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2- Workshop Program 04
4- Speeches 12
5- Profiles of Presenters 19
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PREFACE
Keeping in view the importance of clean production and pollution prevention methods in
production a two day workshop was jointly organized by SMEDA, MoIP&SI and The
World Bank. The objective of this workshop was to highlight the need for the adoption of
clean production methods by SMEs as well as large industries, suggesting that the
government and donors should encourage only those projects and programs that are
environment friendly.
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PROGRAM
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PROGRAM
Clean Production and Pollution Prevention Workshop
Lahore, Pakistan, September 04 - 05, 2007
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WWF, Pakistan
12:00 – Cleaner Production Initiatives in Textile Sector Mr. Shafqat, Program Manager,
01:00 CPI – Lahore
01:00 – Lunch & Prayer Break
02:30
02:30 – Cleaner Production Efforts in Brazil, Argentina Ms. Ana Maria Oestreich, Project
03:30 and Ecuador Manager, Industrial Pollution
Control
03:30 – Achievements and Contribution of Cleaner Mr. Atif, Project Manager, Cleaner
04:00 Production Center (CPC) in Sialkot Production Center, EPA, Sialkot
02:30 – Working groups (2 groups): (i) Experience with
04:00 Clean Production in Pakistan what has been
successful & what needs to be improved, e.g.
CPC, SMEDA, SMART, Industry, and Associations
etc (ii) What should be the different roles of
different levels and sectors of Government in
promoting Cleaner Production.
05:00 – Roundtable: Next Steps
05:30
05:30 – Closing Remarks by Syed Iqbal A. Kidwai, General Manager – Outreach SMEDA
05:40 Closing Remarks by Mr. Paul Martin, Sr. Environmental Specialist, The World Bank
05:40 –
06:00
06:00 Coffee
WORKSHOP REPORT
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WORKSHOP REPORT
Inaugural Session
The workshop was inaugurated by Mr. Shahab Khawaja, Secretary Ministry of Industries,
Production and Special Initiatives at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at Pearl
Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan.
Welcome address was delivered by Mr. Shahid Rashid, CEO SMEDA. He emphasized
the importance of clean production and pollution prevention technologies for SMEs. He
said that there was an urgent need to introduce environment friendly techniques of
production and technology in SME sector of Pakistan. Improvements in productivity and
environmental performance achieved through CP were extremely important, if Pakistan
was to compete effectively in a globalized market economy. However, awareness and
financial assistance were major constraints in adoption of a corporate social responsibility
culture. He said that large scale sector should lead the way to solve this issue by utilizing
their influence to ensure that their suppliers, which could be any where in the world, meet
certain environmental requirements. There was thus need to encourage large scale
organizations to assist their suppliers and vendors, which are largely SMEs, to adopt
environment - friendly production systems.
Then Mr. Paul Martin, Sr. Operations Advisor, The World Bank delivered his opening
remarks. He said that urban air pollution across Pakistan caused around 22,000 premature
deaths among adults and 700 deaths among children every year. The lack of potable
water and poor sanitation facilities were responsible for the spread of diseases like
diarrhea, typhoid and hepatitis. Over 40 million people lack access to clean drinking
water, and 60 million to basic sanitation facilities . Clean production and pollution
prevention measures should be encouraged at the industrial level to prevent such
problems. He emphasized the need of public private partnership to promote
environmental protective measures. He expressed confidence that this workshop would
help point the way towards more environmentally sustainable production in the SME
sector in Pakistan and assured the readiness of The World Bank to support the
recommendations of the workshop.
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Then the Chief Guest, Mr. Shahab Khawaja, Secretary Ministry of Industries Production
and Special Initiatives delivered his speech. He mentioned that the Government of
Pakistan was in the process of implementing a comprehensive strategy to control
pollution through a set of environment related policies that cover diverse areas ranging
from industrial sector to forests, energy conservation and drinking water. However, the
industrial sector should fulfill all latest international trends, standards and codes of
conduct of international buyers for attracting business opportunities. Public sector and
private sector stakeholders should jointly make efforts for ensuring proper infrastructure
in industrial estates for clean and environmentally friendly energy resources, water,
sanitation etc. Dumping of solid waste and especially chemical waste had to be
eliminated. The donors and government functionaries should sponsor and encourage only
those projects and programs that are environmentally friendly.
Working Sessions
The following presentations were made in the working sessions on Day -1.
