Green Choice for Green Products: An Awareness Seminar on the National Ecolabelling Programme – Green Choice Philippines

The “Development of Voluntary Guidelines on Sustainable Packaging Towards Reduction of Marine Litter and Promoting Packaging from Alternative Materials Through Market Based Approach” project implemented by the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc. (PCEPSDI), also dubbed as the “Sustainable Packaging toward Marine Litter Reduction” aims to reduce marine litter by promoting packaging …

Transforming Tourism Value Chains – Newsletter June – Sept 2021

The Transforming Tourism Value Chains project is a 4-year global initiative that was launched in 2017 by theUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It supports the countries in reducing greenhouse gasemissions and improving resource efficiency in key tourism sector value chains with high resource use, i.e.accommodation, food & beverage, and meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE). …

Transforming Tourism Value Chains – Newsletter Feb – May 2021

The Transforming Tourism Value Chains project is a 4-year global initiative that was launched in 2017 by theUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It supports the countries in reducing greenhouse gasemissions and improving resource efficiency in key tourism sector value chains with high resource use, i.e.accommodation, food & beverage, and meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE). …

PCEPSDI Hosts Training Webinar on Circular economy for the Hospitality Sector

The Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, INC. (PCEPSDI), through its Transforming Tourism Value Chains (TVC) project held a Training Webinar titled “Practicing Circular Economy in the Hospitality Sector During COVID-19” on June 29, 2021. The webinar aims for the tourism sector, particularly hotel and MICE partners of the TVC project, to be …

Members of NGB-PFCS and TC78 goes to Timber Corridor of the Philippines

Group photo of the members of the NGB-PFCS and TC 78 as the Exposure Trip Participant. Photo © Jouelle Nerveza / PCEPSDI An Exposure Trip: Members of the Interim National Governing Board of Philippine Forest Certification System (NGB-PFCS), and Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) Technical Committee (TC) 78 goes to the Timber Corridor of the Philippines …

PCEPSDI and WWF-Philippines conduct Policy Planning Workshop with the Quezon City LGU

PCEPSDI and WWF-Philippines conduct Policy Planning Workshop with the Quezon City Local Government Unit Photo © Alexa Jeanne Lasch / WWF-Philippines The Sustainable Diner project team of WWF-Philippines and PCEPSDI with representatives from the Quezon City LGU’s Tourism, Health, Planning, and Environmental Protection and Waste Management Departments.   World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines …