News, articles and events on Green Jobs
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News
Joint UNTFSSE-SEE event in the framework of European Social Economy Summit
29 March 2021
Social Economy Europe and the UN Taskforce on Social and Solidarity Economy will co-organise the event “Social and Solidarity Economy: leading the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the contribution to a fair recovery”.
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Video
ILO Green Week - Meet the Green Entrepreneurs
02 October 2019
Celebrating the centenary of the ILO, the Green Week held on 3-7 June 2019 featured dialogues with practitioners and innovators. In this video, meet the green entrepreneurs from sustainable fashion, renewable energy, and waste management sectors.
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Our impact, their voices
Zimbabwe: The rewards of going green
29 July 2019
The ILO’s Green enterPrize helps support green and growth-oriented small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe. Several winners say the competition has been a big help for their companies.
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News
How to up-scale social-environmental entrepreneurship in South Africa?
17 March 2016
This was the focus of an ILO dedicated interactive session at the SEED South Africa Symposium 2016.
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Sustainable Development and Decent Work Solution Forum
ILO sharing knowledge and boosting green jobs
28 October 2013
Sharing best practices for the promotion of green jobs can have a positive impact on sustainable development around the globe. A number of countries are meeting this week in Nairobi with that purpose in mind.
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Youth entrepreneurship
From slum living to company director
25 February 2013
One woman’s success story shows how green entrepreneurship could be an answer to both youth unemployment and environmental degradation in Africa.