The greening of economic growth series ESCAP, its partners and Asia-Pacific countries have advocated "green growth" as a strategy to achieve sustainable development in the resource-constrained, high-poverty context of the Asian and the Pacific region.
In 2005, the concept of green growth was introduced in the Asia-Pacific region as a strategy for sustainable growth in developing countries.
The private sector is increasingly seeing the opportunities that come along with ‘green growth’ as well as the relevance of mitigating environmental and social risks to which they are exposed.
This guide provides a core set of enterprise level resource productivity and pollution intensity indicators.
On 31 January 2011, the Embassy of Denmark in Nairobi brought together ministers, national and international business leaders, policy-makers and representatives from international financial institutions at a high-level conference to discuss how the private sector in Kenya can lead on Green Growth
GGGI’s work in Peru aims to help implement green growth by fostering the development of an economically viable forestry sector that generates socially inclusive benefits and optimal ecosystem services, while at the same time preserving natural capital.
China’s drive to develop a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy is a top priority of the government, placing pressure on the industrial development zones (IDZs) to respond to a growing and diverse set of policy levers.
The "Guidelines for developing eco-efficient and socially inclusive infrastructure" provide practical tools for city planners and decision makers to reform urban planning and infrastructure design according to the principles of eco-efficiency and social inclusiveness.