Lesson 12Why going green in business?
- Notion 77 - Save money in the long term
- Notion 78 - Consumers are environmentally aware and recognize green companies.
- Notion 79 - Going green can stimulate innovation
- Notion 80 - Sustainability helps the environment
- Notion 81 - European Green Deal 2019-2024
- Notion 82 - The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Notion 83 - Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP)
- Notion 84 - Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)
- Notion 85 - Quiz
Notion 84
Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)
Target skills
Green growth is closely related to the green economy which aims at “increased overall social welfare and social justice, at the same time considerably reducing environmental risks and ecological deficiencies. It is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive” (UNEP, 2011). While sustainability remains the critical long-term goal, green growth and green economy could be defined as the ways to achieve it. The difference between them is that green growth focuses more on economic development, while green economy puts the emphasis on social aspects. Nowadays, the term mostly used as inclusive green economy.
To coordinate UN action on green economy and to assist countries in achieving and monitoring the emerging SDGs a special mechanism was launched in 2013 – PAGE.
Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)
Its aim is to provide those countries who are willing to go green and become inclusive with all types of support they may need. As we have previously seen with the 2030 Agenda and the GGKP, PAGE also works to eradicate poverty, attain social equity and improve the environment by accelerating the progress towards a sustainable development. All this is carried out by five agencies that work together to reach these goals:
- the UN Environment Programme (UNEP),
- the International Labour Organization (ILO),
- the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
- the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),
- the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
PAGE is funded by 8 donors, EU being one of the co-funders, and implemented in 20 countries. It plans to increase and reach 30 countries by 2030.
They operate mainly at the country level, working with national and regional governments. However, they plan to expand their alliance with other institutions, initiatives, and programmes, including the private sector and civil society, paying particular attention to youth and gender movements.
You can learn more about PAGE at: https://www.un-page.org/