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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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  1. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND OTHER VOLUNTARY INITIATIVES FOR THE ICT INDUSTRYPresented byMelanie Hutchinsonon behalf ofUNEP’s Regional Office for West AsiaTo the Regional Seminar on The Role of ICR in Protecting Man and Environment: How to Limit the Impact of its UseCairo, Egypt, 4-7 October 2004 Regional Office for West Asia

  2. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987 “it’s not just desirable for business to get involved in the quest for sustainability, it is essential….” UNEP Executive Director, Dr. Klaus Toepfer Global e-Sustainability (GeSI) report to WSSD, part of Industry as a Partner series Regional Office for West Asia

  3. THE ROLE OF ICT IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • Decoupling communication from resource use e.g. telephones, data through e-mail etc. • In US in 2002, estimated over 540,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided through tele- and video-conferencing • For UNEP ICT has enabled: • Online measuring and monitoring for environmental assessment • Rapid response to environmental emergencies • Video- and e-conferencing of expert groups • More rapid and resource efficient dissemination of information Regional Office for West Asia

  4. POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ICT Look inwards to impacts of own activities: • Energy use • Fuel and oil use • Impacts of cable laying on landscape and biodiversity • Transport • Ozone depleting substances • Waste (process and end-of-life) Regional Office for West Asia

  5. VOLUNTARY INITIATIVES FOR CONSIDERATION • Cleaner Production • Environmental Management Systems • Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at the Local Level • Global Reporting Initiative • Global Compact Regional Office for West Asia

  6. CLEANER PRODUCTION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES Regional Office for West Asia

  7. CLEANER PRODUCTION “A new and creative way of thinking about products and processes by the continuous application of strategies to minimise the generation of wastes and emissions” “A mechanism of innovation and technological development for reducing the negative impacts on the environment and for increasing profitability” Regional Office for West Asia

  8. CLEANER PRODUCTION Prevention of Pollution: Recycling/ Treatment Processes AvoidPollution Process Change/ Control Mechanism Practices Reduce Pollution Materials Efficient Use of Resources Control Pollution Products Material Substitution Regional Office for West Asia

  9. CLEANER PRODUCTION REDUCE RE-USE RECOVER PREVENTION RECYCLE RENDER HARMLESS CURE DISPOSE The Waste Management Hierarchy: Internal External Regional Office for West Asia

  10. CLEANER PRODUCTION Life Cycle Assessment: CRADLE GRAVE Regional Office for West Asia

  11. CLEANER PRODUCTION Design for the Environment (DfE): Regional Office for West Asia

  12. EXAMPLE FOR ICT Life Cycle of Mobile Telephones and Batteries • Initiative for a Sustainable Partnership on Environmentally Sound Management of End of Life Mobile Phones • Emanating form work of Secretariat of Basel Convention and UNEP • Programme of Work developed, including guidance document Regional Office for West Asia

  13. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Regional Office for West Asia

  14. THE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT LOOP Planning- Environmental aspects- Legal and other requirements- Environmental Policy- Objectives and targets- Environmental Management Programme Management Review Checking and Corrective Action- Monitoring and measuring- Corrective action- Environmental management system audit Implementation and Operation - Structure and responsibility- Training and awareness- Communication- EMS documentation- Document and operational control- Emergency preparedness and response Regional Office for West Asia

  15. INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW • Once top management commitment confirmed, require a baseline review • Information to collect will include:- what environmental management is currently in place?- what are the environmental aspects of each part of the operation?- what are the inputs, throughputs and discharges?- what do we currently monitor? • Formation of Environment Team, led by Environmental Coordinator Regional Office for West Asia

  16. PLANNINGAspects and Legal Issues Key questions: • What do we use? • What do we lose? • What do we waste? • What could we harm? • What are the risks? • What are the laws? Regional Office for West Asia

  17. THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY The policy must include: - Top level commitment- Regulatory compliance- Continual improvement- Pollution prevention It must be:- Communicated- Publicly available Regional Office for West Asia

  18. OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS What we want and when we want it by. Regional Office for West Asia

  19. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES Must have: • Clear objectives and targets • Clear deadlines • Clear ownership • Monitoring strategies • Adequate resourcing (time and financial) • Everyone must understand the role they have to play Regional Office for West Asia

