UNEP climate campaign features One Planet Communities

30 November 2010  

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has featured One Planet Communities in their new 30WAYSin30DAYS climate change campaign. The campaign states: “UNEP’s 30 case studies prove that solutions to combat Climate Change are available, accessible and replicable”

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United Nations report highlights One Planet Communities

25 September 2010  

A new United Nations report, TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION, identifies 8 case studies of sustainable communities around the world – and 6 of the 8 are One Planet Communities! Sonoma Mountain Village, Mata de Sesimbra, Masdar City, Barangaroo, Panyu Jinshan, and BedZED all earn mention.The report was produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.

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Visit the One Planet Centre at Jinshan

15 March 2010  

Jinshan One Planet visitor centre

The One Planet visitor centre at Jinshan

The One Planet visitor centre at the Jinshan development in Panyu since opening in 2008 has been a great success, attracting more than 4000 visitors to date. Our project partner, China Merchants Property Development, has now opened a second visitor centre on the ground floor of their new head office in Shenzhen. The Headquarter offices themselves have been built to a very high environmental performance specification- LEED Gold equivalent.

Jinshan development wins UN-Habitat award

3 March 2010  

Jinshan wins UN-Habitat award

China Merchants Property Development was awarded a UN-Habitat award for Jinshan

China Merchants Property Development have won one of five UN-Habitat green business awards for their Jinshan project which incorporates the 10 One Planet principles. Workshops are now planned for the next phase which is hoped will become a fully endorsed One Planet Community.

More information about Jinshan can be found here.