GET identifies and uses market pressures and private initiatives that promote improved industrial environmental performance.  Our experience includes:

• Strengthening industry associations.
• Establishing national accreditation systems.
• Promoting corporate governance programs, including environmental management systems.
• Developing industrial environmental extensions.
• Conducting policy analysis on industrial environmental improvement.
• Building regional cleaner production networks. Back to top

GET has direct experience in providing services to USAID, other donors, and national and local governments in promoting best practices in urban environmental management, including:

• Developing environmental action plans.
• Designing environmental management systems for public agencies.
• Facilitating green procurement programs.
• Promoting and designing energy efficiency measures for cities.
• Conducting feasibility studies for environmental infrastructure projects.
• Assisting environmental associations and local government units in securing private investment.
• Increasing capacity of local environmental agencies. Back to top
  

GET has achieved success in implementing renewable energy and energy efficiency financing activities, including:

• Identifying cost effective waste reduction and energy efficiency improvements in the manufacturing process.
• Improving policy, legal and regulatory frameworks for increased energy sector efficiency.
• Promoting advanced and efficient power generation technologies.
• Designing training on renewable energy and energy efficiency project evaluation for commercial banks and development finance institutions. Back to top

GET is expert at finding clean and sustainable solutions to the challenges facing countries in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, including:

• Devising measures for methane gas and vehicle related emission reductions.
• Developing market-based incentives to finance GHG emissions reduction projects.
• Promoting and developing policy initiatives, market-based financial incentives and technological innovations to reduce GHG emissions.
• Advising financial institutions on project appraisal and accounting for emissions reductions revenue. Back to top

GET has introduced and demonstrated environmental technologies and techniques that promote trade and partnerships, including:

• Facilitating technical trade missions to transfer technology, experiences, and practices.
• Conducting pre-feasibility and feasibility analysis for introduction of technologies.
• Researching and writing technical reports, marketing studies, and 
  technical papers. Back to top
  
  

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