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March 31, 2023United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

EcoAdvance: Ecolabels and Sustainable Public Procurement

Duration and scope: The duration of this project is 4 years from 2022 to 2026 and the project is implemented in 5 Latin...

Organisation
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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
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February 24, 2021Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental

Plan Nacional de Descarbonización

Cumplir con la meta titular de emisiones netas cero de Gases Efecto Invernadero al año 2050. Se espera que con la...

Organisation
Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
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
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January 15, 2020Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental

Certificado de Sostenibilidad Turistica (Decreto Ejecutivo No. 41415)

Por medio de una certificación de sostenibilidad turística administrado por una organización pública del país, se le da la...

Organisation
Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
alt
January 10, 2020Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental

Programa Bandera Azul Ecológica - PBAE (Decreto Ejecutivo No. 36481)

El Programa Bandera Azul Ecológica (PBAE) es galardón, gratuito, voluntario y reconocido a nivel nacional e internacional. A...

Organisation
Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental
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 30, 2019Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental

Construcción sostenible en el sector público costarricense (Directriz No. 050-2019)

Incrementar el número de edificaciones del Estado en donde se incorporan criterios de sostenibilidad que permiten un uso más...

Organisation
Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Policy
November 30, 2019Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental

Programa Nacional de Etiquetado Ambiental y Energético (Acuerdo-006-2019)

Es una herramienta ambiental y energética voluntaria que de forma fácil ayuda a señalar aquellos productos o servicios que...

Organisation
Costa Rica - Direccion de Gestion de Calidad Ambiental
Type
Voluntary instrument