Ecobreves – GLOBAL: Push for Sustainable Investment

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MEXICO CITY, Nov 15 2004 (IPS) - New global measures for promoting sustainable consumption and clean production in sectors like water and energy management and agriculture are the focus of debate by some 300 experts in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, Nov. 15-16. The meeting, organized by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), is bringing together representatives from government, civil society, industry and the scientific community from around the world.

''The industries are getting our message: that sustainable energy or water policies are good investments in terms of environment but also in terms of business,'' Monique Barbut, director of the UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, told Tierramérica.

In the past decade, this division has promoted some 3,000 clean production projects, involving 70,000 industries, through 25 specialized centers in the developing world.