The participation of SUPA project in Vietfish fair 2014 and Vietnam Pangasius Forum
The EU co-funded “Establishing a Sustainable Pangasius Supply Chain in Viet Nam (SUPA)” has being implemented by Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre (VNCPC), along with project’s partners: WWF Vietnam, WWF Austria and Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), aimed to promote sustainable and environmentally friendly Pangasius production in Viet Nam. From 6th to 8th August […]
Leapfrog Project: A Jump Ahead in Sustainable Innovation
The Leapfrog Project is a joint initiative from the Vietnam Cleaner Production Center (a UNIDO / UNEP entity), TU Delft University (Netherlands) and Dassault Systèmes to bring the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, training and support for eco-design to the next generation of designers and engineers in emerging countries, such as Vietnam.
VNCPC participated in the 11th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP)
In light of the current global framework, the 11th APRSCP “Paving the Way for the Future We Want” held in Bangkok, Thailand continued engaging multi-stakeholders in developing and implementing innovative policy solutions, up-scaling technology and knowledge benchmarking, approaches and instruments towards the development and implementation programmes on SCP. This event attracted about 300 participants, including […]
SUPA featured at Europe’s largest seafood trade fair
The annual European Seafood Exposition and Seafood Processing Europe in Brussels is the world’s largest seafood trade fair. Over 100,000 trade visitors including buyers, suppliers, media and other seafood-industry professionals from over 100 countries attended the 2014 fair to meet face to face and do business. The SWITCH-Asia project “Establishing a Sustainable Pangasius Supply Chain […]
Sustainable living space nurtures innovative ideas
A sustainable living space at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology was opened on April 29, aiming to promote sustainable consumption practices in Vietnam.
Impression from The Hybrid Marketplace and Learning Platform “Incubation for Social Investment Readiness”
On the 13th March, Green Credit Trust Fund (GCTF) participated the Hybrid Marketplace and Learning Platform event themed “Incubation for Social Investment Readiness” which was held by Spark, Adelphi and HATCH[…]
Some Switch-Asia project impact sheets
The SWITCH-Asia programme is the single largest programme to support sustainable consumption and production in developing countries. The EU aims to see the benefits of this investment. Many SWITCH-Asia projects in cooperation with the Network Facility have documented their achievement in so-called impact sheets. If you want to know more about the impact a project […]
For small scale butchery
In this case, the cold and vacuum packaging method would be very effective and could extend the meat shelf life to months not just 8 hours. Generally, USDA stated that the storage life of vacuum-packed beef is at least 10-12 weeks and that of lamb is 8-10 weeks or greater depending on the primal cut, […]
SUPA study- Chapter II: A summary of trends and key stakeholder sourcing policies
The EU is reliant on imports to meet its demand for fish and seafood. “For the EU as a whole, fish dependence day is now 8 July (2013), indicating that almost one-half of fish consumed in the EU is sourced from non-EU waters.” For example, figures from 2011 show imported species such as Alaska pollock, […]
Policies for Sustainable Products
Source: ringway.co.uk How can policy support sustainable products? This questions was discussed at three workshops in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos hosted by the project Sustainable Product Innovation. With the workshops the project aimed to raise awareness of sustainable products and the benefits that sustainability criteria in the production process and design phase can have […]
