Sustainable action plan

Commission of the European Communities (COM) (2004) Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament Stimulating Technologies for Sustainable Development An Environmental Technologies Action Plan for the European Union. 38 final. http //ec.europa.eu/environment/etap/ pdfs/com 004 etap en.pdf. (Accessed May 2010). 

EC (2005) Communication from the European Commission on the Biomass Action Plan, COM(2005)628 final. European Commission, 2005 EC (2007) Sustainable use of pesticides. Online http //ec.europa.eu/environment/ppps/home.htm. Accessed at 07 Feb 2008... 

The following section presents the major outcomes of the HyWays project, whose overarching aim was to develop a validated European hydrogen roadmap and an action plan for introducing hydrogen in transport as well as stationary applications, and to demonstrate how hydrogen can contribute to sustainability. HyWays... 

SusChem (European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry) Implementation Action Plan, published by CEFIC... 

During the remediation phase, the computer systems are brought into compliance by implementing the procedural and technological controls determined by the Corrective Action Plan. In addition, the processes needed to sustain the compliance solutions are implemented. 

WSSD (2003). Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, A G8 Action Plan (June 1-3, 2003, Evian-les-Bains, France), 4 pp. 

As the development of sustainable thinking in the Chemicals Business grew, a further step was taken to move from a high-level commitment to SD to embedding a practical action plan. This plan was built around four strategic priorities ... 

The three main documents prepared by the European Technology Platform on Sustainable Chemistry (Vision Paper, Strategic Research Agenda, and Implementation Action Plan they can be download free from cited ETP SusChem web site) evidence how sustainability through chemistry (probably a better definition than sustainable chemistry) requires a far more concerted and integrated effort than only a greener chemistry, which, nevertheless, is a core part of this vision. 

The Marrakech process is a global process to support regional and national initiatives to promote the shift towards Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) patterns. In the European Union, the Marrakech process is leading the development of an EU SCP Action Plan that entails amongst other things the Integrated Product Policy (IPP) and Green Public Procurement (GPP). 

The final section of this chapter has been dedicated to a concise discussion of a vision and roadmap for sustainability through chemistry, taken from the implementation action plan prepared by the European Technology Platform on Sustainable Chemistry. This plan evidences the pervasive role of chemistry for our society and thus how a next step is necessary in R D to really realize a sustainable world through chemistry innovation. 

Flexible New Deal In 2009 existing New Deal and EZ provisions for the JSA unemployed will be replaced by the Flexible New Deal. JCP will be responsible for job search support in the first 12 months. All claimants will enter a Gateway process after 6 months involving more intense job search activity, skills assessment, and the support of a PA. After 12 months claimants will be referred to a contracted provider with whom they agree a personalised action plan. The claimant will have up to a year to work with the provider to find sustained employment or, as a minimum, to undertake a period of mandatory work related activity. 

An action plan for sustainable development, Agenda 21 , was adopted at the Rio Summit, and it is interesting to note that some of the wording is specifically directed at the subject of environmental reporting. Agenda 21 states, inter alia, that The business community, including transnational corporations, should recognise that envi-... 

However, surveys of alternatives to decaBDE in TVs—most notably the Washington State PBDE Chemicals Action Plan" and the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production s report on alternatives to decaBDE in electronic enclosure and textile applications —have concluded... 

Considering women s needs contributes to a sustainable urban society and improves urban life quality (Parfect and Power 1997), particularly as women form half of the community. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development that was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 affirmed women s critical contributions to envirorunental management. Agenda 21, the UNCED action plan for sustainable development, proposed actions to strengthen the role of women in sustainable development by eliminating obstacles to their equal participation, particularly in decision-making (Corral 2002). 

Council of the European Union (2008) Sustainable consumption and production and sustainable industrial policy action plan council conclusions, 16914/08, 5. December 2008, http //register.consilium.europa. eu/pdf/en/08/stl6/stl6914.en08.pdf. Accessed 24 June 2013... 

The next major event in sustainable development was the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, also known as the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. This was the second worldwide meeting for discussing the nexus of environment and development. During this important event, the triple bottom line of Environment—Society—Economy (the three pillars of sustainable development) was adopted into international agreements related to climate change, biodiversity, and a unified declaration of environment and development. This was summarized in a global sustainable development action plan called Agenda 21 and in the Rio Declaration (27 principles for sustainable development). Some of the content of US conservation and environmental law coincided with those described by many of the principles of the Rio Declaration. 

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