Promoting Market Access

We have worked with businesses, industries and others to promote sustainable, locally produced goods and services known as biotrade.

UNION FOR ETHICAL BIOTRADE

The Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) brings together actors committed to business practices that contribute in a systematic way towards sustainable development and biodiversity conservation, constituting the flagship association for the Ethical BioTrade movement. The UEBT promotes, facilitates and recognizes ethical trade practices in goods that meet the sustainable development goals in the Convention of Biological Diversity. Members are from a wide range of industries, including cosmetics and personal care products, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, complementary medicine, and fashion and accessories.

 

STORIES OF IMPACT

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    The Galapagos Islands - Biodiversity on the Brink

    Area of Involvement: Sustainable Development

    Many of us first read about the Galápagos Islands in a high school biology text book.  Charles Darwin's famous theory of evolution was inspired by his visit to one of the largest, most complex, most diverse, and best preserved ocean archipelagos on earth.  Because of its outstanding and universal value, the Galápagos Islands were fittingly designated as our planet's first World Heritage site in 1978. 

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    Rebuilding lives and livelihoods in Mexico

    Area of Involvement: Sustainable Development

    When a category 5 hurricane devastated the mostly Mayan community of Sian Ka'an, Mexico, we appealed to our supporters and partners.  The response was overwhelming to help rebuild this World Heritage site.

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RESOURCES

  1. Celebrate, Innovate and Sustain: Toward 2015 and Beyond - The United States' Strategy for Meeting the UN Millennium Development Goals

    Issue Area: Children’s Health

    Issue Area: Climate & Energy

    Issue Area: Sustainable Development

    Issue Area: Technology

    Issue Area: UN-US Relations

    Issue Area: Women & Population

    Obama Administration officials unveiled the U.S. Government’s strategy for advancing the Millennium Development Goals on July 30, 2010, with an emphasis on innovative and sustainable approaches to the world’s most urgent challenges, during a high-level working session hosted by the United Nations Foundation.

  2. UN Foundation Newsletter (Fall 2009)

    Issue Area: Children’s Health

    Issue Area: Climate & Energy

    Issue Area: Sustainable Development

    Issue Area: Technology

    Issue Area: UN-US Relations

    Issue Area: Women & Population

    A semi-annual newsletter highlighting the UN Foundation's programs and people.

Latest Stories of Impact

  1. Ted Turner’s Philosophy on Philanthropy and Personal Giving

    UN Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner recently joined The Giving Pledge, an effort to invite the wealthiest individuals and families in America to commit giving the majority of their wealth to philanthropy. 

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