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Workshop ‘Rebuilding Europe’s Housing’ in Brussels, Belgium, 17 December |
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The workshop was part of the ‘Four Levers' initiative of the EPE's Resource Efficiency Alliance to address the building sector's bottom-up approach to climate change and sustainable resource management. EPE (European Partners for Environment - www.epe.be) is a multi-stakeholder forum bringing together public authorities, companies large and small, trade unions, research institutes, environmental organisations, consumer and ethical NGOs and civil society groups. Vinyl 2010 was present as a sponsor of the event and gave logistical support.
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World Sustainable Building Conference in Melbourne, Australia, 21-25 September |
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This major event in the sector involved more than 2,000 delegates from over 60 countries. It was organised by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Sustainability Victoria, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the
International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iisbe) and the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (cib). Vinyl 2010 participated with both a poster presentation and the presentation of a paper entitled ‘European Life Cycle studies: updated information about PVC and PVC products'.
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12th ERSCP in Berlin, Germany, 23-25 September |
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The European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP) is a non-profit forum that provides a platform to stimulate, develop and disseminate new initiatives to foster the implementation of sustainable consumption and production concepts and approaches within local and regional sustainable development initiatives. The 12th ERSCP was organised by FONA - the framework programme ‘Research for Sustainability' of Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) - and was part of the 5th BMBF-Forum for Sustainability. Vinyl 2010 participated with a presentation on ‘The experience of Vinyl 2010' as an example of effective Supply Chain Management best practice. The Essay Competition booklet and Vinyl 2010 Progress Report 2008 were also made available to participants at the conference's information and brochures display. The event video, programme and results, as well as presentation abstracts, are available at www.fona.de/en/forum/2008/.
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Green Week 2008 in Brussels, Belgium, 3-6 June |
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Vinyl 2010 participated in Green Week 2008 with an information stand where the Vinylgame was used to better explain Vinyl 2010 and its challenges for sustainability to EU opinion formers. During the course of the annual four-day environmentally- focused event, the game proved popular with participants from across Europe. Players, including members of the media and EU policy-makers - both young and old - were eager to compete to see who could run the most profitable and sustainable industry with daily high scores being
shown on a scoreboard on the stand.
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United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16), New York, 5-16 May |
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In May 2008, Vinyl 2010 attended the annual session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) for the third consecutive year. Water protection being one of the main issues of the CSD-16, Vinyl 2010 made a presentation at the Partnership Fair entitled ‘A Working Example of a Voluntary Commitment Partnership for the Sustainable Development of an Industry'. This presentation was focused on both the PVC industry chain's commitment and used PVC pipes as an example of a very relevant sustainable application in the context of the USD-16 key topic. During the session, the new Vinyl 2010 initiatives, the Vinylgame and the Essay Competition were also successfully presented.
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