Grants Book Sep 2023 Compressed

EU GRANT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

AND PRODUCTION 2008-2026
EU GRANT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
AND PRODUCTION 2008-2026
Directorate-General for International Partnerships
European Commission
1049 Bruxelles/Brussels
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This publication was produced with the financial support of the European
Union. Its contents do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
SWITCH-Asia Policy Support Component Contributors: Zinaida Fadeeva,

Team Leader; Arab Hoballah, Ex-Chief, SCP, UNEP; Sara Gabai, Communication
and Knowledge Expert; Loraine Gatlabayan, Key Expert South-East Asia;
Cosima Stahr, Key Expert South Asia.
Grant and Finance Review: Julia Rohe-Frydrych, Senior Manager adelphi
Design: Chandkachorn John Chandratat
Photos courtesy of SWITCH-Asia Grant Projects
Cover photo credit: Tourism in Central Asia, SWITCH-Asia GREEN TOUR

project by MederMyrzaev
Printed on recycled paper

Message from the European
Commission
Through the external dimension of the EU Green Middle East hosting the next Conference of
Deal, the EU is committed to supporting a greener Parties (COP28) on climate change.
and more resilient Asia-Pacific region by adopting
higher climate and environmental standards, Building on a solid track record, SWITCH-Asia will
reducing the carbon footprint and moving from a continue supporting governments in adopting
linear to a circular economy. As a result, the Green green strategies and new financial incentives for
Deal principles were integrated into EU strategies MSMEs as well as strengthening the knowledge
and programmes in the Asia-Pacific region for the and capacity of SCP-related regional organisations.
period 2021–2027.
By sharing the opportunities of SCP, the
To respond to the needs of the region, the Programme will help national governments
European Commission (Directorate-General to adhere to international frameworks such as
for International Partnerships) will continue the Global Alliance on Circular Economy and
supporting the region through its SWITCH- Resource Efficiency (GACERE) and the Global
Asia-Pacific is the world’s most populous and Asia Programme. Since its launch in 2007, Agreement on Plastics (GAP), of which the EU is a Together with major international organisations,
fastest-growing region. Its rapid growth along the Programme has funded over 140 projects strong promoter. the EU SWITCH-Asia Programme has been at the
with industrial delocalisation have created promoting more sustainable supply chains forefront in introducing the notion of Sustainable
enormous pressure on land, habitats and between Europe and Asia. It has provided Finally, the Programme will continue to support Consumption and Production in the region.
biodiversity, making the region one of the most support for more than 20 countries leading to the access to finance for MSMEs by ensuring that
polluted as well as one of the highest greenhouse elaboration of National Action Plans or Roadmaps the pipeline of green projects will have access The external dimension of the European Green
gas emitters. Just as the region was overcoming for Sustainable Consumption and Production, for to credit lines in local and regional banks as well Deal offers today a unique opportunity to further
the COVID-19 pandemic, the fallout from Russia’s example in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and as to financial mechanisms in European and engage with local partners in addressing climate
protracted invasion of Ukraine and the increasing Cambodia; circular economy plans in Vietnam and international financial institutions. change and environmental concerns, two of the
geopolitical tensions in East Asia have contributed Uzbekistan; green public procurement policies most pressing global challenges of our time.
to worsen the economic outlook by disrupting and product directories in Thailand, India and I would like to express my deepest gratitude to
value chains, creating energy insecurity, stressing Indonesia; green building codes in Pakistan and the representatives of national governments, The SWITCH-Asia Programme will continue
financial systems and destroying jobs. Kyrgyzstan; new policy options for plastics in Lao civil society, practitioners, project and policy to be an important tool for EU investments in
PDR and the Maldives; and waste management implementers, EU Delegations in the region and sustainable industrial practices and products,
In that context of significant risks and uncertainty, plans in Pakistan, new national standards for to the coordination team in Brussels HQ whose boosting the resilience of value-chains within the
pursuing a green and fair recovery remains more sustainable textiles (including the cashmere constant engagement has made it possible to region and with Europe and supporting the green
relevant than ever to stand and emerge stronger, sector) in Mongolia, and enhanced consumer achieve these outstanding results over the years recovery regionally.
transform our economies and create opportunities guidelines in Vietnam, to name just a few. and make of SWITCH-Asia a successful flagship of
and jobs. The United Nations Agenda 2030 the EU in the region. The success of our Programme would not be
recognises Sustainable Consumption and By engaging with over 500 partners and possible without the engagement and support
Production (SCP) as a standalone Sustainable indirectly reaching out to 80,000 micro, small of all our partners, from national governments
Development Goal, SDG12, in support of the and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Peteris USTUBS to regional organisations, from private sector
recovery and transformation of economies. In region, over the years SWITCH-Asia has affirmed representatives to universities, research centres
2019, the EU adopted the European Green Deal, its significance and impact as the EU programme Director for the Middle-East, Asia and the Pacific and civil society organisations to which goes our
a set of policy initiatives aimed at boosting the for the promotion of sustainable consumption Directorate-General for International very great appreciation.
efficient use of resources, cutting pollution and and production in the region. This challenge will Partnerships, European Commission
reducing the effects of climate change, reverting nevertheless continue for the years to come.
biodiversity loss and promoting more circular Alessandra LEPORE
economies. By covering all sectors of the economy, As of 2023, the Programme has been extended
from agriculture to buildings, from textiles and to the Middle East and the Pacific, strengthening Former SWITCH-Asia Programme Coordinator
chemicals to transport and energy, the European the commitment of the EU in promoting a global Directorate-General for International
Green Deal aims to turn Europe into the first green transition. This comes at an auspicious Partnerships, European Commission
climate-neutral continent by 2050. moment with the United Arab Emirates in the
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Message from the Team Leaders CE will remain abstract until producers and
consumers change their patterns of action
and lifestyles – which has been the trust of
Sustainable Consumption and Production
(SCP) since its launch as a global priority during
the 1992 Rio Summit. Since that time, SCP has
evolved from a concept to well-established
a green and circular economy delivery. In fact, practices – cleaner production, selection of more
SCP is the missing link for an effective delivery of sustainable and less harmful inputs, eco-design,
sustainability. sustainable consumption – that result in real-
time environmental and economic benefits.
Asia has been leading global discussions and The principles of SCP have informed various
awareness-raising towards SCP for the past two critical policy approaches in areas as diverse as
decades, and preparatory work in Asia was critical sustainable public procurement (SPP), extended
for the adoption of the 10YFP. This is one of the As we move into the 2020s, just about every citizen
producers responsibility (EPR), and education.
reasons why the SWITCH programme was first in Asia and elsewhere is experiencing in real time
initiated in Asia. Moreover, Asia – already known what scientists have been warning us about for Starting as an agenda for the Global North, SCP
as the ‘manufacturing hub of the world’ with decades. Weather records are being broken with has proven its equal relevance for the Global South.
all the obvious negative consequences on the extreme heat, droughts, floods and other drastic The 143 Grant Projects of SWITCH-Asia Programme
environment and health – today concentrates weather events. Plastic pollution is omnipresent demonstrate that SCP generally resonates well
the largest number of consumers, including a in even the remotest corners of the globe and with people in Asia, given their ingrained values of
The global community has progressively realised
growing middle class demanding lifestyles that most of us breathe unhealthy air. The health of sufficiency, efficiency, partnerships, and creativity.
the critical importance of and necessity for
increasingly put more pressure on resources ecosystems is in severe decline. Indeed, a triple While showing innovative ways of practicing
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in
and cause a negative impact on society and planetary crisis is with us: climate change, loss of SCP, the Grants began exploring pathways for
structuring and driving the sustainability agenda:
ecosystems. SWITCH-Asia has demonstrated Nature and biodiversity, and an ever-accumulating upscaling their actions by interconnecting with,
from Rio 1992 and its unsustainable patterns, to
that more responsible development processes pollution burden that threatens not only the well- among other issues, goals for climate, biodiversity,
the Earth Summit in Johannesburg 2002 with
are possible in Asia, and that local MSMEs and being of billions of humans but, indeed, the ability equality, and gender.
its call to Action on SCP and the effective re-
local innovations, when adequately enabled and for life on planet Earth to continue.
evaluation of the importance and necessity for
SCP at Rio 2012, and finally, with the adoption of backed-up, can be the drivers of the sustainable Notably, the ideas of the EU Circular Economy
development that is so urgently needed. This crisis is human-made, and the ever-increasing Action Plan, the EU Green Deal, the Farm to Fork
the 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP)
consumption of materials, energy and other Strategy, the Renovation Wave for Sustainable
on SCP. This culminated in the United Nations
Thanks to and because of Covid-19, some of the natural resources arising from the prevailing Housing and Buildings, the new Textile Strategy,
2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and
citizens of Planet Earth now seem to be (re) linear and wasteful take-make-dispose model of the Strategy on Plastics, and the Sustainable
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
discovering the virtue of sustainable consumption production and consumption is at the heart of the Tourism Strategy are being tested in SWITCH-Asia
and SDG12 on Responsible Consumption and
coupled with production, without which there problem. The International Resource Panel has grant projects and reflected in the policy dialogue
Production, with consumption- and production-
can be no Green Growth, no Green Economy, no shown that extraction and processing of natural with Asian governments for the elaboration and
related targets included in most of the other
Circular Economy, no low-carbon economy, no resources is responsible for 90% of biodiversity implementation of national policies, regulatory
SDGs. Such recognition was further confirmed
climate mitigation, no biodiversity protection and loss and for the generation of 50% of greenhouse frameworks and policy instruments related
by the 2015 Paris Agreement and the Quito New
no Green Recovery effectively delivered in the gas (GHG) emissions. to SCP and the Green Circular Economy. This
Urban Agenda, both recognizing the necessity of
promoting resource efficiency and sustainable spirit of long-term transformative change. It is to highlights the critical role of SWITCH-Asia grants
be hoped that this will not be just an opportunistic Past environmental policies and management
lifestyles. in knowledge exchange and the development
attitude and that, with renewed hope, the global initiatives have too often tried to solve one
that subsequently follows it.
community, the rich nations and the developing environmental issue at a time, typical of the
SCP can quickly become the engine for positive
countries, the large business companies and the reductionism and specialisation that have instead It is hoped that the results and experiences
and effective development when the benefits
MSMEs will finally have understood the absolute only helped to expand industries, infrastructure from the work of the Grants documented here
of ‘doing more and better with less’ within the
necessity for an urgent change in our still mostly and cities. The triple planetary crisis, as a human- demonstrate that SCP is being accomplished in
system and throughout the ecosystem are
irresponsible and unsustainable consumption made problem, calls for profound, human-made very different sectors and settings. We see this as
thoroughly understood. On the basis of improved
and production patterns. After decades of solutions that address the root causes of the an inspiration for the policy work, stakeholders’
knowledge, relevant enabling capacity, adequate
knowledge gathering, project piloting and wasteful use of natural resources to transform engagement and advocacy to those whose aim is
governance, and good exemplary practices, the
experience-sharing about SCP, we can finally act global production and consumption systems. to vigorously scale up and speed up SCP. We trust
deforming lenses of short-term constraints can
on our insights, create an environment conducive Increasingly, a Circular Economy (CE) is poised that this will become the determining factor for
be identified, thereby short-circuiting business-
to transformative change, and realize that this is as this system solution. CE does retain the value avoiding the worst impacts of the triple planetary
as-usual consumption and production practices.
not only our shared responsibility, but an ethical of materials and natural resources through crisis within our own lifetime.
SCP is not a static or linear process – on the
obligation. take-make-recover circular production and
contrary: SCP is a dynamic and evolving process,
consumption systems, especially when powered
continuously adapting as knowledge increases Zinaida Fadeeva
by the sun. Beyond the broad consensus that
and contexts change, and it continuously re- Arab Hoballah CE replicates natural-resource usage cycles in
equilibrates the components of the system. SCP is a Team Leader 2021-2023,
Team Leader 2017-2021, SWITCH-Asia SCP Facility industrial production and consumption systems, SWITCH-Asia SCP Facility
‘movement’ empowered by innovation, efficiency
Ex-Chief, SCP, UNEP the term ‘CE’ itself continues to mean different
and responsibility, a necessary ‘companion’ to
Executive Director, SEED things to different people.
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Purpose and Scope of this Book
This book provides practical knowledge and Since its inception, the SWITCH-Asia Programme
concrete information about the vast number has been following trends common to Europe
of EU SWITCH-Asia funded projects that have and Asia, two regions increasingly interconnected
been implemented in Asia for over 15 years now, through global value chains. Important lessons
and furnishes insights about their impact in the learnt and experiences from Asia can inform and
region as well. support the implementation of the EU Green
Deal’s external framework, while incorporating
A total of 143 ongoing and completed projects are SCP to support a country’s policy changes towards
clustered under overarching thematic issues in a green and circular economy, environmental
line with the EU Green Deal priorities: Agri-food, justice and equality.
Textiles and Leather, Sustainable Housing and
Building, Waste Management, Tourism, Plastics,
Transport and Logistics, Cook Stove, and Electrical
and Electronics.
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About the SWITCH-Asia Programme How We Work
WHO WE ARE SUPPORTING GAME CHANGERS THROUGH PROJECTS
SWITCH-Asia was launched in 2007 as part of the Since its launch, 143 projects have been funded Testing and adopting greener and more sustainable industrial processing in MSMEs
European Union’s priority to support a programme with an average grant size of EUR 1.7 million
of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) across a wide range of sectors including energy
in its regional cooperation strategy with Asia. The efficiency in industrial plants and houses, agri-
Promoting greener products and more sustainable consumption patterns and behaviours
programme currently covers 24 countries in Asia food and fishing sectors, textiles and leather,
in Asia.
and it will be extended to the Middle-East and tourism, logistics and freight. These have been
the Pacific as of 2023. It addresses emerging implemented by over 500 Asian and European
economies as well as least-developed and major partners and some 100 private sector associates,
CO2 emitting countries. The engagement of the indirectly benefitting up to 80,000 MSMEs. STRENGTHENING POLICY DIALOGUE
programme with stakeholders is twofold.
The evidence provided by grant projects is meant
The Policy Support Component (PSC) provides to feed into policy and regulatory dialogues
Project results will feed into policy dialogue with Asian governments to elaborate and
direct support to regional organisations, national with Asian governments for the elaboration and
implement national policies, regulatory frameworks and policy instruments related to SCP and
governments and related implementing agencies implementation of national policies, regulatory
the Green Economy, in collaboration with the EU Delegations and Focal Points of Ministries in
in charge of policies and regulatory frameworks frameworks and policy instruments related
partner countries.
relevant to SCP. This component has been playing to SCP and a circular and green economy, in
a key role in ensuring the coherence of activities collaboration with the EU country Delegations
and the communication of results to regional and and the Focal Points of Ministries.
EU stakeholders.
Synergies among the SWITCH-Asia programme
The Grant Scheme Component targets micro, and regional and international organisations
small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs), ensure complementarities in the support
business organisations and industrial clusters, provided to national governments in terms of
retailers, chambers of commerce, national policy development, for example in SCP practices
clean production centres, and universities, and like green building codes. The programme also
NGOs and consumer organisations willing to builds collaboration with financial institutions,
test and adopt cleaner and more sustainable essential for promoting (new) green financing
production processes, improve the sustainability for MSMEs and for the wider replication of SCP
of their products and change their consumption practices tested through the SWITCH-Asia grants.
behaviours. Under this scheme, partnerships are
established involving both organisations from the
EU and from the region. The ultimate goal of this
component is to facilitate the large replication
of sustainable production and consumption
practices in MSMEs in the region through
investments.
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CENTRAL ASIA
Where We Work
Kazakhstan Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
SOUTH ASIA
Afghanistan Maldives
Bangladesh Nepal
Bhutan Pakistan
India Sri Lanka
SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND EAST ASIA
Cambodia Thailand
Indonesia Vietnam
Lao PDR China
Malaysia DPRK
Myanmar Mongolia
Philippines
MIDDLE-EAST (As of 2023)
Iran Iraq
Yemen
PACIFIC (As of 2023)
Cook Islands Palau

Federated States of Papua New Guinea
Micronesia
Samoa
Fiji
Solomon Islands
Kiribati
Timor Leste
Marshall Islands
Tonga
Nauru
Tuvalu
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Insights from the SWITCH-Asia Grants:
Impacts and Finance Review/
Access to Finance
The SWITCH-Asia grant scheme accounted for increased importance of access to financing in
significant achievements in decoupling economic the international development agenda, it was
growth from environmental degradation and observed that the finance-related activities of
carbon emissions. While reported data on CO2 SWITCH-Asia grant projects built up over time.
emissions reductions vary substantially across To date, nearly 66% of grants projects are able to
In 2020, the implementation of the SWITCH- as they were focused either on innovative cleaner projects, mainly explained by the different focus report on successful financing activities, ranging
Asia grant scheme was assessed and reviewed production technologies in manufacturing of the actions (e.g. energy-intensive industry vs. from effective business case development to
for its effectiveness. Based on official policy and or on strengthening sustainable value chains small-scale agri-business), completed SWITCH- securing financing for MSMEs.
technical documents and interviews, projects and business linkages within a specific sector. Asia projects accounted for an overall savings of
funded under SWITCH-Asia in the period 2007– A smaller number of projects formed the two more than 25 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
2020 that responded to 8 calls for proposals were remaining types, and these addressed the equivalents (tCO2e) to date.
analysed. integration of informal sector players into the
formal economy (‘Sector Formalisation’) or were Finally, the review specifically focused on access
This review draws lessons learnt from the focused on fostering sustainable consumption to finance opportunities as a key area for scale-
economic, environmental and social results of patterns and consumer awareness (‘Sustainable up and replication of the SCP practices tested
these projects. In a first step, an analysis was Consumption’). during the grant projects. With respect to the
conducted on project objectives and outcomes
and their relevance to the above-mentioned The review also analyses the possibility
policies, taking these criteria into consideration: for investment cases developed through
programme’s grants to be scaled up within the
• Adoption of SCP practices by MSMEs to become region through existing financial schemes of
more efficient and greener while reducing international and European financial institutions.
environmental impact and CO2 emissions, and
by consumers in shifting to a more sustainable The impact review of these SWITCH-Asia grant
lifestyle projects focused on seven result areas, selected
on the basis of DG DEVCO’s Sector Indicator
• Opportunities provided by the programme to Guidance on Green Economy.1 The quantitative
deal with challenges at the regional level and qualitative analysis of the reported data
highlights the substantial results of the grant
• Possibility for the project results to be replicated programme since its inception in 2007. Many
and scaled up within countries or sectors and projects sought to build relations with key
at regional level, with needed investments decision-makers at the local, regional and national
level while deploying innovative processes such
• Role played by projects in mainstreaming SCP as policy prototyping workshops. Because of
into national or regional policies, legislation this work, many grant projects contributed
and regulations substantially to a more enabling environment for
SCP in the target region.
• Contribution of projects to the UN Agenda
2030 and the Paris agreement The uptake of SCP practices by MSMEs is another
key impact area of SWITCH-Asia grant projects.
• Alignment and contribution to EU Green Deal- Overall, more than 40,000 business entities
related policies and priorities reported the adoption of SCP practices as a
result of the SWITCH-Asia project activities, while
These SWITCH-Asia grant projects were also more than 27,000 MSMEs were reported to have
clustered into four project types. The majority achieved sustainability standards certification as
of grant projects were related to the ‘Cleaner a result of their work.
Production’ and ‘Value Chains’ project clusters,
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Table of Contents
Agribusiness Access to finance 10
Bhoomi Ka - Promoting sustainable consumption and production systems for safe

and organic foods in India 12
Green Retail India 14
Promote Bamboo MSME Clusters for Sustainable Development 16
Message from the European Commission vi

Pakistan
Message from the Team Leaders viii HP Cogen-PAK - Empowering sugar mills and stakeholders in the sugar sector to
adopt energy efficient technology 18
About the SWITCH-Asia Programme xii
IREET - Implementation of Resource and Energy Efficient Technologies in Sugar Sector 20
Insights from the SWITCH-Asia Grants xvi
Sri Lanka
Sustainable Production in the Food and Beverage Industry in Sri Lanka 22
AGRI-FOOD South-East Asia and East Asia
Cambodia
Switch to Solar 24
Waste to Energy in Rice Milling Sector 26
China
CAPACITY - SCP models and certification tools in Chinese food supply chains 28
Edible Bamboo Shoot - Greening food production and consumption 30

Central Asia Ongoing Completed
eECHO: Towards Energy Efficiency in AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic in China 32
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Supporting Scheme for MSMEs by Building Sustainable Agricultural Fresh Food
Production and Logistics in China (SAFE) 34
REAP - Resource Efficiency in Agri-food Production and Processing 02
Indonesia
South Asia Local Harvest - Promoting sustainable and equitable consumption and local food systems 36
Low Carbon Rice 38
Bangladesh MATA KAIL - Promoting SCP in the fish processing sector 40
Jute Diversified Products 04 Soybean Processing (SCoPE) 42
Tomato and Mango Value Chain - Improving consumer awareness and access to Lao PDR
certified safe tomato and mango products 06
Eat Greener - Changing food consumption patterns 44
Bhutan, Nepal
SuPER WE Coffee 46
SEID - Sustainable and Efficient Industrial Development in Bhutan and Nepal 08
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Mongolia South Asia
Switching On the Green Economy (SOGE) 48
Bangladesh
Myanmar
ECOLEBAN - Environmental management systems and eco-labelling in SMEs of the
Nurturing Green Aquaculture in Myanmar (NGA-Myanmar) 50 leather sector in Bangladesh 72
Tha Bar Wa - Catalysing sustainable water and energy management in food and Re-Tie Bangladesh - Reduction of environmental threats and increase of exportability
beverage industries 52 of Bangladeshi leather products 74
Philippines Bangladesh, India

ECO-JUTE - An eco-friendly alternative for a sustainable future 76
Mindoro Strait Sustainable and Equitable Tuna for Bankability (MS-SETB) 54
India
Thailand
Effective waste management and sustainable development of the MSME tanning
Consumers and Retailers Driving Sustainable Food Market in Thailand 56 companies in the Kolkata Leather Cluster 78
Vietnam Going Green - Promoting economic competitiveness of the Indian textile industry
and artisans’ well-being 80
Biomass Gasification Technology (BEST) 58
Promoting circularity in the Tamil Nadu leather clusters for solid waste management 82
Circular Economy Cocoa: From Bean to Bar 60
SUSTEX - Sustainable Textiles for Sustainable Development in India 84
Establishing a Sustainable Pangasius Supply Chain in Vietnam (SUPA) 62
Switching to Green & Fair Fashion 86
Promotion of supply and demand of Eco-Fair Agri-food processing products in Vietnam 64
Nepal
Sustainable and Equitable Shrimp Production and Value Chain Development in Vietnam
(SusV) 66 Sustainable Carpet and Pashmina 88
Pakistan
SCI-PAK - Modernising manufacturing industries in Pakistan 90
TEXTILES AND SPRING - Sustainable cotton production in Pakistan’s cotton ginning SMEs 92
LEATHER
South-East Asia and East Asia
Cambodia
Promotion of sustainable energy practices in the garment sector in Cambodia 94
China
Transitions to circular economy practices in textile and apparel MSMEs along the
Central Asia lifecycle in Huzhou and Shaoxing 96
Sustainable Production in the Printing and Dyeing Sector in China 98

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Indonesia, Malaysia
RUTSIS - Reviving Uzbekistan’s and Tajikistan’s Sustainable Ikat and Silk 70
Clean Batik Initiative 100
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Indonesia, Philippines South-East Asia and East Asia
Handwoven Eco-Textiles 102
China
Mongolia
Eco-friendly Bamboo Production 126
STeP EcoLab - Sustainable textiles production and ecolabelling 104
Low Energy Housing 128
Sustainable Yak Leather (SYL) 106
RurEnergy: Promoting sustainable residential energy consumption in rural China 130
Myanmar
SUS BIRD - Sustainable Building Interior Renovation and Decoration 132
SMART Myanmar I - SMEs for environmental accountability, responsibility and transparency 108
Train the Trainers - Energy saving techniques and technologies 134
SMART Myanmar II 110
WESTERN CHINA SUSBUILD - Upscaling and mainstreaming sustainable building practices 136
Malaysia
SUSTAINABLE SUBUMA - Environmental declaration scheme for construction and building materials 138
HOUSING AND Mongolia

BUILDING Greener Construction Project 140
Recycling Building Materials - Improving resource efficiency and cleaner production in

the construction sector 142
Sheep Wool for Building Material (SWBM) 144
Switch off Air Pollution - Energy efficiency advisory and financial intermediation for
sustainable housing 146
Switch-off Air Pollution in Mongolia’s Cities (SOAP) 148

South Asia
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
ASEAN SHINE 150
Afghanistan
Kabul Green Homes 114
Bangladesh
SUSBUILD Bangladesh - Promoting sustainable buildings 116
Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka

METABUILD - Resource efficient supply chain for metal products in the building sector
in South Asia 118
Nepal
Green Homes 120
Building Energy Efficiency in Nepal (BEEN) 122
VSBK - Vertical Shaft Brick Kilns and Sustainable Construction Practice in Nepal 124
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Kyrgyzstan
WASTE GREEN TOUR - Replicating tourism industry sustainability best practices into the Kyrgyzstan
and wider Central Asian tourism supply chain through an integrated business led approach 164
MANAGEMENT
PERETO - Promotion of energy security and sustainable growth through increased
energy and resource efficiency in tourism SMEs in Kyrgyzstan 166
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

SET - Promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy production in the
community-based tourism sector in Central Asia 168
South Asia
Bhutan
China SHINE - Sustainable Hospitality Industry Inclusive of Native Entrepreneurs 170
Pride on our Plates - Strengthening China’s MSMEs through food waste solutions and SUSTOUR Bhutan - Replicating EU tourism industry SCP best practices into a
behavioural insights 154 Bhutanese sustainable tourism model 172
Mongolia Sustainable Tourism in Bhutan 174
3R4UB - The 3Rs for a sustainable use of natural resources in Ulaanbaatar 156 Nepal
PARYA Sampada - Sustainable tourism and green growth for heritage settlements of
Kathmandu Valley 176
TOURISM Sri Lanka

Greening Sri Lankan Hotels 178
Sri Lankan Renewable Energy 180
Lao PDR
Luang Prabang Handle With Care - Sustainable destination development 182
Central Asia SUSTOUR Laos - Promoting sustainable tourism 184
Kazakhstan Philippines
Zero Carbon Resorts (ZCR) 186
SUSTOUKA - Implementation of SCP practices and sustainability schemes in the MSMEs
of the Tourism sector in Kazakhstan 160
Thailand
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan TOURLINK - Moving Thai tourism towards sustainability through a business-led
supply chain approach 188
MOST - A Model for Sustainable Tourism in Central Asia 162
Thailand, Philippines
Zero Carbon Resorts (ZCR) 2.0 190
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PLASTICS TRANSPORT AND
LOGISTICS
South Asia South Asia
India India
PROTOPRINT 194
INDTUK - Switching to a sustainable auto-rickshaw system 208
India, Maldives, Sri Lanka
PROMISE - Prevention Of Marine Litter In The Lakshadweep Sea 196
Sri Lanka
PLASTICS 198 Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Sustainable Freight and Logistics 210
South-East Asia and East Asia China

China Motor Challenge 212
Cambodia
Philippines
Reducing Plastic Bag Waste 200
High Efficiency Motors (HEMs) 214
Mongolia
Thailand
Sustainable Plastic Recycling in Mongolia (SPRIM) 202
Greening Supply Chains in the Thai Auto and Automotive Parts Industries 216
Myanmar
Prevent Plastics - Promoting a circular economy and resource efficiency through
a clean and recycling-based economy 204
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South Asia
COOK STOVE
India
WEEE Recycle - Establishing e-waste channels to enhance environment friendly recyling 228
China
South Asia ESEEC - Improving environmental and safety performance in the electrical and
electronics industry 230
REWIN e-Waste Tracking System - Improving resource-efficiency for the production

India and recycling of electronic products 232
Women-centred ICS - Improved cook stoves for sustained adoption at scale 220
MULTI-INDUSTRY
Lao PDR
Improved Cook Stove Programme Lao PDR 222
Myanmar
SCALE - Upscaling improved cook stove dissemination 224
ELECTRICAL AND South Asia

ELECTRONICS
Bhutan
GPP Bhutan - Scaling-up public demand for sustainable products in Bhutan 236
India
ACIDLOOP - Sustainable production through market penetration of closed loop
technologies in the metal finishing industry 238
MSME Clusters - Scaling-up sustainable development of MSME Clusters in India 240
PRO-SUSTAIN - Promoting fair trade and sustainable consumption in India 242
SWITCHing India’s Consumption to Fair and Sustainable Goods 244
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Nepal Indonesia
Bioenergy 246 PROSPECT INDONESIA - Promoting eco-friendly Indonesian rattan products 280
Lokta Handmade Paper 248 Timber Indonesia - Promoting the implementation of Timber Legality Assurance
(FLEGT License) as a key step to sustainable production and consumption in
PPP4Gs - Public-Private Partnerships in Green SMEs, Green City, Green Agro Products, Indonesia’s wood processing industry 282
and Green Employment 250
Malaysia
Pakistan
BIOMASS SP - Sustainable Production of the Biomass Industries in Malaysia 284
Water Stewardship Pakistan (WSP) 252
Mongolia
Sri Lanka
Green Products Development and Labelling 286
EEPEX - Enhancing Environmental Performance in Key Sri Lankan Export Sectors 254
Philippines
GPIOS - Creating Green Philippines Islands of Sustainability 288
SMART Cebu - SMEs for Environmental Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency 290
Cambodia Vietnam
MEET-BIS Cambodia - Mainstreaming Energy Efficiency through Business Innovation Support 256 BIOTRADE VN - Scaling up of ethical BioTrade initiatives with the pharmaceutical sector
in Vietnam 292
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, CSR Vietnam - Helping Vietnamese SMEs adapt and adopt corporate social responsibility 294
Thailand, Vietnam
Get Green Vietnam 296
AEMAS - Establishment of the ASEAN Energy Management Scheme 258
MEET-BIS - Mainstreaming Energy Efficiency through Business Innovation Support 298
Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam
Sustainable Rattan - Establishing a sustainable production system for rattan products 260 South-East, East and South Asia
SPIN-VCL - Sustainable Product Innovation in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos 262
China Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand
China Heat Pump Water Heater Challenge 264 Lead Paint Elimination 300
China Higher Efficiency Power and Distribution Transformer Promotion 266 China, India, Indonesia
EMAS Global China - Premium environmental management for companies in China 268 ACMFN - Asian Cleantech MSME Financing Network 302
FEES - Financing Energy and Environmental Solutions 270 China, India, Vietnam
Industrial Symbiosis 272 Wood Processing and Trade 304
Sustainable Consumption in Urban China 274
SUPP-URB CHINA - Sustainable Public Procurement in Urban Administrations in China 276
VA3 - Improving energy efficiency and environmental performance of Chinese SMEs and
large companies facilitated by Voluntary Public-Private Partnerships 278
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AGRI-FOOD
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The action seeks to improve sustainability in the
agri-food production and processing industries in
two ways:
• Targeting fast, cost-efficient SCP measures,
showcasing the business cases of such
measures and creating a win-win mind-set
among the MSMEs
REAP - Resource Efficiency in Agri-food • Building MSMEs capacity to deal innovatively

with challenges in the context of natural
Production and Processing resource shortages and creating ecosystems

for SCP and supply-chain integration
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2024

TAJIKISTAN, UZBEKISTAN AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,958,871 (EU Contribution 89.84%)
WAY FORWARD
• Introduce and improve SCP measures and

technologies in 400 MSMEs in agri-food
production and processing
• Increase efficiency by 20% for energy, 10% for
resources (including water) and 15% for waste
generation within participating companies
• Support 10% of participating companies in
applying for funding for bankable projects
• Build capacity for 40 local experts on SCP
practices for replication
• Build capacity for 20 consultants and experts
from financial institutions on suitable financial
instruments for SCP solutions
SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
• Build capacity for 20 national or regional policy INFORMATION
makers, advisors and government bodies and
institutions on SCP policy mechanisms
• Improve clusterisation and ecosystem
development for SCP involving all stakeholders
CONTACT
Valeriya Orlova
[email protected]
reap-centralasia.org
CHALLENGE improving economic growth and investment LEAD PARTNER

involves improving the business environment
While agriculture plays a major role in in agri-food processing by introducing more The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia
(CAREC)
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, food insecurity and a efficient production techniques.
strong dependence on food imports increases PARTNERS
vulnerability to climate change and geopolitics. In OBJECTIVES
Uzbekistan, the share of small businesses (micro-, adelphi Research gGmbH
small and medium-sized enterprises, MSMEs) in The goals are to promote SCP practices in the
Austria Recycling - Verein zur Förderung von Recycling
gross agricultural production is 98.1%. The export agri-food production and processing industries
und Umweltschutz in Österreich (AREC)
of Uzbek agricultural products is increasing from along the entire supply chain by
year to year. As for processing and intermediate Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic
• Developing business cases for resource of Uzbekistan
storage, Uzbekistan is in the top twenty countries
efficiency measures by MSMEs, while promoting
worldwide in terms of cold storage. In Tajikistan National Association of Small and Medium Business of
eco-efficiency based on international standards
more than 60% of the population lives in the rural Tajikistan
and supporting companies in presenting
areas. The country’s natural resource base is weak STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society
bankable projects to financial institutions
and, due to the lingering agricultural inefficiencies (STENUM Asia)
of the Soviet system, declined productivity poses • Providing training to MSMEs on suitable
severe challenges for the country’s food security. financial instruments for SCP solutions The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Business is constrained, and a key condition for

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OUTCOMES
• Workforce empowerment of poor men and

women working in the jute supply chain
through skill development, micro-enterprise Through this project, major changes are occurring
training, business and professional training in the jute sector. Farmers have benefitted
directly through trainings and practical advice.
• Mobilisation and promotion of groups of The poor were also trained and this has provided
Jute Diversified Products producers and small entrepreneurs to improve
productivity and market access
them with an entirely new income source and
possibility to expose their products to local and
• Development of producers’ groups for international markets.
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 3/2013-8/2016 technology transfer for obtaining high-yield
BANGLADESH AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,222,170 (EU Contribution 90%) jute variety and retting Md. Julficker Islam
PM, ESDO, Kurigram
• Value addition processing, diversification
and packaging of jute products through
the engagement of business and market
intermediaries
• Marketing and development of jute supply
chain
• Promotion of efficient public–private
partnerships
• Partnership with and engagement of public–
private institutions

INFORMATION
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES CONTACT
Jute (known as the Golden Fibre) has always The project sought to contribute to the economic Sekhar Bhattacharjee
played a significant role in the economic growth of poorer producers through social
[email protected]
development of Bangladesh. In recent years, Jute business promotion, with an emphasis on
Diversified Products (JDPs) have become more sustainable agriculture-sector growth and poverty Pragati Insurance Bhaban, 20-21, Kawran Bazar,
well-known because the natural character of jute reduction in Bangladesh. Specifically it aimed Dhaka - 1215 Bangladesh
fibre is attractive to consumers. However, the at strengthening the export competitiveness
jute growers are facing problems to access good of Bangladesh jute through the promotion of LEAD PARTNER
quality and high yielding seeds and appropriate environmentally friendly and diversified jute
technologies to reduce production costs. products. CARE France
Moreover, due to the fragmentation of the rural
market chain, the growers are not getting a fair PARTNERS
price for their production. This situation results in
Debi Chowdhurani Palli Unnayan Kendra (DCPUK)
less interest to cultivate jute. Finally, the workers
engaged in production lack adequate skills for Eco Social Development Organisation (ESDO)
maintaining product quality, which decreases Sheba Manab Kallyan Kendra (SMKK)
buyer interest.
UTTARAN

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OUTCOMES
• Surveys were conducted and consumer

awareness raised on safe domestically produced
mango and tomato products The results attained from this project were
• A public-private agreement on a transparent unique in the context of Bangladesh. For the first
and independently verifiable food safety time, beneficiary farmer groups attained HACCP
Tomato and Mango Value Chain - Improving assurance system was established
• Food safety standards were set up
food safety certification and a Covenant on Food
Safety was signed by public-private entities in the
country.
consumer awareness and access to • The capacity of supply chain actors was built up
Mahbub Ullah
using the ‘train the trainers’ approach based on
certified safe tomato and mango products need assessment Project Coordinator, SNV
• Certifications were applied and results
communicated
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2016-12/2019
BANGLADESH AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,999,811 (EU Contribution 90%) • A transition towards sustainable and safe food
markets from ‘field to fork’ in Bangladesh was
promoted and given support

INFORMATION
CONTACT
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Mahbub Ullah
Food safety in the Bangladeshi fruit and The project sought to increase consumer [email protected]
vegetable sector is an area of increasing concern. confidence in domestically produced processed
The consumers have lost confidence in locally horticultural products, reduce food-safety House No. 11 (2nd Floor), Road No. 72 Gulshan-2,
Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
produced foodstuffs. The current intense political problems caused by domestically processed
and consumer pressure on the horticultural horticultural products, and promote business LEAD PARTNER
industry has urged the sector to adhere to food development in the fruit and vegetable processing
safety levels. With the legal framework for food industry. At the end of the four-year project at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV)
safety in place and a strong market demand least 50% of the domestically processed tomato
for sustainable and safe produce, there is now a and mango products marketed and consumed in PARTNERS
conducive environment for change. Bangladesh were certified as safe.
Centre of Excellence Agro Food Skills Foundation
(CEAFS)
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB)

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• To provide access to existing knowledge and
practice for sustainable consumption and
production (SCP) from international initiatives,
as well as green financing schemes
We have learned energy and resource efficiency
techniques that allowed us to minimise our
energy and resource consumption, resulting not
OUTCOMES
only in cost savings, but also in more market
SEID - Sustainable and Efficient Industrial • More than 40 local consultants and
representatives from industries and academia
competitiveness.
Saguni Singh Shakya

Development in Bhutan and Nepal received intensive training on resource and
energy efficiency, waste management,
Manager
Kathmandu Guest House, Nepal
renewable energy and building energy
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2012-11/2015 performance
BHUTAN, NEPAL AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,160,000 (EU Contribution 90%)
• Ten Green Clubs (with 745 members in Bhutan
and Nepal) were established to promote the
concept of environmental conservation
• More than 200 MSMEs received SEID’s
consultation services and most are benefitting
from reduced operational costs and optimised
resource efficiency, as well as improved working
environments
• Appropriate technology solutions such as solar
water heaters for hotels, dust collection systems
for beaten rice mills, and improved cook stoves
for restaurants were developed
• Strategic networks were established, and
formal agreements were signed with a number
of selected academic, governmental and
business institutions SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
• Renewable energy (RE) and renewable power INFORMATION
(RP) were mainstreamed in government
policies; governmental bodies and business
associations have been provided with practical
suggestions on how to implement and/or revise
the existing policy documents, such as hotel CONTACT
rating standards and a cleaner production
policy paper in Nepal; and green building Dr. Robert Wimmer
guidelines and a subsidy programme for RE
technology have been developed in Bhutan [email protected]
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
The landlocked countries of Nepal and Bhutan are The project aimed to contribute to the sustainable LEAD PARTNER
classified among the least-developed countries development of Nepal and Bhutan by reducing
(LDCs), with 77% of the population in Nepal and the environmental impact of industry, by Center for Appropriate Technology (GrAT)
49% in Bhutan living under the poverty line (2010 generating employment, and through poverty
PARTNERS
data). Urban and rural dwellers in Nepal suffer alleviation, particularly in the tourism and agro-
from an acute energy crisis. Nepal also faces based industrial sectors. The specific objectives Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable
challenges to revive its tourism industry, which were: Transformation (ASSIST), The Philippines
has been affected by the recent earthquake.
• To reduce costs by saving resources with more Austria Recycling (AREC)
Bhutan’s economy depends heavily on imported
goods and services, and local enterprises have efficient production and operation processes Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bhutan
difficulties in creating their own competence, • To lower pollution by encouraging companies Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and
which will be pivotal for the future sustainability to implement appropriate treatment measures Industries (FNCCI), Nepal
of the countries’ economies and their societies.
In both countries, there is great potential • To improve health and safety standards for STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society
workers (STENUM Asia)
for development in agriculture and tourism,
considering the climate and topographical • To enhance the capacity of national consultants
conditions, as well as both countries’ rich cultural through training and field work
and historical heritage.

OUTCOMES
• Providing capacity building for 30 agribusiness

MSMEs to enable the adoption of sustainable
post-harvest production practices
• Creating access to working capital for 30 MSMEs
agreeing to adopt sustainable production with
Agribusiness Access to finance the commercial banking sector

• Facilitating market linkages for 30 MSMEs
with at least 20 corporate buyers of certified
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 4/2014-3/2018 products
INDIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,258,496 (EU Contribution 79.45%) • Conducting consumer campaigns targeting 10
million urban middle-class Indian consumers of
certified products from the 30 MSMEs

INFORMATION
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises The project promoted an increased adoption of
CONTACT
(MSMEs) make an important contribution to sustainable technologies by MSMEs. It specifically
India’s economy, and have the potential to targeted three challenge areas: promotion of Sabine Maresch
catalyse an important shift towards green and sustainable practices across the supply chain,
fair production by supplying consumer markets access to finance for adopting sustainable [email protected]
with green and fair product options. Agribusiness procurement and production practices, and
MSMEs in India are strongly motivated to adopt promotion of sustainable consumption through Raamweg 16, The Hague, Netherlands
sustainable production practices. However, many certified production.
constraints prevent them, namely technical LEAD PARTNER
ability, a consistent market for green products
The Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation
and available working capital. (HiVOS), Netherlands
PARTNERS
Friends of Women’s World Banking (FWWB), India

International Resources for Fairer Trade (IRFT), India

OUTCOMES
• Enhance access to available and trustworthy

organic and local foods through sustained
information campaigns targeting consumers
• Provide identified retailers and brand owners
Bhoomi Ka - Promoting sustainable with extended outreach, and improve organic
producer collectives by enhancing their value
consumption and production systems for safe addition as well as their market access
• Undertake policy advocacy to create an enabling
and organic foods in India environment for protecting consumers and
promoting the domestic market for local
organic foods
INDIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,146,098.40(EU Contribution 80%)

INFORMATION
CONTACT
CHALLENGE hand, to educate and inform consumers on the
choices available to them. Anshuman Das
The right to safe, uncontaminated and nutritious
food is a fundamental human right. In India, OBJECTIVES [email protected]
the Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006
provides necessary safeguards to citizens in The overall objective of the project is to contribute Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V. Country Office, India
order to maintain the quality of food. However, to sustainable local food systems that safeguard
dangerous toxins in food have been threatening public and environmental health and promote www.bhoomika.com
human and environmental health over the past sustainable smallholder agriculture. The project
LEAD PARTNER
few decades due to an ever-increasing use of aims to achieve this through an increased demand
pesticides, agrochemicals, antibiotics, hormones, for and supply of clean, green and fair foods in Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V.
ripening chemicals, chemical additives, and selected Indian towns, promoting the switch to
synthetic flavours. India uses at least 48 sustainable food consumption and production PARTNERS
pesticides/herbicides that have been banned in patterns.
other countries. It therefore becomes extremely Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS)
important on the one hand to regulate the VAAGDHARA, India
indiscriminate use of agrochemicals in agriculture
by giving alternatives to farmers, and on the other

OUTCOMES
• Development and implementation of

customised Sustainability Business Models for
retailers
• Enabling SME suppliers to adopt approaches,
techniques, tools and technology to align
Green Retail India

SCP practices into the core of their business
practices
• Linking up Indian retailers with major European
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2013-8/2016 retailers by visits to Europe for trade fairs/forum
INDIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,383,517 (EU Contribution 80%)
and business networking sessions
• Development and implementation of a Go-
Green Strategy to sensitise and educate
consumers on green products and choices
towards creating a market demand for
sustainable products
• Promotion of policy action to promote
sustainability in the Indian retail sector through
measures such as formulation of enabling
instruments and policies for demand-side pull

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Shikhar Jain
[email protected]
2nd Floor Thapar House, 124 Janpath,
The Food & Beverage (F&B) sector constitutes The project aimed at instilling sustainable thinking New Delhi-110 001, India
about 60% of the retail sector, and the energy and adoption of sustainable approaches in a large
consumption by retailers accounts for 15% of their retail chain’s strategy, operation and marketing; LEAD PARTNER
operational cost. The F&B sector also generates driving sustainable practices in the supply chain of
large amounts of waste. Around 40% of food retailers; and educating consumers on sustainable Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
production in India is estimated to be wasted consumption and creating a favourable climate
PARTNERS
due to improper handling, transportation and for the adoption of sustainable practices across
storage, and retailers can play a role in reducing the retail value chain. Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable
the waste. The sector also contributes towards Transformation (ASSIST), The Philippines
environmental pollution (transportation of
Austria Recycling (AREC)
goods and the carbon footprint of the small and
medium-sized enterprise (SME) suppliers). Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and
Production GGMBH
Retailers’ Association of India (RAI), India
STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society
(STENUM Asia)

OUTCOMES
• 2250 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises

(MSMEs), of which 40% are owned by women,
start or expand bamboo product supply worth
EUR 25.3 million to existing or new markets,
affecting 10,000 livelihoods (more than 50%
women) through new income worth as much
Promote Bamboo MSME Clusters for as EUR 13 million
• Improved occupational health and safety along
Sustainable Development with social security
• At least 20 new buyers undertake sourcing of
5 high-potential bamboo products in each of
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2018-10/2022 the targeted clusters through 20 successful
INDIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,499,824 (EU Contribution 90%) business start-ups
• 9 local facilitating agencies (FAs) provide
services beyond Action, 50 producer networks
(PNs) created, 9 common funds for communities
(CFCs) created and strengthened, and 20
equipment or input suppliers and 140 business
development support plans (BDSPs) provide
strategic services sustainably
• At least 10 financial institutions (FIs) provide
credit through cluster financing instruments to
2250 MSMEs worth EUR 9 million
• 200 policy makers from at least 3 South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
countries are sensitised and 9 Indian states
initiate replication of similar intervention
models

INFORMATION
There are more than 5 million people, half of The overall objective of this project is to promote Mukesh Gulati
them women in the tribal regions across 18 of the bamboo as a sustainable resource and generate Project Manager
29 states of India, where an abundant quantity green jobs. The activities are designed to help
[email protected]
of bamboo is available as a resource for their local communities and other stakeholders to
livelihoods. However, in the bamboo processing collaborate for the promotion of a green economy, LEAD PARTNER
and product manufacturing sector, the number is sustainable growth, economic prosperity and
likely to be only around 3 million. While bamboo poverty reduction in India along with mitigation Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC)
has been augmented by a range of public of climate change.
initiatives, it is not sufficiently harnessed in terms PARTNERS
of its market applications. There is a huge potential
for replacement of less sustainable resources Common Wealth Educational Media Centre for Asia
(CEMCA)
like timber, plastic, steel, etc. and for creation of
green jobs in effectively harnessing bamboo by Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
upgrading existing products and introducing Small Industries Development Bank of India
new products duly linked with markets.

