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Environmental sustainability is a key aspect of a balanced industrial development. Pollution, climate change, habitat destruction and over-exploitation of natural resources such as fresh water and fisheries are doing great harm to human health, wellbeing and livelihoods, especially among poorer regions, and is undermining the prospects for a long-term resilient and robust economy. One of the prerequisites for industry to flourish in a sustainable manner is the availability of an assured supply of affordable and clean energy, together with improved resource efficiency. 

The risks of climate change and other environmental degradation are well documented and its impacts are already affecting people and ecosystems. Meeting these challenges require industries and institutions — both public and private — to be able to assess and understand the underlying reasons, design and implement adequate policies and to work towards resource efficient societies and low emission growth. “Decoupling” natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth is a key requirement for overcoming the pressing challenge of growing resource consumption levels.

Against this background, UNIDO supports countries in their environmental management efforts, including the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and the provision of sustainable energy. It helps create new green industries, establishing national road maps for greening the supply chain, determining benchmarks and indicators, disseminating and sharing best practices, running clean technology programmes, undertaking various capacity-building exercises and contributing to international forums with the necessary research and expertise.

 

ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARKS

Scaling up resource productivity and improving economic, environmental and social performance of businesses

Publications

Access to Finance Replication Manual

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Access to Finance Replication Manual 6.72 MB

An International Framework for Eco-Industrial Parks

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DOWNLOAD HERE 16.7 MB

Implementation Handbook for Eco Industrial Parks

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Implementation Handbook for EIP 11.19 MB

Manual de implementación para parques eco-industriales

Leveraging a New Generation of Industrial Parks and Zones for Inclusive and Sustainable Development

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download here 7.95 MB