SCP Mission Statement

The overall objective of the SCP branch is to promote and facilitate the extraction, processing and consumption of natural resources in a more environmentally sustainable way over the whole life cycle.

Branch activities are designed to contribute to the decoupling of growth in production and consumption of goods and services from resource depletion and environmental degradation, and to strengthen the scientific base for doing so. Reforms in government policies, changes in private sector management practices and decisions, and increased consumer awareness are needed to achieve this.

The Branch initiates, develops and implements targeted mixes of these approaches in partnership with the relevant stakeholders, including through the work of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management and through the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production under the Marrakech process, and initiatives and partnerships with key industry sectors.

In the achievement of this objective the SCP branch works towards ensuring that:

• Resource efficiency is increased and pollution is reduced over product life cycles and along supply chains
  
  
• Investment in efficient, clean and safe industrial production methods is increased through public policies and private sector action
  
  
• Consumer choice favors resource efficient and environmentally friendly products.