UNIDO Green Industry Platform
Prep- Meeting Vienna, 3. Mai 2012
Heinz Leuenberger PhD
Director, Environmental Management Branch
Greening of Industries
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Ensuring that all industries, regardless of sector,
size or location, continuously improve their
resource productivity / resource efficiency.
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Aimed at reducing the environmental impacts of
processes and products through using:
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Use resources more efficiently;
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Phasing out toxic substances;
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Substituting fossil fuels with renewable energy
sources;
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Improve occupational health and safety;
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Taking increased producer responsibility, eco
design of products
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Reducing the overall risks of production.
Green Industry
Green Industries
 Includes industries with core business activities focused on
the provision of environmental goods and services, such as:
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Waste management, recycling and resource recovery;
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Manufacturers of renewable and energy-efficient technologies
and equipments;
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Providers of environmental advisory, analytical, monitoring and
other services;
 Including providers of cleaner production services;
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Manufacturers of clean and/or pollution control technologies
and equipments.
Key Features of the Platform
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Purpose
o Multi-stakeholder framework with a focus on Green Industry.
o Action-oriented Platform.
o Goal
o To promote measurable progress towards Green Industry;
o To scale up of the Green industry concept/approach
o To ensure that the emerging Green Industry Revolution is given
the policy profile and coherence it deserves.
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Functions
o Help bring together existing data resource bases on GI;
o Web-based portal to share information on relevant policies,
technologies and developments.
o Exchange Best Practice, lessons learned
Structure & Governance
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Structure
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The Platform’s structure, thematic priorities, work programme and
budget will be decided upon by UNIDO and partner UN bodies, and
with the counsel of an Advisory Board.
Advisory Board
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Chaired by the Director-General of UNIDO;
Comprise 10-12 top senior representatives from Government,
industry and civil society around the world;
Members invited to serve for 2 year term;
Secretariat Services to the Platform will be provided by UNIDO and
UN partner bodies;
Work Program and Schedule of the Platform will be determined by
the Board.
Engagement & Participation
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Signatory Eligibility
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Voluntary global multi-stakeholder framework .
Open to signature by the Chief Executive/Head of Organisations from the
public, private and civil society sectors with an interest in advancing Green
Industry.
Nature and Scope of Commitment
Membership will be expressed through the signature of a Statement of Support to
Indicate:
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Public support for the platforms objectives;
Engagement to promote the Green Industry principles within their organisations and
with others in the manner that they judge most appropriate;
Share information and ideas on their experiences and achievements.
Membership
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Free of charge.
Signatories may incur a level of costs associated with the form of
participation they choose (Participation in meetings, internal investments costs
associated with innovation, promotion costs, etc.)
Funding
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The platform will operate as a non-profit body.
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It will require funding support for core operations from donors.
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Start-up costs will initially be covered by UNIDO budget and with support
from donors.
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The exact financial model and requirements will be decided by the
Advisory Board.
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The current proposal is to have:
 Two separate budgets, modest in size and not intended to take the
place of government or private market investment in specific
manufacturing activities:
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2.
For Secretariat, meetings and structural activities;
Research and baseline studies, project and program design
Timeline
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Interim Advisory Board
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Provide guidance on the optimal governance structure for the
Platform;
First meeting on Thursday 3rd May 2012 in Vienna, Austria.
Formal Launch
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Formal launch will take place during the RIO+20 Conference,
Windsor Barra Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday 16th June
2012.
o One of three UNIDO Side Events during Rio+20:
o Resource Efficient and Enterprise Competitiveness - Fostering
Cleaner Technologies and Technology Transfer
o Launch of Green Industry Platform
o Green Chemistry
Members of the Interim Advisory Board and UN partner bodies will be
invited to the launch.
Thank you very much
Heinz Leuenberger PhD
Director, Environmental Management
Branch
h.leuenberger@unido.org
http://www.unido.org