The forum "Workers for the Environment" was conceived in 2019 and has achieved many positive results, contributing to strengthening the role of workers in monitoring compliance with environmental protection laws, promoting sustainable production and consumption, and implementing the National Strategy on Green Growth...
Good environmental protection helps businesses improve their competitiveness, penetrate international markets and ensure sustainable development. Promoting the role of businesses and workers in environmental protection is the key solution to address current environmental pressures.
In 2024, the Forum will continue to be held with the desire to propose specific solutions to promote workers' and laborers' activities to protect the environment, further enhance the role of workers in business and production activities of enterprises associated with environmental protection, promote the active participation of grassroots unions in activities to monitor the protection of natural resources and the environment of enterprises nationwide. At the same time, the program honors initiatives and ideas of workers in environmental protection.
The Forum focused on disseminating the Law on Environmental Protection (amended), analyzing the important role of waste classification at source, the preparation of localities, raising awareness for each household, and improving knowledge for environmental workers in classification, avoiding people re-classifying and being collected in the same place. The Forum also analyzed and highlighted the importance of developing a green economy and a circular economy in the overall development process of the country, towards the goal of zero net emissions by 2050 as committed by the Prime Minister at COP 26.
At the forum, leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, leaders of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and other units will answer questions from workers and laborers regarding environmental protection activities.
“Workers' Forum for the Environment 2024” will be broadcast live on laodong.vn at 2:00 p.m. on December 12, 2024.
