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How industry can address critical water-related challenges

How industry can address critical water-related challenges

3 July 2016

Increasing industrial production will lead to increased water use, with potential impacts on water quality.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Associates Ltd, green industry, Green Industry initiative, industry, UNIDO, United Nations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, water, Water Management Unit

Innovation for inclusive and sustainable industrial development

Innovation for inclusive and sustainable industrial development

5 March 2016

Can technology and manufacturing deliver economic growth and job creation without polluting the environment?

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goal 9, Environmental Kuznets Curve, global value chains, green industry, industrialization, information and communications technology (ICT), infrastructure, innovation, ITU, Li Yong, manufacturing, McKinsey, renewables, technology, UNEP, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Greening industry, saving water in North Africa

Greening industry, saving water in North Africa

17 February 2016

A programme demonstrating the benefits of adopting best available techniques and cleaner production technology

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged BOYAUDERIE DE L’ATLAS, CERAMICA DERSA, cleaner production, COMPANY CAP-BON–SCAPCB, corporate social responsibility, Danube River Basin, Egypt, EL-NILE SOFT DRINKS COMPANY, Environmental Management Accounting, Environmental Management Systems, environmental standards, Global Environment Facility, green industry, MED TEST, Morocco, North Africa, resource efficiency, resource use, sustainability, TEINTURERIE FINISSAGE MÉDITERRANÉENNE, Tunisia, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Good Business: Yiyuan Environmental Group

Good Business: Yiyuan Environmental Group

2 March 2014

Yiyuan Environmental Group produces toilets whose patented technology can save up to 83% of water compared with conventional 6-litre models.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Cartier Women’s Initiative Award, Chen Chunhong, clean techniology, green industry, Green Industry Platform, Innovations, UNIDO, water-saving, Women’s entrepreneurship, Yiyuan Environmental Group, YYtoilet

Denmark: stable, prosperous and happy

Denmark: stable, prosperous and happy

16 November 2013

One of the main foundations for economic growth and social welfare in Denmark since World War II has been manufacturing.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Clean-tech, corporate social responsibility, Daan Elffers, Denmark, economic prosperity, Flexicurity, green environmental movement, green industry, happiest country, Ida Auken, innovation, Lego, manufacturing, Wage inflation, Wind and solar energy

Resource scarcity as a catalyst for green industrial development

Resource scarcity as a catalyst for green industrial development

20 July 2013

Novozymes’ CEO explains how bio-based products are improving manufacturing processes and saving resources.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged biotechnology, Denmark, detergents and plastics, green industry, Green Industry Platform, Investing in partnerships, new innovation, Peder Holk Nielsen, resource scarcity, sustainable future, textiles

Eco-innovation - what, why and how

Eco-innovation – what, why and how

2 May 2013

Eco-innovation reduces the use of natural resources and decreases the release of harmful substances across the whole life-cycle.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Eco World Styria, Eco-innovation, Eco-Innovation Observatory, European Union, green economy, green industry, Green Industry Platform, National Industrial Symbiosis Network, resource efficiency, SMEs, UNIDO

Good Business: EcoPost

Good Business: EcoPost

28 November 2012

A Kenyan firm that uses recycled plastic to manufacture durable and environmentally friendly fencing posts.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Cartier Women’s Initiative Award, Cécile Ney, Charles Kalama, ecopost, fencing, Good Business, green industry, Industrial Development, injection moulding, Kenya, lorna rutto, Making It magazine, nairobi, plastic, plastic extrusion technology, recycled, red cedar trees, timber posts, UNIDO, United Nations Environment Programme, waste

Good Business: Viyellatex

Good Business: Viyellatex

17 September 2012

Making It speaks to K. M. Rezaul Hasanat, CEO of the Viyellatex Group, the Bangladeshi textiles and apparel manufacturing company

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Bangladesh, Bangladeshi textiles and apparel manufacturing company, Calvin Klein, carbon neutral, Dhaka, effluent water, energy, energy-saving technology, environmental protection, Global Reporting Initiative, Good Business, Green Business Entrepreneurship, green industry, Industrial Development, K. M. Rezaul Hasanat, labour standards, Making It, manufacturing garments, Puma, rainwater, shareholders, steam, sustainability, sustainable development, Sustainable Energy for All initiative, sustainable industrial development, sustainable initiative, tea production, Tommy Hilfiger, UN Private Sector Forum, UNESCAP, UNIDO, United Nations Global Compact, Viyellatex Group

Issue 11: Youth - transforming society

Issue 11: Youth – transforming society

5 September 2012

Approximately 1.3 billion young people in the world today are between the ages of 15 and 24. That’s a quarter of the world’s population of working age. However, young people are disproportionately affected by unemployment, underemployment and vulnerable employment. Even during periods of economic growth, many economies have been unable to absorb large youth populations […]

Posted in The Magazine | Tagged Aiesec, akihiko tanaka, alcorta, Arab Spring, arnold schwarzenegger, ashden awards, business, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dar es Salaam, david satterthwaite, developing countries, East Asia, economic growth, economy, ecopost, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, environment, girl effect, global green synergy, green industry, hester eisenstein, IIED, imed drine, Industrial Development, Industrial Development Organization, innovation, Kenya, lorna rutto, Making It, Making It magazine, maria eitel, mei yi, MENA, nairobi, Paul Hohnen, saphon, sarah markes, sockket, soft power, Street Level, sustainability, sustainia, unemployment, UNIDO, United Nations, wider, women entrepreneurs, youth

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