• Experiences of Policies and Strategies of Cleaner Production and the UNEP Cleaner Production
Declaration
By Ms. Ana Maria Oestreich, Project Manager, Industrial Pollution Control
• Cleaner Production Programs in Pakistan
By Mr. Azhar Uddin Khan, CEO, Clean Production Institute
• SMART Program
By Mr. M. Atif, Project Manager, CPC
• Clean Production Programs The World Bank Experience
By Mr. Paul Martin, Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank
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Major Findings of Working Sessions, Day - 1
1. Tax remission on the products produced under the clean production technology.
2. Duty free import of machinery for the clean production.
3. Joint efforts of Ministry of Industry and Special Initiatives and Ministry of
Environment for the implementation of clean production policy.
4. Provide invectives for the import of environmental friendly raw material.
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Major Findings of Working Session Day – 2
1. Incentive should be given for the clean production awareness campaigns among
SMEs.
2. Linkages should be developed between implementing, monitoring and
administrative authorities for the successful implementation of clean production
policies.
3. Programs should be initiated for the dissemination of knowledge and technical
capability development
4. A web site and data base for clean production and pollution prevention
methodologies should be development to facilitate SMEs and large scale sector.
5. Clean Production Centers should be developed at the SME cluster level.
Workshop Recommendations
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8. Developing public-private partnerships to build the capacity of the organizations
in creating awareness for implementing CP techniques at SMEs
9. Undertake a study to assess the achievements and gaps in the on-going CP
interventions in the country, and to identify roles &
responsibilities for various actors, particularly the different tiers of government
based on performance indicators.
Concluding Session:
The concluding session was the last activity of the two day workshop. Representatives
from electronic and print media were also present. Syed Iqbal A. Kidwai, General
Manager – Outreach Division, SMEDA delivered the concluding remarks on behalf of
SMEDA. He thanked The World Bank, Ministry of Industries, Production and Special
Initiatives, Speakers, Presenters and the participants for making the workshop a
successful event. He assured that SMEDA would make the possible efforts for
implementation of the workshop recommendations along with other relevant
organizations.
Then Mr. Paul Martin, Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank. He thanked
SMEDA and MoIP&SI for co-hosting the workshop along with the World Bank. He was
appreciative of the quality of presentations made by experts in the working sessions. He
said that The World Bank was ready to play its role in implementation of the workshop
recommendations.
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SPEECHES
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Welcome Address by CEO SMEDA in the Inaugural Session of Clean
Production and Pollution Prevention Workshop, September 04, 2007,
Lahore Pakistan
I would like to express my gratitude to The World Bank for giving us an opportunity
to co-host this workshop and interact with the stakeholders from relevant sectors of
Industry, particularly Small and Medium Enterprises.
Apart from all of its virtues, industrial revolution has been a major source of pollution
and destruction of earth’s protective ozone layer, over the years. Pollution caused by
world industry is now disturbing the delicate balance of nature on earth. Moreover,
pollution is a serious threat for human health, animals and many types of eco-systems.
During the past few decades, the awareness of environmental problems has considerably
increased world over and during recent years “the environment” has become an important
issue in the industrial trade. Consequently, the need for ISO 14000 certification with the
objectives of enhancement in productivity and protection of the environment, is
increasing all around the globe.
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wastes, air pollutants and untreated wastewater into the natural environment has become
a major challenge to Pakistan industry.
Despite the various measures taken by Government of Pakistan, industries of the country
generate huge amount of air emission, liquid and solid waste per day; which is not
managed properly, causing serious air, water and land pollution and health hazards. One
of the key reasons is lack of required financial and technical know how and support to the
industry. However government has chalked out a comprehensive policy framework and
undertaken various initiatives to cope with the problem. Enactment of Pakistan
Environmental Protection Act 1997, establishment of Pakistan Environment Protection
Council, and setting up Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency with its provincial
chapters remain some of the most noteworthy steps taken by the government to meet up
its commitment on environment.
Majority of the multinational and large companies and few SMEs in Pakistan are also
going for environmental certification due to their corporate policy. They are endeavoring
for better controls in order to slash the online process waste, conserve water, reuse the by
products and minimize the effects of downstream emissions by implementing cleaner
technologies. There is need to encourage large scale organization to assist their suppliers
and vendors, which again are SMEs to adopt environment friendly production systems.
Realizing the importance, SMEDA has joined hands with The World Bank to
increase awareness of the role of Clean production and for enhancing the
competitiveness of SMEs as well as large scale industry. This workshop will
hopefully be an enriching source for us to learn the best practices concerning use of
Clean Production.