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• Promoting sustainable consumption of
bagasse by supporting sugar mills in the
adoption HPC technology, through technology
standardisation, enabling access to finance, and
mobilising relevant public sector authorities The project developed a conducive environment
for the formulation of a conducive regulatory for sugar mills to export surplus energy to the
regime for bagasse-based energy projects grid with HPC technology. Given the energy
constraints faced by Pakistan, promotion of this
HP Cogen-PAK - Empowering sugar mills OUTCOMES
technology not only helped with energy security, it
did so in a sustainable way, generating electricity
and stakeholders in the sugar sector to • The project successfully developed an excel-
from abundant fuels.
adopt energy efficient technology based model/study for determining the

cost of power generation for bagasse-based
Omar Malik
Project Director
cogeneration projects, which was shared HP Cogen-Pak
with the National Electric Power Regulatory
PAKISTAN AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,161,785 (EU Contribution 79.80%)
Authority (NEPRA)
• The National Bagasse Power Support Cell
(NBPSC) was created at the HP Cogen-Pak
Project office in Lahore. The NBPSC reached
out to the 85 sugar mills (the main beneficiaries
of the project), providing them support in
the adoption of the limited time option of an
Upfront Tariff for Bagasse Cogeneration offered
by NEPRA, and of 85 sugar mills, 72 registered
in the project
• The NBPSC completed the development of the
detailed bankable feasibility studies for HPC
for 10 sugar mills; furthermore, pre-feasibility
studies (business cases) were developed for 50
sugar mills registered in the program
• A total of EUR 8.38 million was saved per SME,
per year on average INFORMATION
• Compared to LPC technology, HPC technology
consumes 45% less bagasse, thus increasing
resource and energy efficiency; thus HPC
saves 60 m3 water/hour for 120 days of crushing
season, which equals 172,800 m3/year for a CONTACT
single 30 MW HPC plant
Omar M. Malik
• The HP Cogen-Pak project estimated a
reduction of 2.125 million tonnes of CO2 2nd Floor, Al-Maalik, 19 Davis Road, Lahore, Pakistan
equivalent per year once all the mills switch to
HPC technology [email protected]
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES www.hpcogenpak.org
At project inception, Pakistan’s sugar sector had The objectives of the HP Cogen-Pak project were LEAD PARTNER
an annual availability of 4.4 million metric tons to build the capacity of the sugar sector, focusing
of bagasse (sugar mill waste). To generate heat on promotion of high pressure cogeneration Iqbal Hamid Trust (IHT)
and electricity for its energy needs, the sugar (HPC) technology among sugar mills classified as
sector used inefficient low pressure cogeneration small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and PARTNERS
(LPC) systems, consuming 46% more bagasse improving access to finance, leading to reduction
Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA)
compared to high pressure cogeneration (HPC). of GHG emissions. The specific objectives included:
However, adoption of HPC was hampered by sequa gGmbH
high upfront costs, technology risks, low capacity • Promoting sustainable production of energy, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
among technology providers, a non-responsive and exporting surplus electrical power to the
financial sector and a non-conducive regulatory national grid, through replication of existing
regime. HPC technology in the sugar sector

consumption of bagasse (renewable sugar mill •
waste) by supporting sugar mills in the adoption
of energy efficient technical innovations along
with resource efficient technologies through
technology standardisation; enabling access to
finance; and mobilising relevant public sector
authorities for the formulation of a conducive
regulatory regime for the promotion of resource
and energy efficiency (R&EE) in the sugar sector.
IREET - Implementation of Resource and Energy
Efficient Technologies in the Sugar Sector OUTCOMES
• 70 sugar mills owners were supported in

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2018-1/2022 adopting R&EE technology through business
PAKISTAN AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,436,160 (EU Contribution 79.77%) cases developed by the action plan
• 30 sugar mills were trained to select R&EE
technologies based on standardised technical
specifications developed by the action plan
• 5 local solution providers were enabled to offer
standardised R&EE technology to the sugar
industry
• 5 service providers were enabled to provide
auditing services to the sugar sector
• Improved availability of capital for R&EE
technology through 5 participating financial
institutions (FIs) offering concessional loans
using the State Bank of Pakistan’s R&EE
Financing Scheme
• Revised National Energy Conservation Policy
• 10 R&EE projects achieving financial closure/ SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
implementation by sugar mills
• 12% reduction in energy consumption (steam-
on-cane ratio reduced from 52% to 46%)
• 10% reduction in water usage
CONTACT
• 600,000 tCO2/year were avoided
Mr. Ahmad ur Rehman Hafiz
[email protected]
CHALLENGE the cane crushing process, from being burnt
2nd Floor, Al-Maalik, 19 Davis Road, Lahore, Pakistan
inefficiently as fuel in boilers. Approximately 70%
Most sugar mills in Pakistan use outdated of the bagasse produced is currently consumed ireetpak.org
technologies and practices (i.e. use of Robert by the sugar industry itself to meet its energy
type evaporators, 3-5 roller mills, inefficient low- requirements. Bagasse consumption of sugar LEAD PARTNER
pressure boilers) for sugar production, resulting mills can be significantly reduced by introducing
in high inefficiencies, waste of resources and energy-efficient technologies and adopting best Iqbal Hamid Trust (IHT)
increased cost of production. The majority of practices and appropriate retrofitting. The saved
the sugar mills have a high specific energy bagasse can be utilised for power generation with PARTNERS
consumption of over 1250 MJ/ton of sugarcane subsequent exportation of the surplus power
Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and
(due to high steam-on-cane ratio on the order to the national grid. This project targeted the Production GGMBH
of 52% and high electricity consumption at the provinces of Sindh, KPK, and Punjab in Pakistan.
rate of 24 kWh/tons of cane crushed). Moreover, World Alliance for Thai Decentralised Energy - Thailand
these mills are using low-pressure boilers which OBJECTIVES (WADE THAI)
typically have efficiencies in the range of 65-75%, as
compared to over 90% for modern high-pressure The project aimed to promote sustainable
boilers. There is significant potential for upgrading production of sugar through reduction in
the milling processes in the industry to prevent specific energy consumption of the sugar mill.
bagasse, which is generated as a by-product of In addition, it aimed to promote sustainable

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• Conduct environmental assessments for
collection of base-line information for
optimisation of resource utilisation and
benchmarking
SWITCH-Asia has largely assisted us to obtain
• Form Green Business Clubs for networking
the ISO 22000 Certification which we have now
among businesses
received. Our work has significantly changed. We
are more effective and are wasting less.
Sustainable Production in the Food and OUTCOMES
S. Fernando
Beverage Industry in Sri Lanka The project aimed to have an impact on the
environment by producing more with fewer Proprietor
New Monis Bakery
natural resources. This reduced the consumption
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2009-12/2012 of energy, water and raw materials and also
SRI LANKA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,985,191 (EU Contribution 80%) resulted in reduction of solid waste, pollutants
and gas emissions. The goals that were reached:
• To achieve success stories on SCP from 500

SMEs within 4 years
• To make 150 SMEs comply with international
food safety standards
• To build local capacity for effective delivery of
services on SCP
• To improve the enabling environment for
effective enforcement of national policies and
regulations including food safety standards

INFORMATION
CONTACT
S.M. Sathiacama
IBM Bldg., 3rd Floor, No. 48, Nawam Mw., Colombo 2,

Sri Lanka
[email protected]
The food and beverage (F&B) industry is an The main objective of the project was to improve
important sector of the Sri Lankan economy. the performance of the food and beverage sector LEAD PARTNER
However, F&B producers, in particular the small in Sri Lanka through promotion of cost-effective
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are production techniques and best practices Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC ), Sri Lanka
experiencing increasing difficulties in maintaining of sustainable production among SMEs. The
PARTNERS
their market shares due to the increasing costs of activities:
production, largely resulting from the extensive Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
use of materials, energy and water. Reasons for • Integrate environmental sustainability with
the inefficient and unsustainable production economic growth and welfare by promoting Industrial Development Board, Sri Lanka
practices include poor awareness of the issues on best practices of SCP among SMEs Industrial Service Bureau, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
the part of SMEs and a lack of necessary expertise • Assist SMEs to comply with international food Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Sri Lanka
and resources to address them. safety standards and regulations
IVAM UvA BV, the Netherlands
• Improve the enabling conditions for successful
implementation of sustainable policies in Sri
Lanka

in rural areas of Cambodia by supporting MSMEs
to switch from unsustainable energy to solar
energy.
WAY FORWARD
• Business models and technology solutions will

Switch to Solar be designed, demonstrated and promoted
to scale up the specific needs of agri/fishery
MSMEs
CAMBODIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,560,000 (EU Contribution 89.84%)
• Local solar technology providers/entrepreneurs
strengthen their capacity and expanded their
operations to better reach MSMEs, and provide
new technologies that bring added value to the
agri/fisheries sector
• Targeted MSMEs and consumers improve
awareness of and access to a range of solar
energy devices, financing options and customer
services
• Improved business environment for solar
technology solutions and established synergies
among main stakeholders

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Despite Cambodia’s success in expanding access The project will promote sustainable consumption
Alessandro Cassineiro
to the grid, electricity tariffs are among the patterns in the Cambodian agriculture/fisheries
highest in the region, and businesses in rural sector with a focus on agro-processing by Project Manager
areas tend to pay up to twice as much as in urban, encouraging MSMEs to adopt Sustainable People in Need
grid-connected areas (from USD 0.14 kW/h in Consumption Practices (SCP) through increased
the capital compared with up to USD 0.25 kW/h access to solar solutions, as well as fostering [email protected]
charged for diesel-powered mini-grids). Expensive replication through demonstration and access
LEAD PARTNER
and unstable electricity access negatively affects to finance. Awareness raising on SCP will also
micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) be promoted, policy dialogues organised, line People in Need (PIN)
operations by raising their operational costs and ministries involved in SCP demonstrations, and
incurring financial losses caused by unpredictable interactions between MSMEs and financial PARTNERS
power outages. Despite the potential return on intermediaries will be supported.
investment for shifting to solar, MSMEs have EnergyLab Cambodia
limited access to capital, with 60–90% using The main objective of Switch to Solar is to Sevea Consulting
informal channels. In light of growing investments contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic
in the agri/fishery sector and forecasted expansion growth in Cambodia’s rural areas by reducing
of economic activities, commercial diffusion of the environmental impact of MSME energy
solar solutions for productive use can curb GHG consumption and generating green employment
emissions, while reducing MSMEs operational opportunities. More specifically, the project aims
costs and improving their competitiveness. to improve consumption patterns and behaviours

OUTCOMES
• The project established a training package

through National Polytechnic Institute of
Cambodia (NPIC) for rice millers, SMEs, local
technology manufacturers as well as importers
• Worked on the supply and demand side
Waste to Energy in Rice Milling Sector by building capacity of 4–5 local SMEs
manufacturing rice husk gasifiers (RHGs)
and 120 rice millers as potential users: a local
manufacturing facility was established to
CAMBODIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,152.546 (EU contribution 89%)
manufacture and develop a business unit, and
a local technology provider was assigned to
operate the facility
• Collaborated with Nexus and developed a
revolving fund of which the objective is to
positively impact the agrifood value chain
through provision of affordable clean energy,
and it was expected that barriers and challenges
would be overcome through partnerships with
organisations in the agrifood sector
• Collaborated with the Ministry of Industry
and Handicraft and Institute of Standards of
Cambodia (ISC): ISC produced an occupational
health and safety (OHS) Baseline Standard at
The Work Place and a final draft for the National
Standard of the Safety Manufacturing of RHG

INFORMATION
In Cambodia paddy is either exported raw or The overall goal of this project was to contribute Dennis Barbian
processed through diesel-powered engines to economic prosperity and poverty reduction [email protected]
because of high electricity prices, limited access and mitigate the effect of climate change by #184, Street 217, 2nd floor of POC’s building,
to technology and logistics, resulting in high enhancing competitiveness of the rice sector Phnom Penh, Cambodia
rice prices in the regional markets. Very few rice through increased uptake of environmentally
millers have access to efficient drying and other responsible waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies. www.fondationensemble.org/en/projet/waste-to-
energy-for-the-rice-milling-sector-in-cambodia/
processing technology. Access to finance is also The specific objectives of the project were:
another major problem for the rice milling sector. LEAD PARTNER
There is a potential to convert rice husk into • Sustainable production of milled rice through
energy by utilising rice husk gasifier technology. replication of existing WtE rice milling SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV)
However, there exist no standards for gasification technologies
equipment, making it difficult for rice mills to PARTNERS
• Sustainable transformation and consumption
decide on the appropriate technology. The price
of rice by consolidating fragmented guidelines Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Associations
of imported gasifiers is high and many millers do
into a single operational industry standard (FCRMA)
not trust locally manufactured gasifiers. All these
with policy makers, small and medium-sized
factors result in higher processing costs, low quality National Polytechnique Institute of Cambodia (NPIC)
enterprises (SMEs) and financial sector actors
and low volumes of production.
together in a multi-stakeholder platform

• To ensure the replication of successful
approaches and methodologies by increasing
the capacity of business membership
organisations (BMOs) and government
agencies
• To promote consumers’ informed choices
regarding sustainably and responsibly
produced foods
CAPACITY - SCP models and certification

tools in Chinese food supply chains
OUTCOMES
• Building the capacity of food supply chain

actors
CHINA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,563,635.76 (EU contribution 80%)
• Creating awareness
• Supporting SCP policy implementation
• Design for Sustainability Method (D4S)
• Framework for certification and eco-label
schemes
• European-Asian cluster
• Guideline for best manufacturing practices
• Improving the regulatory framework

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Jokin Garatea
[email protected]
GAIA, Parque Tecnológico de Zamudio,

Edif. 103, 2ª planta. 48170 Zamudio, Bizkaia, Spain
www.capacity4food-project.eu
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Association of Industries for Electronic and Information
In China, the food industry represents a crucial This project aimed to provide small and medium- Technologies in the Basque Country (GAIA)
motor for the development of local economies sized food enterprises (SMEs) in Sichuan, Henan
and society. However, several factors are and Qinghai Provinces with the necessary PARTNERS
threatening the sustainability of the sector: tools to implement sustainable production and
China Agricultural University
a) environmental impact (water and energy consumption (SCP) practices, especially in the
consumption and emissions of highly organic meat processing sector. China General Chamber of Commerce
wastewater); b) globalisation and changes in China Meat Association
consumers’ preferences contributing to the The specific objectives included the following
China Society of Commodity Science
demise of traditional production systems and goals:
small companies; c) ethical, health-protecting and Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology
safe working conditions are not always ensured • To assist SMEs in adopting best practice in Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology
due to insufficient occupational health and safety SCP and complying with international food for Agroproducts, Chinese Academy of Agricultural
measures, limited employment for women and safety regulations and standards, enhancing Sciences
young people, obsolete training programmes; their integration into global supply chains and
and d) consumers’ concerns about food quality. markets

OUTCOMES
• Conducting market surveys on the quality of

preserved bamboo shoots and other preserved
food products
• Conducting laboratory tests and analysis of
food samples from the market
Edible Bamboo Shoot - Greening food • Enabling consumers to identify eco-friendly

bamboo shoot products through workshop
production and consumption and awareness raising events

• Building the capacity of 300 SMEs to apply
green and clean technologies
CHINA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,482,103 (EU contribution 80%)
• Demonstrating eco-friendly bamboo and
vegetable farming practices to farmers
by applying organic farming and offering
certification
• Developing standards for processing green and
safe bamboo shoot products

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. Lou Yiping

[email protected]
Currently, overuse of preservatives, water pollution The project aimed at increasing bamboo shoot
and low resource efficiency are pervasive markets with economic benefits for 300 bamboo INBAR, P.O. Box 100102-86, Beijing 100102, China
throughout China’s agro-food processing SMEs through a more resource-efficient and
industry, including packaged vegetable, fruit and less polluting food-processing industry; building LEAD PARTNER
meat products. In the preserved food industry, a green standardised production value added
International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR),
these unsustainable practices are rife, especially chain for safe foods in the bamboo industries of
China
with bamboo shoot preservation and processing. Zhejiang and Sichuan Provinces; and replicating
In the Sichuan province, preservatives are often successful experiences to 600 other SMEs where PARTNERS
used in concentrations much higher than the the use of polluting preservatives is prevalent.
maximum allowable limit regulated by China’s Association for the Bamboo Industry of Anji, Zhejiang
national standards. This phenomenon not only (ZJBAMBOO), China
frustrates consumers and threatens market share, International Federation of Organic Agriculture
but also affects the development of sustainable Movements (IFOAM), Germany
livelihoods, environmental protection and food
Zhejiang A and F University (ZAFU), China
safety in China.

• Provide MSMEs with technical advisory services
on logistics resource efficiency schemes
• Support MSMEs for access to finance
management
• Reinforce business service providers’ capacities
on existing tools/mechanisms to support SCP
uptake by MSMEs
eECHO: Towards Energy Efficiency in • Increase market demand for low-carbon logistic
AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic in China

services
• Engage policy makers and financing institutions
for an enabled business environment for SCP
WAY FORWARD
• Improving the energy-efficiency of MSME

AgriFood Cold Chain Companies and Logistic
Services Providers (LSPs) through the use of a
Carbon Footprint and GHG Emissions Calculator
to identify carbon hotspots in 200 MSMEs, and
implementing focused measures to reduce
energy consumption and GHG emissions in 100
MSMEs
• Increasing the market pull of low-carbon

AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic Services
by promoting the certification of LSPs in
conformity with recognised schemes to
demonstrate their commitment towards low-
carbon logistic services
• Stimulating the development of a Green SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT

Financing Landscape in the targeted regions INFORMATION
by building the capacities of public authorities
and financial institutions on the fundamentals
of resource efficiency in the Logistics Sector
• Developing replication strategies capable of

engaging MSME LSPs and AgriFood in energy- CONTACT
efficiency and sustainability practices and tools
for low carbon Cold Chain Logistic Operations Idoia Unzueta
in China Project Manager, Inkoa Sistemas, S.L.
[email protected]
CHALLENGE driving skills; 3) green logistics solutions to reduce Ultimately, the eECHO project will ensure:
energy use/emissions are not being adopted at
AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic in China has the scale because of low levels of confidence in their • MSMEs are equipped to seize opportunities for LEAD PARTNER
potential for improvement due to its growing viability, and low levels of capacity, skills and green business development
market and its environmental impact. The lack cooperation; and 4) impossibility of investing Inkoa Sistemas, S.L.
• Conscious/green procurement of logistics
of appropriate cold-chain management facilities in technology/fleet upgrades due to the lack services and better-informed consumers PARTNERS
entails a loss of perishable food in China: 20–30% of micro, small and medium-sized enterprise
for fruit and vegetables, and 12% and 15% for (MSME) access to financial capital. • Clearer and more efficient SCP policies are
enacted Beijing Wuzi University
aquatic products and meat, respectively. Logistics
costs amount to 18% of GDP in China, compared OBJECTIVES • Green financing is made more accessible to China Agricultural University
to 8–12% in the EU. Against this background, MSMEs China Cold Chain Logistics Alliance (CCCA)
the needs and constraints of AgriFood Cold Enhance the resource-efficiency and sustainability
Chain Logistics in targeted regions are: 1) of AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic in Tibet, Jingjinji State Development & Investment Corporation
extremely fragmented, poorly organised with and Shandong by providing MSMEs involved in SynTao Green Finance
little fundamental infrastructure or technology, Cold Chain Logistic with mechanisms to reduce
Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences
especially in Tibet and Shandong, where few local energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
companies can provide industry-specific logistics of logistic services, while ensuring food quality and Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University
services; 2) predominance of fuel-inefficient fleets, safety and reducing food wastage. The specific (TAAHU)
inadequate logistics management and poor objectives are to:

OBJECTIVES
Increase the overall fresh food supply chain and

improve resource utilisation and efficiency and
food safety from production to distribution in the
context of the circular economy, guaranteeing
sustainable agriculture production and logistics
along the supply chain. The specific objectives
aim to:
Supporting Scheme for MSMEs by Building
• Raise the capacities of farmers and Cooperative
Sustainable Agricultural Fresh Food Production Agencies of Farmers (CAFs) via ‘train the
trainers’ in more eco-efficient agricultural
and Logistics in China (SAFE) production, improved processing and
packaging, better food safety oversight with
a consistent verification system including the
relevant guidelines and standards
• Demonstrate and validate excellence, as well as
promote the utilisation of innovative logistics
solutions – for example, fruit and vegetable
returnable plastic crates (FVRPC)
• Provide relevant policy recommendations
to guarantee the catalysts and incentives,
remove the barriers, and provide the supports
for transformation to sustainable agriculture
production and logistics
WAY FORWARD
• Increased capacities of farmers and CAFs with

higher production skills; less use of fertilisers,
pesticides and water; better processing,
storage and packaging; better understanding SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
and performance with respect to food safety; INFORMATION
and a consistent verification system including
farmers’ self-checks validated by chain retailers
• Demonstrated excellence of the FVRPC system
in cost-savings (life-cycle costs), effect on the
environment (life-cycle impact) and logistics CONTACT
efficiency through development of usage
guidelines and case analysis Ms. Guo Qinhua
• Promotion and widespread acknowledgement Project Manager, China Chain Store and Franchise
Association (CCFA)
of a food safety verification system for food safety
CHALLENGE
leverage to link farmers and CAFs (MSMEs) with [email protected]
retailers and distributers
Agriculture is very important in China, with waste, increases various types of environmental
an annual production of 2.2 billion tons of pollution (such as through overuse of pesticides • Promotion and widespread acknowledgement LEAD PARTNER
agricultural products, the majority of which (70%) and fertilisers) and climate change impact, and and increased usage of the FVRPC system
is circulated along the food supply chain. Around places pressure on biodiversity. This project will among retailers and distributers China Chain Store & Franchise Association
half of the production is fruits and vegetables. take European experiences and integrate them • Systematic standards, specifications, as well as PARTNERS
However, the agricultural product supply system via training into a system of Cooperative Agency policy proposals on guaranteeing the incentives,
cannot keep pace with the fast development of of Farmers (CAF) composed of micro, small and removing the barriers, and providing support to Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development,
consumption and industrialisation. Due to the low medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and farmers, system implementation Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
capacities of farmers, a non-standardised and un- in order to reduce the use of pesticides, fertilisers
regulated cultivating, harvesting, processing and and water; and set up a verification system as well • Less pollution and waste from agricultural IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd,
distribution system, high distribution costs, lack as innovative logistics solutions such as fruit and production (fruits and vegetables) and the Sweden
of comprehensive standards and few innovative vegetable returnable plastic crates (FVRPC) to logistics process, and a more resource-efficient
logistics solutions/technologies, the agricultural be promoted among retailers, CAFs and farmers and more food-safety conscious process
supply in China is still not well organised, which along with relevant guidelines, standards and
is hindering Chinese agricultural development. policy proposals.
This inefficient and un-standardised situation
also creates risks of food safety, food loss and

• Built the capacity of producers on standards
and the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)
• Facilitated access to finance for producers and
SMEs
• Recruited retailers and industry buyers for
market linkages
• Conducted a lifecycle assessment for key
Local Harvest - Promoting sustainable and products (rice, sago, salt, coffee, forest honey,
coconut oil, palm sugar)
equitable consumption and local food systems • Established and/or strengthened national
and local multi-stakeholder platforms on
sustainable food consumption and production
INDONESIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,999,951.95 (EU contribution 80%) • Engaged national and local governments
to support sustainable production and
consumption initiatives including promotion
and recognition of Participatory Guarantee
System and standards
• Worked with the Government to ensure
increased awareness about and adoption of
government standards for eco-products

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Miranda
[email protected]
The current food system in Indonesia often ignores The Project’s main objective was to contribute HIVOS SEA Jl. Kemang Selatan XII No. 1
the environmental and social aspects, which causes to economic prosperity and poverty reduction in Jakarta Selatan 12560, Indonesia
a negative impact on biodiversity, ecosystem Indonesia by promoting a switch to sustainable www.hivos.org
resilience and human well-being. Furthermore, consumption and production of green, healthy,
the growth of ‘middle income’ consumers presents fair and local food by consumers and MSMEs. LEAD PARTNER
a clear opportunity to promote healthy, local,
sustainable food. As Deloitte’s 2015 Indonesian OUTCOMES The Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation
consumer report notes, even consumers with very (HiVOS), Netherlands
limited incomes are now less price-sensitive and • Developed and disseminated information
PARTNERS
are more motivated by factors like quality, trust and educational materials on SCP to relevant
and taste. Women in particular are concerned stakeholders and the public Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago-
about healthy diets and are willing to pay more for Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) Indonesia
• Recruited trendsetters/influencers to deliver
organic produce. In this context, the Indonesian
messages on SCP in public education and Yayasan Pengembangan Sumberdaya Hutan
government has adopted regulations to promote
outreach activities Indonesia (NTFP-EP), Indonesia
more diverse diets (not only rice) and encourage
cultivation and consumption of local varieties, • Retained consumers through off-line marketing Yayasan WWF Indonesia
respecting the traditional knowledge of local and & educational events and online media, and
indigenous communities. including print media

• Enabling conditions and supporting policies
for sustainable rice production created through
facilitation of policy dialogue
• A more inclusive sustainable rice sector
governance model to be developed through
multi- stakeholder facilitation
• Increased market access opportunities for
sustainable rice through facilitation of private
Low Carbon Rice sector engagement
• Increased access to finance opportunities for
rice producers through technical assistance
INDONESIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,680,847 (EU contribution 80%)
and new business models
• A well-managed project that reaches its
objectives and is communicated to stakeholders
and ensures best use of available resources
WAY FORWARD
• Introduce SMEs to sustainability concepts and

benefits
• Provide capacity-building targeted toward the
needs of each specific set of stakeholders
• Provide technical tools necessary to help switch
rice milling operation to more sustainable
methods
• Provide access to new markets and new
finance mechanisms to encourage uptake of
sustainable methods
• Coordinate all key stakeholders around a
common sustainable approach
• Produce a baseline study to determine
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice
production in 5 districts; repeat the study at the SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
end of the project INFORMATION
• Facilitate policy dialogue to enable sustainable

rice to be recognised and sold
• Develop production policy and guidance on
CHALLENGE cultivation uses 40% of the world’s freshwater,
sustainable rice partnership models at district CONTACT
using on average 1432 litres of water to produce 1kg
level
Indonesia is the third largest rice producer of rice in an irrigated lowland production system
Angga Maulana Yusuf
globally. Unfortunately, rice producers are among (the type of system used by most rice farmers • Strengthen the institutional capacity of
the most vulnerable to the impact of climate in Java, Indonesia). This reduces freshwater stakeholders on sustainable rice at the district Project Manager, Preferred by Nature
change: drought, floods, high temperatures, availability for human consumption and other level [email protected]
and rising sea levels are direct threats to their uses, contributing to increasing frequency and
• Develop standards criteria and indicators for preferredbynature.org
livelihoods. Some of the main challenges for rice severity of water conflicts. Common practices for
the Indonesia Sustainable Rice platform
producers – or rather rice millers – is their lack of rice cultivation, such as overuse of agrochemicals, LEAD PARTNER
access to financing for improved technology, the further degrades water quality, ecosystem • Build the capacity of millers to improve quality
lack of awareness and technical knowledge on integrity, and human health. This project aims to and reduce loss Preferred by Nature
sustainable rice production methods, the inability reduce poverty in Asia by enabling sustainable
• Facilitate access to new markets and new
to ensure higher prices for sustainable rice despite rice to be produced in Indonesia, which will allow PARTNERS
finance mechanisms for rice millers to
government control over prices and exports, and for increased income for rice producers who
encourage uptake of sustainable methods Koalisi Rakyat untuk Kedaulatan Pangan (KRKP)
underdeveloped business models for new income currently live well below the poverty line.
streams from verified sustainable rice, sale of • Develop a sustainable rice business model for Persatuan Pengusaha Penggilingan Padi Dan Beras
rice straw, and carbon credits from emissions OBJECTIVES rice millers Indonesia (PERPADI)
avoidance/reduction. Other main challenges
in terms of climate change include: 20 million Reduce the climate impact of rice through the
ha of rice fields are prone to floods and another adoption of sustainable rice production (non-
20 million ha are susceptible to drought. Rice farm level). The specific objectives include:

OBJECTIVES
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises

(MSMEs) were empowered to provide
environmentally friendly and sustainable
processes, products and services in the fisheries
sector which will promote employment
opportunities for marginalised youth, particularly
MATA KAIL - Promoting SCP in the fish young women. Knowledge, skills and attitudes
of parents and caregivers were also increased,
processing sector particularly those of young women.

OUTCOMES
INDONESIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,999,951.95 (EU contribution 80%)
Based on the results of a market-demand
research and a value-chain analysis, 160 MSMEs
with experience in the fish processing sector
were identified to be trained in environmentally
friendly and sustainable technologies in fish
storage, fish preservation and fish processing. A
total of 1400 female and 600 male youths aged
15–29 participated in a training programme which
included modules on: Life Skills, Technical and
Vocational Education Training (TVET), Micro-
Enterprise Development (MED), and Access
to Financial Services. After completion of the
training modules, the project team organised
apprenticeships for youths in existing SMEs in
order to develop the skills required to start their
own businesses (MSMEs).
To promote simple messages for sustainable
production and consumption, the plan developed
an educational video on sustainable food
consumption for families. Furthermore, staff
of local health and education institutions were
trained to function as multipliers for sustainable
consumption as well as food quality and safety, SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
particularly regarding fish and processed- INFORMATION
fish products. Covering the supply side of
consumption, a total of 600 youths, parents and
caregivers were trained as retailers of safe and
sustainable fish-based food products. To expand
the awareness-raising campaign, the plan closely CONTACT
CHALLENGE cooperated with government stakeholders.
Local youth organisations produced video clips Tobias Zehe
Accounting for 3% of the national GDP, the healthy nutrition for their children increases the to be used in government events, schools and [email protected]
fishing industry is a major part of the Indonesian risks of malnutrition. In the project’s three target communities promoting the consumption of safe
agricultural economy. In East Nusa Tenggara districts, namely Lembata, Nagekeo and Sikka, Plan International Deutschland, Hamburg, Germany
and sustainable food products.
Province (NTT) the fishery sector is not only one MSMEs lack technical capacity knowledge on how
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of the main employment providers but also to use environmentally friendly technology and
serves as the basis for consumption patterns of practices to develop a proper business plan that Plan International Deutschland e.V.
local communities. NTT province is one of the would meet the requirements set by the Ministry
poorest in Indonesia with an unemployment of Fisheries. Young women are particularly PARTNERS
rate of 30%, leaving out mainly young women as disadvantaged and they are facing unequal
part of the workforce. Despite the huge potential employment opportunities as well as problems Bengkel APPEK
as an income source, value-chain enhancement in accessing funds for self-employment and/or Yayasan Kopernik
for the raw fish that is caught is lacking. Surveys skills training. Moreover, caregivers are lacking
Yayasan Plan International Indonesia
conducted in the area also indicated the demand knowledge on food safety and quality. This greatly
for an improvement in quality and fish product affects their daily consumption decisions, as well
diversification. The low quality of fish products as as those of their children.
well as the lack of awareness among caregivers on

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OUTCOMES
• Setting up 6 demonstration factories equipped

with technology that met the national food
standard regulation for hygiene and consumer I have produced tempeh for over 20 years using
safety a rusty oil drum to boil the soybean and firewood
as fuel. I always wanted to produce tempeh in a
• 590 producers purchased new equipment used
cleaner manner. This has been made possible
Soybean Processing (SCoPE) by 771 producers, with 181 producers renting
equipment
through the equipment and knowledge acquired
through this project.
• Assistance to 150 producers to obtain loans from
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2012-1/2015 financial institutions to acquire new equipment Mr. Sudirin
INDONESIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 900,000 (EU contribution 80%)
• Developed training materials for SMEs, Tempeh Producer, Bogor, West Java
including financial literacy, cost benefit
analyses, a hygiene manual and a manual on
eco-friendly tempeh production
• Facilitated tofu and tempeh producers to gain
the ‘P-IRT’ (household food industry) certificate
from the Ministry of Health local offices
• Strengthened the market for hygienic and eco-
friendly tofu and tempeh: the model factory of
Rumah Tempe Indonesia (RTI), facilitated by
the project, worked with an intermediary and
distributed fresh tempeh to 78 modern market
stores in the Greater Jakarta and Bandung area

INFORMATION
Indonesia’s tofu and tempeh industry, with its The project aimed at reducing energy Ana Suryana
vast number of micro, small, and medium-sized consumption and increasing sustainable growth [email protected]
enterprises (MSMEs), still uses environmentally in urban food processing industries in Indonesia Mercy Corps Indonesia
damaging production practices. The problems by promoting sustainable production and
in the processed soy-based food industry are consumption of tofu and tempeh. Graha STK, Jl. Taman Margasatwa No. 3,
inefficiency, inadequate waste disposal, lack of Jakarta Selatan 12550, Indonesia
hygiene, insufficient access to credit, and the low
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awareness of new technologies. Without business
development services, support, or regulations, Mercy Corps, Scotland
these enterprises suffer from avoidable
inefficiencies that not only reduce profitability PARTNERS
and productivity, but also lead to environmental
damage. Indonesian Association of Tofu and Tempe Producers
(PRIMKOPTI)
Indonesian Ministry of Environment (MoE)
The Association for Advancement of Small Business
(PUPUK)

OUTCOMES
• Structuring a Lao Organic Products Promotion

Platform
• Engaging in consumer awareness campaigns
on sustainable food products
• Supporting green certifications, quality control
Eat Greener - Changing food and supply chain management
• Promoting eco-labels on local and international
consumption patterns markets
• Linking up SMEs involved in processing,
distribution and marketing of green food
LAO PDR AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,238,069.18 (EU contribution 89.84%)
products with local and international markets
• Facilitating linkages between green value chain
SMEs and financial institutions
• Reviewing organic promotion policies and
supporting political dialogue

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Esther Diaz
[email protected]
Lao PDR is a least-developed country (LDC), The project sought to boost national, ASEAN and 98/8 Sithong Road, Ban Nongduantai, Sikhottabong
landlocked and surrounded by several competitive European consumption of Lao sustainable food district, PO Box 4723, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
and fast-growing countries. To develop its products (organic rice, tea, etc.). Increased demand
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economy the Lao government policy promotes for Lao greener processed food products would
high external input production models. Green increase their market share with a positive effect VZW Oxfam Solidariteit Solidarité ASBL, Belgium
and organic product development has become throughout the value chain for the stakeholders in
a priority as well, but few incentives are in place a sector with high poverty alleviation while using PARTNERS
as support. This situation represents a threat in environmental resources efficiently.
many aspects such as small farmers not being Association de Soutien au Développement des
able to compete on the local market, promotion Sociétés Paysannes (ASDSP), Lao PDR
of non-sustainable agriculture, dependency on Phone Soung Agricultural Development Project
chemical inputs (with rising costs over time), and (PSADP), Lao PDR
air and water pollution.

quality improvement. The current growing areas
in Dakcheung are growing warmer (which is
leading to a decline in yield and quality) and
there are more erratic weather patterns (longer
droughts and heavier rainy seasons) as well. This
project is intended to drastically reduce the risks
related to climate-change as it affects coffee
production.
SuPER WE Coffee OBJECTIVES
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2022-2025 Improve the economic profitability, efficiency

LAO PDR AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,000,000 (EU contribution 90%) and sustainability of intensified coffee production
by smallholder farmers. Coffee in Lao PDR is
a commodity with high potential for poverty
reduction and the climate change resilience of
rural groups. The specific objectives include:
• Develop and adopt less polluting and more

resource-efficient and circular products
• Enhance the processes and services provided
by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
(MSMEs) that will allow their integration to
global greener value and supply chains
• Support MSMEs in reducing the environmental
impact of their industrial production
• Improve resource efficiency and adopt circular
economy practices
WAY FORWARD
• A growing coffee sector, oriented toward quality INFORMATION
and respect for the environment
• Sustainable and decent incomes for smallholder
producers
• Viable business conditions for the private sector
CONTACT
Phaivanh Changnakham
Program Director, CARE International in Lao PDR
CHALLENGE
[email protected]
About 70% of Lao PDR’s population are smallholder country has become the third largest coffee
LEAD PARTNER
farmers with ill-defined land ownership that producer in South-East Asia, making coffee the
excludes them from access to collateral either most valuable agricultural export commodity and CARE France
for investment or transition to other livelihoods. fifth largest export earner for the country. Coffee
In the uplands, most farmers still practice ‘slash provides employment for 40,000 families in seven PARTNERS
and burn’ as the most convenient way to manage coffee producing districts of southern Lao PDR,
farmland. Unfortunately, this practice degrades where large traders and coffee growers ranging 4Form
the environment (carbon emissions, erosion, from smallholders to commercial plantations are Fair Trade Italia
depletion of soil fertility and biodiversity, among located. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Haliéus
others). These issues remain a challenge in aims to increase coffee production to 1 million tons
most countries along the Mekong. In Lao PDR by 2025. There is a promising market opportunity International Cooperative Alliance – Asia-Pacific
alone, it is estimated that nearly 170,000 ha/ for the Lao coffee sector, as both local and regional International Training Centre ILO
year of forestlands are affected. In response, the demand for coffee is increasing. The coffee sector
government has banned the slash and burn is considered strategic and was selected to be Sekong Provincial and Forestry Office
practice, though enforcing such a ban has yet sustainably commercialised through green or Sekong Provincial Chamber of Commerce and
to prove its effectiveness. Coffee-growing is organic production – one of the approaches put Industry
increasing, becoming an important commodity forward in the Lao Coffee Sector Development
for Lao PDR. After Vietnam and Indonesia, the Strategy 2025 to improve marketability through

• Accelerating poverty reduction in Mongolia by
supporting Mongolian Agri-food and beverage
MSMEs and retailers
• Adopting circular economy practices through
a market-based eco-labelling system, tailored
technical assistance, behaviour change and
access to green finance
Switching On the Green Economy WAY FORWARD
(SOGE) • Eco-labelling and green certification are to be

mainstreamed and linked with existing digital
payment products
MONGOLIA AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,200,000 (EU contribution 80%) • Agri-food and beverage MSMEs and retailers
will adopt circular economy practices and eco-
labelling
• MSMEs are to be provided with the know-how
and tools to introduce sustainable circular
economy practices and have access to green
financing opportunities, which will enhance
their environmental performance and allow
them to effectively contribute to to a faster
transition to a resource-efficient economy and
poverty alleviation

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Ms. Mungunkhishig Batbaatar

People in Need Mongolia
CHALLENGE access to green financing opportunities, as this
[email protected]
will enhance their environmental performance
Mongolia’s national strategy has set the objective and allow them to effectively contribute to a faster LEAD PARTNER
to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 22.7% by transition to a resource-efficient economy and
2030. The Agri-Food and Beverage Sector has poverty alleviation. People in Need (PIN)
significant environmental impact; therefore
adopting resource-efficient practices such as OBJECTIVES PARTNERS
those of the Farm to Fork strategy is key to
success in Mongolia’s quest to transition to a low- Caritas Czech Republic (CCR)
The project supports agri-food and beverage
carbon circular economy and accelerate poverty MSMEs and retailers in adopting circular economy Development Solutions NGO (DS)
reduction. The project aims to mainstream eco- practices through a market-based eco-labelling Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association (MSFA)
labelling and green certification, and link with system, capacity-building, behaviour change and
existing digital payment products, which will access to green finance. The specific objectives
increase the interest of agri-food and beverage include:
micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises
(MSMEs) and retailers to adopt circular economy • Contributing to the country’s progressive
practices and eco-labelling. MSMEs will be transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient
provided with the know-how and tools to introduce circular economy
sustainable circular economy practices and have

green tech companies, financial institutions
(FIs) and fish producing enterprises to create
new opportunities for accessing financing to
invest in green solutions in Myanmar’s sizeable
aquaculture sector.
OBJECTIVES
Nurturing Green Aquaculture in Improving resource efficiency and reducing

environmental degradation in Myanmar’s
Myanmar (NGA-Myanmar) aquaculture industry, while ensuring improved
economic returns in the value chain. The specific
objectives include:
MYANMAR AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,950,341.04 (EU contribution 80%) • Addressing the link between Myanmar’s
aquaculture sector and high levels of water
pollution and other environmental issues
• Supporting aquaculture MSMEs to adopt more
resource-efficient and greener production
practices
WAY FORWARD
• EUR 100,000 in commercial loans will be

channelled to kick-start the adoption of green
tech and GrAqP by early adopter champion
MSMEs
• Champion aquaculture MSMEs will carry out
trials and demonstrate solutions for green
aquaculture across different geographic
clusters
• Ensure that 75% of target MSMEs in the Yangon-
Ayeyarwady aquaculture corridor have the
knowledge and awareness to adopt solutions
for green aquaculture
• Facilitate MSMEs taking adaptive action
to reduce water pollution in response to
environmental data generated by the project SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
• Ensure that viable and bankable business cases
for replicating the green aquaculture model
across the sector are developed and promoted
CHALLENGE
With Myanmar’s expected aquaculture exports composition, and more. Water management is CONTACT
of up to USD 1 billion in fiscal year 2020–21, the therefore of primary importance in aquaculture.
greening of aquaculture value chains in Myanmar NGA-Myanmar promotes the access and Matthew Jeynes
is a priority. Due to unsustainable practices, adoption of cleaner production practices and Project Manager, MERCY CORPS
aquaculture in the target area is degrading the green technologies, including solutions such as
[email protected]
Delta ecosystem by discharging polluted effluent, micro-circular economies to return nutrients to
and it is common for aquaculture enterprises of all the ecosystem and the application of both the www.mercycorps.org/netherlands
sizes to discharge polluted fishpond wastewater ‘internet of things’ (IoT) smart devices and lower-
into natural water bodies. Due to the unregulated end green tech. This will help the target MSMEs to LEAD PARTNER
use of fish feed and fertilisers for increasing increase their productivity and to better manage
Mercy Corps Netherlands
production, aquaculture activities add nutrients, waste from commercial and farm-produced fish
metabolites, and other wastes to the water feed, fertilisers and chemicals, thereby reducing PARTNERS
column, which creates the potential for water water pollution and carbon emissions in the
quality deterioration. The negative effects include Ayeyarwady Delta ecosystem. NGA-Myanmar will Village Link
the creation of eutrophic zones, fluctuations in incentivise MSMEs’ adoption of green aquaculture
dissolved oxygen, algal blooms, changes in species practices (GrAqP) and facilitate linkages between

access to finance and advocating for policies
that incentivise sustainable water and energy-
management practices. The project will organise
industries to build their technical understanding
and facilitate access to finance and technology to
adopt cleaner production practices. The project
will also leverage replication tools to ensure
tangible, on-the-ground, positive improvements
Tha Bar Wa - Catalysing sustainable water of the natural environment.
and energy management in food and OUTCOMES
beverage industries • Produce two policies and two sector-wide

guidelines for cleaner production practices

• 200 SMEs of the F&B sector and associated
MYANMAR AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1 800 314.51 (EU contribution 89.38%)
business intermediaries will gain knowledge
and the capacity to implement cleaner
production technology
• 30 SMEs will implement cleaner production
measures and processes and benefit from
a 20% improvement in water and energy
consumption and discharge performance
• A pool of 10 local consultants will be trained so
as to provide high quality services to SMEs on
implementing cleaner technologies
• 3 financial institutions will enhance their
capacity for providing SME loans for green
technology investments
• 60 bank officers will trained and adequately
equipped with theoretical and practical skills
on SME lending
• The cleaner production model will be replicated
in other regions, and lessons will be shared
across South-East Asia
INFORMATION
CONTACT
Mu Mu Htay
CHALLENGE is considered as the biggest risk to the freshwater Project Manager

ecosystem in many of Myanmar’s states and [email protected]
Myanmar industries are at a crossroads. While regions. Similarly, data suggest that achieving
WWF-Myanmar No. 15 (C), Than Taman Street, Dagon
industrial development is critically important for energy efficiency of 20–30% for industries is Township, Yangon, Myanmar
economic growth, if not managed responsibly it possible even with low-cost measures. In order
could have significant impact on Myanmar’s natural to address these systematic barriers, different LEAD PARTNER
environment and undermine the country’s long- stakeholders must work together to enable and
term growth. Lessons from across Asia show us empower industries to adopt cleaner production WWF International - Switzerland
that, in the long term, cleaner production benefits practices.
both people and the industries themselves. So far, PARTNERS
systematic barriers have prevented Myanmar’s OBJECTIVES
industries from adopting cleaner production Myanmar Food Processors and Exporters Association -
practices. For example, of the 24,000 registered Myanmar
Tha Bar Wa project aims to promote cleaner
food and beverage industries (F&B) in the country, production practices in small and medium-sized Sparkassenstiftung für Internationale Kooperation -
fewer than 5% possess functioning wastewater enterprises (SMEs) in the F&B industry. It strives Germany
treatment systems. This is a huge concern and, to create an enabling environment by providing
based on a survey, industrial wastewater pollution technical knowledge and skills, facilitating

of continuous lockdowns, since small-scale • Best practices and learned experiences
handline fisherfolk could not sell their tuna to in achieving sustainable fisheries and
the usual export traders management in Occidental Mindoro are
transferred to existing local and regional
5. COVID-19 has also resulted in reverse migration,
knowledge platforms
putting more pressure on in-shore fisheries for
subsistence, increasing the risk of unsustainable
practices
Mindoro Strait Sustainable and Equitable 6. While the role of women in small-scale fisheries
is crucial and dominates particularly in the
Tuna for Bankability (MS-SETB) post-harvest domain, their work is devalued

and ‘invisible’
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2022-2025 OBJECTIVES

