Joint Initiative for Sustainable Humanitarian Assistance Packaging Waste Management

A new #EarthDay pledge from USAID to combat plastic in the oceans 👏 👏

📣 EVENT ALERT! 📣 Less than two weeks until our #HNPW panel co-hosted with Global Shelter Cluster. 📍 Join us in person (Room “Plenière C”) or online on Tuesday, May 7 at 16h00 CET to discuss techniques and tools humanitarian organizations can use to support #environmentallysound procurement decision making. 👉 Register now! https://lnkd.in/gJ8gsT5g @SonjaSchmid Amro El-Zoubi @GeorgeFoden @RamaNimri Samantha Brangeon Fiona Cook

Looking forward to our panel with Climate Action Accelerator at #HNPW in two short weeks! 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/dN_gpcUF

🌍 Happy Earth Day! 🌏 In honor of this year’s theme, Planet vs Plastics, we’ve put together a short video on how humanitarian organizations can and should take steps to reduce their environmental footprint, particularly through the reduction of single-use packaging. We hope it inspires you and your organization to take action for a healthier planet. 🌱 🌿 To explore more of our plastics-related resources, check out the links below: 👉 Packaging, Plastics and Climate Change Fact Sheet: https://lnkd.in/e7tjQ6y9 👉 Alternatives to Conventional (Petroleum-based) Plastics in Packaging: https://lnkd.in/ejDu8gga 👉 Options for Humanitarian Packaging Reuse, Repurposing, and Recycling: https://lnkd.in/efWVPeDD 👉 Decision Tree to Reduce Environmental Impact of Humanitarian Packaging: https://lnkd.in/dHG7iAgv 👉 Properties of Plastic Packaging Infographic: https://lnkd.in/evqRNVxn #EarthDay2024 #EarthDay #Sustainability

We're looking forward to joining the Humanitarian Networks and Partnership Weeks (#HNPW2024) in Geneva next month! Register for one of our sessions using the links below. 🌍 The role of humanitarian donors and international organizations in enabling local NGOs' climate transformation 👉 https://lnkd.in/gGvpnWVg 🌲 Supporting environmentally sound decision-making in humanitarian operations 👉 https://lnkd.in/gJ8gsT5g ♻ Benefits and challenges of incorporating recycled materials into humanitarian assistance packaging 👉 https://lnkd.in/gYisfe7W 📍 We'll also be sharing Global Shelter Cluster's stand in the main hall; come say hi! 👋 #HNPW #HumanitarianSector #ClimateSolutions Fiona Cook Amro El-Zoubi Samantha Brangeon Jessica Joye USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Global Shelter Cluster Climate Action Accelerator

🌍 The world generates 2.01 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually. Consequences for the environment and human health are dramatic, and include pollution of soil and water resources from a variety of chemical substances, as well as greenhouse gas emissions resulting from decomposition or combustion. Limiting the carbon and environmental impact of packaging, especially single-use plastic, constitutes an important strategy to reduce potential local waste pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Below are four solutions you can adopt, along with the specific steps and resources needed to implement them, in order to address the issue effectively. ➡️ Eliminate unnecessary or problematic plastic packaging: https://lnkd.in/gYEAqsie ➡️ Use alternative packaging materials to reduce plastic pollution: https://lnkd.in/dgCtP-XH ➡️ Repurpose packaging and extend its useful life: https://lnkd.in/dEAKC9Zy ➡️ When waste can’t be avoided or reduced any further, recycle it: https://lnkd.in/di2c9cG9 📣 Shout out to our colleagues at the Joint Initiative for Sustainable Humanitarian Assistance Packaging Waste Management, who have recently published a compendium of case studies from humanitarian organisations aiming to reduce the footprint of their packaging. You can read the document here: https://lnkd.in/eVdcAjfP #ZeroWaste #WasteManagement #Recycling #Packaging #Plastic

♻ Today is #InternationalDayofZeroWaste. The JI - in collaboration with our network of 26 partners - provides tools and resources to help humanitarian actors significantly reduce their waste. ♻ 🌍 Working with our partners, we've produced documents [https://lnkd.in/efWVPeDD] showing how humanitarian organizations can give a second life to packaging and avoid it becoming waste. We've also developed practical guidance documents on how to reduce packaging waste at the procurement phase [https://lnkd.in/eUytrCbT] 🌏 And in Bangladesh, our partner World Food Programme has made great progress in promoting the use of reusable and refillable packaging for food assistance in refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. 👉 Read the case study: https://lnkd.in/e6eTbaHS #sustainability #zerowaste #sustainablepackaging

EN FRANÇAIS: Consultez la version française de notre récent rapport publié en partenariat avec le Climate Action Accelerator. Ce rapport présente une analyse de la manière dont les ambitions et les engagements des bailleurs en matière de climat et d’environnement influencent comment ils financent l’aide humanitaire et leurs propres pratiques. 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3hb27gG Sonja Schmid Amadou M. Cissé Aline Hubert Macarena Castro Fiona Cook Samantha Brangeon

🌍 🌏 To celebrate #WorldSustainableProcurementDay, the Joint Initiative is pleased to share a compendium of 8 case studies from humanitarian organizations endeavoring to reduce the environmental footprint of their packaging. #collaborate2accelerate ♻ 📦 Available in French [https://lnkd.in/eDTQ5bDJ] & English [https://lnkd.in/eVdcAjfP], this valuable resource highlights results achieved, challenges faced, and lessons learned from organizations across the globe in the quest for more #sustainblepackaging. 🌿 🌱 Ultimately, the case studies teach us that organizational change is required to improve the way we work, and that the humanitarian sector needs to shift to a sustainability-centered mindset that focuses on both long-term strategies to prevent further environmental degradation and climate change and on the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance. 🤝 The JI brings together 26 humanitarian stakeholders with a shared goal of reducing the negative environmental impact of humanitarian action, focusing on packaging waste and enhancing coordination with key actors on sustainable supply chain management. Learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gdrwv3Yh #humanitarianaction #sustainability #packagingsolutions

ICYMI: Catch up on our recent Packaging Matters webinar and find out how humanitarian organizations are working with suppliers to make sure their operations become more sustainable. 🌍 📦 🌿 📺 Recording 👉 https://lnkd.in/eK2BYAsK 📝 Presentations 👉 https://lnkd.in/esr6r8id ✅ Outcomes document 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5cqDJK2 The webinar was co-hosted with the WREC project at the Logistics Cluster.