Business Charter for Sustainable Development

Business Charter for Sustainable Development

World Business Council for Sustainable Development | WBCSD [Abbr.]

Business Council for Sustainable Development | BCSD [Abbr.]

Maghreb Charter on Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development

Ministerial Symposium on the Industrialization of the Least Developed Countries : Sustainable Private Sector Development and Accelerated Growth of Industrial Enterprises in LDCs

Sustainable consumption and production || Reduce, reuse, recycle waste Could include prevention, access to collection schemes, recycling and reduction of landfill || Improve resource productivity Could include ratio of GDP to raw material consumption, reduced carbon dioxide intensity, environmentally performing techniques || Reduce the environmental impacts of consumption Could include environmental footprints, economic instruments, toxic exposure, litter || Ensure the sound management of chemicals throughout their life-cycle Could in ...[+++]clude life cycle approaches to products, registration and approval of chemicals , hazardous waste, regulatory frameworks and management facilities || Hazardous chemicals: reduce human exposure and release into the environment Could include contaminant levels in people/food, and the environment, and reduction of toxic sites || Improve sustainability performance of companies, products and services Could include company reporting on sustainability, ,sustainable public procurement, certified labelling, investment in green sectors,

56. Calls on the Member States, and regional and local authorities, to offer innovative students increased access to scholarships and micro-loan schemes, together with support, information, mentoring, multidisciplinary assistance and peer–to–peer evaluation platforms, in order to enable them to start their own ventures or projects, such as those supported under the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis of EaSI; calls on the Member States to facilitate access to and return of loans, to promote the use of crowdfunding, to develop partnerships between the local economy, businesses and universities, to enhance the role of businesses ...[+++] in integrating young people into the labour market, and to consolidate the entrepreneurial skills pass (ENP) at various levels of school and university education, especially in partnership with SMEs; urges the Member States to encourage the establishment within universities of business incubators dedicated to sustainable development and future-oriented branches of study;

56. Calls on the Member States, and regional and local authorities, to offer innovative students increased access to scholarships and micro-loan schemes, together with support, information, mentoring, multidisciplinary assistance and peer-to-peer evaluation platforms, in order to enable them to start their own ventures or projects, such as those supported under the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis of EaSI; calls on the Member States to facilitate access to and return of loans, to promote the use of crowdfunding, to develop partnerships between the local economy, businesses and universities, to enhance the role of businesses ...[+++] in integrating young people into the labour market, and to consolidate the entrepreneurial skills pass (ENP) at various levels of school and university education, especially in partnership with SMEs; urges the Member States to encourage the establishment within universities of business incubators dedicated to sustainable development and future-oriented branches of study;

10. Calls on the Member States and on regional and local authorities to offer innovative students increased access to, and availability of, scholarships and micro-loan schemes, together with support, information, mentoring, multidisciplinary assistance and peer-to-peer evaluation platforms, in order to enable them to start their own ventures or projects, such as those supported under the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis of EaSI; calls on the Member States to facilitate access to and return of loans, to promote the use of crowdfunding, to develop partnerships between the local economy, businesses and universities, to enhance ...[+++] the role of businesses in integrating young people into the labour market, and to consolidate the entrepreneurial skills pass (ENP) at various levels of school and university study, especially in partnership with SMEs; urges the Member States to encourage the establishment within universities of business incubators dedicated to sustainable development and future-oriented branches of study;