PHILIPPINES AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 1,562,500 (EU contribution 80%)
Support the development of a green, low-
carbon, resource-efficient economy to advance
small-scale fishers and MSME trade and export
companies in Occidental Mindoro. The specific
objectives include:
• Increasing capacity to conduct resource-

efficient fishing and aquaculture operations
that meet international standards
• Reducing post-harvest losses and equipping
the target groups to achieve green trade
certification standards
• Enabling certification and compliance with
international standards for yellowfin tuna
• Supporting sustainable supply chain
management for medium-sized trade and
exporting companies and small-scale handline
tuna fisherfolk
• Supporting women working on post-harvest
processing and ancillary activities
• Developing livelihood systems that address
the need for resilience and adaptability, and
attracting innovative financing SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
WAY FORWARD
CHALLENGE
1. Competing with much larger companies, the • New and innovative approaches for reduction
The Philippines is one of the largest fish producers MSMEs lack the relevant certification and on post-harvest losses, quality improvement,
and resource-efficient fisheries are developed CONTACT
in the world. In 2015, total fish production was food-safety standards compliance to be able to
estimated at 4.65 million metric tonnes, and compete effectively • The livelihoods and supply chains of MSMEs Melody Melo-Rijk
the fisheries sector, employing an estimated and small-scale fishers in Occidental Mindoro
2. A lack of suitable post-harvest processing Project Manager, WWF Philippines
1.6 million people nationwide, contributed 1.5% are diversified and become more resilient
techniques and equipment means industry
of Gross Domestic Product, at almost USD 4.3 [email protected]
associations are not abl to sell quality A-grade • Financing mechanisms for sustainably-led
billion. Tuna is a top export commodity of the wwf.org.ph
seafood, and again are unable to compete investments in the small-scale fisheries and
Philippines, earning approximately USD 2.31
effectively aquaculture industries in Occidental Mindoro
million a year. Despite the demand for tuna, and LEAD PARTNER
the prevalence of fisherfolk and micro, small, and 3. Exacerbating these problems is climate change are established in a portfolio of bankable
medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) engaged in that is tangibly altering the distribution stocks projects WWF Philippines
tuna fishing livelihoods, the fisheries sector is and the resilience of ecosystems, and also
one of the poorest in the country, with a poverty destroying important habitats for key species
incidence rate of 21.6%. The MSME trade and
4. The COVID-19 pandemic has also taken its toll
exporting companies in three different industry
on fisherfolk who resorted to quick cash flow
associations face a number of challenges:
sales in local markets or urban areas as result

OUTCOMES
• Women and men urban consumers in the target

cities and online platforms are increasingly
demanding specific food products that meet
sustainable and equitable sourcing standards
from retailers
Consumers and Retailers Driving • Retailers have introduced more sustainable

and equitable sourcing standards in the target
food supply chains
Sustainable Food Market in Thailand • MSMEs of food producers and suppliers have
strengthened their production capacities and
sustainable sourcing for supplying retailers and
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2018-12/2021 traditional wet markets
THAILAND AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,000,000 (EU contribution 80%) • Existing and new multi-stakeholder platforms
(MSPs) have been strengthened to influence
large agribusiness practices and government
policies for SCP in target food supply chains

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Nipatta Quamman
CHALLENGE chemicals is still widespread due to aggressive [email protected]

promotion from agro-giants, outdated laws OXFAM GB LBG, OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM
The government of Thailand has incorporated and conflicting interests among different state
sustainable consumption and production into agencies. LEAD PARTNER
its 5-year national plans and put in place rules
and regulations on green industry and green Oxfam
OBJECTIVES
procurement. Industrial standards, awards and
PARTNERS
green labels to promote responsible consumption • An overall food market transformation in
and production have also been set up. However, Thailand that requires environmentally BIOTHAI FOUNDATION, THAILAND
the investment cost of environmentally friendly sustainable and socially ethical production and
manufacturing to produce ‘green’ goods is still food safety as standards of production
high in Thailand, calling for more tax and credit
incentives to make them affordable to smaller • Urban consumers and retailers in Thailand
businesses and ordinary people. Despite strict driving the development of a food market
laws and policies to regulate the industries and system that increases sustainable food
protect consumers, implementation remains a big consumption, particularly in the seafood,
challenge. Although more consumers are opting banana and chicken chains
for organic produce, the heavy use of toxic farm

Nguyen province since 2017 by Oxfam in Vietnam
and the Centre for Creativity and Sustainability
(CCS). Beyond merely introducing the technology
to local agri-MSEs, the project will develop the
whole ecosystem for VCBG deployment among
thousands of agri-MSEs in the four Northwest
mountainous provinces of Thai Nguyen, Son
La, Tuyen Quang and Yen Bai, including the
Biomass Gasification Technology (BEST) promotion of low-cost and high-quality VCBG
to thousands of agri-MSEs, development of
local mechanical and biomass service systems,
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2024 and advocacy for further replication to other
VIETNAM AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 3,041,814 (EU contribution 80%) industries, other regions in Vietnam and through
national policies and mechanisms.
WAY FORWARD
• Agri-MSEs in four provinces (Thai Nguyen,

Tuyen Quang, Son La and Yen Bai) achieve
improved product quality and efficient energy
consumption and contribute to managing rural
waste
• Increased availability of mechanical and biomass
supply services at the local level, and access
to finance not only for agri-MSEs to deploy
VCBG consistently but also for mechanical and
biomass supply service providers
• Buy in and support from relevant government
agencies for further adoption and replication
of VCBG in agri-food processing and other
industries

INFORMATION
CHALLENGE been introduced to the Vietnam market, none of CONTACT

them have been widely adopted by businesses.
Huge agricultural residue resources in Vietnam Even though the government has policies to Mr. Nguyen Hung Cuong
are being dumped and burned as wastes, encourage investments in biomass energy, they [email protected]
causing environmental pollution. According have not achieved strong buy-in from investors. vietnam.oxfam.org
to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry and The root cause of the situation is lack of biomass
Trade (MOIT) in 2017, agricultural production in technology design and comprehensive solutions LEAD PARTNER
Vietnam annually generates 79 million tonnes that are tailored to the scattered dispersal of
of agricultural residues, mainly rice husks and biomass sources in Vietnam and to the financial Oxfam in Vietnam
straw, corn plants, corn cobs, cassava plants, and technical capacity of local enterprises.
coconut and sugarcane fibres. Residues of wood PARTNERS
processing factories are around 5.3 million tonnes. OBJECTIVES Center for Creativity and Sustainability Study
and Consultancy (CCS)
For agri-micro and small enterprises (MSEs), The project aims to promote sustainable
switching to a cleaner and cheaper source of production and sustainable energy consumption
energy has become an urgent need. A proper among agri-food processing MSEs and also to
biomass-based energy technology which could contribute to waste management in Vietnam, by
transform agricultural residues into fuel for heat scaling up the deployment of environmentally
generation will not only meet the need, but also friendly and low-cost volumetric continuous
contribute to reducing rural pollution. Although biomass gasification (VCBG) technology. The VCBG
several biomass energy equipment models have technology has been piloted with success in Thai

product lifecycles. A well-documented example, • Enabling efficient energy and water
backed by policy, economic and technical consumption, bio-based packaging, and
research, is a precondition for the adoption of an environmental management system for
the circular economy by businesses, financial chocolate processors via digitalised traceability
institutions, and policymakers. systems will reduce the environmental impact
of cocoa processing and demonstrate a circular
OBJECTIVES economy later in the product life cycle
Circular Economy Cocoa: From Bean to Bar To develop and adopt less polluting and more
resource-efficient and circular products, processes,
• Implementing activities will incentivise the
expansion of circular economy models in the
wider Vietnamese agri-food sector; these
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2022-2026 and services by micro, small, and medium-sized
VIETNAM AGRI-FOOD activities include communicating data and case
BUDGET: EUR 1,939,438 (EU contribution 80%) enterprises (MSMEs) allowing their integration
studies, supporting policies, and investment
to global greener value and supply chains. The
business model for the agri-food sector
proposed action will deal with numerous issues
facing the Vietnamese cocoa and the wider agri-
food sector. These include phasing out the use
of hazardous chemicals in production, reducing
the resource intensiveness of production and
processing, introducing environmentally friendly
bio-based packaging, and recirculating cocoa
waste products as energy sources and raw
material for agricultural inputs and packaging.
Digitalisation of traceability will also contribute
to the growth of efficient, environmentally sound
cocoa supply chains. The specific objectives
include:
• Transitioning the cocoa/chocolate subsector to

regenerative and circular economy approaches
at key points of the product lifecycle
• Leveraging change in the cocoa subsector
to trigger the uptake of circular economy
approaches in the wider agri-food sector
• Proving the feasibility of closed-loop and circular
production, providing an example for others to
follow, along with supportive and informative SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
policies.
WAY FORWARD
CHALLENGE
• Transitioning the cocoa and chocolate
CONTACT
Circular economy is increasingly recognised as are driven by a business and policy environment subsector to a regenerative and circular
a way of reducing the environmental footprint that does not yet recognise or prioritise circular economy business model will trigger uptake Dr. PHAM Van Luong
of production and consumption, attracting economy models. of the circular economy in the wider agri-food
sector and policies of Vietnam, leading to Country Director, HELVETAS Vietnam
increasing attention from consumers, businesses
and policymakers around the world. While the Cocoa production has the potential to do no equitable economic growth decoupled from [email protected]
approach is an emerging topic of discussion for environment harm if properly managed, but harmful environmental impacts
Tuan Nguyen
government and business in Vietnam, awareness best practices are not widespread. Regenerative • Establishing circular economy business
remains low and has not yet triggered a systemic and circular economy approaches are needed to Project Manager
models for companies early in the product
transition from a conventional linear economy decouple the growth of Vietnam’s cocoa subsector life cycle will create the ecosystem the cocoa [email protected]
to a more sustainable circular economy. The from increases in carbon emissions, soil erosion sector needs to reach its growth targets www.helvetas.org/en/vietnam
cocoa sector was selected because it is large and and landslides, water pollution, use of hazardous while decoupling itself from the negative
prominent enough to convincingly prove these chemicals and solid waste from environmentally environmental consequences of conventional LEAD PARTNER
concepts and achieve meaningful results, but unfriendly packaging. Cocoa enterprises are still cocoa production
small and cohesive enough to be a pioneering not aware of the circular economy, but they are HELVETAS Intercooperation gGmbH/ Helvetas
case. Like other agri-food subsectors, challenges willing to make the necessary changes if shown Vietnam
exist at the production level (soil degradation and how it can be done productively and profitably.
erosion, water pollution, poor product quality), It is therefore essential to have successful PARTNERS
in processing (use of fossil energy, water use, circular economy case studies that convincingly
generation of waste), and later in the lifecycle of the demonstrate how regenerative agriculture and Community Development Centre (CDC)
products (harmful packaging choices). All of these the circular economy can be implemented across

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OUTCOMES
• The model farm was defined and training

centres set up
Through SUPA project assistance, we have
• Potential buyers were identified and awareness
achieved cost savings in our production,
raising was promoted in the EU
specifically, a reduction in energy consumption
• Capacity-building training on market by 7–8% per year, which is equivalent to VND
Establishing a Sustainable Pangasius Supply requirements was conducted 1 billion (EUR 40,000). We also reduced water
consumption by 5–6%, which is equivalent to VND
Chain in Vietnam (SUPA)
• Study tours to model farms and leading
companies were conducted 50 million (EUR 2,000) per year.
• Capacity was built for Vietnam national experts Nguyen Duc Long
on international legislation regarding seafood Director of Production Service Sector,
VIETNAM AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,372,437 (EU contribution 80%)
markets Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock Company
• Advisory support for developing ‘bankable’ (ACOMFISH)
investment proposals was provided
• One-on-one support for ASC certification was
provided
• Synergies between feed producers and
producing and processing SMEs were
established

INFORMATION
CONTACT
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Le Xuan Thinh

[email protected]
The significance of Vietnam’s aquaculture sector The project aimed to ensure that at least 70% of 4th Floor, C10 Building, Hanoi University of Science
for the country cannot be overestimated. The the targeted middle-sized to large pangasius and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
sector supplies over 90% of world pangasius producing and processing SMEs, and 30% of the
exports and hundreds of thousands of feed producers, hatcheries and small independent LEAD PARTNER
Vietnamese depend on this fish for food. Due production SMEs would be actively engaged
to the rapid growth of pangasius farming, there in resource efficiency and cleaner production Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre (VNCPC), Vietnam
are huge concerns about the environmental (RECP); and at least 50% of targeted processing
and social repercussions of these farms and SMEs would be providing sustainable products PARTNERS
their processing facilities. Uneaten feed, unused with Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)
Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and
medication and untreated chemicals often standard quality to the EU and other markets. Producers (VASEP)
escape from the ponds and enter the rivers. The
producers’ general lack of knowledge results in WWF Austria
poor-quality products, leading processors and WWF Vietnam
producers to compete on price rather than on
quality or added value.

• Enhance the capacity of MSMEs to implement
sustainable production and product innovation
practices in the agri-food supply chain
• Raise awareness within a large consumer group
about sustainable consumption behaviours
and build a network to promote the eco-fair
label
Promotion of supply and demand of Eco-Fair • Use a sustainable E-platform to build an eco-
fair retailer network
Agri-food processing products in Vietnam • Enhance the capacity of eco-fair MSMEs to
access financing
• Support policy development on eco-fair
production and consumption in Asia
VIETNAM AGRI-FOOD
BUDGET: EUR 11,838,256.24 (EU Contribution: 80%)
OUTCOMES
• Facilitated effective outreach to a large number

of MSMEs
• Enhanced the readiness of sustainable
production on the supply chain through a
strategic transition toward circular economy,
by increasing the production capacity and
marketing of sustainable consumption
opportunities, specifically eco-fair label
products
• Promoted effective outreach to large consumer
groups (500,000) by raising awareness among
consumers on eco-fair labels and the benefits
of adopting sustainable consumption practices
• Established a sustainable E-platform and
an eco-fair retailer network to promote
and replicate eco-fair practices among
producer MSMEs, consumers and civil society SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
organisations in Vietnam, as well as in trade
associations and other export organisations to
reach EU importers
• Increased the capacity of eco-fair MSMEs to
improve their access to finance CONTACT
CHALLENGE sustainable design, and green financing. Second,
the awareness of MSMEs, consumer groups, civil • Created an enabling environment to strengthen Ms. To Hai Yen
In many countries, eco-agriculture and Fair society stakeholders, and the public sector is still the implementation of national eco-fair policies
in Vietnam and to assist stakeholders in [email protected]
Trade are emerging as promising agricultural limited. Third, there is no existing cost-effective
development strategies, particularly in areas service provider to help provide consumers with harvesting the benefits of eco-fair consumption Vietnam Rural Industries Research and
whose socioeconomic development lags behind access to eco-fair agri-food processing products and production Development Institute
and that are not within the Mekong corridor. from Vietnam. No.35 lane 19, Lac Trung Street, Vinh Tuy Ward,
The newly signed EVFTA (European Union Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi
Vietnam Free Trade Agreement) between the OBJECTIVES
EU and Vietnam has a specific clause related to LEAD PARTNER
promoting eco-fair products; nonetheless many The project addresses sustainable supply chain
challenges remain. The barriers to a certified Vietnam Rural Industries Research and
management with a focus on green trade and Development Institute (VIRI)
eco-fair supply chain in agri-food processing facilitating the integration of MSMEs into supply
in Vietnam are threefold: first, the capacity of chains. It will support sustainable consumption PARTNERS
micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and consumer awareness on SCP, and will
(MSMEs) on fair trade and eco-development are build the capacity of eco-fair MSMEs, creating Center for Creativity and Sustainability Study
still limited. Most MSMEs have no strategic plan an enabling environment to strengthen the and Consultancy (CCS)
for sustainable development, and there is limited implementation of national SCP policies. More
capacity for producing and marketing eco-fair Funzilife Oy Ltd (Funzi)
specifically, the project will:
products, as well as accessing green technology, Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre Co.Ltd (VNCPC)

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OUTCOMES
• 600 shrimp producers (from 30 collaborative

producer groups) complied with the p-SIA
and B-EIA standards of ASC; 50% of these Vietnam SusV has substantially contributed
producers complied with VietGAP (Vietnam to the transformation of shrimp aquaculture
Good Aquaculture Practice) and 30 SME shrimp toward a more sustainable and responsible
processors adopted CSR norms industry. Almost 2500 small-scale producers
Sustainable and Equitable Shrimp • 600 shrimp producers and 30 processors
and 30 processing enterprises have adjusted
their business practices to become more
Production and Value Chain Development
improved management practices and/
environmentally friendly, socially responsible and
or technologies leading to more efficient
resource efficient.
production and a better utilisation of available
in Vietnam (SusV) natural resources
Nguyen Hung Cuong
• 200 shrimp producers/processors obtained Project Manager
access to loans facilitated by Government Oxfam in Vietnam
VIETNAM AGRI-FOOD BUDGET: EUR 2,006,198.84 (EU contribution 80%)
policies or other sources to promote sustainable
aquaculture development
• 4 small-scale shrimp producer groups were
strengthened and have enhanced responsible
production practices with equitable benefits
sharing
• The Government’s policy on the value-
chain development model was developed
in a participatory manner and implemented
effectively in the shrimp value chain in 3
provinces

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Mr. Nguyen Hung Cuong

CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES [email protected]
vietnam.oxfam.org
Shrimp is an important source of livelihood to The project aimed to reduce the negative
more than one million people in Vietnam, of whom impact on biodiversity and water sources. In LEAD PARTNER
over 80% are small-scale shrimp producers. The addition, it aimed to increase resource efficiency
project focused mainly on three Mekong Delta (water, energy and feed), ensure sustainable Oxfam in Vietnam
provinces (Ca Mau, Soc Trang and Bac Lieu), which livelihoods and improve the economic condition
together contribute to 93% of shrimp farming area of SME shrimp processors and small scale shrimp PARTNERS
and 84.4% of Vietnam’s shrimp production. The producers, especially women. At the same time,
International Collaborating Centre for Aquaculture and
development of aquaculture in these provinces through responsible standards compliance, the
Fisheries Sustainability (ICAFIS)
is crucial to the development of Vietnam shrimp project sought to improve labour and working
industry as well as the development of policies at conditions, especially for women workers.
the national level.

TEXTILES AND LEATHER

• Integration of sustainable production
approaches in an ethically and environmentally
friendly way
• Strengthening cross-cultural dialogue between
Uzbek and Tajik societies
• Creation of new education and employment
opportunities, safeguarding ancient silk and
Ikat production techniques, and developing
RUTSIS - Reviving Uzbekistan’s and innovative sustainable design
Tajikistan’s Sustainable Ikat and Silk

• Enhancing recognition of Central Asian
sustainable silk and Ikat products in the
international market
TAJIKISTAN, UZBEKISTAN TEXTILES AND BUDGET: EUR 2,012,796.40 (EU contribution: 80%) OUTCOMES
LEATHER
• Sustainable production issues and
improvement potentials along the Ikat value
chain were identified, and a regional strategy is
developed
• Local and cross-regional relationships for
building new supply chains established
• Supportive training and advisory capacities of
local educational/vocational institutions were
enhanced: tailored training modules launched
• Ikat products aligned with sustainable
performance criteria
• Policy dialogue was initiated, and product
labelling was introduced
• Awareness was raised among local and
international buyers of Ikat on sustainable
consumption and production of Uzbek/Tajik
silk/Ikat products
CONTACT
Burcu Tuncer
adelphi Research gGmbH
[email protected]
CHALLENGE almost vanished after the turmoil following the www.centralasianikat.eu

dissolution of the USSR and the long-lasting
LEAD PARTNER
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are linked by a long civil war. Due to the continuous emigration and
and common history, culture and religion. Since destruction of traditional textile production, much adelphi Research gGmbH
ancient times, the silk production and processing of the knowledge about traditional sericulture
traditions of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have and Ikat textiles was largely lost. In addition, PARTNERS
shaped the Central Asian region, making the industrial textile production processes, especially
two countries an integral part of the Great Silk dyeing methods, have replaced traditional textile Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic
Road. Silk has remained the trademark of many production in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, thus of Uzbekistan
contemporary home-grown designers and contributing to pollution of the environment and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic
fashion brands in Uzbekistan, which uses Central community water sources. of Tajikistan
Asian Ikat, a unique textile which is patterned
Center for Handicraft Development Margilan, Republic
by dyeing the threads before weaving. Having OBJECTIVES
of Uzbekistan
been separated from Western markets for over
200 years, high-end fashion houses have started • Promotion of sustainable growth along the NGO Tourism Development Center, Republic of
showing increasing interest in the unique, high- Great Silk Road in Central Asia Tajikistan
quality designs and colour combinations of Ikat Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
• Contributing to the revival and upgrading of SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
from Central Asia. While Uzbekistan inherited a Halle, Germany
the local silk and Ikat value chains INFORMATION
few silk production sites, Tajik sericulture has

OUTCOMES
• Implementing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

to identify the key hotspots along the leather
goods value chain and a Best SCP Practices
Programme in 20 leather-sector SMEs
• Certification of 20 leather sector SMEs in
Environmental Management Systems (ISO
ECOLEBAN - Environmental management 14001)
• Creating a panel of 100 national experts in SCP
systems and eco-labelling in SMEs of the practices and certification models to assure the
continuation of the project outcomes
leather sector in Bangladesh • Designing and developing an Eco-label Scheme
for the leather footwear sector
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 3/2014-3/2018 • Creating market demand for eco-labelled
BANGLADESH TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 2,089,982 (EU contribution: 90%) leather footwear among consumers and
intermediate agents
• Training 50 policy-makers in sustainability
practices
• Facilitation of the access to green financing for
SMEs by engaging financial institutions
• Disseminating the outcomes through
the elaboration and implementation of a
Communication and Visibility Plan

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Javier del Pozo Moro
[email protected]
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, E480160 Derio

(Bizkaia), Spain
www.ecoleban.com
The leather industry is a fast-growing and The project promoted resource efficiency LEAD PARTNER
vital component of the Bangladesh economy. and sustainability within the leather sector in
However, the leather sector is very polluting, Bangladesh throughout the entire value chain tecnalia
with harmful effects on both the environment of leather related products such as footwear and
and human health. A deep analysis to identify other leather goods. PARTNERS
the needs and constraints of the sector showed
that the core of the problem is that the leather Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leathergoods and
Footwear Exporter’s Association (BFLLFEA),
industry in the country is dominated by small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a critical Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA)
lack of expertise or the capacity to respond to Leathergoods And Footwear Manufacturers &
environmental problems. Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB)

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• Support for a policy framework promoting
sustainable consumption and production (SCP)
• Strengthened institutional structures and
outreach of SCP to SMEs
The government is establishing a new tannery
estate outside of Dhaka. Cleaner production
OUTCOMES practices implemented through this project will
definitely be in our construction plans before
• Training for 15 national experts on cleaner moving to the new estate.
Re-Tie Bangladesh - Reduction of production in the areas of water, energy,
chemicals and OH&S Shah Amran Patwary
environmental threats and increase of • Support for the application of cleaner M/S. Lien Enterprise,
production practises facilitated by the trained Hazaribagh, Dhaka
exportability of Bangladeshi leather products local experts and supervised by international
experts like: hair-saving unhairing, solar water
heating full-scale chrome management, strict
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2009-11/2012 water management systems, float recycling,
BANGLADESH TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 2,071,001 (EU contribution: 90%) segregation of streams (especially chrome
bearing), segregation of solid waste, avoidance
and monitoring of banned/hazardous
substances, desalting of wet salted hides and
skins, non-ammonium salt deliming, low-
energy drying, water-based finishing etc.
• Business Membership Organisations (BMOs) in
the leather sector are now capable of promoting
SCP matters at policy and membership level
• Technical assistance was provided to influence
the control-point (CP) relevant physical
infrastructure of the new industrial site for the
leather industry in Savar, and exports were
promoted through business match-making,
participation at trade fairs, development of an
Export Promotion Guide and producing a CSR SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
Guide INFORMATION
CONTACT
Gerhard Weber
[email protected]
Alexanderstr. 10, D-53111 Bonn, Germany
LEAD PARTNER
CHALLENGE exportability and competitiveness of products that
would result when input levels have been reduced. sequa gGmbH
Tanneries in Bangladesh trigger three categories
of waste: wastewater, solid waste and gas OBJECTIVES PARTNERS
emissions, and in addition the overuse of resources
is completely unacceptable. Water consumption is The project aimed to promote more economically Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leathergoods and
unnecessarily high due to free access and limited and ecologically sound practices among SMEs in Footwear Exporter’s Association (BFLLFEA)
resource control. Chemicals, energy and other the leather industry and to increase the use of more Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA)
inputs are also being consumed at excessive sustainable technologies. As such, it addressed
Berufliche Fortbildungszentren der Bayerischen
levels due to poor control mechanisms and lack employment and income opportunities through:
Wirtschaft (bfz), Germany
of awareness. The leather industry in Bangladesh
• More efficient use of resources, thus reducing Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI)
is situated in the midst of a densely populated
waste and emissions
residential area and where the inhabitants are United Nations Industrial Development Organization
unaware that it is one of the worst-polluted areas • Better exportability by adhering to international (UNIDO), Austria
in the world. The incentive for small and medium- standards such as occupational health and
sized enterprises (SMEs) in this area to clean up safety (OH&S), corporate social responsibility
their production practices lies in the improved (CSR), etc.

• Increase the demand for and sales of eco-
friendly JDPs from Bangladesh and India (in
Bangladesh, India and Europe)
• Increase sales for the target SMEs by 20%
• Receive orders from at least 50 wholesalers for
eco-friendly JDPs
ECO-JUTE - An eco-friendly alternative OUTCOMES
for a sustainable future • Addressing supply and demand of JDPs

• Advocating policy changes
BANGLADESH, INDIA TEXTILES AND BUDGET: EUR 920,569 (EU contribution: 80%)
• Establishing service capacity
LEATHER • Enabling more business linkages
• Setting up a JDP SME
• Associating policy uptake with these actions

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Kazi Shahed H. Ferdous
Apt 1/B, House 11, Road 13 (New), Dhanmondi,

Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
[email protected]
Jute is vital to the economies of India and The project aimed at reducing poverty and
Bangladesh. It is biodegradable, absorbs CO2 promoting economic prosperity by encouraging www.traidcraft.org
and releases O2 and N2 into the atmosphere. a switch to more sustainable production and
However, during jute cultivation, jute plants consumption of eco-friendly jute diversified LEAD PARTNER
are soaked in water for several days (a process products (JDPs) in Bangladesh and West Bengal,
Traidcraft Exchange, UK
called retting) in order to separate the fibres. This India. Specific objectives aimed to:
retting process destroys the quality of the water PARTNERS
and affects fish farming. Additionally, during • Support 500 JDP-producing SMEs in
production of jute diversified products (JDPs), Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
Margdarshak Development Services
producers use dyes and chemicals that can cause • Promote eco-friendly production processes Training, Assistance and Rural Advancement Non-
negative environmental effects. Addressing these (reducing water and energy consumption, Government Organization (TARANGO)
challenges and encouraging production and chemical residues and greenhouse gases
consumption of eco-friendly JDPs will help to emissions)
develop the jute industry in Bangladesh and India,
to alleviate poverty and to ensure environmental • Increase the use of environmentally friendly
sustainability. dyes

OBJECTIVES WAY FORWARD
Improved waste management in the Kolkata • More sustainable production practices,

tanning sector requires a two-pronged approach: improved technical capacities and access to
(a) reduction of the effluent and solid waste levels finance
to reduce the environmental burden, waste
• Enhanced competitiveness through
management menace and improve workers’
compliance with international market
conditions and (b) recycling or re-use of waste
standards and reduction of production costs
into useful by-products to generate additional
Effective waste management and sustainable livelihood opportunities. This implies the • Better effluent and solid waste management
adoption by tanneries of new green technologies leading to opportunities for further growth
development of the MSME tanning and tanning processes, and improved waste
• For employees: Reduced health and safety
management practices. Thus, the key focus areas
companies in the Kolkata Leather Cluster of the project are:
hazards
• Reduced public health risks and environmental
• Reduction in effluent load by adoption of green
hazards
tanning processes and technologies by the
INDIA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 3,124,992 (EU contribution: 80%)
tanneries in the Bantala Leather Complex
• Solving the solid waste problem through
improved recycling methods
• Establishment of an effective public-private
platform for improved waste management at
cluster level
• Adoption of waste management and an
occupational health and safety (OHS)
framework
The project will enable the tanneries to meet
increasingly high international quality and
environmental standards and thus enhance the
Indian leather industry’s competitiveness as well
as improve working conditions and the health SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
of surrounding communities. More specifically it INFORMATION
will:
• Introduce and promote sustainable production
practices in the highly polluting tanning
sector through technology transfer, provide
capacity building of the tannery management
CONTACT
and workers on better tanning practices and
facilitate access to technical and financial Tatheer Zaidi
services
[email protected]
• Create an enabling environment for efficient
1st Floor, A-5, Shankar Garden, Main Najafgarh Road,
and effective public-private collaboration by
Vikas Puri, New Delhi – 110018, India
establishing a round table/platform comprising
representatives from the West Bengal LEAD PARTNER
CHALLENGE Department of MSMEs, Calcutta Leather Cluster
Tanneries Association, financial institutions, Solidaridad Regional Expertise Centre, India
Kolkata Leather Cluster is one of the largest water, the tanning industry, which falls into the and leather manufacturing organisations,
leather clusters in India, home to around 350 red category (critically polluting) of the Central among others PARTNERS
tanneries and more than 4000 leather goods Pollution Control Board, Government of India also
manufacturing units (mostly micro, small and produces much high-polluting solid waste such • The practices established will be promoted CLCTA
medium-sized enterprises, or MSMEs). The cluster as fleshings, off-cuts and sludge, which currently to allow them to become more accessible for
Dugros
produces leather goods and accessories such as gets dumped at municipal landfill garbage sites, SMEs in other major Indian leather clusters in
shoes, gloves, wallets and belts for the domestic thus provoking a public outcry. The health and Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab as well PISIE
and EU markets, providing direct employment safety conditions of the workers in the tanneries Stahl
to around 60,000 workers. The West Bengal are also not optimal, due to lack of awareness. Skin
government has ambitious plans to expand the and respiratory problems are therefore common
Kolkata leather complex and facilitate the MSME among workers in the tanning industry. Keeping
business growth to further explore the European these challenges at the forefront, the project
market. Despite the sector’s huge growth aims to reduce the environmental footprint of the
potential, it is plagued with various environmental Bantala tanneries and improve the health and
and public health issues due to lack of clean safety conditions for the workers as well as for
and green technologies. In addition to effluent public health.

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OUTCOMES
• Organised 250 SMEs and 12,500 artisans

producing textile products into at least
150 artisan-based collectives (30% women This project has opened up new opportunities for
members) and 6 federations (one per district) tribal and rural women of Salumber in Udaipur
by creating new businesses out of textile waste.
• Provided trainings for SMEs and advocating
We have created 700 new jobs and are supported
Going Green - Promoting economic policy changes to encourage the uptake of eco-
friendly practices in textile clusters
by government officials and large businesses to
build five new training centres for women in this
competitiveness of the Indian textile • Created collectives to empower artisans and
SMEs
area.
industry and artisans’ well-being • Identified potential as well as existing schemes

for finance and services to build efficient eco-
Shekhar Kumar
Director of Projects
Vishvas Sansthan, Udaipur
friendly businesses
INDIA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 1,197,779 (EU contribution: 80%) • Created consumer awareness and demand
among buyers and consumers in India and
abroad, building on the momentum already
created by the previous SWITCH-ASIA project,
SUSTEX (Sustainable Textiles for Sustainable
Development in India)
• Promoting sustainable products certified
under the ‘Craftmark Green’ label

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Maveen Pereira
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Kingsway, Team Valley, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear,

NE11 0NE UK
The textile sector is critical to the Indian economy: The project promoted the economic
it contributes 14% to industrial production, 4% to competitiveness of the Indian textile industry [email protected]
GDP, and 17% to export earnings. However, this and the well-being of textile artisans. The project
LEAD PARTNER
sector also creates a high negative environmental aimed to build sustainable businesses of textile
impact such as degradation and depletion of artisans and improve their working conditions Traidcraft Exchange, UK
natural resources and the use of toxic chemicals/ through efficient eco-friendly processes, access
processes leading to pollution and health to resources and increased demand for ‘green’ PARTNERS
problems. There is also a lack of support, resources products.
and incentives in the textile industry, especially for All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association
the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), (AIACA)
to implement eco-friendly solutions to address
these issues.

OBJECTIVES • The support of the Government of Tamil Nadu
which will facilitate the adoption of these
SME tanneries in Tamil Nadu are being supported circular tanning and leather finishing practices
by facilitating adoption of circular practices,
• By increasing the availability of circular products
thereby meeting international sustainability
in domestic and regional markets, the project
standards, promoting the production of
also indirectly contributes to the promotion of
commercially attractive ‘waste to value’ products,
more sustainable consumption patterns in Asia
and enhancing their access to finance and
Promoting circularity in the Tamil Nadu markets.
leather clusters for solid waste management The overall objective of the project is to establish
pilot demonstrations on circular market-based
models for processing solid waste generated
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2022-2025 from leather tanning and finishing practices in
INDIA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 2,800,323 (EU contribution: 80%) the Tamil Nadu leather clusters. These pilots hold
the potential to be scaled up in the long run. The
project thereby enables the reduction of amount
of solid waste that ends up in the open spaces/
landfills, improves the public health situation for
workers and people living near leather clusters
in Tamil Nadu, and enhances international
competitiveness and market access of leather
export from Tamil Nadu.
WAY FORWARD
• More sustainable production practices, better

effluent and solid waste management and
improved technical capacities of leather
tannery MSMEs
• Enhanced competitiveness of MSMEs through
compliance with international market
standards and creation of additional business
through ‘waste to value’
• Improved access to finance though business-
case development and liaison with financing SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
institutions INFORMATION
• For employees and surrounding communities:

reduced health and safety hazards and more
job and income security, and reduced public
health risks and environmental hazards
CHALLENGE The project will include, among others, the CONTACT
following priority actions:
Leather tanning is one of the most polluting A circular approach is needed that is economically Tatheer Zaidi
chemical manufacturing processes. Although and environmentally viable. This requires • Introduction of improved tanning and waste Project Manager, Solidaridad Regional Expertise
the Tamil Nadu clusters use common effluent innovation and the adoption of profitable and treatment practices and technologies Center
treatment plants (CETP), high waste levels (organic scalable circular leather tanning and waste • Creation of the capacities of SME tanneries and [email protected]
and chemical) are a serious sustainability challenge treatment practices. Concepts like ‘waste to value’ their industry partners for wide-scale adoption
to the industry. Solid waste is currently dumped at and its corresponding technologies, operational LEAD PARTNER
secured landfill sites. However, these are now filled capacities, and equipment developed in Europe • Incentivisation for SME tanneries to adopt
to above capacity and pose serious environmental and in India for solid waste management need circular tanning and leather finishing practices Solidaridad Regional Expertise Centre, India
pollution and public health hazards. to be adapted to Tamil Nadu Leather clusters. which are linked to value creation from solid
Currently, micro, small and medium-sized waste PARTNERS
The main target group of the action are 500 MSME
enterprises (MSMEs) lack technical and market
tanning companies in Tamil Nadu, employing PISIE
awareness on waste management, and have
approximately 40,000 workers. Noncompliance
limited access to funds for the required changes.
with international environmental standards and
Limited collaboration and knowledge-sharing
more stringent pollution controls endangers the
among clusters and companies in India is further
business future of these small tanners. Without
slowing down wide-scale adoption and the
significant improvements to tanning practices
creation of synergies.
and waste management, many of them risk loss
of competitiveness and forced closure.

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OUTCOMES
• The Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

has been set up at the Jaipur Integrated Texcraft
Park Pvt. Ltd. (JITPPL) This project became a role model for similar
craft-based industries in India. Adopting cleaner
• The state-of-the-art infrastructure at JITPPL
production practices, gave me a new direction
includes STP (sewage treatment plant), rain
and energy when contributing to this industry.
SUSTEX - Sustainable Textiles for water harvesting and solar electricity provisions
• A toolkit on sustainable textile production has Vikram Joshi
Sustainable Development in India been prepared and is being disseminated and a
database of sustainable raw materials has been
Textile technologist and SME owner
developed that includes a list of suppliers of

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2009-7/2013 organic cotton and natural dyes
INDIA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 2,091,181 (EU contribution: 80%)
• Skills development training of 1000 artisans, oh
whom 807 are women, has been completed in
block printing, sewing machine operator and
tie and dye skills
• Three Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs)
as models demonstrating low cost ETP
technology have been set up at Bhuj, Gujarat, at
Lunkaransar, Bikaner and at Balotra in Barmer,
Rajasthan
• Policy briefs on environmental and occupational
health and safety (OHS) issues and the Scheme
for Integrated Textiles parks (SITP) have been
developed and were submitted to the relevant
governmental departments
• The project’s OHS recommendations for
artisans have been accepted by the Planning
Commission and will be considered in the
Government’s 12th five-year plan

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Neeti Malhotra
The textile industry holds a very special place in The project sought to promote the production
[email protected]
the Indian economy, as it is one of the largest and and consumption of eco-friendly textiles and to
the oldest manufacturing sectors in the country. improve the employment and working conditions 18 Community Centre, 3rd Floor, East of Kailash,
It employs about 35 million people, second only of artisans. New Delhi – 110065, India
to agriculture, and is one of the most chemically
intensive of all industries, producing the most LEAD PARTNER
hazardous waste when proper disposal facilities
are not available. On an average, it takes about Traidcraft Exchange, UK
1893 litres of water to produce just enough
fabric to cover one sofa. The growth of small PARTNERS
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has led to
All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association
altered production processes, resulting in a range (AIACA)
of environment and health hazards.
Consortium of Textile Exporters (COTEX), India

as assuring product traceability and adherence to
certification schemes. By establishing innovative
pilots on resource efficiency and reduced resource
footprint as well as training on sustainability
certification, cotton and textiles MSMEs will
be equipped to adopt sustainable production
practices. By working with buyers in India and
the EU, market demand for environmentally
sustainable textile goods is strengthened.
Switching to Green & Fair Fashion Enabling frameworks will be created and access
to finance facilitated.
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2022-2026 WAY FORWARD

INDIA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 1.983.563 (EU contribution: 80%)
• Improve the capacities of MSMEs in the textile
sector and cotton farmers in India to adopt
more environmentally and socially sustainable
production practices throughout the textile
supply chain
• Establish market linkages with brands and
retailers in India and the EU through events and
direct contacts; develop campaigns to inform
consumers in India and Europe, and improve
the access to sustainably produced textiles
• Increase the integration of sustainability
parameters in operational and reporting
mechanisms to support greater adoption of
sustainability practices by textile MSMEs and
integrate ESG considerations and facilitate
access to finance
• The Government of India is to support
incorporating Green and Fair Public
Procurement practices based on good practices SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
achieved by Fairtrade at EU and member state INFORMATION
level
CONTACT
CHALLENGE practices and technologies; doubts about a valid
Veronica Perez Sueiro
business case for switching to sustainable and
Asia is the world’s largest textile producing region, circular production processes and their perceived [email protected]
where India’s textile industry exports more textile- high investment requirements; low market Abhishek Jani
based products than any other country except demand for sustainable products and buyers’
China. More than 300,000 registered micro, price sensitivity in India; and missing market [email protected]
small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) linkages to Europe and access to finance to fund
LEAD PARTNER
operate in the Indian textiles and apparel sector. the adoption of greener production systems.
India’s cotton textile industry is subject to severe Fairtrade International
ecological and social problems throughout OBJECTIVES
the supply chain. Addressing sustainability is PARTNERS
becoming increasingly pressing for the Indian The project’s objective is to promote the adoption
cotton textile industry to meet the demands of and mainstreaming of sustainable production Centre for Social Markets, India
global brands and retailers and sustainability- systems in India’s cotton textile sector by creating Fairtrade Germany
conscious consumers, as well as legislators an enabling framework, supporting green
worldwide. business development and improving access to Max Havelaar France Association, France
green finance. Partners in Change, India
The key challenges for improving sustainability are
a lack of reliable data and transparency to enable The project works with multiple stakeholders
sustainable value chains; limited awareness on adopting sustainable processes including
and knowledge about sustainable production reduction of water and toxic chemical use, as well

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OUTCOMES
• Cleaner production (CP) awareness campaigns

that engaged the carpet and pashmina industry When buyers from European countries visited
associations were conducted our industry, they were impressed with how we
• Training/workshops for the design, applied and improved occupational health and
safety measures. The training also enabled us to
Sustainable Carpet and Pashmina
implementation and maintenance of CP
techniques were held save energy, chemicals and dyes.
• Model units for dyeing and washing sub-sectors Ganesh Shrestha

and promoting cross-visits were developed Proprietor
NEPAL TEXTILES AND LEATHER Ashirbad Pashmina Industry
BUDGET: EUR 1,058,939 (EU contribution: 90%) • Financial literacy and business plan training for
SMEs and access to financing was provided
• Capacity was built among CP service providers
and carpet and pashmina industry associations
• Support for the Ministry of Industry and
the Ministry of Science Technology and
Environment in developing enforcement
mechanisms for existing regulations was
provided

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Surendra Chaudhary
Carpet and Pashmina production are Nepal’s The project aimed to increase resource Sanepa, 44700 Nepal
second and third largest sources of export efficiency, profitability, and sustainable growth
earnings, and provide the largest source of by mobilising private sector and relevant public LEAD PARTNER
industrial employment. These industries, however, sector authorities to reduce fuel and water use,
Mercy Corps – Nepal (MC Nepal)
are constrained by outdated production methods and water pollution in the Nepalese carpet and
that are inefficient and highly polluting, leading pashmina industries. The project promoted PARTNERS
to reduced competitiveness and environmental sustainable production and SME profitability
impacts. in two of Nepal’s highest-earning and yet most Society for Environmental and Economic
polluting industries. Development Nepal (SEED Nepal)

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OUTCOMES
• Defined knowledge has been disseminated

on the manufacturing production chain and
technological capacities By adopting resource efficiency measures in
our tannery processes, we have not only gained
• The capacity of industrial equipment financial benefits in terms of resource conservation
manufacturers (IEMs) to improve the energy (water, chrome and other chemicals), we have
SCI-PAK - Modernising manufacturing and resource efficiency of production and
implement SP practices in the targeted
also experienced an improvement in our work
which has led to higher quality for our products,
industries was improved
industries in Pakistan • Local educational institutes are now fostering
a healthier occupational environment and a
reduction in wastewater pollution load at the
academic-industrial partnerships to educate source.
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 3/2009-2/2013 students in E&RE technologies
PAKISTAN TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 1,408,592 (EU contribution: 80%) Ashfaq
• Series of pilot energy and resource efficiency
MH Tannery
(E&RE) implementations are now available
for replication by other SMEs, showcasing
a complete model for SP in manufacturing
processes
• IEMs on SP technology, implementation and
business strategies, were trained and supported
by knowledge acquired from the pilot initiatives
• Sustainable production network has been
implemented and linkages between IEMs and
EU environmental standard organisations were
established
• An established and capable manufacturing
sector focused on enabling the proliferation of
E&RE technologies
• Strengthened and innovative policy framework
for implementing and inciting SP practices in
the manufacturing industries
• Increased awareness and access to know-how SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
and training in SP technologies at the local and
regional level
CONTACT
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Faraz Rasheed Mir
In Pakistan, several cleaner production initiatives This project sought to implement a range of [email protected]
have been undertaken in the past decade energy and resource efficiency initiatives in
An der Karlstadt 6, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
(assessment of needs, energy audits, technical the textile and tannery sectors in Pakistan, with
assistance to adopt energy efficiency and waste the potential to adapt these initiatives to other LEAD PARTNER
water recycling techniques, raising awareness manufacturing industries in the long term (e.g.
on cleaner production packages). Despite these sugar, pulp and paper, steel rolling). TTZ Bremerhaven Institute for Water, Energy and
initiatives, the target sectors leather and textile Landscape Management, Germany
still lack the know-how and capacity to apply
sustainable production technologies and be PARTNERS
aware of environmental impact and associated
potential financial benefits. Cleaner Production Institute (CPI), Pakistan
Production GGMBH
Iqbal Hamid Trust (IHT)

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OUTCOMES
• Improving the Supply of ‘Better Cotton’

• Developing Better Ginning Practice (BGP) The ginners frequently disclosed to us that
Guideline prior to being part of the SWITCH-Asia SPRING
• Capacity Building project, they used to run their ginning facilities
as a trading place for processed cotton, and they
SPRING - Sustainable cotton production • Instilling Change in Retailers’ Purchasing
Practices
never considered the ginning business as an
industry, let alone taking energy conservation,
in Pakistan’s cotton ginning SMEs • Conducting In-depth Dissemination mechanical efficiency or productivity into
consideration. SPRING highlighted not only the
economic benefits of improving efficiencies, it
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2012-12/2015 also raised consciousness on improving working
PAKISTAN TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 1,979,286 (EU contribution: 80%) conditions and the environment in factories. We
not only changed how SMEs work, but also the
mindset of the industry, which in my opinion is a
far bigger success.
Asad Imran
Senior Manager,
SPRING Project

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Asad Imran
191-D Board of Intermediate Road

Cheema Town, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
CHALLENGE poor housekeeping and working conditions pose
direct threats to the health and safety of the [email protected]
The cotton and textiles sector accounts for 40% workers.
of Pakistan’s total labour force and nearly 60% of LEAD PARTNER
exports. Cotton is a natural fibre that breathes; it OBJECTIVES
is also renewable, recyclable and biodegradable. WWF-Pakistan
Consumers, brands and retailers are becoming The project aimed to have at least 500 cotton gin
PARTNERS
increasingly conscious about issues such as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in
chemical and water use, child labour, gender Pakistan recognise the benefits of sustainable Pakistan Cotton Ginners’ Association (PCGA)
inequality, low wages and other risks linked cotton production and consumption, and to have
to cotton sourcing. Besides exploring choices 40% of these SMEs commit to more sustainable WWF-UK
for sourcing cotton sustainably, responsible production practices, in line with the agreed better
businesses are looking to improve cotton- ginning practice guidelines and supported by the
sourcing procedures through more traceability, procurement practices of European retailers.
control and transparency in their cotton supply
chain. The cotton-ginning sector in Pakistan is
characterised by negative direct environmental
consequences resulting mainly from high-energy
consumption and inefficient processes. Moreover,

for which Cambodian factories are supplying
garments, have set corporate targets to lower the
environmental footprint of their supply chains.
Therefore it will be important to reduce production
costs in the garment industry and green its
production processes to improve competitiveness
and reduce negative environmental externalities.
The economic model of the Global Green Growth
Institute (GGGI) projects that a 20% increase in
Promotion of sustainable energy practices energy efficiency (EE) in the garment sector would
lead to an increase of 31% in energy productivity
in the garment sector in Cambodia by 2030 and USD 2 billion of avoided energy costs.
The team is proposing a holistic intervention
to promote the adoption of sustainable energy
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2024 practices in garment manufacturing in Cambodia
CAMBODIA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 2,995,748 (EU Contribution: 86.94%)
by acting on multiple fronts: support to regulatory
and enforcement measures, stimulating demand
for sustainable energy technologies/services, and
increasing the supply of technologies/services
and financial solutions for this purpose.
The objective of this project is to increase the
competitiveness and decrease the environmental
impact of the Cambodian garment industry
through sustainable production. More specifically,
the project aims to increase the investment in
sustainable energy practices (such as efficient
technologies, switch to renewable energy and
good operations management) in the garment
factories in Cambodia.
WAY FORWARD
• Relevant government institutions initiate a

series of regulatory measures to incentivise
private investment in sustainable energy SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
practices INFORMATION
• Institutional arrangements and capacities
are developed for adoption of enforcement
measures and improved data availability
supporting the sector’s switch to sustainable
energy practices
• Awareness is raised and demand for appropriate CONTACT
technologies and advisory services for
CHALLENGE rapid forest depletion and further exacerbates sustainable energy practices increases among Md Mahfuzur Rahman
the sector’s ecological footprint. Cambodia’s value chain stakeholders Project Manager, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
According to the Ministry of Industry, Science, garment industry is losing its edge compared to Cambodia
Technology and Innovation, the garment sector other countries like Bangladesh, Myanmar, and • Garment factories have access to a range of
appropriate technical and financial services, [email protected]
is the industrial sector’s largest employer in the Vietnam, given its high energy costs as well as
Kingdom of Cambodia, employing 847,419 workers recent increases in the monthly minimum wage, including a guarantee fund to support their
switch towards sustainable energy practices LEAD PARTNER
comprising 86% of the total industrial workforce in lagging infrastructure, productivity, and logistics.
2017. Exporting factories in turn account for more The cost of electricity from the national grid in Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Cambodia
than 620,000 jobs (pre-COVID-19). The expansion Cambodia is the highest in ASEAN. The average
of this sector is reflected in its growing energy energy cost per ton of garments is USD 560. PARTNERS
demand, with total final consumption increasing Energy costs constitute a significant share of the
by about 11% between 2010 and 2015. According total production costs, namely 16.7%, which is also Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia
(GMAC)
to the draft Energy Efficiency (EE) Policy, steep higher than in neighbouring countries.
growth in garment manufacturing has doubled GERES - Acting for Climate Solidarity
GHG emissions due to energy consumption
OBJECTIVES
in the sector between 2002 and 2012. The
predominant use of unsustainable, non-traceable
There is an opportunity for Cambodian factories
cheap fuelwood in the factories of Cambodian
to use sustainability as a competitive advantage.
garment suppliers contributes to the country’s
An increasing number of international brands,

Although awareness of the importance of a
circular transformation is increasing among key
industry stakeholders, there is a lack of unified
understanding of the vision and way forward for a
circular transformation of the industry.
OBJECTIVES
Facilitate the transition to circular economy

Transitions to circular economy practices practices in the textile and fashion industry in
Huzhou City and Shaoxing City, China, by 2025.
in textile and apparel MSMEs along the The specific objectives include:
lifecycle in Huzhou and Shaoxing

• Improved sustainable management, resource
efficiency and adoption of circular economy
principles by the local textile and fashion
industry
CHINA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 2,973,263.38 (EU Contribution: 80%) • Enabling conditions for a conducive policy
environment among key stakeholders for a
circular textile industry in Huzhou and Shaoxing
• Increased access by the textile and apparel
industry to financing for eco-design, recycling
investments and clean technology transfer
WAY FORWARD
• Sustainable management, resource efficiency

and adoption of circular economy principles
will be improved by the local textile and fashion
industry
• Capacities of the textile and apparel industry for
the promotion and implementation of resource
efficiency measures will be enhanced within
selected textile and apparel value chains
• Capacities of MSMEs will be enhanced to SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
develop and apply circular economy solutions
in the textile and apparel value chains
• Enabled conditions will be built for a conducive
policy environment among key stakeholders
for a circular textile industry in Huzhou and
Shaoxing
CONTACT
• Policy instruments and incentives will be
developed by local governments and sector DING Shuang
stakeholders mainstreaming the circular Assistant professor, China National Institute
CHALLENGE
economy principles in the textile and fashion Standardization(CNIS)
industry
China’s textile and apparel industry has been a The root causes of these challenges include: 1) Lack [email protected]
traditional industry advantageously positioned in of innovation in key technologies for large-scale • More access to financing for eco-design,
the national economy and closely linked with the development of recycled fibres and bio-based recycling investments and clean technology LEAD PARTNER
international market. Most of the textile industrial synthetic fibres; 2) Existing policies such as the transfer for the textile and apparel industry will
China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS)
clusters are concentrated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang raw material optimisation strategy, green design, be promoted
Province, China. For instance, Shaoxing is an green consumption, waste textile recycling are PARTNERS
• Capacities of the textile and apparel industry
important textile production base and distribution mainly national guiding policies, more systematic
will be enhanced to access to funding for
centre in Zhejiang. According to statistical data, and industry-specific supporting policies and China Textile Development Center (CTDC)
installing a circular economy
textile and apparel micro, small and medium- standards are still needed; 3) Circular design, as
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
sized enterprises (MSMEs) account for 90% of all a source solution, is still at the concept advocacy
Shaoxing textile and apparel businesses. However, stage, and the circularity of products is not yet the Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption
compared with mature foreign MSME clusters, priority in existing green design policies, standards and Production (ARC - SCP/RAC)
China’s MSME clusters are less developed and lack and practices; and 4) Consumers’ awareness of
competitiveness. The textile and apparel industry green consumption has improved, but currently
now faces various challenges in achieving a consumption behaviour lags behind. There is
complete transformation to a circular economy. insufficient impetus for industrial development.

