Compilation of good practices

By visiting our website you can access a database which collects good trade union’s practices and successful experiences on environmental and sustainable development. There you can tell us your own experience. Leer más...

Regional Conference on Labour and Environment: presentations available!

Sustainlabour gives you the opportunity to donwload all the presentations of Regional Conference on Labour and Environment, that tool place in Jakarta (Indonesia) from 26 to 28 November. All the material on the Sustainlabour’s website clicking here. Interesting presentations and information to learn more about trade unions action on Labour and Environment!

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UNEP Regional Consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean

Sustainlabour was present at the meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 24th and 25th of November 2008.
At the Regional Consultation trade Unions were also represented by the person in charge of international and environmental issues at CGT-RA, who participated in the Climate Change Working Group, while Sustainlabour was part of the Chemicals Working Group.
Trade unions concerns were integrated to the conclusions of the working groups, such as giving
more relevance to just transition issues at the international environmental agenda, and
establishing social and labour criteria as, for example, compliance with ILO standards. Leer más...

A manual on chemical risk: "Sound and Sustainable Management on chemicals"

The United Nations Environment Program and the International Labour Foundation for Sustainable Development have worked on the chemical area too. The result, “Sound and Sustainable Management for Chemicals”, a training manual for workers and trade unions that you can download from our website. Leer más...

UNEP Regional Consultative Meeting for Europe

Prior to each Global Civil Society Forum and GC/GMEF there specific Civil Society Meetings in
each of the UNEP regions.
Sustainlabour was present for the meeting held in Geneva, 17-18 November 2008 and made an introductory presentation on the Global Civil Society Forum Cycle to all participants present. Sustainlabour also followed the working group on climate change related to the Work Program (2010-2011), and made contributions to three different parts of the European Regional statement to what relates to (i) Globalization and the Environment: Global Crises or National Chaos?; (ii) IEG and UN reform: Help or Hindrance? And the Work Program (2010-2011). Leer más...

Climate change, a training manual for workers and trade unions

The training manual on "Climate Change, its Consequences on Employment and Trade Union Action" was developed under the framework of the project "Strengthening trade union participation in international environmental processes" with UNEP.
It can be downloaded from our website. Leer más...