  20. COMMUNICATIONAND TRAINING • Effective communication is a key part of EMS. • Communication should be 2 way; and • Communication should be both internal and external. Types of training include: • Induction • Specific teams • Departments/Sections • Whole organisation Regional Office for West Asia

  21. SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION ISO14001 requires: • An EMS manual • Registers of aspects and regulations • Environmental procedures for each activity • Process and operating instructions • Emergency preparedness procedures • Training and machine manuals • Analytical and monitoring methods Regional Office for West Asia

  22. DOCUMENT CONTROL We don’t need these old results anymore I know I put that paper somewhere Regional Office for West Asia

  23. OPERATIONAL CONTROL What procedures and work instructions are needed to make sure that the environmental aspects are managed? Regional Office for West Asia

  24. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS What accidents and emergencies could occur? How can we minimise the environmental impacts Regional Office for West Asia

  25. CHECKING AND CORRECTIVE ACTION An EMS requires you toMonitor it…….…Record it……….Check it…….….and if something is wrongCorrect or prevent it! =EMS Audit Regional Office for West Asia

  26. TOP MANAGEMENT REVIEW We’ve achieved most of our targets But how can we improve to achieve all of them next year? Regional Office for West Asia

  27. INTRODUCTION TO APELL APELL – AWARENESS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL A tool developed and promoted by UNEP to improve preparedness and response to environmental emergencies Regional Office for West Asia

  28. DISASTERS DO OCCUR! Earthquake Explosion Transport accident Flooding Threatening:- Lives- Health- Environment- Property Fire Landslide Emissions from power/nuclear plants Oil spill Storm/ hurricane Dam failure Forest fire Regional Office for West Asia

  29. AN EXAMPLE – THE NETHERLANDS A normal city in the Netherlands, until 12 May 2000 Regional Office for West Asia

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  31. Industry Local Government Community THE APELL PROCESS INTEGRATED COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN APELL Process Regional Office for West Asia

  32. InitiateAPELL Review needs for training and resources Conduct APELL Workshop Test Create/revise emergency response plan Assess Set up APELL Coordinating Group Hazard identification/ evaluation Review existing plans Regional Office for West Asia

  33. Joint venture between UNEP and the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) to establish a common framework for sustainability reporting • Established in 1997 • Long-term, multi-stakeholder, international undertaking whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable sustainability reporting guidelines for voluntary use by organisations reporting on the economic, environmental and social dimensions of their activities, products and services. Regional Office for West Asia

  34. GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE GRI Objective is to help organisations report information in a way that: • Presents a clear picture of the human and ecological impacts of business to facilitate informed decisions about investments, purchases and partnerships • Provides stakeholders with reliable information that is relevant to their needs and interests and that invites further stakeholder dialogue and enquiry • Provides a management tool to help the reporting organisation evaluate and continuously improve its performance and progress • Complements, not replaces, other reporting standards, including financial • Emphasises the relationship among the threelinked elements of sustainability Regional Office for West Asia

  35. GLOBAL COMPACT • A vision of the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, introduced in a speech to the World Economic Forum in 1999, and formally launched in July 2000. • A multi-stakeholder network bringing business together with UN, governments, labour, NGOs and others to advance responsible corporate citizenship. • Based on internationally accepted principles: • Universal Declaration on Human Rights • ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development Regional Office for West Asia

  36. GLOBAL COMPACT Based on 9 principles: • Support and respect the protection of international human rights within their sphere of influence • Ensure their own corporations are not complicit in human rights abuses • Uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining • Elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour • Effective abolition of child labour • Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation • Support the precautionary approach to environmental challenges • Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility • Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies. Regional Office for West Asia

  37. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Application of voluntary initiatives is a win-win situation: • Reduced costs of production • Pollution prevention approach • Conservation of energy • Reduced waste and emissions • Improved relationship with stakeholders Recommendations: • Participate in the Initiative for a Sustainable Partnership on Environmentally Sound Management of End of Life Mobile Phones • Implementation of recommendations of GeSI report: • Measuring and publicly reporting environmental performance • Enhancing product stewardship to minimize energy and resource use • Building engagement with stakeholders • Consider enrolment in the Global Compact Regional Office for West Asia

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