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• Reducing the negative environmental impact
of the textile printing and dyeing industry by
promoting sustainable production among 350
SMEs in Zhejiang Province, with Keqiao District
as a demonstration area This project has strengthened our technology,
security and information management
• Supporting the creation of an enabling policy capabilities. It has also helped us improve our
environment sense of corporate social responsibility.
Sustainable Production in the Printing • Promoting the replication of project experience

Fu Jianlin
and Dyeing Sector in China OUTCOMES Chairman of Shaoxing

Shengxin Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd
• Establishing Model Companies to show what
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2013-1/2017 the project can do for the companies in the
CHINA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 1,499,000 (EU contribution 79.97%)
P&D sector in China
• Providing SME owners in the P&D sector with
corporate social responsibility (CSR) leadership
training
• Offering environmental management trainings
to top management and/or chief engineers of
SMEs
• Encouraging SMEs to submit action plans to be
followed up by experts
• Compiling case studies and giving recognition
for successful SMEs
• Coordinating with other local governments in
Zhejiang
• Undertaking stakeholder consultation with
fashion groups (brands companies), energy
service companies (ESCOs) and banks
INFORMATION
CONTACT
Zheng Yifang
[email protected]
CHALLENGE to high water and energy use, and it creates very
high levels of water pollution and high chemical Building 8, Administration Center,
China is the largest textile producing and oxygen demand (COD) load as well due to the use 479 Tiyuchang Road, Zhejiang, China
consuming nation in the world. In 2010, national of dyestuffs and synthetic chemicals.
LEAD PARTNER
textile production was valued at EUR 570 billion
and accounted for 6.56% of national industrial
OBJECTIVES Zhejiang Province Economic and Information
production. The development of the textile Commission, China
industry is vital to China’s economic development.
The project sought to reduce the negative
Printing and dyeing (P&D) is a key process (and PARTNERS
environmental impacts of the P&D industry in
an important sector) in the textile industry in
China, supporting Keqiao District in establishing
China. In 2010, Chinese companies printed and Keqiao District Government, China
a ‘Green Printing and Dyeing Industrial Park’,
dyed 54.8 billion metres of fabric. Of that, over Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden
and promoting a level playing field through
50% was produced in Zhejiang province and
capacity building of small and medium-sized Zhejiang Association of Printing and Dyeing Industry,
about 33% of total national production was
enterprises (SMEs) on the sustainable production China
produced in Shaoxing County in northeastern
requirements of the European Union (EU) and
Zhejiang Province. Industry insiders know that Zhejiang University, China
other developed countries. The specific objectives
P&D is by far one of the heaviest resource- and
included:
energy-consuming and of the most polluting
stages of production in the textile industry, due

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• Contributing to the development of an
enabling policy environment to create a setting
that would stimulate batik SMEs and batik
consumers to change their behaviour My SME has a high production volume, so I use
plenty of firewood for the wax-removal process.
OUTCOMES This project introduced a blower system that was
supposed to improve the efficiency of the burning
Clean Batik Initiative

• Focus on capacity building process. At first I was sceptical, but having seen
the results, I am truly amazed how such a simple
• Introduction of sustainable practices and
solution works wonders. I have effectively reduced
environmentally friendly technologies
the use of firewood by half for every process.
INDONESIA, MALAYSIA TEXTILES AND IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 12/2009-12/2011 • Building a market for environmentally friendly
BUDGET: EUR 2,316,792 (EU contribution 80%) products
LEATHER H. Khusaeni
• Setting up consultant networks Batik SME from Pasirsari Village, Pekalongan
• Promoting showcases
• Saving resources and increasing productivity
• Reducing pollutants through increased use of
environmentally friendly dyes
• Raising environmental consciousness

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Mr. Martin Krummeck
Batik small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) The project aimed to improve the environmental
[email protected]
operate with excessive use of water, wax, chemical indicators of the batik industry in Indonesia and
dyes and bleaching agents that are harmful to the Malaysia and to create environmentally conscious LEAD PARTNER
workers and the environment. Carcinogenic wastes consumers in order to drive the demand of eco-
generated from batik production are generally left friendly products from batik SMEs that would, in Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce (MGCC)
untreated and often pollute rivers and waterways, turn, provide incentives for cleaner production.
which is detrimental to the health and livelihoods These aims were accomplished by: PARTNERS
of thousands of local residents. Low health and
• Increasing the use of environmentally friendly European Business Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia
safety awareness also leave the workers exposed to
technologies by batik SMEs by promoting (EKONID)
hazardous substances on a daily basis. There is no
sustainable alternatives in production processes
demand-led stimulus for the batik SMEs to switch IHK-Akademie München
that used fewer materials and generated less
to a cleaner method of production due to low
pollution per unit of goods produced
environmental awareness of the batik consumers.
• Promoting trade in clean batik and switching
consumption behaviour of consumers or
segmented consumer groups in favour of
products that were less environmentally
damaging

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OUTCOMES
• Providing technical assistance to weavers,

natural dye and fibre producers, and
entrepreneurial groups and cooperatives By documenting and teaching traditional
to support adoption of product and quality methods of weaving and natural dye production,
assurance standards we also improve the environmental sustainability
of textile production while helping to preserve
Handwoven Eco-Textiles • Providing technical assistance for hand-woven
textile entrepreneurs on production techniques
community knowledge of these important
cultural traditions.
and eco-designing
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2013-2/2017 • Conducting marketing training to improve Miranda
INDONESIA, PHILIPPINES TEXTILES AND
BUDGET: EUR 1,999,972.60 (EU contribution 80%) awareness of marketing opportunities and Project Manager
LEATHER requirements Hivos South-East Asia
• Supporting joint ventures between producer
groups to establish and manage provincial
shops and distribution centres
• Promoting business networking and sales
through linkage of producers to wholesalers
and retailers
• Linking producer groups and cooperatives to
finance institutions

INFORMATION
Miranda
Traditional hand-woven textiles are produced in The project promoted sustainable consumption
one-third of the provinces in the Philippines and and production (SCP) of handwoven eco-textiles [email protected]
throughout Indonesia. However, poor product in Indonesia and the Philippines by scaling-up Jl. Kemang Selatan XII No. 1, Jakarta 12560 Indonesia
standardisation and limited technical capacity successful SCP practices throughout the market
make it difficult for entrepreneurs to meet buyer chain, and supporting the development of an LEAD PARTNER
demands for quantity, quality and deadlines. enabling policy environment.
Limited access to supplies of quality natural dyes The Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation
and eco-fibres also limit production. Moreover, (HiVOS), Netherlands
low awareness of eco-labels or standards hinder
the producers from realising a premium in wider PARTNERS
markets.
Non-Timber Forest Product – Exchange Programme
(NTFP-EP), Philippines
The Indonesian Woven Textiles Association (CTI),
Indonesia

practices and simultaneously improving the
branding for sustainable products, optimising
cost-saving measures and reaching out to finance
and diversify the portfolio of customers.
OUTCOMES
• Promote best practices on raw material
STeP EcoLab - Sustainable textiles sustainability, quality improvement and control,

and sustainable certification
production and ecolabelling • Creation of a multi-stakeholder platform to

foster and promote the convergence and
extension of existing animal fibre eco-labelling
schemes, and consolidation of sustainable raw
MONGOLIA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 1,867,329.76 (EU contribution 80%)
material sourcing options for Mongolian textile
processors
• Assessment of textile processors related to their
social and environmental impact, including
joint-identification of feasible improvements;
creation of a platform to co-develop a sectoral
roadmap and a Voluntary Code of Practice (VCP)
embodying the commitments of the processors
to switch to more sustainable production
practices; and in parallel, analysis of the existing
regulation in order to build the case for regulatory
adjustments
• With the Mongolian Bankers’ Association,
sector-specific Environmental and Social (E&S)
risk assessment, along with development of
dedicated tools and guidelines; demand study
for sector-specific green finance products;
identification and development of a pipeline of
projects for international and domestic green
finance operators; and joint capacity building for
MWCA members to access green finance
• Academic level support to the Mongolian
Education Sector (MUST) in developing courses
on environmental and social (E&S) management
tailored for textile engineers, follow-up with CONTACT
Training of Trainers for MUST professors
and integration of the content in the official Ukhnaa Sarangoo
curriculum Project Manager
• With relevant expert support, study on [email protected]
CHALLENGE the objective to introduce eco-friendly technology expectations of Mongolian and European
and develop niche-competitive products to Agronomes et Veterinaires Sans Frontieres,
consumers. Sustainable products marketing Lyon, France
Based on traditional pastoralist livelihoods, the Mongolia. In parallel, various agencies have been and communication support for the Mongolian
cashmere and wool sector is a key driver of the working consistently with the upstream value Wool and Cashmere Association (MWCA) www.facebook.com/STePEcoLab
Mongolian economy and second only to the chain by looking at the existing environmental and its members in Mongolia; organisation
extractive industry. It is, however, facing new impact and pasture degradation issues which are and participation in trade fairs (in Europe and
LEAD PARTNER
challenges due to increased competition from the key challenges faced by herders’ communities Mongolia) in order to connect processors and
foreign processors (sourcing and production). in rural Mongolia. Within this conundrum, Agronomes et Veterinaires Sans Frontieres
suppliers to the market for sustainable products
Hence the need to establish a more quality- virtuous practices (among herders and within the
PARTNERS
driven production system as well as to promote banking sector, thanks to progressive legislation)
the emergence of a niche market among end have arisen, encouraging actors to adopt more Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and
customers. The sector has recently been the focus sustainable and quality-driven practices. Production GGMBH
of the Government of Mongolia and its Sustainable
Environment and Security Center of Mongolia
Development Vision in order to adopt more OBJECTIVES
environmentally friendly production methods, Mongolian Banking Association
thereby lowering GHG and overall pollutant The STeP EcoLab project aims at supporting the Mongolian Wool and Cashmere Association
emissions while increasing the share of nationally supply chain and the textile industry in adopting SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
processed leather, wool and cashmere up to 80% INFORMATION National Association of Pasture User Groups
more sustainable sourcing and production
by 2030. The 2018 National Cashmere Program has
OBJECTIVES
The project supports the Vegetable Tanned Yak

Leather Cluster in reducing the environmental
impact of production, improving resource
efficiency and adopting circular economy
practices, enabling members’ integration to
global greener value and supply chains, and will
Sustainable Yak Leather (SYL)

accredit and empower the Vegetable Tanned
Yak Leather Cluster by resolving problems in the
following areas:
• Antiquated technology for processing leather

MONGOLIA TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 1,305,956.40 (EU contribution 80%) • Products not complying with international
quality standards
• Outdated infrastructure for treatment of waste
• Lack of skilled human resources
WAY FORWARD
• Develop production of bio-leather and

manufacturing of associated bio-leather
products with greater scope for recycling
• Establish sustainable, quality and traceable
supplies of hides of domesticated yaks, available
as raw materials for the emerging vegetable
tanning industry
• Reduce losses associated with existing
(incomplete) collection of hides, and waste
attributed to remediation and improper
processing INFORMATION
• Improve efficiency and effectiveness of tanning,
finishing, and leather products manufacturing
operations improved
• Enhance skills within the Vegetable Tanned Yak CONTACT
Leather Cluster (and other leather micro, small
and medium-sized enterprises – MSMEs) on Alexia Zaglara
sustainable production and marketing
Project Manager, European Profiles S.A.
• Increase production of sustainable and
[email protected]
environmentally friendly yak leather products
CHALLENGE suited to export markets www.sustainableyakleather.eu
The tanning industry is one of the most important provinces. Today, the manufacture of leather is LEAD PARTNER
industries in Mongolia; however, it is still based on dominated by mineral (chrome) tanning, which,
traditional practices and old facilities, equipment along with associated finishing procedures European Profiles S.A.
and techniques, and there is a need for increased based on synthetics, is very demanding in terms
PARTNERS
attention to environmentally friendly, green of requirements for energy and water, and
technologies and circularity of products. Most polluting in terms of wastes that produce effluent Gutal LLC
factories process only up to the wet blue stage, discharges. Vegetable tanning in general, and the
and about 20% produce processed leather, but manufacture of full-grain vegetable leathers in Hellenic Association of Footwear Manufacturers and
Exporters (ELSEVIE)
this percentage is decreasing due to quality particular, present a number of opportunities for
issues linked to resilience, odour and hide reducing inputs and outputs, thereby contributing INESCOP
damage. Among the 10.4 million larger animals in to greener and more environmentally friendly Footwear Technology Centre
Mongolia’s domestic livestock herds, yaks amount leather production. The limited numbers and
to 1 million and all but 5% are located in 6 provinces. distribution of yaks present an opportunity for Mongolian Association of Leather Industry (MALI)
Yaks are especially suited to the local situation, the development of a sustainable and distinctive Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and
providing a range of products such as milk, fibre value chain. Moreover, upstream integration Industry (MNCCI)
wool, cashmere, hair, meat and hides, with fewer can offer leather producers the opportunity to Vakakis and Associates – Rural Development
disadvantages than other cattle and they provide agglomerate supply, reduce waste, and add more Consultants S.A.
livelihoods for many households in the yak-raising value to the items produced in Mongolia.

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• The production of garments made in Myanmar
becoming cleaner and more efficient
• Support for the Myanmar Garment
Manufacturers’ Association (MGMA) to develop
Before participating in the project, a European
a Code of Conduct, which was implemented by
client cancelled an order because our products
garment factories
did not meet the international standards. Now
we are receiving orders from Japan, Germany
OUTCOMES and the Netherlands.
SMART Myanmar I - SMEs for environmental • Built the capacities of business management &
accountability, responsibility and transparency organisation (BMO) which included developing
strategies with MGMA, joint identification of
Thet Su Zin Win
Director of Maple factory
areas for improvement, and the preparation of
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2013-1/2015 action plans in the identified areas
MYANMAR TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 1,996,942.07 (EU contribution 90%)
• Organised workshops to create new SCP
services (included matchmaking service offers
between European buyers and Myanmar
suppliers) for MGMA members
• Improved awareness of SCP in the industry
and banks, with participants from 30 banks
briefed on green financing and SC; garment
entrepreneurs were shown the benefits of
adopting quantitative SCP measures through
case studies
• Facilitation for more than 300 business linkages,
and new orders were received by the selected
SMEs
• Myanmar garment factories were supported to
move from the cut-make-pack (CMP) business
model to a full-scale business model (free on
board, or FOB) offering clients a larger range of
services to attract more European buyers
• Training provided for 14 young engineers to
further offer SCP consultancy, and 10 SCP INFORMATION
consultants were employed by MGMA and
given a hands-on training by international
garment experts
CONTACT
Simone Lehmann
Since the US lifted its import ban on products The overall objective of the project was to increase [email protected]
from Myanmar in November 2012, followed by the the competitiveness of SMEs in the garment Alexanderstraße 10, 53111 Bonn, Germany
European Union in April 2013, the country is re- sector of Myanmar and to set preconditions for
entering western markets. In July 2013, Myanmar replication towards other sectors. SMART Myanmar LEAD PARTNER
became part of the EU’s Generalised Scheme of promoted the improvement of sustainably
Preferences (GSP), further fostering growth with manufactured garments made in Myanmar, sequa gGmbH
the abolishment of trade barriers to the European thus increasing market access to Europe for local
market. The garment industry has huge potential factories. Specific objectives included: PARTNERS
to contribute to national economic growth,
Association of Development Financing Institutions in
both as a foreign exchange earner and a very • Relevant Business Support Organisations
Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP)
significant job provider. Despite some progress, (BSOs) were capacitated to promote and
Myanmar’s garment industry still lacks awareness channel SCP effectively, providing SCP services Confederation of the German Textile and Fashion
of the principles of sustainable consumption and and green financing instruments Industry, Germany
production (SCP) and social responsibility. This Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA)
• An effective marketing strategy enhancing
prevents small and medium-sized enterprises
sales of sustainably produced garments in Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry LBG, UK
(SMEs) in Myanmar’s garment sector from
Myanmar
increasing their access to international markets.

OUTCOMES
• Training SCP consultants on sustainable

production and compliance with international
standards
• Developing social compliance academies
to improve working conditions in garment
factories
SMART Myanmar II • Conducting workshops with banks on green

finance

• Launching a branding and communication
MYANMAR TEXTILES AND LEATHER BUDGET: EUR 2,777,629.59 (EU contribution 90%)
initiative ‘Made in Myanmar’ to inform European
and Myanmar consumers
• Building the capacity of female workers to
claim their rights
• Identifying good-practice companies and
honouring the best ones
• Initiating public private dialogues on sustainable
public procurement
• Advocating SCP-related issues with government
institutions

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Despite some progress, Myanmar’s garment The project sought to contribute to a switch to Jacob Clere
industry still lacks awareness in the principles of sustainable garment consumption patterns by
sustainable consumption and production (SCP) promoting sustainable growth in Myanmar’s [email protected]
and social responsibility. Garment companies need garment sector. Specifically, the project aimed Alexanderstraße 10, 53111 Bonn, Germany
to comply with environmental and social standards at institutionalising, up-scaling and replicating
to regain access to international markets. Thus, the successful SCP practices in the garment sector LEAD PARTNER
social and environmental conditions, especially for developed and implemented during the SMART
workers in the sector, needed to be reviewed. Myanmar I project. sequa gGmbH
PARTNERS

Foreign Trade Association of German Retail Trade (AVE)
Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA)
Stichting Made-by Label (Made-by)

SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AND BUILDING

OUTCOMES
• Built the capacity of institutions to monitor the

effect of energy efficiency on fuel consumption
and on climate, to identify the potential impacts
of energy efficiency regulations and practical
applications for buildings
Kabul Green Homes

• Promoted new markets for innovations and
changes of lifestyle
• Supported the integration of new strategies for
upgrading unplanned settlements
AFGHANISTAN SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
BUDGET: EUR 2,161,785 (EU Contribution 79.80%) • Improved the living conditions of the
AND BUILDING households investing in ESS
• Provided access to home improvement loans
to offer a sustainable financing solution for ESS
while meeting large scale demand
• Strengthened dialogue with institutions to
contribute to a favourable environment for
scaling up a new SCP pattern and replicating in
similar context

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Afghanistan is the 15th most vulnerable country The project aims to contribute to the Afghanistan
Mohammad Riaz Ramin
worldwide in terms of climate change vulnerability National Development Strategy main pillars,
(German Watch Global Climate Risk). Afghanistan particularly on poverty reduction through a [email protected]
experiences cold and snowy winters with extreme private-sector, market-led approach. The project
temperature variations between night and day, seeks to tackle the lack of access to finance for www.geres.eu/en/our-actions/our-projects/kabul-
reaching -20 °C in winter in Kabul. However, green consumption, to strengthen the emerging green-homes
much of the country is characterised by 300 days Energy Saving Solutions (ESS) value chain, and to
of sunshine yearly, meaning energy-efficient engage networks of stakeholders. LEAD PARTNER
houses that reduce heat losses in winter and
improve sun gain are well-adapted to the Afghan GERES - Acting for Climate Solidarity
climate. Despite this high solar energy potential,
PARTNERS
Afghans rely on traditional solid fuels (firewood,
animal dung cakes, crop residues and charcoal) Afghanistan Microfinance Association (AMA)
for cooking and heating).
Rural Movement Organisation (RMO), Afghanistan

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OUTCOMES
• Conducting research and design of sustainable

building materials
• Strengthening environmental certification and Eleven million wage earners consider a cosy
eco-labelling schemes for building materials home an important indicator of stability. The
multi-stakeholder’s Forum initiated under this
• Organising multi-stakeholder awareness and project is working hard to bridge sustainable
SUSBUILD Bangladesh - Promoting marketing campaigns on sustainable building
practices
housing practices with the rising multibillion-
dollar housing market. The changes we have
sustainable buildings • Providing capacity-building support to

technical experts on sustainable building and
seen at the policy level are already paving the
way towards the path to green growth.
for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
BANGLADESH SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
(MSMEs) to switch to alternative bricks Anisur Rahman Chowdhury
BUDGET: EUR 2,000,000 (EU Contribution 90%) Programme Coordinator
AND BUILDING • Setting up replicable business models of Oxfam
green technology and engaging with financial
institutions to improve access to finance
• Engaging with policymakers to promote
and regulate green construction and public
procurement

INFORMATION
CONTACT
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Anisur Rahman Chowdhury
In Bangladesh, brick-making is the largest The project aimed to contribute to a reduction [email protected]
source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in GHG emissions, deforestation and land
as the industry consumes 2.2 million tonnes degradation in Bangladesh. It specifically sought House #4, Road #3, Block I Banani, Dhaka - 1213
Bangladesh
of coal and 1.9 million tonnes of firewood and to promote sustainable and eco-friendly building
emits 8.75 million tonnes of greenhouse gas materials and practices in Bangladesh within an LEAD PARTNER
(GHG) emissions for this activity annually. Brick- enabling policy environment.
making is characterised by low energy efficiency, Oxfam
a prevalence of small-scale kilns with limited
financial capacity, and dominance of a single PARTNERS
raw material (clay) and product (solid clay brick).
Transformative changes in the brick industry are Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association
required, not only switching to cleaner brick kilns, (BELA), Bangladesh
but also diversifying production inputs in order Housing and Building Research Institute (HBRI),
to save natural resources, reduce GHG emissions, Bangladesh
and increase energy efficiency. Jagorani Chakra Foundation (JCF), Bangladesh

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OUTCOMES
• Capacity building of 45 local RECP consultants

• Addressing a total of 1,000 stakeholders covering We have achieved success by listening to the
the entire value chain of metal products for the SMEs and addressing their pain points, using local
building and construction sector language and easy to understand messages,
always highlighting the business case of SCP
• Stepwise implementation of RECP in 400 and engaging with all stakeholders. In all three
METABUILD - Resource efficient supply companies, with 5-10 ‘pioneer companies’ in
each location covered in the first year
countries, the project is leaving behind trained
teams, methodology, templates, showcases and
chain for metal products in the building • Organising a technology fair in each of the three new networks with different stakeholders.
project countries, involving RECP technology
sector in South Asia suppliers Dr. Malini Balakrishnan
Project Manager
• Supporting companies to access funding and The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI)
BANGLADESH, SUSTAINABLE HOUSING building their capacity on financial literacy,
BUDGET: EUR 2,713,497.53 (EU Contribution 90%)
NEPAL, SRI LANKA AND BUILDING and in parallel, building the capacity of bank
branches on RECP financing
• Organising round tables of customers who were
construction corporations, covering a total 200
customers across three countries;
• Engaging with policymakers of the respective
countries in a joint forum on RECP

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. Malini Balakrishnan
[email protected]
Darbari Seth Block, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003

India
metabuild-southasia.org
LEAD PARTNER
The construction sector uses various metals like The project aimed at implementing sustainable
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
steel, iron, aluminium and copper. In developing production processes and practices in 400
economies, more than 60% of the steel is SMEs and creating a conducive environment for PARTNERS
consumed to create new infrastructure. Due the further adoption of sustainable production
to increasing pressure on energy and water processes in the metal products supply chain for adelphi
resources, an economic edge can be sustained the building and construction sector.
Austria Recycling - Verein zur Förderung von Recycling
only through high-resource efficiency. Specific und Umweltschutz in Österreich (AREC)
problems in metal product supply chains include
lack of modernisation, sub-optimal operation Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI)
leading to inefficiencies, lack of technical and National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC)
financial support for improving operations, lack
Society for Environmental and Economic
of skilled manpower and a traditional mind-set. Development Nepal (SEED Nepal)
Adopting resource efficient cleaner production
(RECP) measures will improve economic and STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society
(STENUM Asia)
environmental performance, including reducing
greenhouse gas emissions.

OUTCOMES
• Established partnerships with the Department • 35 SMEs producing hollow concrete blocks
of Urban Development and Building (HCB) in Pokhara and more than 60 SMEs
Construction (DUDBC), Ministry of Urban working in the solar energy business have
Development, Ministry of Federal Affairs and improved their products and services
Local Development (MoFALD) and three
• In Dharan, three SMEs started producing HCB,
selected municipalities – Lalitpur, Pokhara and
Green Homes Dharan
with two new SMEs in the process of establishing
businesses; about 20 women’s groups started
• Supported DUDBC in developing Nepal Green implementing solid waste management and
Building Guidelines which is currently under roof-top farming
NEPAL SUSTAINABLE HOUSING peer review
BUDGET: EUR 1,015,525 (EU Contribution 85%)
AND BUILDING • MoFALD has included Green Homes standard
and norms in recently developed Building
By-laws and Training Curricula for New
Municipalities
• The selected municipalities have developed
incentive mechanisms to promote green
housing in their plans and building byelaws,
and these include subsidies in adopting green
components, subsidies in building permit
fee, and acknowledgements of Green Home
owners and SMEs

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Padma Sunder Joshi
[email protected]
UN House, Pulchowk, Nepal
The housing sector contributes significantly The project aimed at creating an enabling policy
to the local economy but also causes pollution environment to promote sustainable housing, www.facebook.com/greenhomes.nepal
and promotes unsustainable living conditions. strengthening supply chains for sustainable
Some 18% of total urban employment in Nepal housing and building capacity of SMEs to deliver LEAD PARTNER
involves the construction industries, and there household level green technologies and services,
United Nations Human Settlement Programme Nepal
was an additional need of 1 million urban houses and stimulating demand for sustainable housing.
(UN-Habitat), Nepal
from 2011-2021. The sector imports most of its
construction materials from India and China, PARTNERS
thus creating large carbon footprints. To enhance
sustainability, it is imperative to curb the energy Clean Energy Nepal, Nepal
consumption in the housing sector – both what
Environment and Public Health Organisation
is embodied in construction materials as well as (ENPHO), Nepal
during building operations.
Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and
Industries (FNCCI), Nepal
Shelter & Local Technology Development Center
(SLTDC), Nepal

building design and operation needs to be • Facilitate development and access of EE-
fostered to further reduce the carbon footprint of friendly policy incentives in collaboration
the building sector. with municipalities to promote uptake of EE
buildings
OBJECTIVES • Facilitate the recognition and implementation
of European and international standards for EE
Working with multiple stakeholders, the project and RE building products and support their
Building Energy Efficiency in Nepal

promotes climate-responsive building designs translation and adoption at national level
and retrofitting, as well as use of EE space heating
and cooling technologies, RE building materials • Disseminate information among municipality
(BEEN) and integration of renewable energy sources. The

project aims to achieve results at multiple levels:
officials and the general public about municipal
policies (guidelines, by-laws) on building energy
efficiency solutions
• Policy interventions, by providing advice on
NEPAL SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2022-2026
standards through local multi-stakeholder
AND BUILDING BUDGET: EUR 2,715,000 (EU Contribution 90%)
consensus processes, because favourable
policies create an enabling environment for
the scaling up of measures by builders/owners
while also making policy incentives for MSMEs
available to continue their services
• Improvement of the technical and business
capacity of designers and architects to integrate
passive design strategies, use RE materials or
renewable energy sources
• Aim to integrate more than 400 MSMEs adapt
their services to EE and RE design
• By improving building or retrofitting of at
least 200 buildings in 60 municipalities and
advising these on policies, the project seeks to
decrease operational energy consumption by
at least 25%, and by 10% for energy embodied
in materials
WAY FORWARD
• Develop passive design guidelines, design

tools, technical standards and manuals as well
as training programs in collaboration with local SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
governments and related associations INFORMATION
• Capacity building throughout the value chain

of the building sector to utilise measures
CHALLENGE developed under the project
• Support building-MSMEs to prepare relevant
A great majority of Nepal’s population still lives Nepal currently does not have standards,
communication and promote EE and RE in CONTACT
rurally, and Nepal is now one of the fastest guidelines or regulations regarding energy
buildings
urbanising developing countries. It is estimated efficient (EE) building design for new construction
Daniel Neyer
that 1 million homes will be built in Nepal or for the retrofitting of existing buildings. • Technical support or performance monitoring
in the next decade. In addition to housing, Awareness and capacities among building sector for showcase buildings Project Manager, University of Innsbruck
large new additions to the building stock are MSMEs on EE buildings and service offerings [email protected]
• Support awareness campaigns for the end-user
anticipated in the tourism and hospitality sector remain low. While the structural stability of
on consolidated energy efficiency measures
and in commercial buildings. Over the past buildings has received attention in Nepal LEAD PARTNER
and RE materials
few decades, market demands of space have due to earthquakes, consideration of climate
resulted in buildings being designed without responsiveness and energy efficiency are lacking • Develop financing mechanisms to implement University of Innsbruck
consideration of the local climate. Especially for in most new building designs. Efficiency issues EE in cooperation with government, municipal
heating and cooling, much energy is used and need to be addressed by integrating passive and financial institutions PARTNERS
the overall operational energy requirement in strategies to design climate-responsive buildings
• Assist building- and construction-sector MSMEs Asociación Española de Normalización (UNE)
buildings has therefore increased with Nepal’s and use of EE space heating and cooling systems.
to access fiscal and policy incentives Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd
growing urbanisation. In addition, the use of In addition, materials that use low energy and are
building materials with high embodied energy is resource-efficient (RE) during production and over MinErgy Pvt Ltd
also resulting in a larger carbon footprint in the their lifetimes also need to be prioritised. Similarly,
building sector in Nepal. integration of renewable energy measures in

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• Mobilising and capacitating the private sector
for green building materials and solutions in
cooperation with financial and public sector
authorities
• Informing consumers about the benefits and Now we can supply our district with 2 million
choices of cleaner and low-energy building bricks per year (with an estimated demand
materials of 3 million per year) at half the former price,
saving transportation and energy costs. We are
VSBK - Vertical Shaft Brick Kilns and • Creating an enabling policy and regulatory
framework
optimistic that we can optimise the production
process further and produce even more high-
Sustainable Construction Practice in quality bricks.
OUTCOMES
Nepal
Ded Raj Khadka
Owner of Arun VSBK, Sankhuwasabha District
• In Nepal, construction services are mainly
provided by small and medium-sized
NEPAL SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2012-7/2015 contractors. Through the project, roughly 6,000
AND BUILDING BUDGET: EUR 2,146,750 (EU Contribution 90%) construction specialists, masons, engineers,
architects, small contractors and entrepreneurs
enhanced their skills in the application of well-
tested sustainable construction technologies,
such as concrete hollow block (CHB), micro-
concrete roofing, reinforced cement concrete
(RCC) door and window frames, and the use of
natural round aggregate (NRA)
• Demonstration of the use and application
of sustainable construction practices to
consumers. The first behavioural changes have
been observed: there was an increased use of
locally available construction materials, such as
NRA
• Project attracted private investment of roughly
EUR 2.5 million for 22 new brick-producing
VSBK shafts, creating more than 1500 green
jobs
• An International Brick Symposium, involving SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
nine countries ranging from Peru to Thailand,
and Germany to South Africa was organised: this
event facilitated knowledge exchange on VSBK
technologies within and beyond the countries
covered by the SWITCH-Asia programme
CONTACT
Harald Becker
[email protected]
The cotton and textiles sector account for 40% The project aimed at promoting sustainable
of Pakistan’s total labour force, and nearly 60% production and consumption patterns in the Schlossplatz 1, 29221 Celle, Germany
of Kathmandu valley is viewed as one of the construction industry, by raising awareness of
LEAD PARTNER
most polluted areas in Asia. Exhaust fumes have private sector stakeholders for green building
increased by four over the past decade. Poor materials and solutions, and by providing Deutsche Management Akademie Niedersachsen
dispersion conditions, due to high hills and low- consumer information on the benefits of clean (DMAN), Germany
velocity winds are predisposing Kathmandu for energy and energy-saving building material.
serious air pollution problems. An increasing Specific objectives included: PARTNERS
number of vehicles and conventional brick kilns
are worsening the situation. The construction • Reducing energy consumption and CO2 Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries
sector, including conventional brick production, is emissions from the brick and building material (FNCSI), Nepal
a key source of CO2 emissions. production sector in Nepal Skat Foundation, Switzerland
• Promoting SCP patterns in the construction
sector

OUTCOMES
• Integrated government monitoring system

for SMEs to enforce provincial and national
environmental standards set up
• Sustainable bamboo production ensured
through improved resource efficiency and
Eco-friendly Bamboo Production management by target bamboo SMEs

• Policy and investment f frameworks improved
for sustainable pro-poor growth of the Sichuan
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2010-1/2014 bamboo SME sector
CHINA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING BUDGET: EUR 2,467,869 (EU contribution 80%)
AND BUILDING • Public awareness and demand for bamboo
products from industry, retailers, and the
general public in Sichuan increased

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. LOU Yiping

CHALLENGE opportunities through the sustainable production
of bamboo building materials for reconstruction. [email protected]
In May 2008, a devastating earthquake hit The specific objectives included:
Sichuan province. Bamboo resources have the 8, Futong Dong Da Jie, Wangjing, Chaoyang District
• Setting up an integrated government
potential to play a major role in the development P. O. Box 100102-86, Beijing 100102, P. R. China
monitoring system for bamboo SMEs to enforce
of post-disaster reconstruction, and pro-poor,
environmental standards www.inbar.int
environmentally sustainable industries. However,
the bamboo supply chain still includes challenges • Building capacities of bamboo SMEs in
such as weak links among farmers, semi- sustainable bamboo production LEAD PARTNER
processors, and end-product small and medium- • Improving bamboo supply chain management International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR),
sized enterprises (SMEs). Prior to the project, most systems and enhancing resource efficiency China
farmers and producers lacked knowledge on
cleaner production practices and did not possess • Improving the policy and investment PARTNERS
sufficient market or management capacity. environment for the bamboo sector in Sichuan
• Developing a Provincial Bamboo Building Code Benelux Chamber of Commerce (BenCham), China
OBJECTIVES (policy recommendation) EU Project Innovation Centre (EUPIC), China
The project contributed to eco-friendly pro- • Increasing consumers’ awareness and market Sichuan Provincial Forestry Department (SPFD), China
poor economic growth in the post-disaster area demand for bamboo building materials
of Sichuan Province, especially in earthquake-
affected areas, and increased livelihood

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OUTCOMES
• Contributed to voluntary LEH cooperation

agreements, signed by government and
Energy efficiency in buildings is not just about
developers, and tied to financial subsidies
benefitting from lower utility bills and lowering
through Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural
resource usage. It is about the quality of life.
Development (MoHURD)
Urban city life in China can be stressful, so peoples’
Low Energy Housing • Memoranda of understanding (MoU) were
signed with 43 real-estate developers providing
homes need to be places to retreat and recover.
the project consortium with access to data and Malte Beckmann

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2012-1/2015 Wuppertal Institute
CHINA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING creating another communications channel, also
for Climate, Environment and Energy
BUDGET: EUR 1,488,255 (EU contribution 80%) providing developers with access to Chinese
AND BUILDING
government subsidies
• A sector report was prepared, outlining not just

good practice examples but also highlighting
how the Chinese focused on technical solutions
while the Europeans focused on policy
frameworks enabling technical solutions to
develop
• A comprehensive guidebook to energy

efficiency in buildings was published and
submitted to MoHURD
• A policy report to MoHURD for consideration in

the creation of the next China’s Five Year Plan
was submitted

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Malte Beckmann
[email protected]
Döppersberg 19, D-42103 Wuppertal, Germany
Conventional buildings in China consume large The Low Energy Housing (LEH) project aimed at
amounts of energy due to of energy-efficiency increasing the sustainable use of resources in the LEAD PARTNER
measures. With 2 billion m2 of mostly minimally building sector, especially energy efficiency, while
efficient floor area added to the building stock improving the quality of life in the target areas and The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and
every year, buildings require vastly more energy contributing to the mitigation of climate change. Energy (WI)
than is necessary. This results in more fuel burned, This was achieved by using ongoing large-scale
PARTNERS
rising local pollution and GHG emissions, higher construction projects in two target areas with
utility bills for consumers and reduced national different development histories, Shenzhen and
Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
energy security for government. The earlier this Sichuan province, as case studies for best practice. (BUCEA)
issue is addressed the better. Buildings have
a lifespan of several decades, and each low- Chongqing University
efficiency building constructed poses a long- Shenzhen Energy Efficiency Testing & Evaluation
term issue. Government, investors, suppliers and Centre
consumers have to act soon to prevent lock-in to Sichuan Construction Technology Development
excessive energy consumption by buildings for Centre
many decades to come.

sustainable renewable heating/cooking. In
addition, energy efficient behaviour changes
among rural households in Province Henan and
Province Gansu will be promoted.
WAY FORWARD
RurEnergy: Promoting sustainable

• 24,000 rural households in the target regions will
adopt systematic energy retrofitting solutions
along with increased awareness of energy-
residential energy consumption in rural efficient behaviour through their involvement
in co-creation during the pilots: the solutions
China are more convenient and cost-effective and

will improve indoor air quality, save time for
collecting firewood and ensure gender equality
CHINA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING BUDGET: EUR 2,300,000 (EU contribution 80%)
• 29 awareness-raising campaigns, an easy-to-
AND BUILDING use APP platform to inform financing options
and access to financing, enhancing the capacity
of key stakeholders
• Creating enabling policy frameworks
• Developing, testing, validating, and replicating
at least three scalable financing mechanisms
and co-develop local green financing guidelines
for rural households to access green financing
of EUR 80 million
• Direct annual energy savings of 271 TJ and
annual GHG reduction of 32,938 tonnes
• Creating job opportunities (estimated 6500- INFORMATION
7000 jobs) and poverty alleviation
• The action will integrate the circular economy
principle by promoting the sustainable use of
agriculture waste as fuel and durable products
and construction materials including recycled
content CONTACT
• A showcase for an innovative market Chun Xia
transformation mechanism applied in China
has been created that is replicable in other Project Manager, Wuppertal Institute
Asian countries [email protected]
LEAD PARTNER
The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and

Energy (WI)
CHALLENGE energy consumption in rural China is vital for
decarbonisation and sustainable development. PARTNERS
The Chinese government aims to achieve carbon Building envelope energy retrofitting and
neutrality before 2060. Rural houses account for sustainable heating and cooking technologies are Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
(BUCEA)
one-third of China’s total building stock and for available on the market and have already been
more than 20% of final energy consumption, where piloted in rural China. Scaling up these pilots has Central University of Finance and Economies (CUFE)
heating and cooking consume the most energy encountered various barriers, ranging from lack China Association of Building Energy Efficiency
in rural houses. Energy consumption in rural areas of awareness among rural households to high (CABEE)
has received little attention. Most rural houses are costs and limited access.
Gansu Construction Technology and Building Energy
built by local construction workers and are not
Saving Association (GSBEA)
energy efficient. Dispersed coal and unprocessed OBJECTIVES
biomass are the major sources for conventional Henan Provincial Development Centre for Green
heating and cooking. Such a combination The project aims to drive the adoption of cost- Building Science & Technology and Industrialization
makes rural energy consumption particularly effective systematic energy retrofitting solutions (HNGBI)
carbon-intensive and causing adverse effects for rural houses, which will systematically
on people’s health and well-being. Sustainable integrate thermal integrity improvement and

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OUTCOMES
• Achieved adequate supply and easy access to

healthy and environmentally friendly decoration Now we realise that the sustainability of interior
products and appliances for consumers and decoration highly relies on the products we
SMEs choose. We should let more people know what
• Increased capability of SMEs to apply kind of BIRD products are sustainable. We
SUS BIRD - Sustainable Building sustainable BIRD products, working materials will promote this concept to our customers by
and procedures providing them with comprehensive solutions.
Interior Renovation and Decoration • Market pull created through increased

awareness of and information for end
Mr.Huan Qi
Marketing Director
consumers
Beijing LBY Office Environment
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 12/2009-11/2013 • The seeds for incentives for sustainable BIRD Engineering Co., Ltd.
CHINA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING BUDGET: EUR 2,122,828 (EU contribution 80%) have been set through an enhanced policy
AND BUILDING framework
• An institutional network of sustainable BIRD
SMEs (TMSustainable BIRD Initiative) to
promote (pilots, show cases) and support
sustainable BIRD has been established
• A showcase for an innovative market
transformation mechanism applied in China
has been created that is replicable in other
Asian countries

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Wei Bo
[email protected]
No.4, Zhichun Road, Beijing, 100088, China
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES LEAD PARTNER
The building, construction, and decoration The project sought to improve the health of China Standard Certification Center (CSC)
market in China is booming. Renovation and inhabitants of newly decorated and renovated
PARTNERS
decoration can cause severe health problems buildings and the employees of decoration
for both the workers of renovation/decoration companies, and a better environment, by reducing China Quality Mark Certification Group Co., Ltd (CQM)
companies (exposure to dust, solvents, etc.) and energy consumption and environmental impact
the inhabitants of the buildings living with indoor related to the building interior renovation and Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and
Production GGMBH
air pollution. Because of the substantial number decoration (BIRD) practices and production.
and types of materials used, the generation and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd,
inadequate disposal of waste, and hazardous Sweden
emissions, renovation and decoration can result Science and Technology Promotion Center of
in serious problems. The absence of product MoHURD (CSTC)
information, insufficient capacity, and limited
United Nations Environment Programme, Division
access to sustainable products, sustainable of Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE),
renovation and decoration services remain a France
challenge in China.