I expect that the workshop will pave a way for identification of a unified plan of
action in this regard.
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Speech by Chief Guest, Mr. Shahab Khawaja Secretary, Ministry of
Industries, Production & Special Initiatives, Government of Pakistan in the
Inaugural Session of Clean Production & Pollution Prevention Workshop,
September 04, 2007 - Lahore, Pakistan
Assalam-o-Alaikum,
It is a great honor and pleasure for me to address in the opening session of the workshop
on “Clean Production and Pollution Prevention” being held in the historical city of
Lahore – cultural hub of Pakistan.
In the process of development, the issues confronting today are achieving desired
development for economic or social reasons on one hand and safeguarding the
environment and maintaining good quality living conditions on the other. This workshop
is part of the mutual efforts of Government of Pakistan and The World Bank to ensure
consideration of the assimilative capacities of the environmental components i.e., air,
water and land by taking effective measures for clean production and pollution
prevention by all the stakeholders.
Thirteen million deaths are recorded annually due to preventable environmental causes in
the world. Preventing environmental risk could save as many as four million lives a year,
in children alone, mostly in developing countries. Proper environmental management is
the key to avoid most of the preventable illnesses which are directly caused by
environmental factors. The environment influences our health in many ways – through
exposures to physical, chemical and biological risk factors, and through related changes
in our behaviors in response to those factors. In organizational context, Cleaner
Production (CP) should be an essential part of any comprehensive pollution management
system, at the enterprise or the national level. Significant reductions in pollution loads
can often be obtained at little cost, and efficient use of resources and reduction in wastage
in industrial production. Despite the increasing and often much focused promotional
efforts, there is anecdotal evidence that the practical implementation of clean production
and environment prevention recommendations fell short of the desired level, although it
is believed that the situation is improving.
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environmental related health services remains relatively high due to water borne disease
incidence as well as close proximity of human habitats to the sources of emissions
coupled with skewed distribution of sewage, sanitation and piped water access.
During the past 15 years, several policies, plans, programs and projects have been
initiated for environmental protection and conservation in the sectoral areas of water and
air pollution control, land use, forest management, energy efficiency, biodiversity
conservation, and waste management, etc. In addition, Pakistan’s role in the international
community vis-à-vis its responsibilities for sustainable development has also become
known through the Government’s show of commitment for instance on biodiversity,
drought and desertification, and climate change, etc.
Despite an overall increase in environmentally aware stakeholders, Pakistan is faced with
numerous challenges that have gained recognition in the past 2 decades. There are
nonetheless sectoral gaps — capacity and knowledge — that limit the rate of success of
initiatives for pollution control, clean production and environmental protection and
management.
The effective Clean Management and Pollution Preservation require a two tier strategy.
At one end, an appropriate government policy and regulatory framework must be in place
to provide effective incentives for firms to adopt cleaner production and pollution
preservation measures. Accordingly, Govt. of Pakistan has implemented and is in the
process of implementation of comprehensive strategy framework which includes;
On the other hand, Industry, in many cases, is slow or incapable of responding to the
incentives, and requires appropriate assistance to adjust. The approaches adopted in this
regard may vary, depending on the characteristics of the sector and of the firms involved.
The World Bank may have a particular role in this area through assistance in the
increased productivity and environmental performance of the small scale and informal
sectors, where adoption of improved methods is often very uneven.
Pakistan has successfully steered the One UN initiative and has therefore been selected as
a model country for the implementation of the One UN programme on pilot basis. The
experience will then be replicated in other countries. Pakistan has been elected as the
chair of the G-7 and China; a group comprising most of the developing countries and has
got a very popular voice at almost all the international forums
I think that the message that needs to be owned by industry is that latest international
trends, standards and codes of conduct of international buyers have to be fulfilled for
attracting business opportunities. Public sector and private sector stakeholders should
jointly make efforts for ensuring proper infrastructure in industrial estates for clean and
environmentally friendly energy resources, water, sanitation etc. Dumping of solid waste
and especially chemical waste has to be eliminated. The donors and government
functionaries should sponsor and encourage only those projects and programs that are
environmentally friendly.
I hope that through this workshop, the participants will have better understanding of the
common issues on agenda points, assess key success factors attributed to developing
sustainable initiatives, and develop effective strategic plans.
From this perspective, I sincerely wish that the workshop on Clean Production and
Pollution Prevention will contribute towards collective as well as subjective efforts by all
the quarters regarding the issue. I urge all the participants to contribute with their full
efforts to reach a concrete outcome at the end of this workshop.
