UNEP IN 2022

UNEP has made the strategic decision to move toward cross-sector and multi-sector alliances and initiatives in high-impact industries. UNEP is engaging with private sector entities through more than 40 initiatives focused on energy, plastics, food and agriculture, healthcare, finance and information technology. UNEP’s science supports businesses to find better solutions. For instance,  UNEP’s Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles – a public-private initiative of 73 partners promoting cleaner fuels and vehicles in developing countries and emerging economies – helped to end the use of leaded petrol.

Another example is UNEP’s Global Tourism Plastics Initiative (GTPI). The initiative has 121 signatories, with a combined estimated annual revenue of over US$43 billion. In 2021 and 2022, GTPI organized a pilot reporting campaign for large companies that joined the initiative in 2020 and for which annual reporting is mandatory. Some 108 million plastic items have been removed from use across the reporting businesses.

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