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OUTCOMES
• Established a permanent Sino-European

Energy-Efficient Training and Research Centre The training has inspired me to develop a more
that replicates, extends and scales up the systemic view on how our products relate to the
original pilot project whole energy consumption cycle. We can save
energy starting from the very initial stage of
Train the Trainers - Energy saving
• Expanded the range of services and target
groups as well as the geographical outreach of production.
the project
techniques and technologies • Promoted European building standards,
Le Haiqing
Sales Manager
certifications and best practices Shanghai ABM Rock Wool
CHINA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING • Provided policy input at regional, national,
BUDGET: EUR 2,979,198 (EU contribution 80%)
AND BUILDING supra-national levels certification
• Developed standards for processing green and
safe bamboo-shoot products

INFORMATION
CONTACT
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Dr. Zhang Yongming
The construction industry in China is known for The project aimed to improve energy efficiency [email protected]
building new structures quickly and cheaply. in the Greater Shanghai region, by constructing
Tongji University, Siping Road 1239,
The construction boom has led to low-energy more environmentally friendly buildings. It
Shanghai 200092, China
efficiency in many buildings, with poor quality empowered the Chinese construction sector to
construction materials and poor installation incorporate energy efficiency measures in the
LEAD PARTNER
techniques. Many investors still have the mind- design and construction of buildings. The project
set that good quality, efficient buildings are not shared European experience in energy efficiency, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
worth paying for. The Chinese construction sector building material standards and installation (EUCCC)
contributes substantially to the country’s CO2 techniques. The project addressed these issues
emissions. Construction itself as well as the daily through: PARTNERS
use of buildings, i.e. heating and cooling within
the residential sector, represent almost one-third • Providing training courses to Chinese Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL)
of China’s total energy consumption. Therefore, construction SMEs and government officials Tongji University
the building sector is an important link in the
• Promoting European building standards and
challenge of mitigating climate change in China.
best practice
• Contributing to the development of an enabling
policy environment
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OUTCOMES
• Providing capacity building and technical

support for MSMEs in the building supply chain In China, the building and construction sector
• Raising MSME users awareness about energy offers tremendous opportunities for the country
saving and enhancing the capacity of facility to pursue resource-efficient and low-carbon
development. For us, this means supporting
WESTERN CHINA SUSBUILD - Upscaling
managers with respect to energy management
in large commercial buildings an integrated multi-stakeholder approach by
an effective combination of capacity-building
and mainstreaming sustainable building • Developing concrete solutions to facilitate
the access to finance for MSMEs producing
facilitating SMEs’ access to finance, enhancing
business networks, and working with the
practices
building materials/components and for energy government on an enabling policy framework.
service MSMEs
• Supporting the development of policy Dr. Chun Xia-Bauer
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2016-12/2019 instruments fostering the uptake of sustainable Project Manager
CHINA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment
BUDGET: EUR 2,800,000 (EU contribution 80%) building practices
AND BUILDING and Energy
• Improving business networks fostering
sustainable buildings
• Disseminating key lessons learnt from
sustainable building practices to all of China
and at the regional level in Asia

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. Chun Xia-Bauer
[email protected]
Döppersberg 19, 42103 Wuppertal, Germany
www.susbuild.eu
LEAD PARTNER
The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and

Energy (WI)
PARTNERS
China’s unprecedented socio-economic growth The project aimed to scale up sustainable building Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
drives expansion in the building sector, which practices in less-developed parts of western China, (BUCEA)
has added about 2 billion m2 annually over the reducing climate and resource impacts of the
China Association of Building Energy Efficiency
past few decades. The building sector accounts building sector and contributing to sustainable (CABEE)
for about 30% of the final energy consumption socio-economic growth in China. It sought to
in China. The Chinese government issued its first foster sustainable building practices among Chongqing Association of Building Energy Efficiency
green building standard in 2006 with the goal of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (CQBEEA)
having 50% of new constructions comply with this (MSMEs) in Chongqing City and Yunnan province Chongqing Economic Promotional Centre for Building
standard by 2020. Only 10% of the construction with replication potential for western China. Material Industry (CEPCBM)
projects currently reach that standard, out of Yunnan Development Centre for Building Technology
which 90% are located in the developed part of (YNBTDC)
eastern China. In western parts of China, new
Yunnan Engineering Quality Supervision and
construction of green buildings is still in a pilot
Management Station (YEQSMS)
stage.

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OUTCOMES
• Developed a carbon footprint labelling

scheme which was based on international
standards, such as the ISO series of standards The long-term synergetic business partnerships
on environmental management, GHG protocol established during this project would not have
of the World Resources Institute and PAS 2050 occurred without the SWITCH-Asia programme.
guidelines on carbon footprinting, ensuring
SUBUMA - Environmental declaration global market acceptance Dr. Chen Sau Soon
Project Manager, SIRIM
scheme for construction and building
• 13 companies had met the requirements of the
audit process and received licenses to use the
SIRIM carbon footprint logo
materials • 10 product categories that have been
identified/labelled for the pilot programme,
MALAYSIA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING BUDGET: EUR 2,043,229.41 (EU contribution 80%)
namely wall coatings, sanitary ware, plumbing
AND BUILDING pipes, ceilings ceramic tiles, floor finishing,
wall panels, masonry units, structural steel,
architectural steel and architectural roofing,
providing impetus to other manufacturers to
improve their environmental performance

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. Chen Sau Soon
[email protected]
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES 1, Persiaran Dato’ Menteri,

40700 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Over the past two decades, Malaysia has The project aimed at developing guidelines,
undergone a rapid rate of infrastructure tools and the supporting mechanism for product LEAD PARTNER
development that has continued to the present footprinting and labelling that meet the needs of
day. This growth is still evident in the region the local and international market, and creating SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia
as demonstrated by a 4.1% expansion in the the recognition and preference for sustainable
construction industry. However, a new trend is products from SMEs in the Malaysian construction PARTNERS
likely to negatively affect this sector, because and building materials sector.
Building Materials Distributors Association of Malaysia
buyers now take into consideration information
(BMDAM)
on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) as important
for their procurement decisions. The majority of Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)
multinationals claim they would be prepared Malaysia Green Building Confederation (MGBC)
to source products from a different country if
this reduced carbon emissions. This represents The Carbon Trust, UK
both a real opportunity and a significant risk for
Malaysian construction and building materials
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

OUTCOMES
• Project research and development activities

designed cost-effective and eco-friendly
products and established a regulatory
framework based on related standards
• Three ash-based construction materials (AAC
Greener Construction Project blocs, aggregate blocs and dry mortar mixture)
were developed
• 100 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 3/2013-2/2017 in the construction industry now make and sell
MONGOLIA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING BUDGET: EUR 2,482,103 (EU contribution 80%) fly ash construction products
AND BUILDING
• 14 vocational training schools (TVET) have
signed a MoU with Caritas Czech Republic, and
176 teachers have received training. Currently,
5 schools have already started teaching ‘Green
construction practices’ courses
• Signed 26 MoUs with state agencies, the
labour departments of Erdenet, Darkhan
and Ulaanbaatar districts (9 districts), and
professional associations

INFORMATION
CONTACT
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Thibault Chapoy
The construction industry in Mongolia has The project sought to promote SCP patterns and [email protected]
expanded rapidly in recent years, but little behaviour in the Mongolian construction industry
Caritas Czech Republic
attention is being paid to environmental impact by mobilising the private sector along with relevant
or to energy-efficiency considerations. One of the public sector authorities to develop construction Sukhbaatar district, 8 Khoroo, Academic Sodnom
main materials used by the construction industry products using fly ash and through advocacy to street, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
in Mongolia is concrete. The substitution of the facilitate the use of green construction products
aggregates (natural materials) used in concrete and practices. LEAD PARTNER
with fly ash would improve the insulation capacity
of concrete, thus reducing energy use and Caritas Czech Republic (CCR)
reducing the use of natural resources.
PARTNERS
Caritas Mongolia (CM)

Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (MNCCI)
Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL)

OUTCOMES
• Prepared key stakeholders in the construction

sector to adopt sustainable construction
and demolition waste (CDW) management
practices
• Tested, verified, approved and prepared a CDW-
Recycling Building Materials - Improving based product for commercial production

• Raised awareness of the advantages of CDW-
resource efficiency and cleaner production based products among SMEs and state
administration bodies
in the construction sector • Created a more conducive legal framework to
enable sustainable CDW management
MONGOLIA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING BUDGET: EUR 1,562,500 (EU contribution 80%)
AND BUILDING
”
We tried to put the techniques and methods
of recycling and reusing of construction and
demolition waste into practice after our engineers
and employees participated in the project’s
training. For example, we demolished three
facilities of the General Customs Administration
and 85% of them were reused to build the Sports
facility of the Selenge province. We separated
wooden materials from around 38,000 tons of
construction and demolition waste and delivered
it to about 120 households for firewood usage.
We also provided more than 200 trucks of soil
from demolition waste to rehabilitate the broken
dam in Khentii province. There are many such SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
examples.
DMr. Lkhagvajav. M
Director of the construction and demolition
company Kharvaach Mergen LLC.
CONTACT
Jana Zikova
CHALLENGE the performance of SMEs in construction and [email protected]

demolition debris management is still poor.
The booming construction industry in Mongolia There are difficulties prevent SMEs from using LEAD PARTNER
has resulted in the production of massive good CDW management practices. In addition,
amounts of construction and demolition waste CDW recycling SMEs in Mongolia face a lack Czech Republic Development Cooperation
(CDW). It is estimated that this waste accounts of knowledge and the technical capability to
for 20-25% of all overall solid waste produced in deal with negative environmental problems. PARTNERS
Mongolia. CDW is thus one of the largest waste Furthermore, there are no specific regulations or
Caritas Czech Republic (CCR)
streams. In Ulaanbaatar (UB) and other cities, certifications for the proper demolition of an end-
construction waste is dumped illegally. A huge of-life (EoL) building, recycling or reuse of CDW. Mongolian National Recycling Association (MNRA)
part of the construction and demolition work Mongolian University of Science and Technology
is done by the contractors and subcontractors OBJECTIVES (MUST)
of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
TUD Delft University of Technology
Thus, SMEs are producing most of the CDW, To promote sustainable production and
and their current unsustainable approaches consumption in the construction sector, by
have resulted in a negative impact on human supporting SMEs to switch to more resource-
health and the environment. CDW management efficient practices.
represents a significant challenge because

OUTCOMES
• Trained small and medium-sized enterprises

(SMEs) on marketing of SWBI
• Facilitated funding for SWBI production start-
up and linking SMEs with financial institutions
• Developed minimum quality standards for
Sheep Wool for Building Material (SWBM) sheep wool suitable for insulation
• Train small-scale suppliers/pastoralists on
minimum quality standards
MONGOLIA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING • Linked producer SMEs with small-scale
BUDGET: EUR 891,412 (EU contribution 80%)
AND BUILDING suppliers/pastoralists
• Designed marketing strategies and training on
marketing of SWBI
• Conducted surveys on possible funding (green
financing) for the construction sector
• Prepared drafts of prototype designs,
containing technical condition description and
the basic design concept including necessary
construction details

INFORMATION
Quentin Moreau
The majority of Mongolian wool production (more The project sought to develop a sustainable supply
than 90%) is coarse wool. There is very little demand chain of SWBI as a green, environmentally friendly [email protected]
for coarse wool and it is sold almost without any innovative product improving resource efficiency,
value for the pastoralists. This type of wool is contributing to poverty reduction, economic Chinggis Khaan Bank 207, Darkhan City, Mongolia
used mainly for the production of carpets and development and reducing air pollution and
felt, which is used mainly for ger insulation. Thus greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. LEAD PARTNER
it is traditionally used as a construction material.
Technology for the production of sheep wool People in Need (PIN)
building insulation (SWBI) and its usage within the
construction industry exists in the Czech Republic PARTNERS
and in other European countries. Additional know-
how transfer to wool processing SMEs and to the Mongolian Nature and Environment Consortium
(MNEC)
Mongolian construction sector was one of the key
outcomes of the project. National Association of Mongolian Agricultural
Cooperatives (NAMAC)
SEVEn - Energy Efficiency Center, Czech Republic

OUTCOMES
• The project estimated that 1000 energy-

efficient houses would be retrofitted, saving
1600 mT of coal and avoiding the emission of
6000 TeqCO2
• Appropriate technical solutions and
Switch off Air Pollution - Energy efficiency recommendations for energy efficient dwellings
were defined and prepared for dissemination
advisory and financial intermediation for to construction professionals and households

• Construction sector capacity to sell and set-
sustainable housing up EE retrofit or building was strengthened
through gender sensitivity
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2018-2022 • Final households and SMEs wee pro-actively
MONGOLIA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING BUDGET: EUR 2.191.896,24 (EU contribution 80%) linked, through finance intermediation, to
AND BUILDING project relevant financing tools and subsidy
mechanisms
• Energy efficient and gender perspective
solutions and practices were disseminated with
the support of energy advisors, finance officers
and awareness raising actions
• Conditions for scale-up and replication of the
project package tool are in place, including
gender mainstreaming

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Eliane JARRY
Country Director and Project Manager, GERES
[email protected]
Davaajargal BATDORJ
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Deputy Project Coordinator, Geres
[email protected]
The Government of Mongolia declared air pollution This project sought to promote sustainable
in Ulaanbaatar a state emergency in early 2017, consumption patterns and behaviours in the www.dulaalga.mn
with renewed ambitions and openness to explore individual housing sector of Mongolia through
additional ways to tackle the issue. Despite many energy efficiency advisory and financial LEAD PARTNER
projects and actions conducted – including e.g. free intermediation. It aimed to reduce pollution in
electricity during night-time in ger areas and use Ulaanbaatar’s ger areas through improved energy GERES - Acting for Climate Solidarity
of electric heaters and recharge heat accumulators efficiency in housing, awareness-raising, technical
for day-time use – addressing the issue of thermal training and technological support to micro, small PARTNERS
efficiency of individual houses plays an important and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and
Building Energy Efficiency Center (BEEC)
role when developing sustainable solutions for households.
pollution challenges in Ulaanbaatar. Ger Community Mapping Center (GCMC)
Mongolian National Construction Association (MNCA)
People in Need (PIN)

The specific objectives include:
• Contributing to the uptake of less polluting and

more resource-efficient practices in housing in
Mongolia
• Improving air quality and reducing GHG
emissions in urban Mongolia through the scale-
Switch-off Air Pollution in Mongolia’s Cities up of conducive and inclusive access to finance
and to EE solutions in the individual housing
(SOAP) sector
WAY FORWARD
MONGOLIA SUSTAINABLE HOUSING BUDGET: EUR 2,874,937 (EU contribution 80%) • Though capacity-building, women and men
AND BUILDING of the ger areas will become actors of change
to tackle energy inefficiency in their houses,
neighbourhoods, and at the national level
• A large range of technical solutions is made
available to improve the energy efficiency of
most individual housing situations: retrofitting,
new house, or ger (felt tent)
• Households and micro, small and medium-
sized enterprises (MSMEs) have access to
appropriate financing options, in the form of
green loans and subsidies, to support their
transition to energy efficiency
• Craftsmen and women and MSMEs of the
construction sector are trained in energy- SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
efficient construction techniques, materials, INFORMATION
and equipment, thanks to newly established
MSME- focused and regional branches of the
dedicated national professional association,
Mongolian National Cooperative Alliance
(MNCA)
• A comprehensive methodological and technical CONTACT
package is tested and available for replication
in every city of Mongolia Eliane JARRY
• Ownership of the Project is handed over to Country Director and Project Manager, GERES
a public-private body as a vehicle achieving [email protected]
nationwide scale-up with demonstrable effects
on people’s environment, economy, and well- Davaajargal BATDORJ
CHALLENGE changes in construction, housing and household
energy management habits. being Deputy Project Coordinator, Geres
Rapidly urbanising, Mongolia has inherited the [email protected]
socialist inefficiencies and lack of awareness related OBJECTIVES
to energy production and consumption leading to www.dulaalga.mn
high costs, almost exclusive usage of fossil fuels, Promote the transition to a low-carbon housing LEAD PARTNER
poor efficiency and major air pollution and health sector in Mongolia’s cities, by working with
concerns in all urban areas. As a source and first consumers, households, companies, financiers, GERES - Acting for Climate Solidarity
victims of pollution, ger-district dwellers remain technicians and the public sector, leveraging
at the centre of the problem and the solution. finance and technical solutions, and increasing PARTNERS
Focusing on the building and construction sector, awareness. The project aims to diversify the
this project will address both energy efficient (EE) offer of EE solutions, strengthen all levels of Mongolia Green Finance Corporation (MGFC)
retrofitting of the existing stock of non-engineered EE value chains, expand geographically to Mongolian National Construction Association (MNCA)
individual houses in Mongolia and the construction province capitals, and fine-tune and spread a Mongolian National University of Science and
of new houses, following the current trend of in- replication mechanism for national handover and Technology
migration to cities. Involving women as agents implementation, including the qualification of
of change, for instance engaged in advocacy, options for further access to finance. Mongolian Women’s Fund (MONES)
as awareness raising actors, entrepreneurs and
technicians, will be key in achieving the desired

”
• Building capacity of local small and medium-
sized enterprises (SMEs) that manufacture ACs
• Changing consumer purchasing attitudes in
favour of more highly efficient ACs and the
ASEAN SHINE has paved the way for greater
electronics producing industry
cooperation in ASEAN in terms of harmonisation
of standards, contributing to the ASEAN
Economic Community, as well as in promoting
ASEAN SHINE OUTCOMES
energy efficiency. ASEAN SHINE has become
a public-private partnership under the United
• Harmonised standard for all ASEAN countries
for Efficiency Initiative managed by the UN
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2013-12/2016 • Establishment of a regional policy roadmap Environment Programme (UNEP) which
INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, AIR-CONDITION expanded its scope to lighting, refrigerators,
BUDGET: EUR 2,186,374 (EU Contribution: 80%)
PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, INDUSTRY • Direct scaling up to efficient lighting
electric motors and distribution transformers.
VIETNAM • Expanding to other household appliances With the strong support of ASEAN governments,
manufacturers and the international community,
• Creating country chapters
the project has become a platform to advance
• Conducting awareness campaigns sustainable energy in ASEAN. The SHINE model is
• Creating the right conditions now being duplicated in Latin America.
Kittisak Sukvivatn
Project Manager
International Copper Association South-East Asia
(Thailand)

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Kittisak Sukvivatn
[email protected]
United Business Centre II Building, 12th Floor, 591

Sukhumvit Road, Wattana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
www.aseanshine.org
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES LEAD PARTNER
Air conditioners (ACs) represent close to 50% The ASEAN SHINE project sought to phase out International Copper Association South-East Asia
of household electricity consumption in the energy inefficient ACs and increase the market (ICASEA)
Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). share of more highly efficient ACs within the
Currently, the market share of ACs with an energy ASEAN region. This led to a reduction in electricity PARTNERS
efficiency ratio (EER) at or above 3.2 (which is consumption and GHG emissions, as well as an
China’s EER for Minimum Energy Performance enhanced regional market integration through Electrical and Electronics Institute (EEI), Thailand
Standard/MEPS) is only around 25%. Assuming all harmonised standards. The specific project European Copper Institute, Belgium
ASEAN countries adopt a MEPS of 3.2, the electricity objectives included: Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers (IIEE),
consumption of the residential sector would be Philippines
reduced by 5373 GWh per annum, corresponding • Harmonising standards for testing methods
to a reduction of 2.7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions Research Center for Energy and Environment (RCEE),
• Developing a regional policy roadmap Vietnam
per annum.
• Developing national policy and regulatory SIRIM QAS International, Malaysia
roadmaps for an increase of minimum energy
UNEP – Division of Technology, Industry and
performance standards Economics (DTIE), Energy Branch
• Building capacity of testing laboratories

WASTE MANAGEMENT

• Develop a Food Waste Policy Proposal
to increase awareness on Sustainable
Consumption and Production (SCP) and distil
knowledge for wider replication, enhance policy
dialogues, and support strengthened policies
related to curbing food waste
• Support sustainable consumption and
consumer awareness on SCP by training MSMEs
Pride on our Plates - Strengthening to use a behaviour-centred design (BCD)

approach to food waste reduction, and widely
China’s MSMEs through food waste

disseminate the information to businesses and
consumers.
solutions and behavioural insights WAY FORWARD

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-202_
CHINA WASTE MANAGEMENT BUDGET: EUR 2,369,535.05 (EU contribution 75.96%)
Targeted MSMEs in China’s hospitality and food
services sector will be empowered to implement
solutions to reduce and better manage food waste,
and momentum will be created for replication in
the wider sector. The goal by 2024 is that at least:
• 350 MSME staff will be trained on food waste

prevention, reduction and diversion practices
• 100 MSMEs will be applying SCP practices
• 50 MSMEs in the hospitality and food services
sector will have reduced their food waste by
10% or more
• Industry associations in the wider hospitality
and food services sector will endorse the MSME
Food Waste Practical Guide, recommending
its use to their members and inspiring wider
replication SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
CONTACT
Xin Yu
CHALLENGE which make up 97% of China’s enterprises, fall
into a critical ‘gap’ because they are not often [email protected]
China has a population of 1.4 billion people; a the target audience for food waste reduction Miaomiao Lai
sufficient food supply and a well-designed waste resources or campaigns. This project aims to
management system are essential to building close that gap by empowering China’s MSMEs to [email protected]
a sustainable food consumption market in this respond to the food waste challenge. Simply put, wwf-opf.org.cn
vast country. If wealth continues to grow in reducing and better managing food waste is one
China, food waste is likely to increase, which is of the easiest and most effective ways to mitigate LEAD PARTNER
a trend seen in many developing countries. But the environmental impact of our food system and
sustainably feed our communities. One Planet Foundation (OPF)
there is a change on the horizon: food service
providers are beginning to understand the
PARTNERS
importance of combatting waste in order to OBJECTIVES
reduce business costs, protect the environment, Rare Germany
and meet increasing customer demand for more Catalyse the prevention, reduction, and diversion
sustainable operations. Chinese government has of food waste among MSMEs in China’s hospitality Wuhan Hezhong Agriculture Development Co., Ltd
been taking measures in recent years to improve sector. More specifically, the project aims to: (WHAD)
its waste management system nation-wide by
calling for ‘Zero-Waste City’ pilots. However, micro, • Promote the adoption of more resource-
small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), efficient processes and services among MSMEs,
including an actual reduction of food waste

wider community towards creating innovative WAY FORWARD
and competitive solutions for UB’s societal and
environmental problems, as tested by a pilot • Conducive conditions for the implementation
demonstration. of a sustainable system of collection of MSW
through urban planning
OBJECTIVES • Increased public awareness by encouraging
the sorting of household waste
3R4UB will initiate reduction and reuse of waste,
• Improved production process of MSMEs
3R4UB - The 3Rs for a sustainable use of in accordance with the provisions of EU Directive
2008/98/EC, a robust model of separate collection,
through the collection of materials selected at
source and access to a waste sorting plant
natural resources in Ulaanbaatar
managed by MSMEs and the City of UB, through
the Pilot Demonstration. It will build capacity • Income generation from the sale of recyclable
within line-ministries and sub-national agencies material as a result of the higher quality obtained
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2024 to promote SCP, through the involvement of the by the collection and sorting process as well as
MONGOLIA WASTE MANAGEMENT BUDGET: EUR 3,513,601.10 (EU contribution 80%) Mongolian Government Agency Fresh Water through greater cleanliness, homogeneity and
Resources and Nature Conservation Centre uniformity
(FWRNCC) and improve their expertise through
technical training, workshops and field visits. The
project will also facilitate interaction between
MSMEs and financial intermediaries to create the
necessary conditions for accessing finance for the
SCP investments, forming a working group and
financial framework for key stakeholders such as
the Mongolian Banking Association (MBA). It will
also assist collaboration among companies that
collect recyclable waste, sorting and treatment
plants, and industries that reuse waste as a second
raw material for profitable economic investments
to encourage a circular economy approach. An
analysis of the infrastructure needed to allow
sustainable management chains for municipal
solid waste (MSW) will be backed by an economic
analysis. More specifically, 3R4UB will:
• Promote the adoption of SCP practices among

Local Authorities (LAs), citizens and MSMEs,
notably in plan design, awareness campaigns SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
and a pilot project
• Build capacity of line ministries and sub-
national agencies to promote SCP, and improve
CHALLENGE their expertise through technical training,
workshops and field visits
CONTACT
The Government of Mongolia has undertaken a of sound waste management strategies. • Facilitate interaction between MSMEs and
number of initiatives related to waste and the 3Rs financial intermediaries to create the necessary Marina Rigillo
(reduce, reuse, recycle) at different levels, which The 3R4UB project supports micro, small conditions for accessing finance for SCP Scientific Manager
have already been or are being implemented. and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in investments
However, some of these initiatives have not adopting and financing SCP practices from [email protected]
suitably addressed waste management problems, initial demonstration through to the practical • Change consumer habits, directed primarily at
and no overall coordinating system exists for replication of sustainable urban landscapes and younger generations and future social actors LEAD PARTNER
waste management in the country. As a result, waste management. The project is mobilizing the • Forge strong links between companies that
solid wastes continue to be dumped regardless private sector, financial intermediaries, producers CNR IRISS
collect recyclable waste, sorting and treatment
of location and without any systematic sanitary and consumer organisations and social groups to plants, and industries that reuse waste as a
treatment. For example, there is no regular waste work in harmony with the Urban Landscape and second raw material PARTNERS
collection and disposal schedule, no disposal Waste Management Department of the Mayor’s
Metellia Servizi srl
options except for landfills in Ulaanbaatar (UB) and office in the City of UB. The project will also be
other aimags, and no special facilities for disposal disseminating design tools and an integrated Municipality of Ulaanbaatar
of hazardous waste. These issues are causing a design approach on SCP and Circular Economy The Freshwater Resource And Nature Conservation
negative impact on both the environment and for UB and all stakeholders (government, MSMEs, Centre (FWRNCC)
public health in the country. Furthermore, the lack citizens, civil society). It will follow an innovative
of consolidated and comprehensive data on waste design for a Smarter Consumption Plan through
generation and its management is leading to a knowledge-sharing and co-design approaches
gap in future planning and the implementation involving a wide range of stakeholders and the

TOURISM

• Making green financing more accessible to
MSMEs
OUTCOMES
• Improved sustainability and resource efficiency

in 50 MSMEs within the tourist accommodation
sector in Kazakhstan
SUSTOUKA - Implementation of SCP • Promoted green commercialisation and

consumption by implementing Travelife
practices and sustainability schemes in the sustainability certification system in the MSMEs
of the tourism sector (accommodations and
MSMEs of the Tourism sector in Kazakhstan tour operators) in Kazakhstan

• Increased awareness of and commitment to
SCP practices and sustainable tourism benefits
KAZAKHSTAN TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 1,545,547 (EU contribution 80%)
among government institutions and financing
bodies
• Created a panel of experts on SCP practices,
sustainability schemes and marketing
strategies to foster the continuation of these
practices once the project is finished

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Juan Antonio Gascón

[email protected]
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Ainara Tellaetxe
The main needs and constraints that the tourism The project seeks to enhance the sustainability and [email protected]
sector in Kazakhstan is facing right now are competitiveness of the tourism sector through Ribera de Axpe ,11 – Edif D1 Dpto. 208, 48950 – Erandio,
numerous. They include the absence of high- support to micro, small and medium-sized Bizkaia (Spain)
quality and sustainability standards, poorly enterprises (MSMEs) and by developing green
planned facilities, climate change with devastating business approaches and access to green finance. LEAD PARTNER
consequences on Kazakhstani natural resources, It aims to contribute to resource efficiency in the
Ekotek Ingeniería Y Consultoría Medioambiental SL
inadequate skilled human resources to manage tourism accommodation sector and supports
the sector, among others. The government budget the implementation of sustainability certification PARTNERS
for this sector is still low, and opportunities for systems. The specific objectives include:
interaction with the private sector are scarce. There Kazakh Association of Hotels and Restaurants in the
is limited understanding of the tourism industry • Better equipping MSMEs to seize opportunities form alliance of body corporates
by financial institutions, as well as insufficient for green business development
Stichting European Centre for Eco and Agro Tourism -
destination marketing and promotion. If these • Promoting green consumption and better Nederland
challenges are not immediately addressed, the informed public and private consumers
development and growth of the sector could Ule Kazakhstan Tourist Association
result in the endangerment of natural resources • Advocating for clearer and more efficient
of the country, one of its main tourist attractions. sustainable consumption and production (SCP)
policies

It also seeks to promote the sharing of EU best OUTCOMES
practices such as legislative frameworks and
regulations, while applying needed information • 380 tourism MSMEs trained in the use of
and communication technology (ICT) and tools and SCP methodologies and standards
marketing tools. (Global Sustainable Tourism Council criteria,
Travelife and relevant standards, and green
The specific objectives include: procurement)
MOST - A Model for Sustainable • Supporting tourism companies mainly

in Uzbekistan, but also in Tajikistan and
• 440 tourism MSMEs in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
and Kazakhstan equipped with the appropriate
Kazakhstan to adopt sustainable consumption ICT tools and knowledge for adoption of SCP
Tourism in Central Asia and production (SCP) practices by providing
appropriate knowledge and ICT tools
practices
• At least 50 tourism MSMEs trained in marketing
• Supporting regional and local authorities to tools
KAZAKHSTAN, TAJIKISTAN, TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 2,009,909 (EU contribution 80%)
plan and implement policies that assist the
• Dialogue strengthened between state actors
UZBEKISTAN development of sustainable tourism
and the business sector for sustainable tourism
• Raising awareness regarding sustainable
• Recommendations formulated for the adoption
tourism and consumer awareness about
of sustainable tourism in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
sustainable consumption
and Kazakhstan
• Strengthening the dialogue between
• Local and regional authorities supported in
authorities, small and medium-sized enterprises
policy planning and linking to investment and
(SMEs) and end-users for further promoting
other support instruments
responsible consumption and production
• Increased knowledge of and awareness about
the sustainable usage of water and energy
• Access to finance facilitated for MSMEs
• Role of local and regional authorities in
sustainable tourism strengthened
• SCP practices adopted in the tourism sector
CONTACT
Gian Andrea Paolo Garancini

[email protected]
mostcentral-asia.eu/partnership
CHALLENGE respecting communities and protecting cultural LEAD PARTNER

and heritage sites from risks of overcrowding
The former Soviet Asian States have considerable and from damage caused by natural disasters. Heraklion Development Agency
opportunities to become major tourist Destinations that are becoming increasingly
destinations because of their unique cultural, popular today, as is the case in Central Asia, have PARTNERS
historical, archaeological, and natural attractions. the opportunity to sustainably develop their
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan have tourism sectors and become role models for other Applied Industrial Technologies (APINTECH)
strategically utilised tourism for driving economic countries around the world. Association of Private Tourism Agencies of Uzbekistan
growth. However, the sector faces various (APTA)
problems and challenges. The most important OBJECTIVES Eurasian Tourism Association (ETA)
are the lack of supply chain and logistics facilities,
underdeveloped infrastructure and low-standard The project aims to promote sustainable tourism European Profiles S.A.
services for tourists. In some of the countries, the in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan through Latvian Country Tourism Association “Lauku celotajs”
visa regime and high prices are also inhibitory implementation of ISO standards related to (LCTA)
factors. Given that the tourism sector in these green procurement and eco-labelling and the SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT Tajik Association for Promotion of Tourism
countries is still underdeveloped but with very development of Guidelines on sustainable INFORMATION Development (TATO)
high potential, setting up a sustainable tourism consumption, including usage of water, energy
model is very crucial. Sustainable tourism has the and recyclable waste.
potential to support growing local economies, by

(MSMEs). The specific objectives include:
• Improved capacity of travel associations to

provide CSR advisory services
• Integrated SCP practices, green services and
products within tour operators supply chain
• Support for 20+ MSMEs to access green finance
GREEN TOUR - Replicating tourism industry • Integrated SCP principles in Kyrgyz and Central
Asian policies
sustainability best practices into the Kyrgyzstan
and wider Central Asian tourism supply chain WAY FORWARD
through an integrated business led approach • Kyrgyzstan tour operators and supply chain
integrate SCP practices
• Green financing scheme created to support
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2024 more than 20 MSMEs
KYRGYZSTAN TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 1,687,839 (EU contribution 80%)
• Increased number of green services and
products enter the supply chain
• SCP mainstreamed in Kyrgyz and Central Asian
policies

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Nargiza Kudaiberdieva
[email protected]
Helvetas Intercooperation gGmbH
CHALLENGE indicating the growing awareness of the need to 65, 7-Liniya str., Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
switch to tourism models that will have a lower
LEAD PARTNER
The tourism sector in Kyrgyzstan faces numerous negative impact on the environment, natural
challenges, including the lack of supply chain and resources and local communities’ livelihoods. Helvetas Intercooperation gGmbH
logistics facilities, poorly developed infrastructures,
and low-standard services for tourists, among OBJECTIVES PARTNERS
others. GREENTOUR responds to the objectives of
the Kyrgyz government to advance a greener and The project seeks to integrate green services Kyrgyz Association of Tour Operators (KATO)
more sustainable tourism in Kyrgyzstan, involving and products in the tourism supply chain, and to Kyrgyz Community Based Tourism Association
communities and diversifying tourism products develop waste management approach for hotels, “Hospitality Kyrgyzstan” (KCBTA)
in order to attract new target groups and clients. restaurants and destinations, in particular for food
Stichting European Centre for Eco and Agro Tourism -
While the term ‘sustainable tourism’ is still not waste and plastics reduction standards. It also aims
Nederland
widely known and used in the region, terms to Foster the creation of new financial schemes
such as ‘nature tourism’, ‘responsible tourism’, and to promote access to finance instruments
and ‘green tourism’ are increasingly being used, for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises

sites, compounded by the wasteful practices of
tourism businesses, will threaten the country’s
opportunities to secure an ever-steady influx of
nature-loving visitors.
OBJECTIVES
PERETO seeks to foster the adoption of SCP and

PERETO - Promotion of energy security and energy and resource-efficiency measures through
the introduction of various tools and training
sustainable growth through increased energy while promoting the adoption of voluntary
green certification; to develop an online Self-
and resource efficiency in tourism SMEs in Assessment Tool for micro, small and medium-
sized enterprises (MSMEs); to promote access to
Kyrgyzstan green finance for MSMEs in the tourism sector
in order for them to adopt SCP and resource-
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2024 efficiency measures; and all the while creating
KYRGYZSTAN TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 2,832,155 (EU contribution 80%)
an appropriate enabling environment for related
policies.
• Raising the awareness of consumers and

SMEs in the tourism sector about SCP and
Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE)
practices
• Build capacity and technical readiness of
tourism SMEs to adopt SCP and ERE measures
• Develop new green financing products tailored
to the needs of SMEs in the tourism sector
• Facilitate and advance the national policy
dialogue and policy formulation on SCP and
ERE implementation
• Promote industry commitments geared
towards achieving the country’s Green SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
Economy goals by facilitating the development INFORMATION
of voluntary ERE certification targeted at
tourism MSMEs
WAY FORWARD
• Increased awareness of the importance of SCP CONTACT

practices and ERE measures
Maksat Damir uulu
• Increased local capacity among tourism SMEs
[email protected]
to implement SCP and ERE
CHALLENGE c/o American University of Central Asia
• Increased access to green finance for tourism
SMEs to adopt SCP/ERE measures 7/6 Aaly Tokombaev Street, Room 235,
In an attempt to shift the development of the (SCP) and, combined with limited enforcement, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic 720060
tourism sector to a more sustainable path, the encourages wasteful practices. In the regional • Increased awareness among company
Kyrgyz Government has decided to include tourism context, despite its small size, Kyrgyzstan is executives, consumers (travellers, citizens), local LEAD PARTNER
as a priority sector in the National Programme for only second to Kazakhstan in attracting foreign media, and educational institutions about the
the Development of the Green Economy 2019– visitors (6.95 million in 2018). The country has importance of SCP and ERE American University of Central Asia (AUCA)
2023. This programme recognises the importance several specific assets that make it a preferred
of tourism and includes environmental protection destination, compared with its larger neighbours. • An improved policy enabling environment that PARTNERS
as a principal strategic direction. For businesses Nevertheless, pollution is an emerging concern favours the inclusion of SCP and ERE in national
in the tourism sector, these general policies and, with growing numbers of tourists expected policy formulation and implementation Civic Foundation UNISON
are unlikely to effect changes in their energy to visit the country, the problem is likely to Technopolis Consulting Group Belgium
and resource use practices. The root cause for become even more substantial. According to The Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption
this is the often inconsistent and incoherent a recent survey, 25% of tourism companies and Production (CSCP)
environmental legislation, which lacks provisions perceive the tourist sites where they operate as
for sustainable consumption and production polluted. Unless addressed, pollution at tourism

seeks to develop a ‘Green hostels’ model through
implementation of SCP practices such as local
eco-standards, eco-certification schemes, a
value-chain approach and resource efficiency.
• Promoting the adoption of SCP practices by

MSMEs in the community-based tourism (CBT)
SET - Promoting energy efficiency and sector through linkage with producers in the
EE/RE sectors, as well as financial intermediaries
renewable energy production in the • Enhancing policy dialogue among actors in the
community-based tourism sector in Central

sector to create a more enabling environment
for EE/RE development
Asia • Promoting sustainable CBT initiatives at the

national, regional and international levels and
increasing consumer awareness of sustainable
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2023 tourism in Central Asia
KYRGYZSTAN, TAJIKISTAN, TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 2,699,863 (EU contribution 80%)
UZBEKISTAN
OUTCOMES
• SCP practices and behaviours adopted by EE/

RE producers and CBT consumers SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
• Policy dialogue was enhanced among actors in
the EE/RE sector
• Sustainable CBT initiatives were promoted and
consumer awareness was increased
CONTACT
Darragh Anthony Fingleton

Country Director
ACTED
[email protected]
LEAD PARTNER
ACTED
PARTNERS
Association of Microfinance Institutions (AMFI) in

Kyrgyzstan
Association of Microfinance Organizations of Tajikistan
(AMFOT)
BizExpert
CHALLENGE energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy Mascontour GmbH
(RE) sector, rapid tourism development seriously
Countries in Central Asia are among the most threatens to further increase greenhouse gas Tajik Norwegian Centre on Sustainable Development
emissions and the carbon footprint, and further (TajNor)
vulnerable globally to the effects of climate
change, while also being among the least resilient. degrade the natural environment in Central Asia. The Association of Private Tourism Agencies of
The overuse of natural resources exacerbates Uzbekistan (APTA)
the risk of natural disasters, conflicts, and rural OBJECTIVES Uzbekistan National Association of Microfinance
poverty. Meanwhile, a United Nations World Institutions (NAMI)
Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) study found The project promotes the transition of Kyrgyzstan,
that greenhouse gas emissions from tourism Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to a low-carbon
already contributed 5% of global emissions, with economy by adapting and introducing new
transport generating 75%. In the absence of resource and energy efficiency solutions from
either real awareness of sustainable consumption technology providers, and facilitating access
and production (SCP) practices or an enabling to green finance to scale up new technologies
environment for the development of a strong and SCP solutions in the tourism sector. It also

OBJECTIVES
• Focus on mitigating the imbalance between

the tourist hotspots and the marginalised rural
districts, by supporting the producers of agro-
products and handicrafts as well as homestays
to make use of their unique environmental,
cultural and ethnic properties and stories to
SHINE - Sustainable Hospitality Industry

create added values for the visitors, who seek
authentic experiences in Bhutan.
Inclusive of Native Entrepreneurs • Provide the beneficiary groups with technical

assistance and support for innovation: better
design, higher quality, appropriate technology,
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2024 energy efficiency, eco-friendly materials,
BHUTAN TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 2,075,965 (EU contribution 90%) rediscovery of traditional knowledge and skills,
plans for waste management, etc. Tourism
products and services will be diversified and
quality will improve.
• Facilitate direct supply of food products and
souvenirs from the east to the west, in order
to increase and sustain the resilience of the
tourism industry.
• Develop inclusive and sustainable tourism
models especially in the marginalised eastern/
southern part of Bhutan, by engaging native
self-help groups in the supply chain of goods
and services for the growing tourism industry
in the west and by showcasing regional- and
community-based ecological tourism models.
Thereby the project contributes to a low-carbon,
resource-efficient and circular economy, and to
generating income opportunities for the rural
communities and MSMEs.
INFORMATION
WAY FORWARD
• Rural tourism products become diversified and

visitors to the rural areas of Bhutan increase
• Uptake of local food products and indigenous
CONTACT
handicrafts in the tourism sector increases
• Production volume and quality of food and Dr. Robert WIMMER
CHALLENGE
handicrafts improves through efficient [email protected]
Bhutan has a thriving tourism industry with a leave their homes to find jobs in Thimphu, resource management, better processing and
Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, 1040 Vienna AUSTRIA
significant increase in visitors. The tourism sector Paro and Phuentsholing, resulting in a labour appropriate technology (AT) solutions
www.grat.at/projects/shine-sustainable-hospitality-
is one of the largest employers and the second shortage in the hinterland, and many of these • 20 new products are developed that meet the industry-inclusive-of-native-entrepreneurs-2
highest revenue contributor in the country. workers suffer from social dislocation and a lack market demand (handicraft, food products,
However, tourism activities and income are of belongingness. The livelihood of people in homestays, tourism packages) LEAD PARTNER
largely concentrated in the three most popular rural areas is dependent mostly on subsistence
destinations in the west. Thimphu, Paro and agriculture, and irresponsible harvesting of timber • A model village is established as a learning Center for Appropriate Technology (GrAT)
Punakha received more than 75% of the total and non-wood forest products is one of the causes centre for SCP practices
PARTNERS
visits, while the six eastern provinces – Lhuentse, of overexploitation of natural resources. These • Replication of best practices through finance
Monggar, Pemagatshel, Samdrup Jongkhar, informal groups/producers need to be brought programs and policy dialogue, ensuring Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs
Trashigang and Trashi Yangtse – altogether into the tourism value chain, and micro, small and sustainability of the results (BAOWE)
received fewer than 4% of all tourists in 2018. While medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) need support
Handicraft Association of Bhutan (HAB)
tourist hotspots are becoming overcrowded and to enhance their production capacity and service
attaining capacity limits, rural districts barely quality. The substantial potential for tourism in STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society
benefit from any tourism income. The tourism the eastern and southern regions – exceptional (STENUM Asia)
industry relies heavily on imported resources to landscapes, unique natural assets, rich cultural
meet overwhelming guest demands, whereas heritage and a diversity of ethnic minorities – has
poverty in rural areas remains almost 10 times yet to be explored.
higher compared to urban areas. Young workers

practices. The project forges partnerships with EU
and Asia travel associations and tour operators.
It also supports the development of a supportive
policy environment and the integration the
developed standards into Bhutan and South
Asian policies. Further, the project promotes child
rights, gender awareness and waste management
(e.g. plastics) among tourism MSMEs and local
SUSTOUR Bhutan - Replicating EU communities.
tourism industry SCP best practices into a OBJECTIVES
Bhutanese sustainable tourism model The project promotes sustainable destination

management using a business-led approach,
working closely with tourism MSMEs, consumers
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2023 and host communities as well as policy
BHUTAN TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 1,302,895 (EU contribution 90%) stakeholders and enablers. More specifically:
• It supports the capacity of Bhutan travel

associations to provide relevant and effective
services
• Bhutan-specific standards, tools, trainings
and local SCP support capacity are built so
that stakeholders can engage with producers,
retailers and consumers
• Bhutan tour operators are enabled to work with
their suppliers in a proven sustainable supply
chain approach
WAY FORWARD
• Higher capacity of Bhutan travel associations

to provide relevant and effective services for
improved SCP practices
• Bhutan tour operators committed and able to SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
work with their suppliers in a proven sustainable INFORMATION
supply chain approach
• Suppliers of tour operators are trained and
supported to implement and comply to relevant
standards
• Strengthening linkages with other sectors, CONTACT
following a (pilot) destination approach in three
regions Tek Bahadur
CHALLENGE [email protected]
• Establishing an enabling financial environment
by creating a Green Financing Scheme P.Box No. 938, Thimphu: Bhutan
The tourism sector is a priority in Bhutan’s 12th sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism sector
Five Year Plan (2018–2023). A sustainable tourism are targeted, covering several Bhutanese • Integrating sustainable consumption practices LEAD PARTNER
sector is strongly dependent on the behaviour sustainable consumption and production (SCP) of proven sustainable suppliers and tour
and operations of local actors in the destinations priorities, including energy efficiency and waste operators into the South Asia-EU value chain Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO),
visited as well as those of tour operators from management. The project works at all levels of the in close partnership with EU travel associations Bhutan
visitors’ countries. Products and services from value chain with the Bhutanese tour operators as and tour operators
sectors such as transport, agri-food processing, the central actors, who will be the prime focus PARTNERS
• Supporting the development of a supportive
energy, waste management and trade need to of capacity-building and implementation. This is
policy environment and integration the Allianz Selbständiger Reiseunternehmen (ASR)
be available for the tourism sector to function in line with the Bhutanese policy that all dollar-
developed standards into Bhutan and South
sustainably. paying visitors have to be routed through local European Centre for Eco and Agro Tourism (ECEAT)
Asian policies and sharing experiences with
tour operators. More than 500 suppliers of tour Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan (HRAB)
This project is set up in three pilot destinations other South Asian countries
operators are trained and supported to implement
in partnership with local tourism development
and comply with relevant standards. A pilot
committees to green the local suppliers and to
destination approach allows for an optimization
foster sustainable destination management.
and replication approach. A Green Financing
A wide range of micro, small and medium-
Scheme supports businesses taking up these
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OUTCOMES
• Environmental impact statement (EIS) database

created after a comprehensive environmental
baseline survey covering 160 tour operators, 221 Persuading stakeholders to invest for a greener
guides, 134 hotels, 41 restaurants, 45 shops, 4 future was difficult; nevertheless, crucial steps to
campsites and eco-lodges surveyed covering facilitate green initiatives and promote SCP in
the tourism industry have been taken and are
Sustainable Tourism in Bhutan
major tourist regions of the country
showing results.
• Sector reports to facilitate strategic decision
making and planning now can be generated Sonam Dorji
using the EIS; a carbon calculator specific and Project Director
BHUTAN TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 1,205,654.60 (EU contribution: 90%)
relevant to Bhutan was developed to measure Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators
carbon footprint for tourism products and
individuals
• More than 30 Champion members were
identified as drivers of change, where
companies received special training and one-
on-one technical support
• All sectors and entities wishing to acquire a
carbon label and support must calculate the
carbon footprint of their products and services
using the carbon calculator. The entities
acquiring carbon labels will be included in the
Low Carbon products and services, receiving
promotional benefits and low carbon branding
• 20 low carbon products and services were
developed and launched at a major international
tourism fair (ITB); after an initial conservative
survey of only just 3 of the 20 products, sales
had already surpassed the project target of
5000 units to be sold by end of the project

INFORMATION
CHALLENGE and the absence of benchmarks are identified

barriers that discourage behaviour change and CONTACT
The tourism industry in Bhutan is the country’s responsible tourism.
second largest revenue earner and the highest Sonam Dorji
foreign exchange earner. The sustainability OBJECTIVES
of this sector, however, depends on broader [email protected]
expansion and responsible business practices. In The project sought to contribute to economic
Post Box 938, Doebum Lam, Thimphu – 11001 Bhutan
a bid to maximise profits, tourism beneficiaries prosperity, poverty reduction and climate
have increased their consumption, thus change mitigation in Bhutan by promoting PARTNERS
intensifying the negative impact from tourism. sustainable tourism development through
It is crucial to infuse responsible practices and the encouragement of sustainable production Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO),
low carbon tourism products to sustain the and consumption (SCP) practices across the Bhutan
benefits of tourism. This requires partnership tourism value chain of Bhutan coupled with the Guide Association of Bhutan (GAB)
and cooperation within the tourism industry development of sustainable livelihoods.
as well as between the industry, government, Hotel Association of Bhutan (HAB)
tourists and local people. The main hurdle is a Megaskills Research Company Limited (MGS), UK
lack of awareness of the overall consequences
resulting from the tourism sector and the
behavioural changes required to stimulate
responsible practices. The lack of crucial data,
tools and knowledge about green practices

OUTCOMES
• Heritage Settlement Recovery Plan of

Bungamati
• Private building reconstruction
• Public building infrastructure development
PARYA Sampada - Sustainable tourism • Enhancement of Bungamati Museum

• Heritage recovery plan for 10 other settlements
and green growth for heritage • Capacity enhancement for local technicians in
traditional brick masonry structure
settlements of Kathmandu Valley • Capacity-building of stakeholders on Green
Growth and Tourism in Heritage Settlements
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2018-11/2022 • Entrepreneur development of local youth and
NEPAL TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 2,181,560 (EU contribution 80%) women
CONTACT
Pragya Pradhan
[email protected]
Jhamsikhel Marg, Patan 44700, Nepal

LEAD PARTNER
Kathmandu Valley has been experiencing The overall objective of this project sought to
unprecedented urban growth in the past several promote Sustainable Tourism and Green Growth The United Nations Human Settlements Programme
(UN Habitat)
decades. This has greatly threatened traditional in Heritage Settlements of Kathmandu Valley.
settlements. The devastating earthquake of 2015 More specifically, the project aimed to promote PARTNERS
caused further extensive damage. This project sustainable consumption and production (SCP)
was designed to revitalise the settlements in the with heritage tourism sector stakeholders through Business Association of Home-based workers Nepal,
Kathmandu Valley, more specifically those of demonstration in the Bungamati level, and policy Nepal (SAARC)
Bungamati and Pilachhen in Lalitpur Metropolitan advice, dialogue and advocacy at the Kathmandu
Centre for Integrated Urban Development, Nepal
City, through heritage conservation, green growth Valley level. In Bungamati and Pilachhen, it also
and creating livelihood opportunities through the aimed to develop and implement tools for green Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
tourism industry. growth with a focus on sustainable rebuilding, (IHS), The Netherlands
entrepreneurship among women and youth, Lumanti Support Group For Shelter, Nepal
small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
engagement and investment, product innovation SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
and sector campaigns.

