Sustainable consumption and production - link page

Other SCP links:

Frameworks for SCP:

• Whole-Systems Framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production(Danish EPA)

Indicators:

• UK: Quality of Life indicators: explanation, approach, regional, nov 2003 update (2 A4 pdf)
• UK: SCP indicators: Consultation paper (28 pages)
• EU: Environmental indicators (the real thing!)
• OECD: Measuring sustainable development (discussion paper - 2001)
• OECD: Environmental indicators: development, measurement and use (2003)
• OECD: Indicators to measure decoupling (2002)

UK:

• UK home page for sustainable development - "Achieving a better quality of life"
• For DTI approach to SD, including our DTI SD Strategy, work on encouraging Sectoral Sustainability Strategies, Envirowise (environmental technology best practice programme), Sustainable Technologies Initiative, WRAP (supporting research to encourage recycling - eg markets for recyclate), CSR see: http://www.dti.gov.uk/sustainability/
• For UK approach on CSR and copy of second Annual report last year see: http://www.societyandbusiness.gov.uk/
• DEFRA site on the Market Transformation Programme on encouraging products with reduced environmental impact: http://www.mtprog.com/
• DTI approach and activity on innovation - with patience can take you to links to general literature on innovation, see: http://www.innovation.gov.uk/
• DTI service on information and activities on innovation and technology internationally: http://www.globalwatchonline.com/static_intro.htm
• Information on project now being taken forward at European level but with link back to previous UK project) examining, implications of digital society for sustainable development, including addressing issues like dematerialisation, switch from product to service etc - interesting but provides rather more questions than answers: http://www.digitalfutures.org.uk/
• Web site of network and activities considering issues about competitiveness, innovation, technology and environment: http://www.blueprint-network.net/
• Sustainable Development Programme under the STI, includes projects covering a number of issues/areas eg on consumption that were discussed at the workshop: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/esrccontent/ourresearch/sustainable_technologies_initiative.asp
• Project SIGMA looking at structure and tools for sustainability management:
  http://www.projectsigma.com/
• UK strategy for sustainable consumption and production: letter from DTI/DEFRA