Oslo Rountable on Sustainable Production and Consumption
2.3 - Business
At the Sector Level
National and international associations have helped to raise the overall environmental performance of business through a number of collaborative ventures. These can be supplemented by action to:
- - Develop or upgrade codes of conduct for producers, retailers, financiers and advertisers to incorporate measurable commitments to reduce consumption of environmental resources and promote the development of sustainable goods and services.
- - Develop or upgrade voluntary agreements and partnerships with government agencies and NGOs to set targets for improvement in the environmental performance of goods and services. Special focus could be given to agreements to promote product life extension and develop products that can be easily repaired, dismantled and re-used.
- - Develop and strengthen collaborative industrial cooperation and mutual support programmes to promote more sustainable business practices, particularly among small and medium sized enterprises, and share information in this field with all stakeholders.
- - Promote collaborative research projects into new management tools, especially for the internalisation of environmental costs and the use of contingent valuation techniques for risk management.
- - Publicise success stories and demonstration projects, and develop training materials, particularly for smaller companies.
DOCUMENT WINDOW - SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION: WORLD BUSINESS PRIORITIES
DOCUMENT WINDOW - GREENING IN PRACTICE MEANS BETTER LEARNING PROCESSES
- Report publicly on their environmental performance and provide consumers with information on the environmental impacts of their goods and services. International and national business associations should support this by developing common reporting guidelines and monitoring their implementation.