Conveners from the Public and Private Organizations Signs Commitment for the Kalikasan GP3 2019

Group signs commitment to the Kalikasan GP3 2019 on September 17, 2019 at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center to strengthen the promotion and advocacy of KGP3 to be a green platform, to be a convergence of public and private initiatives, and to showcase green products and best practices towards a greener Philippines.

With the pledge to advance climate-smart businesses, sustainable tourism, and sustainable forestry towards inclusive growth and circular economy. A group signs commitment to advance Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in the country at the 6th staging of the “Kalikasan Green Productivity, Green Purchasing Towards Green Philippines 2019”, launched earlier by the country’s leading organizations.

A Memorandum of Cooperation was forged between 13 public and private organizations, among them Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Climate Change Commission (CCC), Department of Tourism (DOT), Tourism Congress of the Philippines (TCP), Quezon City LGU, SM Supermalls, Quanta Paper Corporation, Unilever Philippines, GIZ Thailand, WWF Philippines, and the Philippine Wood Producers Association. The event that was launched will take place on November 5-6, 2019 at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center.

KGP3 remaining true to its advocacy in the promotion of Sustainable Consumption and Production in the country, aligned its goals to the past KGP3 events, this year’s Kalikasan GP3  aims to continue what it has begun and scale up through its theme: “Doing More with Less for a Climate Smart Economy: An Inclusive Growth for Tourism Industry and Upland Community”.

Organized by the National Ecolabelling Programme-Green Choice Philippines (NELP-GCP), the advocacy event aims to strengthen and establish commitments for inclusive actions in addressing climate challenges, and advancing sustainable consumption and production practices.

For the last eight years, the Kalikasan GP3 Programme has served as a platform of green convergence for consumer awareness on green products available in the market and a venue of knowledge and existing initiatives on green business practices, innovation of technologies and incentives in the tourism industry and upland community.

To know more about the event, visit the KGP3 Website at www.kalikasan-gp3.com or send inquiries to kalikasan-gp3@pcepsdi.org.ph.