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OUTCOMES
• The project has been promoted among target

groups, stakeholders and selected SMEs
After the project team visited our hotel we were
• Baseline surveys and baseline setting carried
able to implement ‘greener’ measures across 80%
out
of our operations. The project gave us many ideas
• Advisory services, support and training for to apply to our operations and is helping us make
Greening Sri Lankan Hotels hotels in natural resource management
and implementation of resource efficiency
changes without reducing the quality of our
services. I have already seen some behavioural
measures were delivered and attitude changes among our staff.
SRI LANKA TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 1,829,828 (EU contribution: 80%)
• Resource Management Circles, monitoring the
progress and dissemination of success stories Marius Perera
were set up General Manager
Sigiriya Village PLC Sigiriya
• Suppliers for hotels and customers have been
engaged to improve the enabling environment
• Recognition awards, a local sustainable tourism
forum and participation in international
sustainable tourism forums were organised
• The greening of Sri Lanka hotels has been
promoted in international markets

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Exporting cars to international markets requires The project sought to enhance the environmental
the industry to also adopt international standards. performance of Sri Lankan hotels and to increase Aruni Heenkenda
In Sri Lanka, the hospitality sector ranks as one of their market acceptance by promoting them
the most energy-intensive activities and has a high as low carbon-footprint green hotels and by [email protected]
energy cost. Similarly, the use of water and other improving energy, water and waste management
No. 48 Nawam Mawatha, Colombo – 02, Sri Lanka
natural resources and the generation of waste, systems and reducing operation costs.
are all high. Becoming resource-efficient, while
LEAD PARTNER
meeting the diverse requirements of customers,
is a challenging task for hotels, resorts and tour Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC ), Sri Lanka
operators.
PARTNERS
Institute of Environmental Professionals of Sri Lanka

Responsible Tourism Partnership of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority
The Travel Foundation, UK

OUTCOMES
• Conducting awareness workshops to promote

the biogas technology
• Providing capacity-building to SMEs in the
construction and manufacturing sectors
• Designing and developing accreditation
Sri Lankan Renewable Energy schemes for masons and designers of biogas
units
• Developing quality assurance and after-sale
SRI LANKA TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 831,931.42 (EU contribution: 80%)
services for biogas unit maintenance
• Facilitating access to micro-finance institutions
(MFIs) and ‘green’ finance for SMEs
• Linking MFIs with SMEs to broaden and
facilitate investment possibilities
• Strengthening the institutional framework by
establishing an umbrella institution, the Sri
Lanka National Biogas Program (SLNBP)

INFORMATION
CONTACT
The Sri Lankan tourism industry is booming, The project aimed to create an enabling
with the number of tourists increasing every environment for a largescale dissemination of Hugo Agostinho
year. Hotel and restaurant facilities need to deal biogas technology for SMEs in tourism industry
with increasing amounts of waste and growing and households. To achieve it, the project targeted [email protected]
energy costs. Biogas production is a sustainable the demand side as well as the supply side by
05 Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka
win-win solution to manage their waste while mobilising the manufacture and construction
contributing to their energy needs and reducing private sector, micro-finance institutions (MFIs), LEAD PARTNER
energy costs. However, development of biogas the tourism industry and society as a whole.
technology requires strong technical capacity People in Need (PIN)
among constructors of biogas units. The lack
of after-sale service and maintenance for PARTNERS
biogas units as well as the lack of appropriate
entrepreneurial capacities among small and Janathakshan, Sri Lanka
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has hampered
the sustainability of past projects.

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OUTCOMES
• Building the capacity of business membership

organisations (BMOs), entrepreneurs and
employees in the tourism sector and relevant Our project engaged an astonishingly diverse
government officials to develop sustainable set of public and private stakeholders, ensuring
tourism products that all aspects of sustainability were considered.
Only such a detailed and holistic approach will
Luang Prabang Handle With Care - • Strengthening communication concerning
sustainable tourism between tourism
ensure Luang Prabang becoming a responsible,
sustainable and, most of all, a resilient destination.
stakeholders through public-private dialogue
Sustainable destination development • Developing and offering new sustainable Dr. Andreas Hofmann
tourism products adhering to the practices GIZ Team Leader,
of sustainable consumption and production Luang Prabang Handle with Care
LAO PDR TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 1,800,000 (EU contribution 90%)
(SCP) with the inclusion of local communities,
retailers and craft producers
• Adapting the ASEAN sustainable tourism
standards, harmonising them with the national
framework, and preparing certification
schemes
• Raising awareness on the benefits and
acceptance of adapting to sustainable tourism,
and promoting sustainable Lao tourism

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. Hartmut Janus

[email protected]
Tourism is an important growth sector in Laos, The project sought to cultivate sustainable Lao-German Development Cooperation P.O. Box 10838
contributing significantly to the country’s gross tourism products in a fragile destination. Vientiane, Lao PDR
domestic product (GDP), about 7–9% of GDP, and It targeted the increased provision and
LEAD PARTNER
generating employment as well. Unsustainable consumption of sustainable tourism products
tourism causes deterioration of the environmental, to preserve the destination with regard to 1) the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
social, and cultural heritage of Laos. In particular, guarantee of private sector uptake and benefit, Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Luang Prabang as a world heritage site is in danger 2) responsible utilisation of natural resources, and
and needs more sustainable tourism. 3) protection of cultural heritage, minorities and PARTNERS
inclusive economic participation.
Luang Prabang Hotel & Restaurant Association (LHRA)
Luang Prabang Travel Agent Association (LUTA)
sequa gGmbH

small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and • Options for access to finance for sustainable
sharing the data among tourists and international MSMEs have been identified and promoted to
travel agents. This will ultimately reward tourism tourism MSMEs
SMEs and supplier MSMEs adapting sustainable
• Tourism readiness for Communities is promoted
practices with a competitive advantage resulting in
through improved awareness of benefits, costs
increased income and employment opportunities.
and their responsibilities for sustainable tourism
With the Lao national Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (LNCCI) as local partner, the project • Sustainable tourism in Laos, and Laos as a Green
SUSTOUR Laos - Promoting sustainable attempts to create an enabling policy environment

and dialogue through sustainable local structures
Destination, is promoted among international
travel businesses (international and online
travel agents)
tourism
supporting SCP practices in the tourism sector.
SUSTOUR Laos builds on the SWITCH-Asia Luang • Sustainable tourism in Laos, and Laos as a
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2024 Prabang Handle with Care project implemented Green Destination, is promoted among Free
LAO PDR TOURISM by GIZ through scaling-up relevant SCP practices. and Independent (FIT) travellers
BUDGET: EUR 2,223,857 (EU contribution 90%)
The project will collaborate with the Greater
• Government institutions, iNGOs and
Mekong Subregion Tourism Infra structure for
international companies in Laos support
Inclusive Growth Project by utilising the National
sustainable SMEs for their business travel
Destination Management Network to enhance
policy dialogue on SCP in the tourism sector. • SCP in the tourism sector is promoted in the
Linkages will also be built with the Brand Lao-For Destination Management Network
Better Livelihoods project, implemented by LNCCI. • The SUSTOUR Laos approach and Travelife
certification has been promoted on a regional
OBJECTIVES level bridging towards replication in other
South-East Asian countries
Contribute to the Laos National Green Growth
Strategy, 8th Five-Year National Socio-Economic
Development Plan, and the National Tourism
Strategy by promoting SCP through sustainable
supply chain development in the Laos tourism
sector. Specifically the project objectives are the
following:
• The Lao tourism supply chain is more

sustainable, having adopted and replicated
Travelife-certified SCP practices among tourism
SMEs by developing greener products for local
supplier MSMEs, as well as sustainable settings
for host communities
• The economic and environmental value of
sustainable tourism in Laos is promoted,
and consumer awareness is raised, creating
competitive advantages and incentives for Lao
CHALLENGE
tourism SMEs applying SCP practices
The Lao tourism value chain study conducted operators and hotels in Vientiane Capital, Vientiane • SCP in the tourism sector is advocated by CONTACT
by the European Centre for Eco-Agro Tourism Province and Luang Prabang Province to adapt and leveraging existing institutions and structures
(ECEAT) and the Netherlands Government promote sustainable consumption and production in Laos as well as relevant regional networks Mr. Connor Bedard
supported Centre for the Promotion of Imports (SCP) practices throughout their supply chains and outbound tour operators [email protected]
from developing countries (CBI) demonstrates and business processes. This includes using local
that growth in the tourism sector creates suppliers, purchasing environmentally friendly plan-international.org
WAY FORWARD
challenges related to sustainable consumption products, conserving natural resources and
LEAD PARTNER
and production (SCP), including: environmental applying socially responsible ways of interacting • Lao tourism MSMEs are supported to undertake
degradation; resource inefficiency; poor waste with local communities. Adaption of sustainable the Travelife Certification process Plan International Deutschland e.V.
management; carbon emissions; income practices will be certified and awarded by the
inequality; zero-dollar tourism; and social issues Travelife program which has been developed by the • Green supply chains are optimised by fulfilling PARTNERS
that arise as a result of tourism (e.g. child labour, ECEAT in partnership with EU travel associations Travelife requirements through development
sex tourism). Hence there is an urgent need to (e.g. ABTA-UK) and recognised internationally as and promotion of green solutions meeting the European Centre for Eco and Agro Tourism (ECEAT)
promote sustainable production and consumption the leading sustainability system in the tourism market demand of target SMEs
Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
methods in all sectors of the Lao tourist sector in a industry. The project will trigger market demand for (LNCCI), Laos
manner that utilises market incentives. sustainable tourism by marketing Laos as a green
destination and by raising consumer awareness to
Through an integrated business-led approach, SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
identify sustainable Lao tourism and supplier micro,
SUSTOUR Laos will mobilise and mentor Lao tour INFORMATION

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OUTCOMES
• Establishing simple measures that are easy to

implement by SMEs and tourists in order to
improve energy performance The ZCR Project was a catalyst for sustainable
development and innovation through the tourism
• Investing the savings gained from the reduce
sector. There is no need to wait for a big, global
carbon footprints strategy to substitute
change to suddenly happen; every individual
Zero Carbon Resorts (ZCR) outdated and inefficient appliances with green
and efficient technologies, and promoting this
action matters and will make a difference.
action
Dr. Robert Wimmer
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 11/2009-4/2014 • Creating a new design for a zero-carbon resort Project Lead
PHILIPPINES TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 2,108,859 (EU Contribution: 80%) (flagship cottage) embracing sustainable ZCR for Sustainable Tourism
buildings and energy services based on Executive Director - GrAT
renewable resources
• Training local engineers, builders, designers,
and SMEs
• Embedding results from the 3R approach
(reduce, replace, redesign) in regional law and
disseminating them for replication in other
regions

INFORMATION
CONTACT
CHALLENGE of the Philippines, to provide their energy services
in an efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally Dr. Robert Wimmer
The tourism industry in the Philippines is growing sound way through training courses and direct [email protected]
fast, bringing employment and strengthening the consultations with the companies. Specific
Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
economy of the country. Tourism has, however, objectives included:
a high demand for energy in providing guest https://zerocarbonresorts.eu
services, and is responsible for a large amount of • To reduce carbon footprints by increasing
CO2 emissions. Due to the poor electricity supply energy and resource efficiency and switching LEAD PARTNER
infrastructure and wasted energy from inefficient to renewable energy resources
Center for Appropriate Technology (GrAT)
appliances, energy costs are escalating for small
• To increase the availability of energy services
tourist businesses. Carbon neutral, appropriate PARTNERS
local and environmental technology solutions are • To stimulate the local economy by producing
required and call for a revision of environmental and using renewable materials and low-carbon Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable
policy by the regional government. technologies for buildings and appliances Transformation (ASSIST), The Philippines
• To decrease dependence on fossil fuels Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas,
OBJECTIVES Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
• To provide local engineers with the skills Plataforma Solar de Almería, Spain
The project sought to enable small and medium- and knowledge, theoretical and practical, to
improve the generation and use of energy Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD),
sized enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism sector, such Philippines
as hotels and resorts in Palawan and other parts

OBJECTIVES
The main project objective is to promote inclusive

sustainable growth, to contribute to the economic
prosperity and poverty reduction in Thailand,
the development of a green economy and the
transition towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient
and circular economy. Specific objectives include:
TOURLINK - Moving Thai tourism • Adopting SCP practices among MSMEs

promoting less polluting and more resource
towards sustainability through a efficient products, processes and services in the
Thai tourism sector
business-led supply chain approach • Replicating previously demonstrated SCP

practices throughout the supply chain of
tourism MSMEs in a business-led approach and
THAILAND TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 1,800,000 (EU contribution 80%)
increasing access to green financing
• Promoting SCP practices in the tourism sector
at national scale
• Increasing awareness on SCP in the tourism
sector, distilling knowledge from the project for
replication in the Asian region
• Promoting the economic value of SCP in the
tourism sector when interaction between
MSMEs and finance institutions is facilitated
• Addressing sustainable supply chain
management and facilitating the integration
of MSMEs into the tourism supply chain
through sustainability reporting, labelling and
certification
• Supporting sustainable consumption and
consumer awareness of SCP specifically for
tourists and international tourism agencies in
Thailand SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
• Supporting existing regional fora (e.g. ASEAN,
Pacific Asia Travel Association, Asian Ecotourism
Network) on tourism and SCP enhancing policy
dialogue in Asia
WAY FORWARD CONTACT
• The Thai tourism sector has implemented Peter Richards

supply chain methodologies which have moved
Project Manager
MSMEs towards adaptation and replication of
CHALLENGE [email protected]
SCP practices and greener products, creating
competitive advantages www.travelife.info
Rapid growth of the Thai travel sector over the sector will be targeted, covering several Thai
last decade has led to environmental and social sustainable consumption and production (SCP) • Sustainable Tourism is promoted in
LEAD PARTNER
challenges. TOURLINK aims to support the Thai priorities, including food processing and waste communities and consumer awareness on
travel sector to become more sustainable by management. As a sub-theme, the project will sustainability choices in Thailand has increased European Centre for Eco and Agro Tourism (ECEAT)
providing: capacity-building training to tour develop and implement standards and guidelines
operators and their suppliers (hotels, transport to avoid food waste and use, or the improper PARTNERS
companies, activity providers), common disposal of plastics among tourism MSMEs and
standards, and an international certification local communities. As part of the consumer Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism
facilitating market benefits and international awareness activities, the visibility of the project Administration (DASTA)
recognition of Thailand as a leading sustainable will be communicated among a wide audience of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
tourism destination. stakeholders.
Sasin Sustainability & Entrepreneurship Center (SEC)
By transforming comprehensive supply chains,
Thai Eco and Adventure Travel Association (TEATA)
a wide range of micro, small and medium-
sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism Thai Hotel Association (THA)

• Empowering SMEs in the tourism sector by
using a proven methodology to continuously
improve energy efficiency and to become a
model for replication in countries with similar
climate conditions
OUTCOMES
Zero Carbon Resorts (ZCR) 2.0 Philippines

• The number of ZCR beneficiaries increased
to more than 1000 hotels and resorts in the
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 5/2014-8/2018 Philippines (initially there were 870 members)
PHILIPPINES, THAILAND TOURISM BUDGET: EUR 2,286,283 (EU Contribution: 80%) • The ZCR Learning Centre has attracted 1400
visitors since its opening to the public
• Reduced carbon emission for 340 companies,
amounting to total saved emissions of 23.7
kt of CO2. Energy, water and other resources
from the implementation of the ZCR members
accumulated savings from 1% up to 70% using
the indicator [kWh/guest-night]
• The ANAHAW–Philippine Sustainable Tourism
Certification was successfully launched and
recognised with 27 pioneer awardees (2018–
2020)
• 15 ANAHAW Experts received professional
training
• Contributed to the integration and
mainstreaming of ZCR principles into policies
(integration in Palawan’s SEP clearance,
creation of the policy white book and local
green building code)
• Organised 5 technical seminars all over
Palawan and reached 198 policy makers, local SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
government units (LGU) and technical staff INFORMATION
• Reached 592,424 web visitors through the ZCR

website
Thailand
• 311 registered ZCR member hotels, resorts and
CHALLENGE consumption and CO2 emissions. It targeted a CONTACT
restaurants joined the ZCR community
critical mass of SMEs, demonstrating the value of
Tourism in the Philippines and in Thailand is green tourism by increasing resource efficiency • Capacities of 227 hotel engineers, housekeepers Dr. Robert Wimmer
receiving increasing attention as an excellent and using renewable resources. Specific project and chefs were strengthened on sustainable
practices in the tourism industry through Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
sustainable development option. However, objectives included:
considering the vulnerability of developing capacity-building training programmes
[email protected]; [email protected]
countries to climate change, one cannot neglect • Enabling SMEs in the tourism industry in the • Organised and conducted a ZCR exchange
the negative impact that the tourism industry Philippines to become a SCP model for the visit in Thailand and impacted 26 tourism zerocarbonresorts.eu
has on the environment. The tourism sector has tourism sector through certified Zero Carbon stakeholders in Lanta, Krabi and Bangkok
a large potential to foster inclusive development, practices, as well as exposing Thailand to LEAD PARTNER
but only if operations run sustainably: preserving efficient innovative technologies • Strengthened the relationship with the
the environment, boosting the local economy, and central and local governing units and tourism Gruppe Angepasste Technologie (GrAT)
• Providing incentives and access to finance in associations in Thailand
generating income along the entire value chain.
both countries PARTNERS
• Reduced carbon emission of 70 companies,
OBJECTIVES • Establishing a new generation of ZCR members amounting to a total saved emission of 8.20 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas,
in Thailand and in at least 5 additional locations ktCO2 Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
‘Zero Carbon Resorts 2.0’ contributed to the in the Philippines
EMCA
sustainable development of the tourism sector • Developing a Philippine Green Hotel
Green Leaf Foundation
and its value chain in the Philippines and in certification scheme based on the Thai Green
Thailand, with a focus on reduction of resource Leaf standard and the ZCR principles Healthy Public Policy Foundation (HPPF)

PLASTICS

chemicals into groundwater and degrades soil. In that the development and sale of such products
India, waste plastic is often burned on street corners, could provide even greater economic mobility
releasing toxic air pollutants. The production of to the waste-pickers. The project will work in
plastics involves the processing of fossil fuels, collaboration with European entities to ensure a
meaning that plastics leave a significant carbon standardised and rigorous certification of these
footprint over their lifecycle. The growing concern products for customers in both the Indian and
around plastic waste has resulted in an effort to European markets.
limit the production of virgin plastic through the
PROTOPRINT
adoption of an Extended Producer Responsibility WAY FORWARD
(EPR) framework by the government, which
outlines the obligations of manufacturers and • Improved wages, labour rights, formalised
retailers towards the management of their waste. benefits and upward mobility for urban waste-
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2025 Yet progress on this front remains slow, partly due
INDIA PLASTICS pickers
BUDGET: EUR 1.416.348 (EU contribution 80%) to the informal nature of the recycling industry,
which limits transparent data collection and • Social mobility through the empowerment
integration into formal value chains. of vulnerable communities like migrants and
women who disproportionately populate the
waste-picker population
OBJECTIVES
• Improved plastic recycling rates resulting in
PROTOPRINT is a collaborative partnership less littering/land-fill disposal which in turn
that intends to transform the informal recycling results in improved environmental, climate and
sector through the gradual implementation of a human health outcomes
systematic and self-sustaining (circular) model for
• Formalisation of the recycling sector allowing
waste plastic recycling. Specifically, the initiative
for more transparency and innovation leading
aims to move urban waste-pickers up the recycling
to greater efficiencies
value chain and improve livelihoods through the
implementation of low-cost technology solutions
coupled with community development, creative
financing and public-private partnerships that
improve plastic waste processing within urban
environments and promote the integration of
informal waste collectors and informal waste
management micro, small and medium-sized
enterprises (MSMEs) into formal value chains. The
project is based in the city of Pune, home to over
3 million residents.
The project seeks to set up an ecosystem that
supports the development of self-managed
waste-processing units consisting of waste-picker
members and using low-cost technology solutions
and standardised processing techniques to
convert plastic waste into plastic flakes which can
CHALLENGE be sold to end users via negotiated agreements
with industrial-partners, while ensuring a fair CONTACT
Plastic waste management has been increasingly injury and disease. They sell the plastic they collect wage for the individual workers. In doing so,
recognised as a serious challenge in India. A to local middlemen, who in turn aggregate and sell each unit functions as a sustainable, replicable Jayant Pai
government report in 2019 estimated that the the material to scrap-dealers and recycling plants. and scalable business that can eventually be
[email protected]
country generates around 26,000 tonnes of While there is significant value generated in the leveraged to integrate its informal workers into
plastic waste every day, of which 9400 tonnes recycling process, the waste-pickers themselves the formal economy and to provide other benefits 5 Pleasant Apartments, 80/2/2 Baner Road,
are left uncollected or scattered as litter. The vast are poorly compensated for the work they do and such as healthcare and benefits, and function as Aundh, Pune 411007, India
majority of this plastic is generated in urban cities they are often unable to escape poverty. Estimates sustainable business centres. www.socialseva.org/protoprint
that have grown dramatically in size over the past suggest that there are over one million waste-
In addition to the production of flakes, the
few decades. Plastic waste in these cities is often pickers in India, mostly consisting of vulnerable LEAD PARTNER
PROTOPRINT product team will work in
unsegregated from other forms of municipal solid population groups such as migrants, women and
collaboration with a sub-set of the units to KASHTAKARI PANCHAYAT TRUST (PUNE, INDIA)
waste and needs to be sorted before it can be children.
further upcycle the plastic into high-value
recycled effectively. This is an extremely labour-
The impact of plastic waste has been shown to products such as fair-trade 3D printer filament PARTNERS
intensive process that relies on informal workers,
deteriorate both the environment and human and other similar consumer items with the goal
called waste-pickers, to segregate the plastics by
health. Plastic runoff into rivers and streams adelphi Research gGmbH
hand. Despite the fact that these individuals form
contaminates water sources, kills aquatic life, SOCIAL SEVA INITIATIVES (PUNE, INDIA)
the base of the recycling pyramid, they work under
poisons drinking water and results in the bio-
dangerous conditions and come into daily contact SWACH PLUS SEVA SAHAKARI SANSTHA MARYADIT
accumulation of microplastics within the food SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
with harmful materials, including hazardous and (PUNE, INDIA)
chain, ultimately with detrimental effects on INFORMATION
medical waste, resulting in much higher risks of
humans. Plastic waste on land leaches toxic

OBJECTIVES
The project seeks to promote source-to-sea

solutions to reduce marine littering in tourism
clusters along the Lakshadweep shorelines of the
Maldives, Sri Lanka and India. It focuses explicitly
on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
PROMISE - Prevention Of Marine Litter

(MSMEs) in and contributing to the tourism
sector to support them in waste minimisation,
thus enhancing the attractiveness of tourism
In The Lakshadweep Sea businesses, avoiding further deterioration of
marine ecosystems and improving people’s living
conditions.
PERIOD: 2020-2024
INDIA, MALDIVES, PLASTICS BUDGET: EUR 3,709,882.60 (EU contribution 80%)
SRI LANKA WAY FORWARD
• Establish a knowledge base for the status quo

of marine littering in tourism clusters along
Lakshadweep shorelines
• Support MSMEs from tourism clusters in the
Maldives, Sri Lanka and India in implementing
waste minimisation options in their business
operations and strategies
• Conceptualisation and initiation of
‘Lakshadweep Zero Waste Alliance’
• Enable access to finance for MSMEs to
implement more costly waste minimisation
options
• Strengthen regional policy frameworks for
waste management in coastal areas and
contribute to reduced waste generation and INFORMATION
littering in all three target countries
• Raise awareness in the wider stakeholder
network about the approaches to waste
prevention
CONTACT
Dr. Abdulla Nazeer

Project Manager
Research Development Office
CHALLENGE The Maldives National University
Marine ecosystems continue to suffer from for integrated solid-waste management, a lack [email protected]
increasing anthropogenic pollution. As a result, of consumer awareness and the insufficient
marine litter has become a global concern that is capacities of local authorities to handle the LEAD PARTNER
currently witnessing growing awareness among increasing quantities of solid waste along with
The Maldives National University
the general public. The vast majority of marine substantial growth in tourism. Countries of the
litter stems from land-based sources and enters South Asian Seas (SAS) region struggle with PARTNERS
marine ecosystems from human settlements the management of increasing waste. There is
along coastlines and river basins. In this context, a pressing need to curb marine pollution in the adelphi Research gGmbH
tourism industries have been identified as major pristine ecosystems of the Lakshadweep Sea
National Cleaner Production Centre, Sri Lanka
contributors to marine litter caused by high shared by the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India. Low
consumption rates of fast-moving consumer per capita income, high population densities and Parley for the Oceans
goods (FMCG) and convenience products wrapped a high dependency on natural resources make STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society
in single-use plastic packaging. In many tourist them highly vulnerable to the impact of marine (STENUM Asia)
regions of the global South, this is aggravated pollution.
by the absence of effective policy frameworks

OBJECTIVES The project will strengthen sustainable business
planning and investment models as well as
To facilitate sustainable and innovative plastic public–private commitment to plastic waste
minimisation and management in Sri Lanka by management by achieving the following:
integrating SMEs in greener value and supply
chains (V/SC), thereby contributing to economic • Upgrading technical skills and filling resource
prosperity and environmental sustainability. gaps for SMEs
The specific objective is to improve economic
PLASTICS development within the plastic V/SC through SME
resource efficiency, circular innovation, green
• Improving connectivity in plastic V/SC and
increased awareness of economic potential of
recycling and upcycling
finance, and sustainable waste management
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2022-2026 (SWM) frameworks in Sri Lanka’s Western • Strengthening access to start-up capital and
SRI LANKA PLASTICS BUDGET: EUR 3,125,000 (EU contribution 80%) Province. green financial products
• Stronger representation of collectors and
WAY FORWARD recyclers in policy dialogue
The project will enhance green business • Enforcing of existing regulations

development by improving resource efficiency • Improving data and traceability of the life cycle
and circular approaches among SMEs across the of plastic packaging and polythene
plastic value chain. The capacity of value chain
actors to contribute to an innovative, circular
economy will also be increased and access to
green financial products/schemes expanded for
start-ups and SME investments. Strengthening
enabling frameworks for the traceability,
transparency and compliance of public–private
plastic SWM will support integration of SMEs
into greener value/supply chains through
sustainable and innovative plastic minimisation
and management in Sri Lanka, thus contributing
to economic prosperity and environmental
sustainability. As such, the project will capitalise
on the knowledge, skills and experience acquired
by the consortium partners in their respective
fields of expertise, while benefiting from the INFORMATION
added value of a collaborative approach.
CONTACT
CHALLENGE
Owen Swann
In Sri Lanka, plastic challenges are equally divided necessary to adopt and implement circular Country Representative, ACTED
between the increasing rate of plastic waste economy strategies. The Government of Sri
[email protected]
generation and current disposal practices. Sri Lanka has taken steps to reduce plastic pollution
Lanka has steadily increased plastic imports, and improve waste management, including an LEAD PARTNER
with over 500,000 metric tonnes (MT) of virgin Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme
plastic imported to the island annually, straining to minimise plastic use. Currently, the recycling ACTED
the national waste management system. It is facilities for PET and high impact polystyrene
estimated that 1.59 million tonnes of plastic waste (HIPS) in Sri Lanka are operating at less than 50% PARTNERS
are mismanaged in Sri Lanka annually, of which of their capacity as a result of the inadequate
adelphi
close to half ends up in canals, rivers and eventually collection that would supply them with plastic
the ocean, endangering marine ecosystems. waste. To remedy this problem, stronger buy- Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL)
While waste management is part of the problem, in for EPR schemes to support greener product Industrial Service Bureau, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
it is also part of the solution. Currently, only 33% of designs, and collection and consolidation of
all plastic waste is collected, out of which only 3% waste streams for recycling operations are STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society
is recycled nation-wide. Small to medium-sized needed. There is immense economic potential to (STENUM Asia)
groups of collectors and recyclers in particular face be realised through robust multi-stakeholder EPR The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
difficulties adhering to environmental guidelines implementation, with small and medium-sized
and generating value addition because of the enterprises (SMEs) playing a determining role.
high investment needsed for the technologies

OUTCOMES
• Conducting market research prior to the making

of action plan for media and interpersonal
communication campaign
• Introducing incentive schemes for consumers,
an activity that took place in supermarkets and
Reducing Plastic Bag Waste markets in three cities among those entities
that signed Voluntary Codes of Practice (VCP)
• Drafting of guidelines for the design of
PERIOD: 3/2014-2/2017 alternative packaging products and systems
CAMBODIA PLASTICS
BUDGET: EUR 1,341,033.46 (EU contribution 90%)
• Conception of alternative packaging products
• Training of local small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) involved in the production
of alternative packaging
• Creation and strengthening of early adopters’
groups of SMEs
• Introducing incentives for vendors/SMEs
• Drafting of guidelines to support the
implementation of the prospective national law

INFORMATION
Fabio Moni
Plastic bags are non-biodegradable and harmful The project promoted sustainable growth and
to human health and to the environment. environmental sustainability in the country by [email protected]
However, despite the environmental damage changing consumption patterns and consumer Via Lazzaretto 3, 20124 Milano, Italy
highly visible throughout Cambodia, plastic bags behaviours to reduce plastic bag use and waste in
remain popular due to their convenience: they are major Cambodian cities. LEAD PARTNERS
waterproof, lightweight, disposable and affordable.
As a result, they are used in Cambodia in a wide Fondazione ACRA (ACRA)
range of situations and sectors, from transporting
solids and liquids and for direct consumption, to PARTNERS
storing and packaging.
Department of Environment - Phnom Penh
Municipality (DoEPP)
Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP)

waste soum in Mongolia. The project will assist WAY FORWARD
in establishing a waste management system in
the soum and support the local plastic recycling • Recycling MSMEs will have better access to
industry. plastic waste through efficient plastic waste
collection, sorting and classification system on
The project will complement the European Bank
3 different levels (Ulaanbaatar, Bulgan Aimag
for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s
and Khishig-Undur Soum)
support for Mongolian Economic Diversification
Sustainable Plastic Recycling in Mongolia through the micro, small and medium-sized
enterprise (MSME) Access to Finance programme
• Plastic recycling MSMEs (among them women-
led businesses) will have access to appropriate
by providing support to recycling-MSMEs in this
(SPRIM)
advanced equipment and technologies
area. Moreover, it will also support the ongoing
• Plastic recycling MSMEs will have increased the
project of EBRD on hazardous waste and the
number of their customers
PERIOD: 2020-2024 construction of one landfill in Ulaanbaatar, the
MONGOLIA PLASTICS BUDGET: EUR 1,993,334.94 (EU contribution 80%) project ‘Improving Solid Waste Management’ • Conditions for scale-up and replication of
of the Asia Foundation, the municipal Waste the project package tool are in place (gender
Collection and Transportation Management in mainstreaming)
Ulaanbaatar (WCTM) implemented by the Swiss
Development Agency, GSP+ Programme, the
Food Waste Project of ADB and other smaller
projects in Ulaanbaatar (e.g. installation of waste-
separating bins in several districts). The project
team will maintain ongoing communication with
the implementers of these projects to achieve
synergies and avoid duplication.
OBJECTIVES
The project supports the development of a green

economy and the transition towards a low-
carbon, resource-efficient and circular economy
in Mongolia. It promotes sustainable production
(development of less polluting and more resource-
efficient products, processes and services) and
sustainable consumption patterns and behaviour
through raising awareness of the principles of 3Rs.
Specific objectives include: SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
• Support for MSMEs in adopting SCP practices
• Provision of conditions for the replication of
the tools provided, and increasing access for
CHALLENGE MSMEs to finance
• Creating an enabling environment to CONTACT
Waste management is a key issue in Mongolia the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. The city has no
due to urbanisation, industrialisation and proper waste management system for plastic strengthen the implementation of national
sustainable consumption and production (SCP) Mijidsuren Chimeddorj
increasing consumption of plastic-packaged waste (collection, sorting, transport, standards)
products. Plastic waste is a particularly serious and no effective recycling processes. The project policies and assisting stakeholders in harvesting [email protected]
issue as it is causing widespread pollution and will establish an effective waste management the benefits of SCP
mongolia.charita.cz
is also often dumped illegally, both by citizens system for plastic waste and will support the • Facilitating sustainable supply chain
and companies. A new Law on Waste was issued development of a plastic recycling industry. management with regard to plastic waste LEAD PARTNERS
in 2017, but sustainable solutions have yet to be materials
Bulgan Aimag (‘province’) is the first aimag with Caritas Czech Republic
found and implemented. The grant project is
a relatively well-functioning waste management • Raising consumer awareness of SCP, through
in line with the national Waste Management
system, a high number of recycling bins and working with communities, civil-society PARTNERS
Strategy and Action Plan, which highlights the
regular awareness-raising activities for the organisations (CSOs), youth and public sector
necessity of ensuring sound management of solid EcoSoum
public. The project will support the local recycling representatives
waste, promoting conservation and efficient use
industry and assist the province to disseminate
of resources, striving for environmentally sound Environment and Security Center of Mongolia [ESCM]
good practices.
technologies and approaches, driving behavioural
Mongolian Sustainable Development Bridge
change among the public towards the adoption Khishig-Undur Soum (a soum is a secondary
of the 3R (Reduce-Reuse-Recycle) principles, and subdivision outside the capital) has no waste T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute
improving the social responsibility of citizens and management system, no recycling processes and
businesses, among others. has one of the biggest landfills in the province;
nevertheless, it is striving to become the first zero-
More than half of Mongolia’s population lives in
which includes the strict collateral requirements •
and short repayment periods.
OBJECTIVES
The project addresses some of these key issues

putting emphasis on: waste management in
Prevent Plastics - Promoting a circular

industrial zones; increasing the likelihood and
attractiveness of adopting more sustainable
options for packaging by working at the MSME
economy and resource efficiency through level in cooperation with the retailer’s association
and identifying green finance possibilities; and
a clean and recycling-based economy raising awareness for young consumers, heads
of households, and producers (supermarkets and
other retailers).
MYANMAR PLASTICS BUDGET: EUR 2,070,000 (EU contribution 90%) The main objective of the project is to promote
sustainable production and consumption
patterns (SCP) in Myanmar through awareness
raising and best practices on waste management.
The three specific objectives of the project are as
follows:
• To adopt sustainable management practices in

4 industrial zones
• To increase the availability of eco-friendly
packaging for consumers and producers
• To increase consumer awareness on reduction
and prevention of plastics
WAY FORWARD
• South Dagon Industrial Zone 1, Shwe Pyi Thar

Industrial Zone 1 and Shwe Lin Ban have
become model zones, improving their overall
waste management in Myanmar, specifically
with regard to plastic reduction and reduced SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
illegal dumping
• Improved stakeholder cooperation for better
waste management in the industrial zones
(industrial symbiosis), and public-private
partnerships for waste collection is established
CHALLENGE CONTACT
• Professionalised waste service provision
is available and capacities for industrial Denis Schaefer
Myanmar has been facing considerable waste management in industrial zones. Waste-
challenges with waste management. Rapid service providers in the industrial zones and management committees and MMRA have [email protected]
economic growth and urbanisation have been the government staff of the Yangon’s Pollution increased
Alexanderstraße 10, 53111 Bonn, Germany
accompanied by severe problems resulting Control and Cleansing Department PCCD • 15 MSMEs have up-scaled their business to
preventplastics.org
from ineffective systems for waste collection, need structured, comprehensive and needs- offer sustainable packaging or waste disposal
transport and disposal. According to the French based training. Micro, small and medium-sized alternatives and 10 have accessed green loans LEAD PARTNER
Myanmar Chamber of Commerce, 80 million enterprises (MSMEs) producing eco-friendly
plastic bags are used every day in Myanmar. More packaging, recycled products or composting • Increased consumer awareness and consumer
sequa gGmbH
than 4160 tons of municipal waste are generated benefits (e.g. fertilisers) are still less known to information in Myanmar about minimising
per day in Yangon and 1120 tons in Mandalay, of mainstream costumers. They face constraints in waste, with a particular focus on plastics PARTNERS
which around 13% is plastic waste. Overall, total terms of access to finance in order to upscale their
solid waste production in Myanmar has tripled offer. Green Finance is a topic that the Myanmar Myanmar Banks Association
over the previous 5 years. Both the Yangon and Banks’ Association MBA has been aware of due STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society
Mandalay Regional Governments as well as the to the continuous engagement within another (STENUM Asia)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental SWITCH-Asia project, SMART Myanmar. However,
Conversation (MoNREC) have recognised the a common regulatory framework is still missing
lack of capacities in implementing sustainable to further develop their MSME finance segment,

TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

”
OUTCOMES
• Conducting a Behavioural Change Campaign

(BCC) in order to promote the use of 4-stroke
auto-rickshaws as a promising sustainability The power of the project’s vision kept us going as
practice we focused on the sustainability of the initiatives
that were undertaken. I hope that the lessons
• Promoting the adoption of a Voluntary Code of
learned from our project can largely contribute
INDTUK - Switching to a sustainable Practice by business operators
• Creating an integrated App-SMS service to
to all SMART City missions, heading towards
sustainable mobility.
auto-rickshaw system support reorganisation of the auto-rickshaw

sector to better fit consumers’ needs Manju Menon
Project Manager
• Providing training and strengthening the auto-
ACRA
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 3/2016-2/2020 rickshaw drivers’ organisations by creating a
INDIA TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS BUDGET: EUR 1,554,742.10 (EU contribution 80%) Federative Structure
• Developing commercial partnerships with
advertisement companies to use auto-
rickshaws as a marketing vehicle
• Enhancing the drivers’ livelihood through
increased income and health and safety, and
better access to finance: auto-rickshaw drivers
may increase their income by 30% and the
number of drivers that own their auto- rickshaw
will increase by 70%
• Working with policymakers to establish
regulatory framework promoting the use and
purchase of eco-friendly autorickshaws

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Manju Menon
Auto-rickshaws have been a landmark feature The project sought to promote sustainable Via Lazzaretto, 3, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
of Indian cities since their introduction in the lifestyles and poverty reduction while reducing
www.nammaauto.org
late 1950s, becoming an indispensable aspect of CO2 emissions and air pollution in India. The
urban mobility for millions of people. The auto- project fostered the scaling up of a replicable and LEAD PARTNER
rickshaw sector could play a key role in shaping integrated model of sustainable auto-rickshaw
a sustainable urban transport ecosystem; it is, transport, based on clean technologies in the Fondazione ACRA (ACRA)
however, still an inefficient sector that neither Cities of Bangalore and Chennai.
answers appropriately to the changing dynamics PARTNERS
of urban mobility in India, nor embeds a
sustainable pattern of transportation. Stichting Enviu Nederland (Enviu)
Women Health and Development (WHAD)

”
OUTCOMES
• Increasing fuel efficiency and reducing emission

mainly through defensive and eco-driving,
technology changes and maintenance, freight
Our fuel data analysis of participating SMEs show
brokerage, logistics synergies, and improved
that 10–28% of fuel was saved by Eco driving.
financial management of SMEs
Sustainable Freight and Logistics • Promoting safe transport for dangerous goods
by implementing the existing ASEAN and GMS
Ms. Wilasinee Poonuchaphai
Project Manager
protocols based on the EU Alternative Dispute Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internatio¬nale
Resolution (EU-ADR) Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
CAMBODIA, LAO PDR, TRANSPORT AND BUDGET: EUR 2,400,000(EU contribution 90%) • Increasing access to finance to invest in more
MYANMAR, THAILAND, LOGISTICS efficient, environmentally sound and safer
VIETNAM technologies
• Providing policy support and implementing
customer awareness measures, such as
standards and labelling, economic incentives,
regulations and modal shift initiatives with the
latter focusing on Thailand and Vietnam

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Wilasinee Poonuchaphai
[email protected]
Trucking is the dominant form of freight transport The project aimed to increase sustainable freight 193/63 Lake Rajada Office Complex,
in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) (approx. transport and logistics in the Mekong Region New Ratchadapisek Road, Klongtoey,
80% of all tonnage), but efficiency remains a mainly through energy efficiency and safety Bangkok 10110 Thailand
challenge. About 25% - 50% of all trips run empty, measures in at least 500 SMEs in Cambodia, Lao
LEAD PARTNER
and the average fleet is over 10 years old (and much PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam (CLMV) and Thailand.
older in some countries). The ASEAN Economic
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Community single market in 2016 led to a Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
significant increase of cross-border trade in goods
and services. For countries like Cambodia, Lao PARTNERS
PDR and Myanmar, this opened up opportunities
for the freight and logistics sector to grow, at the GMS-Freight Transport Association (GMS-FRETA)
same time small and medium-sized enterprises Mekong Institute
(SMEs) in these countries faced high competition.

