Good morning Group, to introduce myself and the FARM Programme. I am Dr Benjamin Warr Lead Private Finance on the FARM Programme. The FARM Programme Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management (FARM) Programme is a five-year, $37-million project, with an additional $ 342 million in co-financing. Its objective is to catalyze a framework for regulatory and financial investment to detoxify the agriculture sector by eliminating the use of the most harmful inputs to food production systems. FARM has a particular focus on leveraging finance from public resources and the financial sector, and aims to align policy, enforcement, and finance towards the environmentally sustainable management of pesticides and agricultural plastics. Am looking forward to your expert inputs in advancing this programme.

Do you know how lean and circular your company is? On this paper published on the Waste Management journal we discuss about a self-assessment model and scale to fast track your business progress towards a more added-value and sustainable production.
This might be helpful for those working on SMEs and/or experience with lean production at least.

In September, the ICCM5 set a new course in global chemical management with the adoption of the Global Framework on Chemicals with a strong emphasis on gender equality.

Particularly the resolution for “Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective and Promoting Gender Equality and Empowerment of All Women and Girls in Chemicals and Waste Management” paves the way for a collaborative gender action plan.

How can we effectively integrate gender considerations into chemical management?

Join us on 5 Dec to explore effective methods for advancing gender mainstreaming for a more inclusive and gender-responsive framework in chemical management!