1. WFP: “Greening” inside and out
Integrating in-house and programmatic action on environmental sustainability
Georgina Stickels, 7 June 2017

2. Agenda Overview: Interagency action through the UN-EMG
Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework
IMG on Environmental Sustainability: EMS Pilot
Drivers for unifying action on inhouse and programmatic environmental response
WFP Environmental Policy 2017
Environmental Screening in Emergencies
Questions
Plug the proposed simulation at the February EB at setp 6

3. Overview: UN-EMG Environment Management Group (www.unemg.org)
Established 2001 (GA Res. 53/242)
System-wide coordination body on human settlements and environment
Membership: specialized agencies, programmes and organs of the UN system, including MLA Secretariats
Chaired by ED UN Environment, secretariat in Geneva
Reports through HLCM
Key driver of UN action for inhouse environmental sustainability management and, increasingly, programmatic considerations, incl SDGs integration

4. Interagency action through EMG
Key initiatives:
Consultative process – Framework for Environmental and Social Sustainability in the UN System
Issues Management Group: Environmental Sustainability Management
System-wide Framework of Strategies on Environment
Other work: IMGs on E-waste, Chemicals, Biodiversity, Drylands; Green & Inclusive Economy; Environmental Peer Review;
Emerging ‘nexus’ issue: environment in humanitarian action – links to JEU
SDGs image needed here

5. Framework for ESS

6. IMG on Environmental Sustainability
Established 2007 to support UN entities mainstream inhouse environmental sustainability: GHGs/energy, waste, water, staff training
Supported by Sustainable UN facility, UN Environment
Climate Neutral Initiative
Greening the Blue website
2013 HLCM business case for EMS in line with ISO 14001
EMS Pilot
JULIE do we keep this one???
Photo credits: 1. Credit: Alamy via The Guardian , sourced from: accessed
2. Source: Unilever (permission probably required) accessed 8/8/2016 2.

7. WFP: Drivers for unifying action
Funding requirements: GCF, GEF,
Individual member states/donors
Increased calls for accountability/ efficient use of resources
UN-SG call for a Climate Neutral UN by 2020, for UN bodies to ‘walk the talk’
Sustainable Development Goals
Increased recognition of environmental impacts from refugee/IDP camps
Environmental incidents: Darfur, Afghanistan, Haiti, Sri Lanka

8. WFP Environmental Policy 2017
Aligned with SDGs: “Achieving food security and ending hunger require healthy natural ecosystems and sustainable use of natural resources.”
Objectives:
Align WFP actions with global environmental standards
Improve environmental sustainability, resource efficiency and quality of WFP outcomes
Protect the environment
Recognises that our obligations apply to emergency response/ humanitarian contexts, development and our own operations
3 tools:
Environmental (and social) sustainability standards
Environmental screening for ‘new’ activities (safeguards)
EMS in line with ISO 14001:2015 for ‘ongoing’ activities
Aligned with SDGs:

9. WFP Environmental Policy 2017 (2)
The line between inhouse and programme increasingly blurred
Business continuity links
Humanitarians Operating in environments with no infrastructure
We al need safe water and sanitation
Sustainable options for managing waste
Reliable energy supplies
Potential for technology transfer

10. Env. Screening in Emergencies
Rapid screening – simplified checklist
Seeks to identify ‘immediate or irreversible’ risks
Complemented by SOPs built into preparedness action, aiming to ‘design out’ likely risks
Continuous improvement via ‘Lessons learned’ processes
Examples
Food basket composition/ impacts for cooking & firewood depletion
Packaging of food stocks
Decisions regarding prepositioning and shipment
Site selection for premises (proximity to sensitive geography)
Decisions on support infrastructure (waste sites, water sources)
Read screening guidelines and work out bullets for this slide.

11. Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes unit (OSZIR)
Environmental Sustainability unit (in RMMI)
31 August 2016