Yearbook 2015/16 "Sustainable Consumption and Production: Towards a Circular Economy"

Global Sustain announced its new Yearbook at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) SwitchMed Connect event, the first eco and social innovations gathering in the Mediterranean that took place in Barcelona on October 29-30. The company is preparing the ninth Yearbook edition in collaboration with the SwitchMed and the Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production of the UNEP. 

In times where material wealth is cherished, global population is rising and there is ever-growing consumption, the process by which products and services are delivered to our doors needs to embrace a sustainable model. On the other hand, decisions and actions taken by consumers may have a serious impact on the environment. The challenge is to manage these interdependencies in a way that human development advances without causing harm to the environment and our planetary boundaries. Circular economy maximises the business potential to transform environmental challenges into economic opportunities, innovation, and better life quality.

Among others, this Yearbook will address the following topics:

• Priority sectors for circular economy

• New consumption models

• Sustainable lifestyles

• Life cycle thinking

• Policies, strategies and action plans

• Sustainable value chain

• Eco-innovation

• Resource efficiency improvement

• Sustainable Packaging

• Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) measurement and communication

The ninth carbon neutral Yearbook will feature leading CEOs, corporations and organisations from all around the world, with SCP and circular economy efforts well-integrated into their organisational fabric. Moreover, there will be extensive research and photographic material. The publication will come out in June 2016 and will be presented at special events throughout 2016.

The publication was announced at the SwitchMed Connect by Michael Spanos, Managing Director of Global Sustain, who delivered a speech on market links and partnerships with big business. Global Sustain presented the publication to more than 400 stakeholders from Mediterranean countries, leading start-ups and entrepreneurs, industry agents, change agents, policy and financial institutions.

For more information related to the Yearbook series please visit: http://globalsustain.org/en/yearbook.

For more information related to the SwitchMed Connect please visit: www.switchmedconnect.com.  

About the Yearbook series
Yearbook series aim at highlighting critical sustainability issues and constitute a catalyst for constructive dialogue and positive change. This annual global publication is trusted by top companies and important stakeholders from all around the world. Each year, Global Sustain selects a topic of universal interest relevant to the people-planet-profit concept and analyses all the aspects through the views of internationally renowned personalities, business leaders, politicians, visionaries and academia. Industry opinion formers and decision makers across the world contribute with policy and business intelligence to the publication, while leading corporations showcase their best practices and flagship products and services in the sustainability field. The hard copy publication is presented every year in special events and venues, with high level participants and is distributed to a worldwide targeted audience. To date, Yearbooks have been distributed in more than 50 countries on 4 continents, profiling more than 200 CEOs.

For more details about previous Yearbook titles and info please visit: http://globalsustain.org/en/yearbook.

About the SwitchMed
SwitchMed is an initiative that supports and connects stakeholders to scale up eco and social innovations in the Mediterranean. The EU funded SwitchMed Programme is implemeted by UNIDO and UNEP, through the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) and its Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/ RAC) and the Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE). www.switchmed.eu.

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About Global Sustain

Founded in 2006, Global Sustain with offices in Athens, Berlin, Brussels, London, New York and Nicosia, creates awareness and inspires and supports companies and organisations to embody sustainability, through advisory, communications, networking and training, with a focus on the people-planet-profit philosophy. Its members include corporations, non-governmental and non-profit organisations, municipalities and local authorities, educational foundations, media, professional bodies, think tanks and other public or private entities. Global Sustain is a signatory to the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a GRI Data Partner and Organisational Stakeholder (OS), an affiliated member of the Academy of Business in Society, Social Value International, Institute of Directors, CEO Clubs and EFQM. www.globalsustain.org / www.globalsustaingroup.com

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