27 May 2019
Petar Ostojic sees an opportunity to leapfrog directly to a circular economy
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged circular economy, design, developing countries, Industrial Development, industrialization, Latin America and Caribbean, Petar Ostojic, private sector, sustainability, sustainable economic growth, UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
16 November 2012
D-Rev: the California-based non-profit organization with a mission is to improve the health and incomes of people living on less than US$4 a day.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti, BMVSS, Brilliance, California, CEO, D-Rev, design, disrupt markets, health, healthcare, incomes, India, jaundice, Krista Donaldson, non-profit organization, Phoenix Medical Systems, phototherapy, premature babies, ReMotion JaipurKnee, Stanford School of Medicine, US$4 a day
6 July 2011
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, pushes for more innovative designs for the global food system
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Africa, agribusiness, agriculture, agro-ecology, architect, build, climate change, co2, commodities, crisis, deforestation, design, developing countries, distaster, domestic supply, donor contributions, Egypt, export, farmers, feed, fight, food crises, food security, foreign producers, France, future, g20, global food system, government, greenhouse gas emissions, health care, human rights, humanitarian supplies, hunger, import, Industrial Development, infrastructure, innovation, insecurity, International, investment, living wage, Making It magazine, market, Mozambique, Olivier De Schutter, organizations, peak prices, politics, population growth, poverty, prices, producers, protection, reinsurance mechanism, remedy, reserves, Robert Zoellick, root causes, safety, safety nets, shock, social-protection programmes, solution, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, srfood.org, stable revenue, Sub-Saharan Africa, sustainability, symptoms, technology, trade, trend, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, value chains, World Bank
1 March 2011
What the aviation industry is doing to stem the rising CO2 levels that lead to climate change
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, air transport action group, air transport industry, airspace management, ATAG, Avaiation and Environment Summit, biofuel, carbon neutral, challenge, China, civil aviation, climate change, co2 emissions, commitment, design, development, economic activity, efficiency, executive director, fleet renewal, fuel, Global, goods, government, growth, India, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, latin america, Making It, Middle East, mobility, operational improvement, Paul Steele, people, policy, policymakers, sustainability, target, technology, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, worldwide alliance
1 February 2011
How making industrial processes energy- and water-efficient, resilient, and sustainable, is essential to meet the industrial objectives of tomorrow
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged adaptation, Africa, AREED, Asia, Canadá, capacity, Centre for Electronic Governance, change, Chavuma, China, clean energy, competitiveness, design, development, dialogue, Egypt, energy, enterprise, Enterprise Europe Network, entrepreneur, EU, Europe, experience, finance, industrial, industry, information, innovation, institutional practices, International, International Fund for Animal Welfare, International Institute for Software Technology, knowledge, local banks, Lynn Mytelka, Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre, Macao SAR, microfinance, microsoft, network, organizational structure, process of learning, Republic of Korea, research, SMEs, sustainable, technology, the Netherlands, UK, UN Asia Pacific Center for ICT Development, UNDP, UNEP, United Nations, university, UNU Joint Activities Fund, UNU-IIST, UNU-MERIT, US, water-efficient, Zambia
14 April 2010
David Maauad is a Mexican businessman who runs two garment production companies in Pachuca, Hidalgo State, Mexico. He has been involved in the textile business for over 30 years. His two companies employ 350 workers engaged in the design, cut, assembly, and finishing of industrial uniforms and shirts for men and boys.
Posted in All Posts, Extra!, Global Forum | Tagged assembly, David Maauad, design, development, diana corona, entrepreneur, environment, import-export, insurance, investment and technology promotion office, labour-intensive, merchandising, Mexico, permit, production methods, recession, security, social security, taxes, textile industry, UNIDO, uniforms, United Nations
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