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PROFILES OF PRESENTERS
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PAUL MARTIN
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST, THE WORLD BANK
Paul Martin is a Senior Environmental Specialist with the World Bank, and was the
leader of the World Bank team that prepared the Strategic Country Environmental
Analysis in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment. In addition to the South
Asia Region, Mr. Martin has worked in the East Asia and Latin America regions of the
World Bank, as well as the Development Research Group. He is currently assigned to
the Environment Department in the World Bank’s Africa Region.
Founder and technical advisor for the Ecuadorian Cleaner Production Center (CEPL),
which promotes clean techniques and technologies in the industrial sector in cooperation
with the National Clean Technologies Center of Brazil (CNTL).
Senior consultant associated with a Brazilian consulting firm. Provided services and
technical advice. Carried out waste minimization audits to large agro-business
companies. Developed cleaner technologies approaches, elaborated projects and managed
wastewater treatment systems, atmospheric emissions and solid waste facilities. Has more
than 10 years of experience as a university professor in a variety of subjects addressing
cleaner production, industrial wastewater treatment, solid waste management, ecology
and sanitation.
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AZHER UDDIN KHAN
CEO, CLEAN PRODUCTION INSTITUTE
Mr. Khan is basically a City & Regional Planner with a B.Sc. Degree from University of
Engineering & Technology, Lahore, 1983. He holds Master’s Degree in Human
Settlement Development from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1987. Mr. Khan
has over 21 years of experience in the field of environmental planning. At present, he is
working as the Managing Director of National Environmental Consulting (Pvt.) Ltd.
(NEC). Currently he is involved in the implementation of many pollution prevention and
abatement environmental technology projects. Most relevant of these are Introduction of
Cleaner Technology Program For Punjab Tanneries Clusters, Cleaner Technology
Program for Korangi tanneries, Combined Effluent Treatment Plant for Korangi
tanneries, Cleaner Technology Program for Textile Sector (CTPT) and Cleaner
Production Program. He served as a key person for organizing national workshops,
conferences and tradeshows for these projects. Mr. Khan served as Project Coordinator
for Environmental Technology Program for Industries from 1996-2001. He served as
Environmental Coordinator for Environmental Impact Assessment Allai Khwar Hydel
Development-NWFP. He is the Co-author of National Conservation Strategy-the
Environmental policy of Pakistan. He has a wide experience in the field of environment
and provided consultancy services to many environmental technology, environmental
conservation, environmental management and planning projects.
Mr. Khan has published several papers in the national and international publications. He
was member of the Pakistan delegation to WSSD.
SHAFQAT ULLAH
PROGRAM MANAGER, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING (PVT.) LTD.
Mr. Shafqat has a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, 1993, from University of
Punjab. He has more than eleven years of professional experience including eight year
experience with in NEC as Process Engineer, Quality Controller and Environmental
Engineering.
Mr. Shafqat was involved as team leader in NEC project “Introduction of Cleaner
technology program for textile industry of Punjab”. He was involved in the EIA study of
LPG Extraction Plant at Jamshoro, Shakarganj Mills Limited-Establishment of new sugar
Mill unit at Bhon (Jhang).
He also carried out Solid Waste Management and Occupational Health and Safety survey
of The Crescent Textile Mills Limited-Faisalabad.
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For the IEE activities at ACPL, Mr. Shafquat will be involved as a Process Expert. Briefly,
he will be engaged in the identification of environmental aspects related to cement
manufacturing activities, quantitative and qualitative analysis of environmental aspects,
development of mitigation measures etc.
Mr. Khan attended the University of Birmingham, UK, where he earned a M.Sc.
(engineering) degree in Water Resources Technology and Management. He currently
works as Senior Environmental Officer for the Environmental Pollution Unit at WWF.
His responsibilities at WWF include the preparation, implementation and supervision of
field-based projects, which address major environmental issues of Pakistan. Mr. Khan is
also responsible for the review of environmental policies, legislation and environmental
impact assessment reports. Curriculum development, the management of training
programs for the corporate sector, and the development of informative and educational
materials for both the print and electronic media on local and global pollution issues all
fall under his responsibility. Mr. Khan has compiled and co-edited WWF-Pakistan’s
EMAS Resource Book and co-authored the Environmental Guide Book. He has also
written articles on environment and pollution issues in newspapers and magazines. Prior
to joining the WWF, he worked for seven years with the Irrigation and Power
Department, Government of Punjab.
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