1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
OF GHG PROTOCOL PROGRAMS
Training and Capacity Building:
UNIDO’s Programmes in the Area of
Energy, Environment and Trade
World Resources Institute,
Washington DC,
March 22-23, 2010
Contents
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A Succinct Overview of UNIDO
UNIDO’s Global Presence
The Nexus of Cleaner Production, Energy and Trade
Ongoing Capacity Building Programmes
Way Forward
A Succinct Overview of UNIDO
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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a specialized
agency of the United Nations, whose mandate is:
i.
to promote and accelerate sustainable industrial development in developing
countries and economies in transition;
ii.
to work towards improving living conditions in the world’s poorest countries by
drawing on its combined global resources and expertise.
In recent years, UNIDO has assumed an enhanced role in the global development
agenda by focusing its activities on three thematic priorities:
1)
POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES
2)
TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING
3)
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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UNIDO was established in 1966
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It has 173 Member States
UNIDO’s Global Presence
FIELD OFFICES
Algeria
Cameroon
China
Colombia
Côte
d'Ivoire
Egypt
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guinea
India
Indonesia
Iran
Kenya
Lebanon
Madagascar
Mexico
Morocco
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Senegal
South Africa
Sudan
Thailand
Tunisia
Tanzania
Turkey
Uruguay
Viet Nam
DESKS IN UNDP OFFICES
Afghanistan
Angola
Armenia
Bolivia
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Ecuador
Eritrea
NATIONAL CLEANER
PRODUCTION CENTRES
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Mali
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Zimbabwe
INVESTMENT AND TRADE
PROMOTION OFFICES
Bahrain
China (Beijing &
Shanghai)
France (Paris &
Marseille)
Greece
Italy
Japan
Republic of Korea
Russian
Federation
Mexico
United Kingdom
Walloon region of
Belgium
The Nexus of Cleaner Production, Energy and Trade
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Large global corporations increasingly demand cleaner and low-carbon production by
their suppliers. Examples include Wal-Mart and Toyota.
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Standards gaining momentum as key policy-driven market-based instrument to enact
change towards sustainable consumption patterns and practice (incl. ISO 50001 –
Energy Management Standard, to be released in Q1 2011)
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Use of ISO 50001 will be also driven by companies seeking an internationally
recognized response to:
i. International climate agreements
ii. National cap and trade programs, carbon or energy taxes
iii. Corporate sustainability/responsibility programs
iv. Increasing market value of “green manufacturing”
v. Carbon trading schemes
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New instruments like carbon accounting and labelling of products are also bound to
affect trade and developing country export opportunities
Ongoing Capacity Building Programmes
Examples focusing on SMEs in developing countries
1.
2.
Cleaner Production:
Energy:
Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production
Industrial Energy Efficiency
3.
Trade:
Global Food Safety Initiative
Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP)
Addresses three sustainability dimensions simultaneously:
i.
Production efficiency: Through improved productive use of natural
resources (including energy) by enterprises
ii.
Environmental management: Through minimisation of the impact of
enterprises on nature
iii.
Human development: Through reduction of risks to people and
communities from enterprises and supporting their development
National Cleaner Production Centres (NCPCs):
i.
Established by UNIDO and UNEP since 1994
ii.
Core Cleaner Production (CP) capacity created through NCPCs in 46 countries
- Information dissemination and awareness raising
- (Professional) training
- In plant assessments and demonstrations
- Policy advice
- Technology transfer
iii.
The economic and environmental benefits of applying CP demonstrated in
thousands of industries through industrial training and demonstration projects
Industrial Energy Efficiency
Building capacity at institutional and market level in two core areas:
System optimization (steam systems, pumps, compressed air, etc.)
i.
Methods to identify and develop energy performance improvement opportunities
that can provide significant energy savings also with limited capital investments
Energy management system standards provide:
i.
A framework for understanding significant energy use
ii.
Action Plans to continually improve energy performance
iii. Documentation to sustain energy performance improvements
Special attention to SMEs:
i.
About 30% of industrial energy use but disproportionally high savings potential
ii.
Better understanding of SMEs energy baseline (practices and performance)
iii. Development of tailored supporting tools, best practices and success stories
Global Food Safety Initiative
Global Market Protocol Pilot in Egypt for METRO
i.
Nov. 2009 – Jan. 2010
ii. The very first full pilot of the Global Markets Protocol
Objective
To pilot and test the GFSI Global Markets Protocol – Basic Level, and provide concrete
feedback to the partners for possible improvements of the protocol.
Scope
Basic Level – Food processing – Local sourcing
Undertaken activities
UNIDO has been a member at the GFSI Global Market Committee.
For the pilot of the benchmarked standards, UNIDO mobilized local Etrace team,
conducted training of trainers, and facilitating on-site assessments of selected suppliers
for METRO using the Global Markets Protocol kit including FSKN training modules and
the assessment pack provided by GFSI.
Way Forward
WRI/UNIDO
cooperation in
Thailand/
Malaysia
 GHG Protocol training
tools tailored to local
exporters
 Intensive trainings on
GHG Protocol
according to industrial
sectors
 Implenentation and
adoption of GHG
Protocol for SMEs
UNIDO/WRI
cooperation
in India
 UNIDO project to
improve resource
efficiency and
environmental
performance of
business
 Calculated on the basis
of WRI’s Corporate
GHG inventory
methodology
WRI/UNIDO
cooperation
through
UNIDO-UNEP NCPCs
 Training of trainers
 Dissemination to
private sector
companies
Road testing of
new standards on
product footprint
and scope 3
 With selected
developing country
producers
 Commissioning primary
data collection
 Dissemination of
information on new
standards in dev.
countries, training of
consultants, trainers
etc.
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Thank You
For more information contact:
Ms. U. Muge Dolun Bora
Industrial Development Officer
Trade Capacity Building Branch
U.Dolun@unido.org