Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme

Manufacturing Pollution

SMEP Call for Concepts for solutions to manufacturing pollution in East Africa closes on Thursday, September 15th, 2022

The SMEP Call for Concepts for Piloting solutions that address manufacturing pollution in East Africa opened on July 18th 2022; the deadline for submitting concepts is Thursday, September 15th, 2022, at 13:00 GMT.   All concepts for solutions that show potential for uptake and scaling to address pollution generated by the manufacturing sector will be …

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Call for Concepts for Piloting solutions that address manufacturing pollution in East Africa

The SMEP Call for Concepts for Piloting solutions that address manufacturing pollution in East Africa opened on July 18th 2022, and will close on September 15th 2022, at 13:00 GMT. SMEP seeks to fund concepts that pilot innovative investible pollution mitigation concepts that create viable business cases around the following thematic areas: Concepts that contribute …

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Dashboard shows environmental impacts of exports from African and South Asian countries

 The tool helps governments and businesses understand how exports are hurting the local environment, so they can better align environmental, trade and industrial policies Every year, many developing countries export billions of dollars in manufactured products all over the world. Bangladesh, for example, exports jute yarn for the textile industry. For every ton of …

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Research Seminar: Tackling Manufacturing Pollution in the South

The uptake of productive capacities by developing countries has delivered important economic and social gains. But as productive capacities increase, countries often incur various types of air, soil, and water pollution as a consequence of manufacturing in response to domestic and foreign demand. The resulting impacts of pollution on the local environment and human health imposes …

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Report Maps Manufacturing Pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

The study explores the environmental and resulting health impacts of pollutants generated by the manufacturing sector, often touted as a driver of economic growth. Manufacturing is often seen as a pathway to greater economic growth, as reflected in the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular goals 9 and 12. …

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