RECP addresses the four sustainability dimensions individually and synergistically:

• Production efficiency: optimization of the productive use of natural resources (materials, energy and water);
• Environmental management: minimization of impacts on the environment through reduction of wastes and emissions;
• Human development: minimization of risks to people and communities and support for their development; and
• Cost savings: cost efficiency through the reduction of the costs of waste, emissions, and environmental and health impacts and gaining financial benefits from these reductions.

The Programme is aimed at achieving water savings through a combination of changing behaviors, modifying equipment to reduce overall water consumption and increase internal reuse as well as reduce the total amount of waste water generated.

UCPC has promoted several concepts aimed at sustainable chemicals management at industrial level. Taking a proactive sustainable chemistry approach supports risk management of chemicals, materials and products from their conception and enhances life-cycle thinking.

Eco-innovation is a new business approach which promotes sustainability throughout the entire life cycle of a product, while also boosting a company’s performance and competitiveness.

It can help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access new and expanding markets, increase productivity, attract new investment into the business, increase profitability across the value chain, and help SMEs stay ahead of regulations and standards – notably those related to the environment.

Energy Efficiency(EE) brings a variety of benefits: reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing demand for energy imports, and lowering our costs on industries, households and economy-wide level.
While Renewable Energy(RE) technologies also help to reduce the use of fossil fuels that are responsible for emission of green house gases.

Industrial symbiosis increases lifespan of resources in the productive cycle, reduces dependence on virgin materials, reduces the volume of waste discharged into the environment and can encourage waste minimization, recovery, reuse, recycle and promotes exchange of waste and resources among SMEs.