Cross Cutting Presentations

1. Valerie Geen: UNIDO
14 September 2017
Mainstreaming SME’s participation in the Green Economy

2. What does Mainstreaming mean?
Core
Prevalent
AcceptedCentral
Current
SMEs
Production: core
goods and services

3. Defining a Green Economy ?
A green economy as one that results in improved human
well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing
environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its
simplest expression, a green economy can be thought of as
one which is low carbon, resource efficient and socially
inclusive.
Green Economy Report : UNEP 2011
The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
describes :

4. Sustainable Development Goals?
Start text here

5. What needs to change?
2015 SME insights Report : SAICA

6. Are we making progress?
Policy
Private Sector
Financial Mechanisms

7. How do we move forward?
• Shared vision of what we mean by Green Economy in SA
• Engagement on our Economic business model into the future
• Green Economy through the Business value chain
• Partnerships and integration between Government and
Private Sector
• Sharing and understanding the pain:
• Information
• Communication
• Strategy
• Capacity
• Finance

8. ThankYou
v.geen@unido.org