GRIP International activities in Sustainable consumption and production


GRIP organised the Oslo workshops on Sustainable Consumption and Production from the 22nd. to the 24th. of January 2003. The workshops ("SCPP10 kickoff") were to follow up the Plan of Implementation from Johannesburg by developing ideas for projects that could be incorporated into the "10-year framework of programmes" named in the Johannesburg document.

In 2005 and 2006, GRIP collaborated with the Swedish Ministry for Sustainable Development , as chair of the Nordic Ad-hoc Group on SCP, in implementing two Roundtables focusing on North/South business relations and how these can contribute to sustainable development. More information:

• Nordic SCP Roundtable in Oslo in March 2005
• Nordic SCP Roundtable in Stockholm in March 2006

The original workshop in 2003 assembled 12 professionals from ministries and international organisations to clarify what the goals for such programmes should be, so that the second workshop, comprising 30 professionals divided into 3 groups could develop concrete ideas to satisfy the needs defined in the first workshop.

Here are the documents related to these 2 workshops (click on red text):

• Background references: 
  • Plan of implementation from Johannesburg
  • EU draft paper on a 10-year framework of programmes for SCP - NB: final paper is published, but I don't have a copy)
  • UNEP: Promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns
• Presentations during workshop 1:
  • Per Bakken: on UNEPs SCP work
  • Loa Bogason: Nordic Strategy for Sustainable Development
• Output from the workshops (participants):
  • Summary from workshop 1
  • Summary from workshop 2 group A - Investment, Transparency, Labeling, Procurement
  • Summary from workshop 2 group B - Innovation and SCP
  • Summary from workshop 2 group C - Country success stories
• GRIPs overall report from the workshops
• Links to other relevant material