United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Advance sustainable development
January 19, 2018

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) integrated TEST methodology constitutes an approach that introduces Cleaner Production Assessment (CPA), Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) tools simultaneously. The TEST methodology identifies improvements in industrial production processes ranging from better house-keeping to comprehensive investments into the production process, resulting in, for example, reduced energy...

Advance sustainable development
January 5, 2018

Under a business-as-usual scenario, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecasts that global water demand for manufacturing industries will increase by 400% from 2000 to 2050. To achieve inclusive and sustainable industrial development, water use efficiency has to drastically increase; water consumption as well as water pollution per unit of industrial output has to...