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Kehua Hu

Deputy Director, Office for Social Responsibility
China Textile and Apparel Industry Council
April 2020

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Blue Economy: New challenges and prospects for recovery and resilience

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Blue economy sectors such as travel, tourism, maritime transport, fisheries, and seafood production have been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This report calls for response measures to include support to small-scale fishers, many of whom are self-employed and don’t have income or health insurance.

Charles E. Di Leva

Chief Officer, Environmental and Social Standards
World Bank Group
July 2020

US City Stimulus: Advancing localized green recovery and resilience

This report outlines five strategic, city-specific green stimulus ideas that Congress could consider to help our cities build back better.
26 July 2017
Other News

GIZ Works with Bangladesh to Produce Socially-conscious and Eco-friendly Clothing

Bangladesh is the world’s second largest exporter of clothing and textiles after China, making it one of the key players in the global textile industry. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been helping to improve social and environmental standards in Bangladesh’s textile industry since 2005.
19 September 2014

How China is charting a path towards a green financial sector

Amal-Lee Amin
Dr. Amal-Lee Amin, Associate Director of Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G), discusses the challenges of combining public policy and public finance to most effectively mobilise private sector investment for green growth.
26 August 2020

Beirut blast: Will lessons in chemical waste management ever be learned?

Najib Saab
The explosion of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut revealed a blatant failure in dealing with hazardous materials, and an urgent need for governments to rethink regulations governing their movement and storage.
2 June 2020
Research

Should We Create Decent Work or Make Work More Decent? Demystifying What Decent Work Means for Market System Development Projects

Steve Hartich, Matt Ripley

Meet Susan

Susan works on a building construction site in Rwanda. She’s a single mother with a three-year-old child and gets no support from the father.

June 2015

UNECE Environmental Performance Reviews: Montenegro 2015 (3rd cycle)

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
The Third Environmental Performance Review of Montenegro examines the progress made by the country in the management of its environment since the country was reviewed in 2007 for the second time.
June 2014

UNECE Environmental Performance Reviews: Croatia 2014 (2nd cycle)

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
The Second Environmental Performance Review of Croatia examines the progress made by Croatia in the management of its environment since the country was first reviewed in 1999.

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