Industry urged to go green

22 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Climate change / Economic policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Government / Handicrafts industry policy and regulation / Industries / Investment / Manufacturing / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Industry and Handicraft / Small and medium enterprises SME
Cham Prasidh / FASMEC / Federation of Associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia / Green Industry Workshop / Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts / Te Taing Por / UNIDO / United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Small and medium-size enterprises (SME) have been urged by the Cambodian government to employ more environmentally friendly practices at a green industry workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday. Cham Prasidh, minister for the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, said SMEs and handicraft producers’ reliance on fossil fuels such as diesel and coal continue to emit dangerous amounts of carbon into the air and contribute to global warming. “The development of industry and handicrafts must go along with environmental protection otherwise it will later cost us time and money to recover the damages of industrialisation development,” Prasidh said. …

 Chan Muyhong
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