The 2nd World Conference on Green Productivity
9–11 Dec. 2002, Manila, Philippines
STATEMENT ON GREEN PRODUCTIVITY 2002
Appreciating that the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) launched
the Green Productivity (GP) program in Asia and the
Pacific in 1994, in response to the Rio Earth Summit
of 1992, with special funding from the Government
of Japan, as a strategy to create a paradigm shift
among the stakeholders for productivity enhancement
in harmony with environmental protection;
Having due regard to the Manila Declaration
on Green Productivity adopted during the First APO
World Conference on Green Productivity held in the
Philippines in 1996, the Johannesburg Declaration
adopted during the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) in the Republic of South Africa in 2002, and
further to the International Declaration on Cleaner
Production of the United Nations Environment Program
in 1998 and the Millennium Development Goals, 2000;
Recognizing that the Green Productivity is
a holistic approach to realize the APO’s vision
as expressed in the International Productivity Declaration
adopted during the International Productivity Conference
held in Singapore in October 2001 for strengthening
competitiveness, protecting the environment, and attaining
social fairness;
Emphasizing that sustainable development continues
to be a critical issue that must be addressed with
a sense of urgency by all and that the Green Productivity
program has shown, with its many successful cases,
to be a practical and effective means for attaining
sustainable development;
Noting that under its Green Productivity program,
the APO has extensively and successfully promoted
and publicized the Green Productivity concept to all
the stakeholders in the government, public, and economic
sectors in the region; and that it has endeavored
to build the Green Productivity capabilities of the
National Productivity Organizations (NPOs);
This Second World Conference on GP:
- Confirms that the Green Productivity program
should be the driving force to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals and sustainable development;
- Stresses that in future plans for the APO’s
Green Productivity program, the outcome of the WSSD
should be given due consideration, especially with
regard to issues related to the management of natural
resources, sustainable production and consumption,
and eradication of poverty;
- Agrees that the Green Productivity concept
and practices should be integrated in the industry,
agriculture, and service sectors as well as communities;
- Urges the governments and businesses as the
primary stakeholders in governance to infuse
the Green Productivity concept in development policies
and corporate strategies, respectively;
- Calls on all stakeholders to extend, in
the spirit of partnership, their assistance and
cooperation to the Green Productivity program; and
- Recommends that the APO:
- Encourage all concerned, particularly decision
makers in the public and private sectors, to contribute
to Green Productivity practices proactively through
all possible means including the greening of supply
chains with a view to changing unsustainable production
and consumption patterns;
- Further strengthen collaboration with national
and local governments, enterprises, labor unions,
financial institutions, academia, trade and professional
associations, media, civil society, and international
organizations in implementing the Green Productivity
program with shared responsibilities for sustainable
development;
- Promote the incorporation of the Green Productivity
concept and approaches in the formal and informal
education systems;
- Develop indicators at various levels for measuring
the results of Green Productivity practices to
share with others for effective Green Productivity
implementation and promotion;
- Urge the NPOs to enhance their capabilities
and capacity in planning, implementing, monitoring,
and evaluating the Green Productivity program,
and also in disseminating its successful cases
to contribute to national development goals; and
- Contribute to further promotion of the concept
and practices of Green Productivity as a key to
poverty alleviation in conjunction with the Integrated
Community Development program in line with the
Partnership Initiative accepted at the WSSD.
Manila, 11 December 2002
