VNCPC and the project “Conservation of Environmental Resources in Vietnam”

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CONSERV, or Conservation of Environmental Resources in Vietnam is a PPP Capacity Building Project initiated by PUMA for all of its suppliers in Vietnam. It is co-financed by the German Bank DEG-KFW and managed in cooperation with ASSIST , an NGO operating in Asia. CONSERV applies the concept and methodology of UNIDO’s Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production (RECP) to enhance the capability of suppliers toward an efficient use of resources such are energy, water and materials of production as well as addressing the issue of environment protection.

The project aims to equip PUMA suppliers with the necessary knowledge and skills to help them achieve the 25% sustainability targets of PUMA by 2015 as well as help them improve their production efficiency.

VNCPC and Sustainability Project launch in Vietnam by Dassault Systèmes

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Leapfrog Project is an eco-design sustainability project led by Dassault Systemes to support SPIN (Sustainable Product Innovation) project by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), Delft University and VNCPC (Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre). Launched in Ha Noi – Sept 14, 2012

GLOBAL 3000 | A Fish Named Pangasius

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Pangasius are indigenous to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. They grow fast; their flesh is white and firm. They don’t have many bones, can be easily fileted and — even halfway round the world in Europe — they are cheap. The prime foreign market used to be the United States. But then an import levy was imposed, so the fish now head in the other direction.