• Promotion of energy service companies and
their services
• Increased exports in Chinese goods that meet
international standards
OUTCOMES
China Motor Challenge • Conducting market research prior to making

an action plan for media and interpersonal
communication campaigns
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 11/2009-11/2012 • Introducing incentive schemes for consumers:
CHINA TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS BUDGET: EUR 1,124,946 (EU contribution 80%) this activity will take place in supermarkets and
markets in the three cities, within those entities
that have signed Voluntary Codes of Practice
(VCP)
• Drafting of guidelines for the design of
alternative packaging products and systems
• Conception of alternative packaging products
• Training of local SMEs involved in the production
of alternative packaging
• Creation and strengthening of early adopters’
groups of SMEs
• Introducing incentives for vendors/SMEs

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Zhang Xing
No. 4 Zhi Chun Road, Haidian District,
Electric motor systems in industrial China account The SWITCH-Asia project China Motor Challenge Beijing, 100088, China
for about 60% of the country’s total electricity aimed to facilitate over 400 major industrial
consumption. Unfortunately, their actual users of electric motor systems to improve [email protected]
operational efficiency is about 10–30% below their operating efficiency of their systems and
LEAD PARTNER
international best practice, depending on the achieve a far-reaching impact in the demand
industry. As the majority of electricity in China is for high-efficiency motor systems, while actively China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS)
generated from coal, causing the average amount supporting the creation of a stimulating policy
of CO2 per kWh to be higher than in developed environment. PARTNERS
countries, electric motor systems are a significant
contributor to climate change. Certain sectors are The specific objectives included: Association of energy service companies – China
particularly intensive users of electric motors but Energy Conservation Association (EMCA)
are often unaware of the huge potential savings • Reduction in energy consumption and CO2 Institute of Systems and Robotics – University of
in energy and the quick return on investment for emissions Coimbra, Portugal
upgraded motor systems, particularly in small and UN Industrial Development Organization – Investment
• Transformation of the market to rely on high
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The challenge and Technology Promotion Office, China (UNIDO)
efficiency electric motors, and motor system
then is to raise awareness of the true cost of the
components
motor systems and to raise efficiency as rapidly as
possible. • Promotion of best practice in the design and
application of energy-efficient motor systems

OUTCOMES
• Demonstrating the technical and financial

feasibility and benefits of adopting HEMs
through two pilot projects for sugar mills
• Establishing two new private funding programs
to facilitate access to financing for sugar milling,
High Efficiency Motors (HEMs) other electric motor-intensive industries

• Building up the capacity of commercial banks to
evaluate HEM investment, especially regarding
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2014-1/2018 technology risk
PHILIPPINES TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS BUDGET: EUR 1,970,469.20 (EU contribution: 80%)
• Building up the capacity of energy service
companies (ESCOs) and service providers to
investigate and implement HEM projects
• Increasing the capacity of project developers,
SMEs and financier to get information, discuss
and negotiate new business opportunities
• Putting in place a supportive policy framework
for HEMs investment law

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Marvin Ryan G. Bathan

[email protected]
According to a study, the efficiency of motors The project aimed to increase energy efficiency
currently used by the Philippine industries can be of the electricity-intensive industries and achieve #41 Monte De Piedad St., 1111 Quezon City, Philippines
strongly increased. Improvements do not consist reduction in electricity consumption, and to
only in motor replacements. Some 50% of motors reduce contribution of industries in greenhouse www.hems.ph
are rewound periodically with a corresponding gas (GHG) emissions. Specifically, it aimed to
PARTNERS
drop in efficiency of 5–10% at each rewinding. increase the deployment of more efficient electric
A significant share of the motors in place is motors and drive systems in Philippine industries. Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable
also either under- or oversized to compensate Transformation (ASSIST), The Philippines
foreseen losses due to the low-efficiency motors.
The lack of proper sizing of motors leads to even Association Action for Sustainable Development (ASD)
lower efficiency with negative impact on the life Association of Development Financing Institutions in
duration of the motors. Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP)
European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines
(ECCP)
International Copper Association South-East Asia
(ICASEA)

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OUTCOMES
• Improving SMEs’ Productivity and

Environmental Performance
Through this project’s support, I have reduced the
• Creating SME-specific Financial Support
use of raw materials in my factory by 25 tonnes
Packages
per year, resulting in a cost reduction of around 2
• Greening Supply Chains in the Thai Auto and million Baht (EUR 55,375) per year.
Greening Supply Chains in the Thai Automotive Parts Industries
Kamol Chutipongnavin
• Strengthening SCP-related Services and
Auto and Automotive Parts Industries Networking Kamol Manufacturing Factory
• Developing Showcases and Policy

Recommendations
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 3/2014-2/2017 • Forming Service Hubs and Multipliers
THAILAND TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS BUDGET: EUR 1,341,033.46 (EU contribution 90%)
• Establishing Supply Chains and Creating New
Markets
• Promoting Green Public Procurement
Stimulating Green Loans

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Wilasinee Poonuchaphai
[email protected]
193/63 Lake Rajada Office Complex,
New Ratchadapisek Road, Klongtoey,
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Bangkok 10110 Thailand
Exporting cars to international markets requires The project aimed at improving productivity LEAD PARTNER
the industry to also adopt international standards and environmental performance of Thai auto
along the supply chain to keep quality and price and automotive parts production. It also aimed Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
competitive. While Thailand has an adequate low- at enhancing networks, business and financial Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
skilled labour force, it faces an acute shortage of services for greening of the industry. Furthermore,
highly skilled automotive engineers. Additionally, it sought to disseminate good practices and PARTNERS
suppliers lack process and product engineering promote the development and implementation
capabilities and innovation capacity to increase of related policy and economic instruments. Production GGMBH
productivity and environmental performance in
the automotive cluster in Thailand. Small and Medium Enterprises Development Bank of
Thailand (SME Bank), Thailand
Thailand Automotive Institute (TAI), Thailand
The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), Thailand

COOK STOVE

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OUTCOMES
• Creating awareness through 200 self-help

groups (SHGs) on ICS, based on findings of
situational analysis and a baseline study Switching from traditional cook stoves to LPG
requires a long jump on the development ladder,
• Selecting suitable ICS options available and
a jump that poor households are still not equipped
developing new ICS options for testing and
to make. Accessible, affordable and available ICS
Women-centred ICS - Improved cook adoption
• Training and developing Sustainable Household
could provide an interim solution until all Indian
households can access clean cooking fuel.
stoves for sustained adoption at scale Energy (SHE) Champions and supporting them
in organising SHE-Schools Sagar Kumar Mahapatra
Project Manager
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2016-12/2019 • Designing exclusive credit products which can
INDIA ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS CARE India
BUDGET: EUR 2,000,000 (EU contribution: 80%) be offered by local micro-finance institutions
(MFIs) to facilitate ICS adoption
• Sensitising key supply chain stakeholders to
support appropriate cooking solutions
• Providing business development and
technical training to women entrepreneurs for
establishing and running ICS based enterprises,
and facilitating enterprise linkages with market
actors
• Engaging with policymakers through policy
briefs as evidence-based advocacy

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Shantamay Chatterjee
[email protected]
Over 145 million Indian households use traditional The project sought to promote sustainable 372, Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar, 751007, Odisha, India
cook stoves for daily cooking and depend on adoption of ICS as a clean cooking energy solution
biomass (wood, dung, forest products) as fuel. among forest-dependent households (FDH), www.careindia.org/project/switch-asia-ii-evolving-a-
This has significant implications especially on resulting in 10,000 women from FDHs using ICS. women-centred-model-of-improved-cook-stooves-ics-
women’s health due to household air pollution The project also developed a sustainable ICS for-sustained-adoption-at-scale
(HAP). A complex combination of factors like adoption model for replication among 800 million
cooking traditions, intra-household distribution of rural households in India, which use traditional LEAD PARTNER
incomes and gender dynamics, culture, religion, and polluting cook stoves.
CARE India Solutions for Sustainable Development
and affordability affect sustained adoption
(CARE India)
and use of Improved Cook Stoves (ICS) in the
country. Low demand discourages suppliers from PARTNERS
investing in ICS, and suitable financing options
for consumers and entrepreneurs are unavailable. CARE France
These limit the transition of poor households to
clean cooking energy options. There is a need to
develop a women-centred model of ICS extension
that enables sustainable adoption backed by a
strong and inclusive value chain.

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• 15 small and medium-sized stove producers to
produce 100,000 ICS sustainably
• 150 SME retailers to promote ICS
We considered this project to be very challenging,
• Lao Women’s Union to assume its role as an not only because of our ambitious goal of
effective promotional partner producing 100,000 stoves within four years, but
also raising awareness and encouraging people
Improved Cook Stove Programme Lao • Improved access to the clean and fuel efficient
cook stove to care about climate change. Users have quickly
become more confident in the efficiency of the
PDR • Five testing agencies becoming operational

• A national standard for stoves endorsed
stove and, through word of mouth, are flocking to
the retailers, who can’t keep up with the demand!
LAO PDR COOK STOVE

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2013-1/2017 • A multi-stakeholder partnership established
BUDGET: EUR 2,057,791.90 (EU contribution: 89.79%) Amphone Souvannalath
Project manager
OUTCOMES
NORMAI
• Ensuring Quality of Products
• Creating Market Demand
• Consumer Promotion Campaign Establishing
Public/Private/Civic Partnership Engaging with
Policymakers
• Improving Access to Finance

INFORMATION
CHALLENGE (GHG) emission problem. The project Improved CONTACT

Cook Stove (ICS) Programme Lao PDR identified
Antonino Faibene
Lao PDR is a landlocked country in South-East Asia the main bottleneck in the ICS supply side while
with a population of 6.5 million people, and 67% the demand side showed a progressive trend. The 98/8 Sithong Rd, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
of its population live in rural areas. The majority project assisted ICS producers to meet quality
of the population derive their livelihood from standards and ensure a stable supply. [email protected]
agriculture which accounts for more than half
of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). OBJECTIVES LEAD PARTNER
Most of the Lao low-income population, both in
the rural and urban areas, depends primarily on The project sought to contribute towards Oxfam
wood and charcoal for their cooking and heating poverty alleviation through the development of
PARTNERS
needs. According to a 2011 report, cooking fuel a sustainable supply chain of cleaner and more
accounts for 70% of the nation’s overall energy fuel efficient cook stoves. It aimed at making ICS NORMAI, Lao PDR
consumption. This high dependence on biomass dominate 50% of the cook-stove market share,
resources degrades the local environment, requires and targeted consumers in five provinces for SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV)
considerable time for fuel collection, is costly, and better awareness and access to purchase ICS, as
creates indoor air pollution that harms people’s an affordable and high quality alternative to the
health. In addition, the burning of coal and wood traditional cook stoves. The project aimed at the
contributes considerably to the greenhouse gas following results:

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• Fostering a policy environment that is
supportive of positive climate and energy action
OUTCOMES All project stakeholders, including governmental

counterparts such as the Forest Research
• By the end of the project, 30 trained ICS skilled Institute or private-sector representatives,
producers reached a total average production of constructively collaborated to achieve a scale-
SCALE - Upscaling improved cook between 6,000 and 8,000 standardised quality,
locally appropriate, affordable ICS models per
up of ICS dissemination in Myanmar. Households
and small-business cookstove users were
month satisfied with the redesigned cookstoves, and the
stove dissemination • Distribution chains in 8 states/divisions received
ICS value chain had really taken off by the end of
this project.
over USD 40,000 of added value income from
MYANMAR COOK STOVE ICS distribution
François-Xavier Sorba
BUDGET: EUR 2,465,770 (EU Contribution: 81.11%)
• At least 50 distributors/retailers are involved in Project Manager
supplying the market with standardised quality GERES
ICS
• In the Dry Zone and in Pathein area, all trained
producers have passed the quality training. All
of them are following up their production and
sales thanks to a dedicated logbook
• 92% of households indicate to be satisfied with
the San Pya ICS. Whereas producers (65%)
and distributors (80%) now are aware and
knowledgeable on quality and durability of ICS:
• before the project most producers had limited
idea about quality and durability; after the
project, confidence in the San Pya ICS has been
established and should trigger an increased
uptake through the market
• 60 SMEs were engaged in the production and INFORMATION
distribution of ICS, with sustainable business
plans, and contribute to job creation
• 41,500 households using ICS benefitted from
time and/or money savings and improvement
in sanitary conditions
CONTACT
Marco Gaspari
No.8, Room 3B, Mya Zayar Condo, Mya Zayar Street,

CHALLENGE information on the quality, performance or safety Kamayut Township, Yangon, Myanmar
of such devices. Cleaner and more efficient
According to the WHO, 3 million people die each alternatives, such as ICS, are not widely available. [email protected]
year because of open fire or traditional biomass
(firewood and charcoal) cooking devices. In OBJECTIVES [email protected]
Myanmar, a country of 60 million people, more
www.geres.eu
than 85% of the population relies on biomass and The Action aimed catalyse the Improved
cooks daily with inefficient and highly polluting Cookstove (ICS) sector in Myanmar through an LEAD PARTNER
cookstoves. Today, most of the wood used as fuel integrated approach to achieve a high added
comes from unsustainable and sometimes illegal value for the local private sector, product quality GERES - Acting for Climate Solidarity
logging of local forests. Forest degradation has control, improved access to ICS markets, and
become a major issue in Myanmar, with an annual informed decision-making at the policy level. The PARTNERS
deforestation rate of 2% (UN FAO 2007). Fuelwood specific objectives included:
use also increases the burden on women, as they Ever Green Group
are the household members primarily in charge • Supporting ICS sector development and scaling IcoProDAC
of collecting firewood, spending more than 200 up the production, supply and promotion of
hours a year on this activity. In addition, traditional improved cookstoves (HiVOS), Netherlands
cookstove production is highly fragmented and
• Stimulating domestic demand for ICS
not standardised, with consumers rarely having

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS

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• To involve informal sector SMEs in the e-waste
channel and to streamline these activities
• To develop and improve the technology for
e-waste management and recycling in both Working in accordance with the set regulations
informal and formal sectors on e-waste, we were supported to mainstream
and formalise our sector. A collection centre
was opened and huge support was provided
WEEE Recycle - Establishing e-waste OUTCOMES in e-waste channelisation. Partnering with a
German investor, now the company has been
channels to enhance environment friendly With the notification of E-waste Management
and Handling Rules 2011 a supportive regulatory
registered to start a dismantling facility in the
State of Haryana.
recyling
framework was developed.
Mohd. Sabir
• Guidelines for implementation of Rules were Director
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2010-12/2013 drafted
INDIA ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS BUDGET: EUR 2,004,045.37 (EU contribution: 80%)
Green E-waste Recyclers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
• Establishment of informal sector associations/
companies in four Indian cities
• Establishment of an e-waste collection and
channelisation mechanism
• Capacity building for informal sector workers,
recyclers and policy makers
• Research and development on Green Products
and Carbon Footprint
• E-waste calendars, school poster competitions,
a television slot, a project film for Rio+20 and
general awareness programmes contributed to
awareness on e-waste

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. Ashish Chaturvedi
[email protected]
B-5/2, Third Floor, Safdarjung Enclave,
New Delhi - 110029 India
The rapid growth of electronics and electrical The project formalised and mainstreamed
industries and high obsolescence rates of their e-waste management, raised awareness of and LEAD PARTNER
products is continually generating more waste. the potential for new technologies, and urged
India needs to deal with major disposal challenges: changes to be based on sustainability and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
95% of e-waste (computers, mobile phones and business principles. Specific objectives were: Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
televisions) enters informal channels of backyard,
home and cottage industry recyclers – harming • To support the implementation of the National PARTNERS
both workers and the environment. Emissions Environment Policy encompassing the 3Rs and
from open burning, unhealthy dismantling ‘polluter pays’ principle, with a clear role for the adelphi
and smelting units, makeshift facilities are involvement of the informal sector in waste Manufacturers Association for Information Technology
not meeting occupational health and safety management (MAIT)
standards but are still being used for toxic waste • To reduce pollution from recycling e-waste Toxics Link
and unsorted e-waste openly dumped. in the informal sector in four urban areas, by
encouraging environmentally sound recycling
through the collective effort of all relevant
stakeholders in the value chain

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OUTCOMES
• Facilitated trade and cooperation among

Chinese and European enterprises of electrical
& electronics sector resulting from compliance While promoting responsible resource
with eco-efficient and sustainable production management models, our project generated
standards multiple win-win benefits for European supply
ESEEC - Improving environmental and • Reduced risk of workplace accidents and health
chains and more than 1,600 Chinese SMEs of a
fast-growing and traditionally export-oriented
hazards through implemented OHS measures
safety performance in the electrical and
sector.
• •Improved social standards through
electronics industry
implemented CSR practices Igor Darbo
• Baseline survey on environmental performance Project Manager
of Chinese electrical & electronics enterprises AHKB/DIHK
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2009-2/2013 conducted
CHINA ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS BUDGET: EUR 2,599,087 (EU contribution: 80%)
• Standards Guidelines developed and
disseminated
• Conformity model for SMEs applied in 5 regional
clusters
• Declaration signed by 6 key domestic industry
players
• SME Training and Assessment Programme
implemented: more than 20 training workshops
and a series of assessments
• More than 1600 SMEs & 200 policy-makers
involved in project activities
•

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Igor Darbo
[email protected]
Landmark Tower II, Unit 0811, 8 North Dongsanhuan

CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Road, Beijing 100004, P.R. China
China’s economic boom has increased energy The project aimed at promoting sustainable LEAD PARTNER
consumption and environmental degradation. production patterns in the electrical and
Concerns for the health and safety of both workers electronics industries. By mobilising the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce Beijing
and consumers are now growing. The electrical private sector along with relevant public sector / Deutscher Industrieund Handelskammertag
(AHKB / DIHK)
and electronics industries have been significant authorities, the project sought to improve the
players in this economic growth and often play an performance of over 500 Chinese SMEs in the PARTNERS
important role in international supply chains. At electrical and electronics sector in the areas of
the same time, they are substantial contributors to eco-efficiency, occupational health and safety China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS)
China’s water and air pollution, and are significant (OHS) as well as corporate social responsibility
China Standard Certification Center (CSC)
emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2). (CSR).
Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE)
Deutsche Telekom

OBJECTIVES
The overall objective of the action was to

contribute to sustainable production for both
Chinese producers of EEE and recyclers via
promoting resource efficiency in order to lower
the environmental impact of WEEE. Specific
objectives included:
REWIN e-Waste Tracking System - • Linking supply and demand of secondary raw
Improving resource-efficiency for the materials in electronic production and recycling
(chain approach)
production and recycling of electronic • The development of an adequate recycling

infrastructure for WEEE as post-consumer
products waste and secondary raw materials from
electronic producing industry
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 12/2011-7/2015 • The development of a knowledge structure on
CHINA ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS BUDGET: EUR 1,751,391 (EU Contribution: 80%) Design for Recycling between the recyclers and
the electronic producing industry
OUTCOMES
• Established the Electronic Waste Tracking

System (e-WTS) Central Office within China’s
National Solid Waste Management Centre
(NSWMC) as central body
• The e-WTS was included in the existing WTS
for hazardous waste and thus it will be adapted
and scaled-up
• A business network was established by involving
all stakeholders of the value-chain through the
implementation of e-WTS and a Secondary
Material Exchange Platform (SMEP) SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
• Strengthened the capacities of the target EEE
producers on integrating concepts of Design for
Recycling into the product designing, selecting
of materials and technologies and production
processes
CONTACT
Stefan Salhofer
[email protected]
Muthgasse 107, 1190 Vienna, Austria

CHALLENGE
LEAD PARTNER
China is a fast-developing economic region, According to a 2009 United Nations Environment University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
especially in the production of electrical and Program (UNEP) report, China already produced Vienna
electronic equipment (EEE) which is rapidly about 2.3 million tonnes of e-waste (2010 estimate)
growing. On the one hand these growing domestically at the time, second only to the United PARTNERS
quantities of EEE cause severe environmental States with about 3 million tonnes. And, despite
damage when not handled properly as waste, on having banned e-waste imports, China remains Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
the other hand post-consumer Waste Electrical a major e-waste dumping ground for developed (BUCEA)
and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) contain countries. China Electronics Enterprises Association (CEEA)
many materials that are valuable when used Jingzhou Environmental Protection Bureau
as secondary raw materials in the production
processes of electronics. In addition, the recycling NL Agency
of residual materials from the electronics
production industry saves valuable resources.

MULTI-INDUSTRY

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OUTCOMES
• Establishing ‘soft law’ on GPP in Bhutan

• Developing dedicated GPP guidance material This project has given us the much-needed
for public procurers insights and also helped our Committee to
• Designing preferential programmes for SMEs discuss and debate on Public Procurement Policy
and disadvantaged suppliers and its process in the Parliament. The National
GPP Bhutan - Scaling-up public demand • Designing and facilitating GPP training sessions
Council has passed a seven-point resolution and
submitted it to the Royal Government for further
for sustainable products in Bhutan

for public procurers and suppliers action on the Public Procurement Policy and its
• Mentoring real-time GPP pilot tenders in systems.
selected industrial sectors
BHUTAN MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,132,307 (EU contribution: 90%) • Providing for long-term GPP implementation Tempa Dorji
by establishing a GPP knowledge platform and Chairperson of the Good Governance Committee
curricula of the National Council of Bhutan

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Yeshey Penjor
Level 3, RSPN Building, Lhado Lam, Kawangjangsa,

CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Thimphu 11001, Bhutan
At the beginning of the project, the Bhutanese The project aimed to leverage GPP as a powerful [email protected]
public sector had not yet developed a cross- up-scaling tool to 1) lower the direct impact of
cutting strategy for resource efficiency, cleaner state-consumption, 2) incentivise sustainable LEAD PARTNER
production, energy efficiency, decent work and production among suppliers, 3) build demand-
International Institute for Sustainable Development
human rights, nor for the integration of the 10th side and supply-side capacity, and 4) trigger (IISD), Canada
Five Year Plan targets on ‘vita-lising industry’, private sustainable consumption and green
‘SME strengthening’ or ‘youth employment’. The economic transformation. PARTNERS
project met these needs with an overarching
strategy, building on the international Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bhutan
momentum for using public procurement as a Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and
driver of sustainable development, as specified Production GGMBH
under Sustainable Development Goal 12 on
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). Royal Institute of Management of Bhutan (RIM)
Bhutan will embark on a long-term pathway to Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN),
utilise green public procurement (GPP) as a lever Bhutan
to ‘switch’ towards more sustainable production
and consumption patterns.

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OUTCOMES
• Conducted resource efficiency (RE) training

workshops for SMEs and provided on-site
consulting support for implementation of low- After implementing the project’s
or no-cost RE options recommendations, we now consume 30% less
water and 20-25% fewer chemicals, significantly
• Demonstrated acid and rinse water recovery
increasing our profits.
ACIDLOOP - Sustainable production techniques
• Organised two technology roundtables to
through market penetration of closed loop
Anil Patil
facilitate SMEs and technology suppliers to
Shriram Engineers,
identify measures to improve access of SMEs to
a metal finishing company in Aurangabad
technologies in the metal finishing industry RE technologies
• Financial and other support to SMEs through
policy dialogues, customer round tables,
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2012-1/2016 technology round tables
INDIA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,395,069.59 (EU contribution: 80%)
• Sensitised 8 local banks on the potentials of RE
technology investments
• Shared information on financing options with
SMEs
• Organised three regional and two national
policy dialogues
• Shared policy recommendations on technology
transfer with relevant stakeholders SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. Malini Balakrishnan
[email protected]
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003

India
www.acidloop.in
LEAD PARTNER
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES PARTNERS
adelphi
Metal-finishing operations in India are carried out The project aimed at introducing technology
by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). innovation for acid recovery as well as resource Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable
Operations like degreasing, pickling, and galvanic efficiency in the Indian metal-finishing SMEs that Transformation (ASSIST), The Philippines
baths use acids, and the resulting wastewater is would lead to improved environmental quality Austria Recycling - Verein zur Förderung von Recycling
highly polluted. Due to lack of material stream and combat pollution. und Umweltschutz in Österreich (AREC)
and waste management systems, waste and
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM),
pollution are major concerns. This also leads to India
reduced profits.
STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society
(STENUM Asia)
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH (BFI)

OUTCOMES
• Fostered sustainable production through

technical and nontechnical measures
• Built capacities of Business Membership
Organisations (BMOs) for sustainable
consumption and production (SCP)
MSME Clusters - Scaling-up sustainable • Introduced and facilitated Aggregate

Sustainability Reporting among Cluster MSMEs
development of MSME Clusters in India • Enhanced access of MSMEs to credit through

stronger linkages with Financial Institutions
• Undertook policy advocacy and dissemination
INDIA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,070,491 (EU contribution: 80%)

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. Tamal Sarkar
[email protected]
USO House, USO Road Off Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg,
The Indian economy owes a major part of The project enabled the adoption of sustainable New Delhi – 110067, India
its growth to the 26 million micro, small and environment and social business practices across
medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that provide selected foundry MSME clusters. It aimed at LEAD PARTNER
employment to an estimated 60 million people. scaling up the capacity of business membership
Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC)
Some 70% of these MSMEs are estimated to organisations, and sought to introduce aggregate
be concentrated in around 1100 industrial reporting. Furthermore, the project aimed at PARTNERS
and 3500 artisanal clusters. A 2010 sector establishing financial linkages and supported a
mapping of industrial clusters identified the conducive policy environment. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
foundry sector, with 5500 units in 47 clusters, Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
as an environmentally challenging and highly Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
energy-intensive industry. Approximately 90% of
India’s foundry enterprises are micro and small Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)
enterprises, which use obsolete and inefficient United Nations Industrial Development Organization
melting technologies. Despite several initiatives (UNIDO)
undertaken to address the problems, these
initiatives had not been able to reach out to more
than 200 enterprises.

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OUTCOMES
• Raised awareness of fair-trade products among

consumers
Sustainable living should ensure social
• Converted corporate procurement to fair trade equity, economic viability and environmental
• A dedicated retail channel for fair trade has been stewardship. Fair trade organisations should
developed through creation of a commonly convert environmental and sustainability
PRO-SUSTAIN - Promoting fair trade branded network of shops for the members of
the Fair Trade Forum – India
considerations into competitive advantages
while making products affordable to conscious
and sustainable consumption in India • Access for fair-trade certified products in

mainstream retail channels was gained
consumers.
T. Muralidharan
• Secured commitments/tap opportunities from
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2010-6/2013 Project Manager
INDIA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,040,076 (EU contribution: 80%)
government ministries and other agencies to
HiVOS
promote fair trade

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Aruna Rangachar Pohl
[email protected]
#06, 1st Floor, 2nd Cross, Vasantanagar,
A growing group of middle-class consumers are The project aimed at creating a consumer Bangalore, India
questioning the ‘conventional’ manufacturing market for fair-trade products that improves
process. Small-scale farmers and artisans can tap rural livelihoods and stimulates producers to LEAD PARTNER
into an export market but a growing interest from follow environmentally sustainable production
the urban middle class and youth gives them an practices by converting corporate procurement, (HiVOS), Netherlands
opportunity to escape poverty by selling their by developing a retail channel for fair trade and by
products nearer to home. The income profile of promoting a common message for fair trade and PARTNERS
these consumers gives this national market good popularising the products to consumers.
potential. There is no policy directly supporting Fair Trade Forum – India (FTF-I), India
fair trade or influencing public procurement in International Resources for Fairer Trade (IRFT), India
favour of fair-trade products, but many ministries
and government departments are keen to Shop for Change (SFC), India (associate partner)
promote it, along with sustainable consumption
and consumer rights, and to partner fair-trade
organisations so that small producer groups can
access the market.

India (FFI) will empower consumers and enable
informed choices by raising awareness about the
power of their purchases as well as by increasing
the availability and visibility of sustainable
products.
OBJECTIVES
SWITCHing India’s Consumption to Fair The project’s overall objective is to contribute to

sustainable development and poverty reduction
and Sustainable Goods in India through more sustainable consumption.

More specifically, the project aims to:

• Educate and engage consumers in urban India
INDIA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,094,396.37 (EU contribution 80%)
with the concept of sustainability - particularly
related to food and fashion
• Develop a network and an active eco-
system of institutions and partners including
government agencies that promote sustainable
consumption and procurement in India
• Engage businesses and organisations to
produce more sustainable and fair products
by switching to Sustainable/Fairtrade supply
chains, thus making sustainable products more
accessible to Indian consumers
OUTCOMES
• Increase awareness of sustainable consumption

choices in urban centres
• Increase stakeholder engagement in SCP at
educational, local and higher government SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
levels, as well as in the private sector INFORMATION
• Increase access to sustainably produced

products in the Indian market and greater
sustainability-led market linkages among Asian
countries catering to Indian consumers
CONTACT
• Inform the wider stakeholder network about
the approaches to waste prevention Veronica Perez Sueiro
Fairtrade International
CHALLENGE
[email protected]
India’s strong economic growth has enabled ethical and sustainable. However, respondents also
millions to come out of poverty, but still about cited major challenges in translating this intent www.facebook.com/fairtradeindia.org
one-third of the world’s poor live in India. Thus to into switching to more sustainable consumption.
achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 While many urban Indian consumers want LEAD PARTNER
(end poverty by 2030) India remains a key focus. to shop ethically and sustainably, 75% of the
Fairtrade International
The growing urban-rural divide shows that there is respondents to the Globescan 2015 survey said
a disconnect between the prosperity and lifestyle that they find it hard to find products that are PARTNERS
of the upper- and middle-income urban Indians good for both society and the environment.
vs. the life of the rural farming communities. This Further barriers for sustainable consumption Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bhutan
is further highlighted through the continuous are lack of awareness and information on SCP,
Centre for Social Markets, India
stream of farmer suicides in India which has accessibility and convenience of availability of
increased to over 300,000 suicides since 1995. sustainably produced products, and lack of choice Fairtrade Foundation, India
In 2015, research by Globescan found that 78% and affordability. Building on its experience Max Havelaar France Association, France
of urban Indian consumers interviewed believe in business and consumer engagement on
Transfair EV, Germany
that they can change things by choosing to sustainability in India and learning from related
shop ethically and sustainably, and 82% of Indian experiences from Europe, the Centre for Social
consumers admired companies that lead in being Markets (CSM) along with Fairtrade Foundation

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OUTCOMES
• NRs. 500 million worth of transactions took

place in the charcoal value chain
This project not only contributed to responsible
• 589 enterprises were established and succeeded
forest management, but also to reducing carbon
in producing 10,470 MT bio-charcoal by using
emissions and creating new enterprises and job
52,350 MT biomass from 111 community forests:
opportunities, particularly for marginalised and
Bioenergy the baseline study on biomass showed that the
estimated mean shrub biomass in Cluster-1 (hill
disadvantaged groups, including single women,
Dalit, janjati, among others.
districts) was 6.37 MT/hectare, and 12.87 MT/
hectare in Cluster-2 (terai districts)
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2014-12/2017 Kripa Ram Rana
NEPAL MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,970,703 (EU contribution: 90%) • NRs. 2,308,440 was provided as support (grants) Constituent Assembly Member
by organisations as a result of the Bioenergy
Project efforts; NRs. 10,634,080 worth of loans
were facilitated by BDSPs; and NRs. 757,480 were
provided by different cooperatives for buying
charring kilns to start charcoal enterprises
• The Bio-energy Entrepreneurs Association
Nepal (BEAN) was registered at the national
level for conducting policy dialogues and
creating an enabling environment to promote
charcoal enterprises
• 37 manufacturers/fabricators (two in
Sindhupalchowk, one in Kavreplanchowk,
three in Nuwakot, three in Dhadhing, five in
Kailali, two in Bardiya, three in Banke, six in
Kathmandu, six in Bhaktapur and six in Lalitpur
districts) were identified
• The annual rate of charcoal production increased
by 213% by 2017: total charcoal production in
2014 was 111.26 MT, in 2015 it was 245 MT, in 2016
it was 2449 MT, and 7665 MT in 2017, supported
by the Bioenergy Project SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
Sandip Poudel Jhamsikhel

Nepal’s overall energy requirement for both The project contributed to Nepal’s national
domestic and industrial purposes increased poverty reduction and reduction of carbon Lalitpur, Nepal
substantially following rapid urbanisation and emissions via up-scaling the production and
the expansion of businesses such as brick industrial consumption of bioenergy. Specific [email protected]
industries, hotels and restaurants. Unfortunately, objectives included:
these industries have relied heavily on imported LEAD PARTNER
fossil fuels (e.g. coal, LPG, kerosene), in spite of • Increasing production and industrial
substantial increases in their prices. Fossil fuels consumption of bio-energy to meet the rising HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation (HSI)
cover more than 80% of Nepal’s imports, with energy demand replacing environmentally
hazardous fossil fuels PARTNERS
approximately 10 billion tons of coal imported
from India every year. Use of these fossil fuels • Increasing opportunities to create additional
International Union for Conservation of Nature and
also increases the emissions of greenhouse gases local employment through the charcoal value Natural Resources (IUCN)
such as CO2. In addition, Nepal has witnessed chain
an increasing number of forest fires due to the Sustainable Technology Adaptive Research &
lack of responsible forest management. This has • Reducing carbon emissions by reducing the Implementation Center / Nepal (STARIC/N)
exacerbated existing environmental issues. import of kerosene and LPG
Winrock International (WI)
• Improving sustainable forest management to
help reduce fire hazards

OUTCOMES
• Cost efficiency of the hand-made paper and

products increased;
• Social and environmental challenges associated
with the paper production adressed;
Lokta Handmade Paper • Lokta cutting and forest management training

conducted – 1195 lokta cutters benefitted from
the training;
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2009-12/2011 • Paper making training organized – 727 paper
NEPAL MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,400,004 (EU contribution: 90%) makers benefitted;
• Training on waste water management
conducted – 30 entrepreneurs were trained
to use waste water to clean up a polluted
environment;
• Analysis for marketing approach of Lokta paper
finalised.

INFORMATION
Prayag Raj Tamrakar

Handmade paper is a traditional craft in Nepal, The project sought to improve the extracting
produced by SMEs in the rural mountain regions, method of the lokta plant, to increase the [email protected]
using a local plant called lokta. The major part efficiency of and reduce the pollution from paper
of the population has very limited resources making, to strengthen the capacity of Nepal House No. 69, Banijya Kendra Marga, Bijulibazaar,
and employment possibilities. The sector has Handmade Paper Association and to further Kathmandu, Nepal
a significant economic and poverty reduction develop the European market.
potential given that 90% of the handmade LEAD PARTNER
paper and products produced in Nepal are
exported. The inefficient resource extraction Nepal Handmade Paper Association
and production processes, however, do not allow
PARTNERS
farmers and entrepreneurs to exploit the full
economic potential.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

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• Collecting, processing and selling 175 MTs/year
of segregated recyclable material via recycling
SMEs
• Converting 110 MTs/year of segregated My joy knows no bounds, as my efforts have been
biodegradable waste to compost and selling recognised by this project. This has given me
the materials through private operators the motivation to work harder to generate more
• Generating NPR 3 million in annual revenue employment opportunities and contribute to
PPP4Gs - Public-Private Partnerships through the sale of recyclable and compostable

materials
sustainable waste management.
Ram Bahadur Gurung

in Green SMEs, Green City, Green Agro • Generating 1000 green jobs and benefitting
5000 individuals
Local citizen impacted by PPP4Gs
Products, and Green Employment OUTCOMES
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2014-1/2018 • Ilam municipality residents and locals were

NEPAL MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 982,577 (EU contribution: 90%) mobilised in 111 TLOs covering all wards of the
municipality, and this resulted in improved
source segregation of waste and more
organised and sustainable waste collection
services through proper schedules and route
setting
• Three exposure site visits took place during
which project partners and local stakeholders
explored ongoing similar activities in other
locations, exchanged lessons learned and
acquired new knowledge
• Four Central Project Advisory Committee
(CPAC) meetings were organised, and these
enhanced coordination between line ministries,
project partners and local stakeholders, thereby
helping to resolve issues and challenges faced
during the project implementation
• A compost plan facility was established as a INFORMATION
result of the investment provided by IM and
the private sector: the facility is estimated to
produce 15-tonnes of compost per year from 30
tonnes of degradable waste collected in IM
• Four agro-groups were established and
registered: the SMEs were able to commercially CONTACT
market their product and also secure facilities
and support from the government after their REPSO Nepal
registration
Winrock International Office Kha-182,
CHALLENGE technical and financial constraints leading to • Approximately 300 farmers were involved in Jhamsikhel-3 Lalitpur, Nepal.
unsustainable practices. these groups and 1500 individuals benefitted
Prior to the project, research indicated that less [email protected]
than half of solid waste in Nepal was collected. In OBJECTIVES
www.winrock.org.np/switchasia
rural areas, additional complications drove these
numbers higher and created additional health The PPP4Gs project promoted a sustainable
LEAD PARTNER
risks. With scattered settlements and difficult commercially driven, environmentally friendly
land terrain, sustainable solid waste management cycle of municipal solid waste management in Winrock International (WI)
was a challenge to the Ilam Municipality (IM), one Ilam. It also showcased best practices that can be
of four urban municipalities of Ilam District in replicated in difficult geographic areas, such as PARTNERS
eastern Nepal. Before the project’s intervention, remote rural areas, topographically challenging
IM collected both degradable and non- terrains and unconnected urban settlements. Namsaling Community Development Centre (NCDC)
degradable waste and dumped it into landfill In addition to promoting municipal solid waste
Positive Planet
sites. This led to poor and unplanned solid waste management in PPP through small and medium-
collection and disposal, an issue common across sized enterprises (SMEs), the project had several
Nepal, where many municipalities face both specific objectives:

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OUTCOMES
• Implemented water and pollution reduction

through BWMPs: in all, the project instigated
an annual capital investment of EUR 1.03 million Water is everybody’s business regardless of the
for the implementation of BWMPs in 35 SMEs sector one works in. Especially for South and
resulting in annual economic savings of EUR East Asia, it is the backbone of the economy
1.52 million and fundamental to agriculture, industry and
Water Stewardship Pakistan (WSP) • Established cooperation with many key
ecosystems.
stakeholders, i.e. various governmental
Ali Hasnain Sayed
institutions such as Environmental Protection
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2013-12/2015 Project Manager
PAKISTAN MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 815,688 (EU contribution: 80%)
Department (EPD) and Punjab Irrigation
WWF-Pakistan
and Drainage Authority (PIDA); chamber
of commerce (Lahore, Sialkot, Faisalabad,
Karachi); industrial associations such as All
Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association
(APTPMA) and Pakistan Tanneries Association
(PTA); and multinational corporations such as
Nestle Pakistan, Coca Cola Pakistan, and Levi’s
• Established multi-stakeholder city-wide
partnership with a steering committee
• Developed a business case which is being used
as an instrument to encourage SMEs on a wider
scale to adopt BWMPs
• Developed guidelines for the industrial sector
to improve water efficiency and reduce the use
of chemicals

INFORMATION
Ali Hasnain Sayed

Pakistan is a water-stressed country with The objective of the project was that by 2025
unsustainable water use, and poor water water efficient production and consumption [email protected]
management and governance practice would predominate as best practice in Pakistan’s
have caused increasing water scarcity. In major industrial cities, contributing to improved WWF Pakistan Head Office Ferozepur Road,
Lahore, where the project focused, extensive environmental sustainability and poverty Lahore, Pakistan
unsustainable groundwater withdrawal for reduction within the context of sustainable
domestic and industrial use, coupled with low development. Specific project objectives were to: LEAD PARTNER
recharge rates, has already caused groundwater
levels to drop significantly. In 1960, the water • Promote better water management practices WWF-Pakistan
table in Lahore sat 5 metres below the surface, (BWMPs) among 300 processing and
manufacturing SMEs in the target area PARTNERS
currently the water table is over 40 metres
deep. Total water availability at the basin level • Increase water management capacity of 75 Cleaner Production Institute (CPI), Pakistan
is further reduced by pollution, commonly from SMEs with high water usage
untreated industrial effluent. Water scarcity also WWF-UK
has serious implications for the sustainability of • Establish BWMP implementation in 25 SMEs
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and • Establish a multi-stakeholder water partnership
the industrial sector as a whole, for both direct on a city-wide level
operations and supply chains.

OUTCOMES
• Framework for data gathering of industry data

developed
• Awareness creation of sustainable production
among industry staff across Sri Lanka
• 250 enterprises involved in project through
EEPEX - Enhancing Environmental completion of baseline survey
Performance in Key Sri Lankan Export

• Mapping of value chains and benchmark
studies concluded
Sectors • Draft sector-wide analysis of the ceramics

sector completed
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 3/2009-9/2011 • Training for company staff as part of a
SRI LANKA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,588,538 (EU contribution: 80%) sustainable action plan for each enterprise
• Action plans for target sectors progressed
• Awareness of project among waste
management companies, commitment from
waste management companies to a waste
management network.

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. A. Mubarak
Poor environmental performance among The project sought to reduce the negative P.O. Box 787, Colombo, Sri Lanka
enterprises in key Sri Lankan export sectors environmental impact of major polluting export
hampers business across the value chain. sectors in Sri Lanka across the industry value LEAD PARTNER
Entrepreneurs lack awareness, technical know- chains through the introduction of sustainable
Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Sri Lanka
how and cost-effective solutions for sustainable production practices and technologies.
production patterns. The poor environmental PARTNERS
performance is due to the lack of environmental
performance data and weak enforcement of IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd,
environmental laws. Sweden
Megaskills Research Company Ltd, UK Fraunhofer
Institute IFF, Germany

OBJECTIVES
The project sought to promote economic

prosperity and poverty reduction in Cambodia
with reduced adverse environmental impact of
SMEs in selected sectors. The specific objective
was to improve the competitiveness of SMEs
MEET-BIS Cambodia - Mainstreaming Energy in selected sectors in Cambodia through
commercially viable and scalable business
Efficiency through Business Innovation Support innovation packages enabling SMEs to effectively
invest in clean technologies for their business.

CAMBODIA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,996,196 (EU contribution: 90%) OUTCOMES
• Identified viable product market combinations

• Established partnerships with technology
suppliers
• Developed and provided business support
packages for the different partner SMEs
involved in the EE value chains
• Mobilised access to finance for SMEs by
identifying and building up partnerships with
financial institutions

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Mayte de Vries
[email protected]
CHALLENGE
#10, Street 179, Sangkat Tomnoup Teok, Khan
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) • The lack of institutional capacity of existing Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
make up a crucial part of the Cambodian installation companies to adequately translate
LEAD PARTNER
economy and form a crucial segment to enhance these technical solutions into business-smart,
sustainable production in the country. Many SMEs cost-saving products for SMEs ETC Foundation, Netherlands
in Cambodia work with outdated and inefficient
• Limited understanding of these technologies
technology. With energy prices being high, their PARTNERS
and their benefits
inefficiency implies high production cost to the
business, as well as high cost to the environment. • Limited access to external financing for SMEs AdaPPPt, The Netherlands
Local available technologies are often not adopted RainWater Cambodia
due to several factors, among others:

OUTCOMES
• Through project implementation, Php 1.6

million / year (EUR 26,033/year) has been saved
• An increase of profit returned to capex for more
energy efficient equipment
• New green product has been introduced to
AEMAS - Establishment of the ASEAN market that is inverter air conditioner using
ozone-friendly refrigerant (R410A)
Energy Management Scheme • CO2 reduction from initially 147 tons to 62 tons
upon project completion
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2010-1/2014 • Reduction of 186, 000 kWh (3%) energy use
CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, MULTI-INDUSTRY
BUDGET: EUR 2,152,056.76 (EU Contribution: 80 %)
LAO PDR, MALAYSIA, • Establishment of 6 national councils (Country
MYANMAR, PHILIPPINES, Chapters)
THAILAND, VIETNAM • Contribution to content of Energy Efficiency
& Conservation Laws (amendment to existing
rules and regulations)

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Christopher G. Zamora
[email protected]
Jl. HR Rasuna Said, Blok X-2 Kav 7-8, Kuningan Jakarta
LEAD PARTNER
ASEAN Centre for Energy, Indonesia
PARTNERS
Action Sustainable Development (ASD), France
To actually incorporate energy efficiency in the The project aimed at increasing the energy Green Technology Corporation, Malaysia
management policy of a company, the energy efficiency of industries in the Association of International Copper Association South-East Asia
management role must be assigned to a senior South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) through the (ICASEA), Thailand
manager who has access to the board. The senior establishment of the ASEAN Energy Manager
Myanmar Engineering Society (MES), Myanmar
manager must also be trained for the effective Accreditation Scheme (AEMAS). Further objectives
integration of energy management systems in were to train and certify energy managers and Pelangi, Indonesia
their companies. This is the concept of the ‘energy provide certification on a large scale for energy Research Center for Energy and Environment (RCEE),
manager’ function. The energy manager must be end-users. Vietnam
a senior manager, who will have a technical team
to design and implement energy management
measures in the context of a sustainable energy
management system that must be incorporated
in the company’s corporate policy.

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OUTCOMES
• Systematic involvement and training of all actors

along the rattan supply chain, from village Cleaner production provides clear benefits to our
producer groups to buyers company: we save around USD 7000 a year.
• 12 contracts with international retailers were
Mr Thien
Sustainable Rattan - Establishing a signed and 46 are being drawn up
• 22,000 villagers increased their income by 5–45 %
Au Co company, Vietnam
sustainable production system for rattan • World-wide first FSC certified rattan and 19,000
ha under responsible forest management
products • 220 SMEs were introduced to cleaner production
• Policies reviewed and piloted to support
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2009-12/2011 community based rattan processing and to
CAMBODIA, LAO PDR, MULTI-INDUSTRY
BUDGET: EUR 2,417,694 (EU Contribution: 80%) promote a green rattan industry
VIETNAM
• 38 SMEs started to switch their production system
in consideration of environmental and social
standards
• 5774 households (rattan pre-processors) improved
rattan production skills
• WFTO membership for Rattan Association of
Cambodia

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Sabine Gisch-Boie
[email protected]
Thibault Ledecq
[email protected]
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Ottakringer Straße 114-116, 1160 Vienna, Austria
The harvesting and pre-processing of rattan in The project aimed to boost the export of LEAD PARTNER
Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam has long been sustainable rattan products and improve the
unsustainable and wasteful. The processing environmental performance of the processing WWF Austria
industry was over-exploiting the rattan sources, industry. By 2015, the project envisaged that
had little environmental awareness, and was at least 50% of rattan processing in the region PARTNERS
responsible for health risks to its workers. The would be sustainable, leading to environmental
Artisans’ Association of Cambodia (AAC), Cambodia
rattan industry faced poor competitiveness on improvements, strengthened competitiveness,
the global market. However, villagers have been poverty alleviation and national economic Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
heavily relying on this resource for their income. benefits. (LNCCI), Laos
Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre (VNCPC), Vietnam

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OUTCOMES
• SPIN toolkit development, connected studies

in marketing and policies facilitation
• Train-the-trainer workshops and training for In the upcoming years, we will keep moving
more radical sustainable product innovation towards cleaner production and sustainable
product innovation to increase the value of our
• Three cycles of SPI implementation: 100-150-
SPIN-VCL - Sustainable Product
creations and reduce environmental impacts.
250 companies, cycles 1 and 2 with trainers,
multiplier cycle 3 do-it-yourself, with support
Innovation in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
Vu Thi Cam Tu
and SPI circles
Director
• Project branding, marketing skill trainings An Do
for SMEs, marketing access via fairs, product
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 4/2010-9/2014 catalogues, promotion of sustainable public
CAMBODIA, LAO PDR, MULTI-INDUSTRY policy & procurement with government
BUDGET: EUR 2,854,782.14 (EU Contribution: 80 %)
VIETNAM organisations
• Setting up SPI Networks, national conferences,
web movies and publicity and reports

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Linda Roos
[email protected]
Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, Netherlands
LEAD PARTNER
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
PARTNERS
Asian Institute of Technology Center (AITCV), Vietnam
In Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, the impact The project sought to improve innovative power of Cambodian Cleaner Production Office (CCPO),
of current growth has caused significant industry, and improve environmental and societal Cambodia
environmental and social problems. quality of products made in Vietnam, Cambodia
Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Competitiveness and the added value of products and Laos by implementing sustainable product
(LNCCI), Laos
of are still relatively low in the region. Sustainable innovation (SPIN) on a significant scale in these
product innovation (SPIN) is an essential element three countries. United Nations Environment Programme, Division
in the development towards a greener economy of Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE),
as products are the core business of enterprises. France
Innovation for sustainable product designs is the Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre (VNCPC), Vietnam
key to create new business activities.

