States can implement more sustainable consumption and production...

Organisation
US Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Policy
December 20, 2021Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

General Administrative Regulation on the Procurement of climate-friendly Services (AVV Klima)

Climate-friendly public procurement plays a leading role in the transformation towards a sustainable and climate-friendly...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Policy
February 19, 2021Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Proliferation of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in Asia – the next 5 countries (SCP Outreach)

The non-existence of recognised labels and standards has been identified as a key barrier to enabling consumers and public...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
February 2, 2021Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Grüner Knopf | Green Button - government-run textile label

The Green Button provides orientation when buying socially and environmentally manufactured textiles. Thus, it aims at...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Voluntary instrument
Policy
January 6, 2020Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Advancing and Measuring Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) for a Low-Carbon Economy in Middle-Income and Newly Industrialized Countries (Advance SCP) (in South-East-Asia)

The non-existence of recognised labels and standards has been identified as a key barrier to enabling consumers and public ad...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
January 6, 2020Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Advancing and Measuring Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) for a Low-Carbon Economy in Middle-Income and Newly Industrialized Countries (Advance SCP) (in Africa and Latin-America)

The non-existence of recognised labels and standards has been identified as a key barrier to enabling consumers and public...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Voluntary instrument
Policy
December 17, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Information service for green public procurement (Informationsdienst für umweltfreundliche Beschaffung)

Each year, German contracting authorities purchase products ranging from pencils to city buses that are worth – in total –...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Voluntary instrument
Policy
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November 21, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Programme of measures promoting sustainable administrative action ('Maßnahmenprogramm Nachhaltigkeit der Bundesregierung')

The guiding principle of sustainable development must also be reflected in administrative action. This is illustrated not...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
November 6, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

National Programme on Sustainable Consumption (NPNK)

The National Programme on Sustainable Consumption is intended to help consumers to better understand the environmental and...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
November 4, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

The German Sustainable Development Strategy

The Sustainable Development Strategy is based on a holistic, integrated approach: long-term, viable solutions can only be...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Resource
December 22, 2017US Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)

US EPA Recommendations of Product Environmental Performance Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels

The US EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels is based on the premise that markets need sound...

Organisation
US Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
Type
Technical Tools
Regions
North America
Sectors
Public Procurement
Waste, incl. Chemicals
Industrial Sector
Consumer Goods
Buildings and construction