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(d) Business practices trade facilitation

(iii) Business and industry groups on the elaboration, promotion and sharing of sustainable development practices and the promotion of corporate responsibility and accountability

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New international business practices and standards had been adopted.

The whole business is run on sustainable energy.

UNDP has a role in fostering sustainable development practices.

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Besides, adoption of sustainable agriculture practices helps reduce food miles.

(b) The development and exchange of best practices on sustainable tourism with the Commission on Sustainable Development

Some believe that if innovations are sustainable, they become successful practices.

(j) Promoting improved forest practices through strengthening sustainable forest management standards

Such training should stress sustainable agricultural practices suited to local conditions.

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These factors can make unsustainable practices more profitable than sustainable forest management.

C. Sustainable farm management practices and conservation agriculture to foster carbon storage

Disasters are often the trade off for ignoring environmentally sustainable development practices.

Also encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact

This may involve a study on restrictive business practices in a specific country

53 UNCTAD has assembled a roster of good practices to make linkages work (UNCTAD, Business linkages roster of good practices (Geneva, 2004)).

1. The Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices, in Section F.6 (c), provides for the compilation of a Handbook on Restrictive Business Practices Legislation.

The Government was taking steps to improve sustainable harvesting practices and reforestation programmes.

7. Also encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact

175. We encourage responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact.

8. Also encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact

Recalling also that the 2005 World Summit encouraged the pursuit of responsible business practices,

(iii) Competition law and policy (Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Restrictive Business Practices) 1

To encouraging the development of appropriate business codes, standards or best practices that prohibit corruption, bribery and related illicit practices in commercial transactions

This encourages unsustainable practices, hampers financing for sustainable forest management and contributes to deforestation.

(ix) Integrate climate change considerations into agricultural practices and promote sustainable forms of agriculture

Ethics management is important to the promotion of good business practices, transparency and risk reduction.

31. In Mauritius, UNCTAD organized a study on market concentration and restrictive business practices (1995).

Ethical business considerations needed to include restraint in the expectation of using and benefiting from government incentives and the use of restrictive business practices.

The UNISTE guidelines on Business Practices and Trade Facilitation were prepared in cooperation with ECE those on Business Information for Trade were prepared by ITC.

Ms. Jacqueline Cote, Senior Advisor, Advocacy and Partnerships, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

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Expected partners will include IDB, UNEP and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.