Overview – Practical Guidance for Strategic Action to Advance Green and Sustainable Chemistry
In 2022 Member States adopted UNEA Resolution 5/7 which welcomes UNEP’s Green and Sustainable Chemistry: Framework Manual, and encourages its use as appropriate. In response to this call, UNEP is working to operationalize the information and recommendations in the Framework Manual into action. The final chapter of the Manual on “Green and Sustainable Chemistry Road Maps by Stakeholders” encourages leading stakeholders to “build with relevant stakeholders a coherent plan for action” as a means to enhance and scale-up global action to advance green and sustainable chemistry.
The information and materials on this webpage aim to provide stakeholders with practical guidance to carry out the planning and implementation of strategic action to advance green and sustainable chemistry. Along with the Framework Manual, the guidance draws upon the shared experiences of stakeholders who have built strategic initiatives that are relevant to green and sustainable chemistry.
Using the practical guidance
Actors across all stakeholder groups can refer to the guidance on this webpage to carry out the below strategic action planning process. The process has 4 phases, with each phase consisting of a number of steps. The phases are briefly introduced on this webpage. Links to infographics can be found under the introduction for each phase. They provide detailed practical guidance to help stakeholders successfully carry out activities and achieve the outcomes for the different phases.
The practical guidance includes the following visual cue elements. The visual cue elements are placed according to the step of the strategic action process to which they are most relevant.
Examples that draw upon consultation with stakeholders that have helped to build green and sustainable chemistry programs
In-depth real-world examples that illustrate the execution of the steps of the strategic action planning process
Factors for Success and Key Insights from stakeholders with direct experience carrying out relevant strategic action processes
Links to resources, hypothetical case-studies to illustrate key steps, and examples of road mapping activities and templates
Key entry points to use UNEP’s Green and Sustainable Chemistry: Framework Manual