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OUTCOMES
• Strengthening the China Heat Pump Alliance

to facilitate EU-Asia exchanges of experience,
and enhancing potential for credibility, visibility, We have used the HPWH for a year and it has
and acceptance of the outputs of the action really helped us save electricity costs. In the
summer, most days it consumes just 1 kWh for the
• Strengthening of the capacity of intermediaries
whole family to bathe. When we used the electric
China Heat Pump Water Heater Challenge • Strengthening consumer awareness water heater, it reached up to 4 kWh or more.
• Upgrading HPWH manufacturing through
enhanced ability and readiness to apply eco- Li Xiaodong
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2013-1/2017 Consumer from Wuhan, Hubei province
CHINA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,069,861 (EU Contribution: 80%)
design
• Establishing a new single standard and a
labelling scheme supporting HPWH greater
deployment
• Creating a supportive policy framework
allowing HPWH to benefit from subsidies
available to renewable energy technologies

INFORMATION
In China, the broad uptake of Heat Pump Water The project promoted residential HPWH in China Song Zhongkui
Heater (HPWH) faces many challenges. Firstly, the to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It
upfront cost of an HPWH is higher than that of an sought to increase the market share of household [email protected]
electric water heater, and similar or a little higher heat pump water heaters to 6.5% in Southern
than a solar water heater. Secondly, consumer China. No.18, East Beisanhuan Road, Beijing, China
awareness in China is still very low. Consumers
LEAD PARTNER
also have no means to compare different types
of water heaters. Thirdly, the level of HPWH China Energy Conservation Association
technology used in China is significantly lower
than in Europe, leading to lower reliability, lower PARTNERS
efficiency, less-than-ideal refrigerants used, and
limited range. China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS)
International Copper Association Ltd., China
Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB, Sweden

OUTCOMES
• Close partnerships were established among

the policymakers, institutes, manufacturers,
end-users and energy management and
supervision organisations
• Three national standards for transformers
China Higher Efficiency Power and were developed: the minimum energy
performance standards (MEPS), the eco-design
guidelines for manufacturers, and a total-cost
Distribution Transformer Promotion owning guideline (TCO) and tool to support
procurement decisions
• The MEPS standard was submitted and will be
CHINA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 781,832.95 (EU Contribution: 80%)
issued officially by the government in 2013
• The eco-design standard and TOC guideline
were issued and effective at 2012 officially
• The MEPS is mandatory and thus all newly
installed transformers will have to comply once
it is approved
• The acceptance of the eco-design guideline by
Chinese manufacturers was ensured by a closed
involvement of China Electrical Equipment
Industrial Association (CEEIA)
• End-users are enabled to take an informed
decision by using the TCO guideline and
product database developed by the project

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Philip Zhang
[email protected]
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES 66, Nan Li Shi Road, Beijing, 100045 China
The annual loss of electricity in China is more The project sought to reduce electricity loss by LEAD PARTNER
than 20 billion kWh. About 30–40% of this loss increasing the market penetration of higher
derives from power transmission and distribution. efficiency transformers (S11 and above), and by International Copper Association Ltd., China
Large energy-intensive industries use a lot of enlarging their market share in China.
PARTNERS
transformers and upgrading the inefficient ones
is not economical – the energy savings generated ction Sustainable Development (ASD), France
are not enough to compensate for the investment
cost. Local manufacturers lack capacity to produce China Electrical Equipment Industry Association
(CEEIA), China
higher efficiency transformers. End-users do not
see the advantages of using them. China Electricity Council (CEC), China

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OUTCOMES
• Enabling policy environment by harmonising

the certification, verification and registration
procedures of industrial sites located in China From my point of view, EMAS is the world
(Conformity Model) premium environmental management system.
We have experienced environmental, economic
• Increased energy and resource efficiency
and management benefits from implementing
EMAS Global China - Premium environmental • Compliance with legal requirements and
international standards of responsible business
EMAS. The scheme is really helpful for us and I
think it will be extremely valuable for companies.
management for companies in China behaviour
• Greening the supply chain (China to Europe) YOU Li
Manager
CHINA MULTI-INDUSTRY • Active involvement of employees to improve EHS Department of Schaeffler Group
BUDGET: EUR 1,234,298.50 (EU Contribution: 80%) environmental performance, workplace safety,
and innovation

INFORMATION
CONTACT
QIN Yuan
No. 8 Yuyuantan South Road, Haidian District,Beijing,
P.R. China
Products ‘made in China’ are common today – The project sought to promote sustainable
with a daily increasing share of traded goods. consumption and production patterns through LEAD PARTNER
However, there are justified concerns about the use of the voluntary, market-based EU Eco-
the sustainability of production in China and Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). The Administrative Centre for China’s Agenda 21
its negative environmental and social impact. (ACCA21)
These concerns affect also the credibility of
products ‘made in China’. The project specifically PARTNERS
addressed Cleaner Production, using the EU Eco-
adelphi
Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) to bundle
forces along the global supply-chain in a systemic Centric Austria International (CAI)
approach to stimulate sustainable consumption China Environmental United Certification Center Co.,
and production. Ltd (CEC)
China Quality Mark Certification Group Co., Ltd (CQM)

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implement high and medium-cost energy-
efficient, cleaner production measures
• Developing risk-sharing mechanisms between
government and financial institutions and
Lack of access to finance is the greatest barrier
improving their risk management capacity,
to upscaling energy efficiency and cleaner
and implementing innovative green credit
production measures in SMEs. FEES has built the
products for SMEs
capacity of financial institutions to capitalise on
FEES - Financing Energy and • Strengthening the ability of government
agencies and local energy service entities to
energy and environmental investments in the
SME sector. To bridge the gap between SMEs and
Environmental Solutions engage in effective energy audit, inspection

and information management activities
banks, a risk-sharing facility has been built to
spur SME green investment.
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2013-1/2017 OUTCOMES Ms. Sherin Lin

CHINA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,069,861 (EU Contribution: 80%) Project Manager
• Building the capacity of SMEs to adopt CP/EE TUV Rheinland Group
high-cost options Greater China
• Bridging the gap between SMEs and FIs
• Training of local Environment/Energy Service
Providers
• Developing policy recommendations for CP/EE
promotion

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Sherin Lin
[email protected]
TUV Rheinland Berlin
CHALLENGE To bridge the gap that prevents the widespread Brandenburg Pfalz e.V. Ms. Sherin Lin No. 199 Kezhu
adoption of CP and EE, there is a need for competent Road, Guangzhou Science City, 510663 China
Lack of access to finance is the greatest barrier to environment and energy service providers that
implementing high-cost cleaner production (CP) can provide integrated technical solutions and also LEAD PARTNER
and energy efficiency (EE) projects in small and prepare credit-worthy EE/CP projects.
TUV Rheinland Berlin
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China. As
SMEs make up 97% of all firms, enabling them is OBJECTIVES PARTNERS
critical for transforming the economy to a system
of sustainable consumption and production. Assist SMEs in Shaanxi achieve significant pollutant Administrative Committee of Xi’an Hi-tech Industries
However, there is a disconnect between SMEs and discharge reduction and energy-saving carbon Development Zone, China
financial institutions (FIs). On one hand, SMEs have emission mitigation by improving their capacity EMCA
not been able to make compelling financial and to access green credit as well as implement high
economic cases for EE and CP projects to financial Shaanxi Engineering Consulting Center, China
and medium-cost energy efficiency and cleaner
institutions, while on the other hand, financial production measures. Sustainable Technology Adaptive Research &
institutions possess limited capacity to gauge the Implementation Center / Nepal (STARIC/N)
risks and opportunities associated with CP and EE Specific objectives included: The Climate Change Organization, UK
projects. These problems are relevant in Shaanxi,
one of China’s fastest growing economies, where • Enhancing the capacity of Shaanxi SMEs, Xi’an Municipal Research Institute of Environmental
rapid growth led to increased pressure on the Protection, China
particularly in eight energy and pollution-
environment and natural resources. intensive sectors, to access green credit and

OUTCOMES
• Recruit business intermediaries as partners

for the industrial symbiosis network, engage
with relevant organisations and public
bodies, manage synergies, prepare quarterly
programme advisory meetings and report
Industrial Symbiosis
successful case studies
• Provide SMEs with ISO14001 certification
training courses and walk-through audits
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 10/2009-10/2013 • Form an industrial symbiosis network technical
CHINA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,848,316 (EU Contribution: 80%) team; develop & deploy synergy management
tools; train industrial symbiosis network
practitioners
• Organise policy study tours; develop
encouraging policies & develop Chinese
guidelines for industrial symbiosis network
implementation

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Xu Yufeng
No.19 Hongda Street, 300457 Tianjin, P.R. China
xyfi [email protected]
www.ecoteda.org
China’s environment cannot sustain the The project aimed to promote sustainable
production system of high input, low output, production among small and medium-sized LEAD PARTNER
high consumption and low efficiency. Industry enterprises (SMEs) in TBNA by introducing
was a major contributor to resource consumption industrial symbiosis (IS) and environmental Tianjin Economic and Technological Development
Area Administrative Commission (TEDA)
and pollution. Industrial areas such as Tianjin management systems, and by showcasing a
Binhai New Area (TBNA) could reduce their large-scale industrial symbiosis network. By PARTNERS
environmental impact by applying the principles creating an industrial symbiosis network, TBNA
of industrial ecology and establishing a network facilitated material, by-product, energy and Industrial Symbiosis Ltd., United Kingdom
of material and energy flows among enterprises. logistic exchange among 800 SMEs.
Tianjin Harbour Industrial Park Administrative
TBNA needed to tackle problems like the large
Commission, China
quantity of industrial waste. It faced weak
environmental management capacity and lack Tianjin Municipal Economic Commission, China
of effective networks for creating waste exchange Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Administrative
synergies between companies. The project Committee, China
Industrial Symbiosis in Tianjin Binhai New Area
UNIDO – Investment and Technology Promotion
facilitated synergies between companies to Office, China
raise the effectiveness of resource and energy
utilisation, and to minimise the discharge of
waste.

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OUTCOMES
• Facilitated voluntary agreements between

consumer associations, target supermarkets
and SME suppliers By engaging supply-chain business networks
and encouraging the participation of retailers,
• Conducted research focused on local people’s
consumers, consumer associations, authorities
attitudes and willingness to buy ‘green’,
and citizens, the central impact of this project
Sustainable Consumption in Urban China the availability of sustainable products, and
the quality of life and general awareness of
was the change in lifestyle and consumption
behaviour towards low-carbon living and
sustainable consumption: 25% of consumers
sustainability in China.
were concerned about price, and only 9%
CHINA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 997,396 (EU Contribution: 80%)
of consumers paid attention to SC and
Zhang Mingshun
environmental issues
Project Manager
• Established a Green Consumption School, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and
a weekly voluntary awareness programme Architecture
open to all citizens in Beijing and Tianjin: these
community green consumption schools offered
various training courses and workshops, and
more than 1500 participants attended
• 1058 green supply contracts signed by SME
suppliers and retailers
• Conducted a survey among SME suppliers,
which identified performance, technology,
and raw material prices as suppliers’ main
constraints

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Zhang Mingshun
[email protected]
Although much progress has been achieved in The project sought to promote resource-
No.1, Zhanlanguan Road, 100044, Beijing, China
raising awareness of sustainable consumption (SC) efficient and environmentally friendly economic
and green supply chains, the existing SC practices development in China through mainstreaming
LEAD PARTNER
are very much at the demonstration level: The individual sustainable consumption, and at the
current situation in China shows that willingness same time to improve the quality of living in the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
to buy green products is relatively high. But in target area. (BUCEA)
practice, expenditures on buying green products
are much lower. The main barriers for citizens to PARTNERS
buy green are availability, accessibility, and the
price and information displayed on green products Beijing Consumer Association, China
and services. City2020 Foundation, Netherlands
Institute for Public Policy Research, UK
Nankai University, China
Tianjin Consumer Association, China

OUTCOMES
• The SUPP-Urb project provided assistance with

the design and implementation of sustainable
public procurement (SPP) in three municipal
public procurement centres
• European good practice, experiences and
SUPP-URB CHINA - Sustainable Public lessons learnt were discussed with the centres
and included in technical guidelines for
Procurement in Urban Administrations in

sustainable public procurement for the target
cities
China • The focus of the action was on product groups

and services which have a particularly high
potential for environmental improvements
CHINA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 917,450 (EU Contribution: 80%) • Project results were disseminated at stakeholder
workshops and conferences attended by several
associated Chinese cities interested in SPP
• The changes in procurement practices of the
three targeted PPCs achieved reductions of
105,749 tonnes CO2: this was the equivalent
of the annual CO2 emissions of 17,335 Chinese
people in 2009

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Maike Bunse
[email protected]
Döppersberg 19, 42103 Wuppertal, Germany
LEAD PARTNER
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and

Energy (WI)
In the dynamic Chinese economy, the production The project sought to adapt and use sustainable
of electrical and electronic equipment is public procurement standards in municipal public PARTNERS
increasing. In September 2006, China’s Ministry procurement centres in Tianjin, Qinhuangdao
of Finance and the State Environmental and Lanzhou and to mainstream their application Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and
Production GGMBH
Protection Administration (now the Ministry for in China.
Environmental Protection) issued a directive Environmental Management College of China
fostering green public procurement. This is now Lanzhou Environmental Protection Bureau, China
accompanied by a frequently updated ‘green
purchasing list’ of eco-friendly products and Lanzhou Public Procurement Centre, China
producers. The listed products should receive Nankai University, China
priority in public procurement, but in reality,
Qinhuangdao Public Procurement Centre, China
implementation at a local level is still lacking.
Tianjin Public Procurement Centre, China

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OUTCOMES
• Developed, tested and published VA

(voluntary agreements) manual, which is now Discourse management is a low-cost SCP and
a key technical guideline for China adopting innovation catalyst for successfully implementing
voluntary public–private partnership (PPP) in public–private partnerships. Valuing PPP
energy saving and emission reduction; knowledge will result in large energy savings and
VA3 - Improving energy efficiency and • 960 VAs have been signed and are being
implemented in the cities of Nanjing, Jingzhou
emission reductions far beyond business as usual,
policy framing and strengthening a financial
environmental performance of Chinese SMEs and Changchun;

• Inclusion of VA in local environmental policies
enabling environment for achieving sustainable
economic growth in China.
and large companies facilitated by Voluntary in the three cities;

Erik ter Avest
• Implementation of the VAs has resulted in Project Coordinator
Public-Private Partnerships energy saving of about 200 PJ (target was 100 NL Agency
PJ), water saving of 180 million tonnes (target
CHINA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,942,233 (EU Contribution: 80%)
was 50 million tonnes), and reduction of CO2
emission of at least 17 million tonnes annually.

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Erik ter Avest
[email protected]
P.O. Box 8242, 3503 RE Utrecht, Netherlands
LEAD PARTNER
NL Agency
PARTNERS
In China, many small and medium-sized The project aimed at scaling up SCP practices by
enterprises (SMES) operate inefficiently. facilitating voluntary public private partnerships Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Data shows that average water and energy throughout China and thereby contributing (BUCEA)
consumption per GDP in SMEs is much higher significantly to the mitigation of climate change.
CINET (International Committee on Textile Care)
than in energy-intensive large companies.
SMEs have a large potential to improve their Jingzhou Environmental Protection Bureau (JZEPB)
environmental performance. However, this room Jingzhou Textile Association (JZTA)
for improvement is not effectively addressed
Nanjing Commerce and Trade Bureau (NJCTB)
by conventional Chinese regulation. Voluntary
PPPs will have a bridge and support function to Nanjing Environmental Protection Bureau (NJEPB)
accelerate the process of achieving ambitious Nanjing Laundry and Dyeing Industrial Association
environmental and energy saving results, as (NJLDIA)
existing regulation standards can be met relatively
easily by most SME companies.

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• Improving learning, application and replication
of best practice in the rattan sector
OUTCOMES This project has encouraged sustainable

rattan cultivation and harvesting methods,
• Establishing or strengthening associations for and sustainable processing of raw materials to
farmers/ collectors in the three targeted rattan produce furniture and crafts. Now 2050 farmers
PROSPECT INDONESIA - Promoting

producing areas and strengthening existing have been supported to produce 4650 tonnes of
production associations eco-friendly rattan annually.
eco-friendly Indonesian rattan products

• Conducting training in rattan cultivation
Listoman Tanjung
through creation of three demonstration sites
Director
in rattan-producing areas
PUPUK
INDONESIA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,190,237.80 (EU Contribution: 80%)
• Strengthening linkages in rattan value chain
and building mutually beneficial business
partnerships
• Providing capacity building on sustainable
rattan production for workers and managers in
production centres
• Conducting targeted communications activities
to educate consumers and stakeholders about
the benefits of using eco-friendly rattan
products

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Listoman Tanjung
[email protected]
CHALLENGE legislation, poor law enforcement, limited public
awareness, and lack of coordination among actors Jl. Permata Bumi Raya Kav. 6, Bandung 40293
Rattan is one of the most important non-wood within the rattan supply chain. Indonesia
forest products (NWFPs) in international trade and
contributes to 5.5% of Indonesia’s national revenue OBJECTIVES LEAD PARTNER
of forest products. As part of forest management
and conservation, about 1 million tonnes of raw The project aimed at contributing to the (PUPUK)
rattan is collected annually, out of which 90% development of sustainable production and
comes from natural forests and the remainder consumption (SCP) practices in the rattan PARTNERS
from rattan cultivation. Harvesting rattan reduces value chain in Indonesia, including promoting
illegal logging as villagers living near forests have responsible collection of rattan and enhancing Innovationszentrum Lichtenfels e.V., Germany
other sources of income from rattan. Indonesia environmental protection. Specific objectives SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV)
is the largest producer of rattan in the world, included:
contributing around 85% of the global market. Nanjing Laundry and Dyeing Industrial Association
• Promoting sustainable production, processing (NJLDIA)
However, conventional methods in collecting
rattan can jeopardise forest conservation. Rattan and utilisation of rattan products
manufacturers use harmful dyes that pollute • Increasing awareness, capacity and
the environment and use energy inefficiently. collaboration among stakeholders in the rattan
Overexploitation of rattan is partly due to weak value chain

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Furniture and Handicraft Trade Association
(ASMINDO) to support wood-processing SMEs
to adhere to domestic and international market
regulations on timber legality, with a view to
encouraging further SCP improvements. Specific The support provided to community forest SMEs
objectives included: through this project helped make the FLEGT
licence a reality between Indonesia and the EU.
• By 2025, SCP to predominate as best practice in
Timber Indonesia - Promoting the forest product markets worldwide, safeguarding
forest value and supporting poverty reduction
Joko Sarjito
Global Forest and Trade Network - Indonesia
implementation of Timber Legality Assurance within the context of sustainable development Manager, WWF-Indonesia
(FLEGT License) as a key step to sustainable • By 2015, 30 SMEs in Indonesia’s wood processing
sector to have delivered legally-verified timber
production and consumption in Indonesia’s products to national and international markets,

supported by the procurement policies for
wood processing industry national government departments

• By 2015, 300+ SMEs to have shifted to
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2/2013-7/2016 producing increasing amounts of confirmed
INDONESIA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,396,626 (EU Contribution: 78.15%) FLEGT licensed timber from a known source,
through a series of capacity building steps and
assessments
OUTCOMES
• Undertook Timber Legality Assurance System

(TLAS) and Chain of Custody (CoC) verification
of the core group of 30 SMEs to increase trade
of certified wood products
• Reached out to and built the capacity of 300
wood processing SMEs and later 2500 SMEs
• Created showcase of successful take-up of TLAS
verification by SMEs
• Distributed promotional materials on
certifications to all SME members of ASMINDO SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
• Conducted TV advertising campaign for general
public and media awareness raising trips for
journalists
• Linked up with public procurer for purchasing
of legal and responsibly sourced timber from
SMEs CONTACT
Anwar Purwoto
[email protected]
Gedung Graha Simatupang, Jl. Letjen TB Simatupang

CHALLENGE Assurance System (TLAS), also known as Sistem Kav. 38, Jakarta 12540 Indonesia
Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu (SVLK), is the basis for the
Indonesia is home to the world’s third-largest VPA in Indonesia and is now used to certify that LEAD PARTNER
tropical rainforest area, making up 10% of the world’s timber from Indonesian forests and industries
forest cover. Yet the forests are disappearing at an is legally sourced. Incentives were previously Yayasan WWF Indonesia
alarming rate: 1.4 million hectares of natural forests insufficient to encourage small and medium-sized
PARTNERS
were cleared annually between 2000 and 2010, enterprises (SMEs) to invest fully in the sustainable
some legally and some illegally, for both domestic consumption and production (SCP) of wood
ASMINDO, Indonesia
use and export. In the last few years, the government products.
has taken steps to address forest governance and WWF-UK
to promote sustainable forestry by entering into a OBJECTIVES
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
(FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) The project focused on Indonesia’s wood
with the European Union (EU). The Timber Legality processing sector and worked with Indonesia’s

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OUTCOMES
• Capacity building and coaching

• Outreach and dissemination
The Malaysia Biomass Industries Confederation
• Plans for policy-makers was established by the project to help promote
and guide Malaysian biomass SMEs in greener
• Creation of industry-wide network
business practice and thereby contribute to the
BIOMASS SP - Sustainable Production • Enabling growth
institutions
by linking to financial global climate change mitigation agenda.
of the Biomass Industries in Malaysia • Commercialising Biomass Business through a

multi-stakeholder consultative approach
LEE Jia Jing
Project Manager
MIGHT
MALAYSIA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,248,688.37 (EU Contribution: 80%)

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Lee Jia Jing
No. 20, Jalan Diplomatik, Presint Diplomatik, 62050

Putrajaya, Malaysia
[email protected]
Malaysia produces a minimum of 168 million The project aimed to:
www.biomass-sp.net
tonnes of biomass annually from oil palm, timber,
rice, fish processing and other agricultural • Facilitate Malaysian family-owned SMEs to
implement sustainable production models in LEAD PARTNER
industries. The promotion of biomass products
will spur the green technology sector and help the biomass industry
Malaysian Industry- Government Group for High
mitigate global climate change. Already, small • Improve biomass supply chains in Malaysia by Technology (MIGHT)
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are turning promoting collaboration between industry,
this biomass into various value-added products, research institutions and universities PARTNERS
such as bio-chemicals, bio-fuels, bio-feedstock
(raw materials) and bio-resources. However, SMEs • Reduce industrial emissions by improving Association of Environmental Consultants and
still face challenges in the biomass business. the production process of biomass Companies of Malaysia (AECCOM), Malaysia
They lack access to green financing facilities and commercialisation projects Danish Technological Institute (DTI), Denmark
do not comply with environmental standards. • Create an enabling environment for improving European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA),
Raw material is not always available for larger- policy cohesiveness for developing sustainable Belgium
scale biomass commercialisation projects, and production in the biomass industry
proven affordable industrial-scale conversion
technologies are not accessible or available for
SMEs.

OUTCOMES
• 160 companies (222 people), or twice the

targeted participants, attended the information
and expert training seminars
• 50 eligible green product applications with 80
companies were selected for further support
Green Products Development and Labelling and for in-depth training

• Successful Green Products Fairs were
organised together with the ‘Organic Mongolia’
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 12/2009-4/2012 programme with over 10,000 visitors and
MONGOLIA MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 933,257 (EU Contribution: 80%) registered sales of USD 30 thousand
• 17 baseline assessments and 6 business plans
have been received by the MNCCI, and 14 more
business development plans were reported to
have been received by the Capitron Bank
• A new version of the Mongolian Eco-label
standard was drafted, followed by its translation
for international experts review

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Jaap van der Meer
Mongolia has a strong history of locally produced This project aimed to encourage green product [email protected]
goods. But these products have often been poor development and eco-labelling for locally
quality; the manufacturing process often uses produced products in Mongolia in order to reduce Plantage Muidergracht 14, 1018 TV Amsterdam
inefficiently resources and with little pollution negative environmental impact. It aimed to Netherlands
prevention. The constraints for the manufacturers strengthen the Mongolian certification standards
are the lack of experience in improving, and procedures and provide business support LEAD PARTNER
manufacturing and marketing their products in network on development and promotion of
IVAM UvA BV, the Netherlands
line with sustainable product standards, and being sustainable products.
unfamiliar with the green label developments in PARTNERS
Mongolia. Fast growing small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) and manufacturing sectors in Center for Appropriate Technology (GrAT)
Mongolia require a sustainability approach not
Mongolian Agency for Standardisation and Metrology
only for SMEs but also for policy-making. The
(MASM)
manufacturing sectors in terms of resource use
and pollution prevention are very often inefficient. Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and
Consumers are not aware of green choices. Eco- Industry (MNCCI)
labelling was already initiated earlier, but did not
succeed due to inconvenient procedures, lack of
awareness and involvement of stakeholders.

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• Consulting some 180 companies which
have already gone through one of the above
programs through successive CLUB programs
to further improve their eco-performance
Our champions have taken their learnings from
• Designing & developing self-assessment toolkit
the workshop and applied them in our vision
based on ECOSENSE approach
to become a leader in water, waste water and
GPIOS - Creating Green Philippines • Validating and awarding best performing
companies
other environmental services to empower people,
enhance sustainable development and protect
Islands of Sustainability OUTCOMES

the environment.
Tom Mattison
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 11/2009-11/2013 The GPIoS project envisaged: Operation Support Services Director
PHILIPPINES MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,386,970 (EU Contribution: 80%) Manila Water Company, Inc.
• Reduced pollution levels and increased resource
efficiency levels in specific companies in Metro
Manila and its linked region CALABARZON
• Increased awareness and use of environmentally
friendly technologies and practices
• Implementation of legal compliance and safety
instruments leading to improved resource
efficiency and higher working standards in
participating SMEs
• Improved micro-climate of the target region

INFORMATION
CONTACT
RNDr. Alena Labodova
17.listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

[email protected]
Manila Bay is the Philippines’ major economic The key objectives of Green Philippines Islands LEAD PARTNER
centre. At the same time it is the country’s hot of Sustainability (GPIoS) were to minimise the
spot for pollution. Manila has been cited by the environmental impact caused by small and Technical University Ostrava (VSB)
World Health Organisation as one of the most medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the target
polluted places in the world. The challenge for region by adopting preventive environmental PARTNERS
Metro Manila and its linked CALABARZON region production and to integrate sustainable growth,
is great, as the country has a huge energy deficit. social progress and environmental protection Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable
The Philippines is heavily dependent on fossil with the business of the participating companies. Transformation (ASSIST), The Philippines
fuel. In addition, the level of law enforcement Austria Recycling (AREC)
with regard to environmental regulations among The main activities included:
Center for Appropriate Technology (GrAT)
industry is low.
• Establishing a GPIoS Training Centre European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines
(ECCP)
• Training and consulting 500+ companies under
Philippine Business for the Environment, Inc. (PBE)
Eco Profit programs (Eco Bonus, Eco Focus and
Eco Sense)

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OUTCOMES
• SMART Cebu has established itself as the front-

liner for advocating the greening of industries
in Cebu With the help of SMART Cebu, Bon Ace eco-
products were featured at trade shows in Paris and
• Government agencies (DTI/DOST) have
Frankfurt. Our new organisational development
recognised SMART Cebu as the partner to work
plan will make our association more effective
SMART Cebu - SMEs for Environmental with in the promotion of eco-friendly industries
and a cleaner Cebu environment
in offering the services our member companies
need.
Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency • Participating companies have improved their
designs, products and processes Ramir Bonghanoy
• With the experience of SMART Cebu in President, Bon Ace Fashion Tools and
PHILIPPINES MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,223,482 (EU Contribution: 80%) assisting Cebu home and lifestyle sectors, other Cebu Gifts Toys and Housewares (GTH)
sectors like tourism and food are seeking the
assistance of SMART Cebu/ European Chamber
of Commerce in the Philippines (ECCP)
• Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production
(RECP) services are now being offered by
SMART Cebu to hotels, resorts, restaurants as
well as other, ongoing SWITCH-Asia projects
• The project has created a pool of trained and
accredited RECP experts that could assist in
improving resource efficiency and increasing
competitiveness
• The three partner BMOs are back to life, having
discovered that ‘Green Business is Good
Business’, thus offering new services to their
member companies SCAN FOR MORE PROJECT
INFORMATION
CONTACT
Thomas Ritter
[email protected]
Alexanderstr. 10, D-53111 Bonn, Germany

LEAD PARTNER
The home and lifestyle industry (i.e. furniture, The project aimed to increase the competitiveness
fashion accessories, gifts/toys/housewares) in of SMEs in the home and lifestyle industries and to sequa gGmbH
Cebu City has had a negative impact on the develop a cleaner environment in Cebu. Specific
PARTNERS
environment. Energy and raw materials were not objectives included:
being used wisely. Production processes released Association of Development Financing Institutions in
dust and fumes from sanding, cutting and paint • Business membership organisations (BMOs)
spraying, exposing workers to unhealthy pollution capacitated to promote and channel sustainable
consumption and production (SCP) effectively Cebu Fashion Accessories Manufacturers and
due to inadequate protection. Despite some
Exporters (FAME)
progress in the supply chain and production • Cleaner and more efficient production of Cebu
of home and lifestyle products, the industry home and lifestyle products Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation (CFIF)
lacked awareness of the principles of sustainable Cebu Gifts, Toys and Houseware manufacturers
consumption and production (SCP). A low • An effective marketing strategy developed to
(CEBU-GTH)
compliance with environmental standards and boost sales of Cebu Green products
EffizienzAgentur (EFA) NRW
weak commitment towards corporate social
responsibility (CSR) prevented small and medium- European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines
sized enterprises (SMEs) from promoting (ECCP)
their products and increasing their access to
international markets.

OUTCOMES
• Strengthening a group of leading 12 small

and medium-sized phyto-pharmaceutical
enterprises to supply national and international
markets with EBT products
• Stimulating national and international
BIOTRADE VN - Scaling up of consumer demand for BioTrade products from
Vietnam
ethical BioTrade initiatives with the • Supporting more than 5000 smallholder
farmers and collectors to increase their
pharmaceutical sector in Vietnam livelihoods through EBT value chains and stable
supplies to EBT enterprises
• Conducting environmental and energy
VIETNAM MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,063,357 (EU Contribution: 77.54%)
assessments with the assistance of Vietnam
Cleaner Production Centre
• Investments in green and modern equipment/
technology
• Communicating and promoting values and
benefits of EB-compliant phyto-pharmaceutical
products
• Monitor Ethical BioTrade standards and sharing
the results with stakeholders
• Conducting a policy dialogue and enabling
sustainable growth in the phyto-pharmaceutical
sector based on EBT standards

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Tuan, Nguyen Dinh
[email protected]
Helvetas Vietnam
Vietnam is home to large resources of natural The project aimed at upscaling the sustainable
ingredients which can be used as raw materials for Ethical Biotrade (EBT) business model to the LEAD PARTNER
the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. Natural Ingredient (NI) sector and making
Helvetas Intercooperation gGmbH
However, the supply is dwindling and Vietnam Vietnam an internationally recognised supplier of
has to import large volumes of raw materials: 95% NI to phyto-pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food PARTNERS
of traditional Vietnamese remedies rely on this supplement industries.
natural resource base with an annual production of Centre for Rural Economy Development (CRED)
up to 40,000 tonnes. A weak regulatory framework
on natural resource extraction, combined with
ineffective management of natural resources, lack
of incentives for smallholders to harvest forest
products sustainably, and weak linkages between
supply chain actors contribute to the situation.

OUTCOMES
• Awareness and understanding of a triple-

bottom-line (TBL) CSR approach among
Vietnamese SMEs, consumers and other
relevant stakeholders increased
• Compliance with CSR procurement standards
CSR Vietnam - Helping Vietnamese among Vietnamese SMEs increased
• Policy and regulatory recommendations for
SMEs adapt and adopt corporate social promotion of sustainable production practices
and behaviour identified through participatory
responsibility processes

VIETNAM MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 2,014,334 (EU Contribution: 80%)

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Florian Beranek
52 Yet Kieu Lane, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
[email protected]
www.csr-vietnam.eu
LEAD PARTNER
United Nations Industrial Development Organization

(UNIDO), Austria
PARTNERS
Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ),

CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES Vietnam
European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam
Major buyers of Vietnamese products, including Overall objectives of project were to improve (EuroCham)
transnational corporations (TNC), are tightening the environmental and social performance of
Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs (ILSSA),
their procurement guidelines to comply with Vietnamese SMEs, enhancing the integration
Vietnam
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) requirements of Vietnamese SMEs into global supply chains
in the fields of environment and labour. Although through an increased awareness, understanding National Metal and Materials Technology Centre
this will improve labour practices and mitigate and adoption of triple-bottom-line (TBL) corporate (MTEC), Thailand
environmental impact, it can be a serious social responsibility (CSR), thus strengthening sequa gGmbH
constraint for many Vietnamese enterprises. Over cooperation between Europe and Asia.
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce (VCCI)
90% of the enterprises are small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) and they do not have sufficient Vietnam Electronics Industry Association (VEIA)
capacity to comply with the strict requirements. Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (LEFASO)
Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS)

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OUTCOMES
• Published a guidebook and training toolkit

consisting of 75 tips from 8 ‘daily activity’
clusters
What makes this project different is that it’s the
• Trained 56 outstanding applicants from relevant first one to get industry and consumers together
organisations on sustainable consumption to improve products and make them more
Get Green Vietnam • Trained and equipped 32 trainers with
knowledge on sustainable consumption using
sustainable. We call that co-creation.
the GetGreen Vietnam approach, and skills to Dr. Marcel Crul

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 4/2012-3/2015 organise consumer groups and help consumers Representative of Delft University of Technology
VIETNAM MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,368,070 (EU Contribution: 80%) translate their awareness into actions
• The project’s approach was implemented in
two batches, each encompassed 26 consumers
groups with 17 groups of office workers, 18
groups of students, 14 groups of communities,
equivalent to 1099 change agents empowered
in the cities of Hanoi, Hochiminh City, Da Nang
and Can Tho
• Conducted 16 co-creation sessions involving
customers and companies in the food,
transportation, and tourism sectors

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Linda Roos
In Vietnam several ongoing projects focus on The project sought to contribute to an increased
delivering more sustainable products to both share of sustainable consumption by Vietnamese Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft
export and local markets. However, the awareness consumers in general. To achieve this, the project
of the local consumers on sustainability is low. It is aimed at increasing the capacity of consumer [email protected]
important to raise consumer awareness to create organisations and government in enabling and
a demand for such products. The main target supporting consumers to move towards more LEAD PARTNER
groups of the project are middle-class consumer sustainable consumption behaviour.
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
groups and office worker groups. After being made
aware, trained and educated on the concept with PARTNERS
the support from trainers and experts during the
project, these consumers are considered change Asian Institute of Technology Center (AITCV), Vietnam
agents towards more sustainable consumption.

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• Communicating the commercial viability of the
technologies to SME managers
OUTCOMES As a small technology supplier of energy

efficiency products, we did not have the know-
• Formal cooperation established with 11 local how and capabilities we needed in sales and
technology suppliers; by July 2013, 9 of those marketing. The MEET-BIS approach helped us
MEET-BIS - Mainstreaming Energy Efficiency suppliers successfully generated sales identify new customers, as well as network with
other suppliers. We are on the way to becoming
• Some 70 Technology suppliers participated in
through Business Innovation Support events or activities of MEET-BIS: a database of
approximately 278 local suppliers of energy and
an energy service company.
water saving products was created Vu Ngoc Tuyen

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 4/2009-9/2013 Director
VIETNAM MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,943,419 (EU Contribution: 80%)
• Market research is done on the SME challenges
and bottlenecks Systech Eco
• Research is performed on access to finance for

SMEs and potential solutions
• A toolkit of sales & marketing practices and
support packages with tested Vietnamese
illustrations developed
• Energy and water saving technologies have
been promoted among 3852 SMEs; 1364 SMEs
showed their interest in EE/WS products &
services, and of these, 423 SMEs invested in the
technologies
• Total value of energy and water saving products
sold since 2011 is EUR 2.43 million (VND 65.66
billion)
• The reduction of CO2 emission is an estimate
of 9,842,559 kgCO2e between the initial sales in INFORMATION
January 2011 and the end of June 2013
• The present investments in energy and water
saving products & services will contribute to
mitigating climate change with an estimated
annual emission reduction of 9,788,636 kg CO2e
CONTACT
Remco van Stappershoef
ETC Energy, Kastanjelaan 5,

3833 AN Leusden, The Netherlands
[email protected], [email protected]
Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) The project Mainstreaming Energy Efficiency
www.meet-bis.vn
in Vietnam work with outdated and inefficient Through Business Innovation Support (MEET-
technology. As energy and water prices escalate, BIS) promoted sustainable production of urban- LEAD PARTNER
this inefficiency translates to high business costs, based SMEs in Vietnam by ensuring their
as well as to costs for the environment. Cost- access to affordable water and energy efficiency ETC Energy, The Netherlands
saving technologies that enhance the energy and technologies.
water efficiency of SMEs exist, but technology PARTNERS
The specific objectives included:
suppliers lack knowledge of market opportunities
in the SME sector, and staffs are not trained for AdaPPPt, The Netherlands
• Developing eight SME business innovation
SME sales. Furthermore, they lack the capacity AIDEnvironment, The Netherlands
packages for energy and water efficiency
to transform technical solutions into business-
Research Center for Energy and Environment (RCEE),
smart, cost saving products for SMEs. At the same • Partnering with technology suppliers based in
Vietnam
time, SMEs often are not aware of the benefits of Hanoi to target the SME sector, and building
investing in cleaner technology and they lack the their capacity to address the local market Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industries –
capital, or access to finance, to invest in cleaner Ha Minh Investment and Business Consultants, Inc.
• Supporting financial institutions in developing (VCCI-IBCI)
technology. financial products for SMES

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OUTCOMES
• Increasing public awareness

• Creating certification and labelling programmes
We managed to gain the trust and confidence of
• Providing capacity-building for small and the paint companies by showing that we were not
medium-sized paint manufacturers just there to fight them and hurt their businesses,
but to help them produce non-toxic paints.
Lead Paint Elimination • Conducting policy dialogues
Manny Calonzo
South-East Asia Regional Specialist,
BANGLADESH, INDIA, MULTI-INDUSTRY BUDGET: EUR 1,798,563 (EU Contribution: 77.8%)
IPEN Asian Lead Paint Elimination Campaign
INDONESIA, NEPAL,
PHILIPPINES, SRI LANKA,
THAILAND

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Dr. Sara Brosché
Box 7256, SE-402 35, Gothenburg, Sweden
[email protected]
LEAD PARTNER
International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN)
CHALLENGE The damage caused during development is PARTNERS

irreversible, but entirely preventable. The challenge
Lead is a toxic metal, which is why it is banned for for this project was to achieve a switch to lead- Arnika – Toxics and Waste Programme, Czech Republic
use in paints in Europe, the U.S. and Australia. Lead free paints in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Balifokus, Indonesia
is especially harmful to children as it interferes with Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
Centre for Environmental Justice (Guarantee) Limited
the developing brain and, for example, causes lower (CEJ), Sri Lanka
IQ, attention deficiency, poor impulse control and OBJECTIVES
aggressive behaviour even at very low exposures. Centre for Public Health and Environmental
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated Development (CEPHED), Nepal
The project aimed to reduce childhood lead
that there is no safe level of childhood lead poisoning by working to eliminate lead decorative Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand (EARTH)
exposure. However, in developing countries, lead is paints in the seven participating countries. This Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines, Inc.
still used in paints as a pigment and drying agent, will lead to improved school performance, which
and when these paints are then used in homes Enviromental and Social Development Organisation
in turn will help to battle poverty. In addition, this
and schools, lead contaminates the household (ESDO), Bangladesh
project helped reduce trade barriers for small and
dust and is ingested by children through hand to medium-sized paint manufacturers. ISEAL Alliance, UK
mouth contact. The Just Environment Charitable Trust (Toxics Link),
India

OUTCOMES
• Promoting cleantech innovation among 1500 • Creating awareness and knowledge among
MSMEs and building the capacity of 400 FIs by building their capacities to better
MSMEs from high impact sectors in the target understand the cleantech market potentials
countries and to appraise these under a risk-mitigated
environment
• Developing training and guidance materials,
ACMFN - Asian Cleantech MSME

or a ‘Cleantech Innovation Toolbox,’ which was • Organising regional marketplace conference
available to all participating MSMEs to foster matchmaking, co-investing and risk-
sharing between cleantech investors and
Financing Network • Creating a pool of trainers forming sector
specific advisory groups and providing follow-
investees
up support to the MSMEs
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 1/2016-12/2020 • Providing financing advisory services to the

CHINA, INDIA, INDONESIA MULTI-INDUSTRY selected 200 MSMEs
• Establishing national matchmaking fora
between MSMEs and FIs to facilitate the
investment process and to build up new
investment channels
• Linking up with other existing initiatives or
platforms, e.g. Sankalp Forum in India, UN
Climate Technology Initiative-Private Finance
Advisory Network (CTI- PFAN), UNEP FI, or
ADB’s Clean Energy Forum

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Victor Abainza

Asia & the Pacific (ADFIAP)
[email protected]
www.acmfn.com
LEAD PARTNER
The biggest challenge remains eliciting the interest The project sought to build and leverage a Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP)
of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises cleantech financing ecosystem to spark improved
(MSMEs) in shifting to clean technology (cleantech), access to finance for Asian cleantech MSMEs in PARTNERS
as well as those involved in the value chain. The order to enhance sustainable consumption and
adelphi
MSMEs perceive cleantech as costly, and while production (SCP) patterns in Asia. The project
they appreciate the return on investment of such aimed to enhance the cleantech value chains China Electronic Energy-saving Technologies
projecta, it may take some time to recover. Improved and access to finance for MSMEs as well as the Association (CEESTA)
understanding of cleantech is important. However, availability of cleantech financing products by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
lack of financial literacy and transparency by the working with financial institutions (FIs).
MSMEs are also major issues on the demand side, (PUPUK)
which hamper further commitments by financial
institutions, which themselves lack awareness,
technical capabilities as well as tailored financial
products and co-investment opportunities.

OUTCOMES
• This project built capacity SMEs of wood

processors to enable responsible sourcing and
production of forest products
• It linked these SMEs with buyers and forest
managers which belong to the Global Forest
Wood Processing and Trade and Trade Network

• Assisted companies throughout the supply
chain to utilise products sourced from
responsibly managed forests, maximise their
access to the market, and trade on their
responsible business credentials
CHINA, INDIA, VIETNAM MULTI-INDUSTRY • 45 SMEs have joined the GFTN and smaller SMEs
have started the GFTN application process
• Over 600 smaller SMEs gained awareness of
SCP

INFORMATION
CONTACT
Julia Young
[email protected]
LEAD PARTNER
WWF-UK
PARTNERS
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES VIFORES, Vietnam

WWF China
Because of unprecedented economic growth The project sought to engage at least 600 SME
and development in India, China and Vietnam, wood processors in the target countries to enable WWF India
an increased demand for natural resources is them to apply sustainable production techniques WWF Vietnam
placing pressure on forests. Small and medium- and to provide certified sustainable forest products
sized enterprises (SMEs) often buy wood that has to national and international markets by 2012.
been produced unsustainably, possibly illegally,
thus stimulating the demand for unsustainable
and illegal wood. To exacerbate this situation, the
related forest degradation/loss in Asia results in
increased flooding, mudslides and wildfires.

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EU GRANT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

SWITCH-Asia Policy Support Component Contributors: Zinaida Fadeeva,

Grant and Finance Review: Julia Rohe-Frydrych, Senior Manager adelphi

Design: Chandkachorn John Chandratat

Photos courtesy of SWITCH-Asia Grant Projects

Cover photo credit: Tourism in Central Asia, SWITCH-Asia GREEN TOUR

Printed on recycled paper

WHO WE ARE SUPPORTING GAME CHANGERS THROUGH PROJECTS

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND EAST ASIA

MIDDLE-EAST (As of 2023)

PACIFIC (As of 2023)

Cook Islands Palau

Bhoomi Ka - Promoting sustainable consumption and production systems for safe

Green Retail India 14

Promote Bamboo MSME Clusters for Sustainable Development 16

Message from the European Commission vi

AGRI-FOOD South-East Asia and East Asia

Waste to Energy in Rice Milling Sector 26

Edible Bamboo Shoot - Greening food production and consumption 30

Low Carbon Rice 38

Bangladesh MATA KAIL - Promoting SCP in the fish processing sector 40

Jute Diversified Products 04 Soybean Processing (SCoPE) 42

xviii | SWITCH-Asia | xix

Philippines Bangladesh, India

Sustainable Production in the Printing and Dyeing Sector in China 98

HOUSING AND Mongolia

Recycling Building Materials - Improving resource efficiency and cleaner production in

Sheep Wool for Building Material (SWBM) 144

Switch-off Air Pollution in Mongolia’s Cities (SOAP) 148

Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Building Energy Efficiency in Nepal (BEEN) 122

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Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Mongolia Sustainable Tourism in Bhutan 174

TOURISM Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Renewable Energy 180

South-East Asia and East Asia

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South Asia South Asia

South-East Asia and East Asia China

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South-East Asia and East Asia

REWIN e-Waste Tracking System - Improving resource-efficiency for the production

ELECTRICAL AND South Asia

MSME Clusters - Scaling-up sustainable development of MSME Clusters in India 240

PRO-SUSTAIN - Promoting fair trade and sustainable consumption in India 242

SWITCHing India’s Consumption to Fair and Sustainable Goods 244

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China Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand

SUPP-URB CHINA - Sustainable Public Procurement in Urban Administrations in China 276

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01 | SWITCH-Asia GRANTS PROGRAMME | 01

REAP - Resource Efficiency in Agri-food • Building MSMEs capacity to deal innovatively

Production and Processing resource shortages and creating ecosystems

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 2020-2024

• Introduce and improve SCP measures and

CHALLENGE improving economic growth and investment LEAD PARTNER