UNICEF’s commitment to environmental sustainability includes a remarkable record of actions to improve the environmental performance of its buildings. With a portfolio of activities across the world, UNICEF inspires positive change in…
Annual Report
The Greening the Blue Annual Report provides information on the UN system's environmental performance and the progress in the implementation of the Sustainability Strategy I.
Reports are publicly available to assure transparency and to serve as inspiration for organizations that seek to green their operations and facilities.
Environmental Performance of UN Entities
UN entities report on their environmental performance through Greening the Blue.
Trend charts, figures, resources, and other information allow for a deeper understanding of the environmental performance of entities with different mandates.
Resources and Publications
Waste composition analysis is a process of physically separating, weighing, and categorizing waste. This is done with the purpose to understand the composition of the waste generated, to estimate waste amounts generated in a year, and…
On an annual basis, Greening the Blue provides information on the UN system’s environmental footprint and the efforts to reduce it.This 2024 edition of the Greening the Blue report showcases the sustainability performance of the UN system…
Good Practices on Environmental Sustainability in the United Nations System 2024 compiles, for the first time, 16 good practices from 14 UN entities, including UNICEF, UNDP, ESCAP, FAO, IOM, UNHCR, UNOG, ECLAC, UNESCO, UNMISS, UNON, UNU,…
News
WFP Ethiopia’s country office enacted an ambitious waste management scheme based on careful planning and negotiation. In 2023 WFP recycled 326,672 Kg of waste, generating a revenue of 60.000 USD. In 2024 WFP recycled a total of…
The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) is actively improving waste management in the context of a comprehensive Environmental Management system (EMS). The Sustainable UN (SUN) team of UNEP guided an internal audit on waste samples…