Profiting from Cleaner Production

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Profiting fromCleaner Production

• Government

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• I. Cleaner Production
• Competitive Advantages for Companies
• Stimuli for National Economies
• Definition
• Hidden Costs of Waste
• Parallel Concepts
• Practices
• II. Case Study
• III. Role of Government
• IV. For More Information

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Cleaner ProductionCompetitive Advantages for
Companies

• Cleaner Production helps companies
• Increase productivity
• Reduce production costs
• Use resources more efficiently
• Produce safer and better products and services
• Reduce levels of pollution and risk
• Comply with Environmental Management Systems and
  get ISO 14000 certified

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Cleaner Production Stimuli for National Economies

• Government agencies that support Cleaner
  Production encourage economic development and a
  healthier environment for everyone, helping
  developing economies grow in a sustainable way.

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Cleaner Production Definition

• A preventive environmental strategy applied to
  processes, products and services to
• Increase overall efficiency and productivity
• Improve business opportunities
• Reduce human and environmental risk

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Cleaner ProductionHidden Costs of Waste
Treatment disposal
Company image
Liability
Non-compliance
Human resources
Natural resources
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Cleaner ProductionParallel Concepts
Pollution Prevention (P2)
Eco-efficiency
Green Productivity
Waste Minimization
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Cleaner Production Practices

• Applying good housekeeping
• Changing technology or equipment
• Redesigning products
• Modifying or controlling processes
• Substituting input materials
• Recycling or reusing materials on-site
• Producing useful by-products

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• I. Cleaner Production
• II. Case Study
• Tunisias GNP Growth
• Environmental Standards
• Approach
• FODEP
• CITET
• III. Role of Government
• IV. For More Information

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Case Study Tunisias GNP Growth
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Case Study Environmental Standards

• Raising environmental standards would improve
  Tunisian products and services, thereby
• Opening new markets to Tunisian products and
  services
• Attracting foreign investors
• Contributing to a better quality of life for
  inhabitants

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Case Study Approach

• The Tunisian Ministry of Environment and Land Use
  Planning implemented a programme to improve
  environmental standards including
• Economic and financial tools
• Regulatory measures
• Awareness-raising programmes

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Case StudyApproach

• The Tunisian approach to industrial pollution
  abatement is two-pronged
• The Polluter Pays principle
• Support to companies reforming their
  environmental practices
• Depollution Fund
• Tax breaks

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Case Study FODEP

• Tunisias clean-up fund, FODEP, offers grants
  to
• Companies seeking to reduce or eliminate
  pollution
• Companies implementing pollution abatement
  projects
• FODEP has funded 227 industry projects worth a
  total of US 7 million.

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Case StudyCITET

• CITET, Tunisian International Center for
  Environmental Technologies, promotes the
  countrys support of Cleaner Production practices
  through
• Public information campaigns
• Awareness-raising programmes
• Technical assistance to companies

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• I. Cleaner Production
• II. Case Study
• III. Role of Government
• Misconceptions
• Realities
• Actions
• IV. For More Information

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Role of GovernmentMisconceptions

• Cleaner Production is difficult and expensive to
  implement
• Companies respond better to end-of-pipe
  regulations

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Role of Government Realities

• Cleaner Production
• Makes companies more profitable, improves
  products and services and lowers risk
• Promotes sustainable growth
• Creates new business opportunities
• Safeguards against risks to humans and the
  environment

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Role of Government Actions

• Integrating Cleaner Production into all public
  policy domains
• Promoting environmental regulations and
  institutions that encourage Cleaner Production
  practices
• Creating financial incentives
• Setting market-based pricing for utilities
• Leading by example, e.g. using green procurement
  policies

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I. Cleaner Production II. Case Study III. Role
of Companies IV. For More Information
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For More Information

• UNEP DTIE Cleaner Production www.uneptie.org/cp
• UNEP DTIE Cleaner Production Financing
  www.financingcp.org
• United Nations Industrial Development
  Organization www.unido.org
• Sustainable Alternatives Network (SANet)
  www.SustainableAlternatives.net