Common use of Working Together on Trade and Sustainable Development Clause in Contracts

Working Together on Trade and Sustainable Development. 1. The Parties, recognising the importance of working together on trade-related aspects of sustainable development in order to achieve the objectives of this Chapter, may work together in, inter alia, the following areas: (a) trade and sustainable development in international fora, including the ILO, the Asia‑Europe Meeting, the United Nations Environment Programme and under multilateral environmental agreements; (b) exchange of information and experience with regard to methodologies and indicators for impact assessments on trade sustainability; (c) the impact of labour and environment laws, regulations, norms and standards, on trade or investment as well as the impact of trade or investment rules on labour and environment, including on the development of strategies and policies on sustainable development; (d) sharing experience on promoting the ratification and implementation of fundamental, priority and other up‑to‑date ILO conventions and multilateral environmental agreements of relevance to trade; (e) trade-related aspects of the ILO Decent Work Agenda, in particular the inter‑linkage between trade and full and productive employment for all, including youth, women and people with disabilities, labour market adjustment, core and other international labour standards, labour statistics, human resources development and lifelong learning, social protection for all including for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, such as migrant workers, women, youth and people with disabilities, and social inclusion, social dialogue and gender equality; (f) trade-related aspects of multilateral environmental agreements, including customs cooperation; (g) trade-related aspects of the current and future international climate change regime, including means to promote low-carbon technologies and energy efficiency; (h) sharing information and experience about certification and labelling schemes, including eco-labelling; (i) promoting corporate social responsibility and accountability, including with regard to the internationally agreed instruments that have been endorsed or are supported by each Party; (j) trade-related measures to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, including the mapping, assessment and valuation of ecosystems and their services, and to combat illegal international trade in wildlife; (k) trade-related measures to promote the conservation and sustainable management of forests with a view to reducing deforestation and illegal logging; (l) trade-related measures to promote sustainable fishing practices and trade in sustainably managed fish products; and (m) sharing information and experience about trade-related aspects concerning the definition and implementation of green growth strategies and policies, including but not limited to sustainable production and consumption, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and environmentally sound technology. 2. The Parties shall share information and experience for the purposes of developing and implementing cooperation and capacity-building activities on trade and sustainable development. 3. In accordance with Chapter 16 (Cooperation and Capacity Building), the Parties may work together in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 by means of, inter alia: (a) workshops, seminars, training and dialogues to share knowledge, experiences and best practices; (b) studies; and (c) technical assistance and capacity building, as appropriate. The Parties may agree other forms of cooperation.

Working Together on Trade and Sustainable Development. 1. The Parties, recognising Parties recognise the importance of working together on trade-related aspects of sustainable development environmental and labour policies in order to achieve the objectives of this Chapter, Agreement. They may work together cooperate in, inter alia, the following areas: (a) labour or environmental aspects of trade and sustainable development in the framework of international fora, including including, in particular, the WTO, the ILO, the Asia‑Europe Meeting, the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), the United Nations Development Programme and under multilateral environmental agreementsMEAs; (b) exchange of information and experience with regard to methodologies and indicators for trade sustainability impact assessments on trade sustainabilityassessments; (c) the trade impact of labour and environment laws, regulations, norms and standards, on trade or investment as well as the impact labour and environmental impacts of trade or and investment rules on labour and environmentrules, including on the development of strategies labour and policies on sustainable developmentenvironmental regulations and policy; (d) sharing experience the positive and negative impacts of this Agreement on sustainable development and ways to enhance, prevent or mitigate them, also taking into account sustainability impact assessments carried out by either or both of the Parties; (e) promoting the ratification and effective implementation of fundamental, priority and other up‑to‑date up-to-date ILO conventions conventions, and multilateral environmental agreements the protocols to those conventions, as well as MEAs of relevance to tradein a trade context; (ef) promoting private and public certification, traceability and labelling schemes, including eco-labelling; (g) promoting corporate social responsibility, for instance through actions concerning raising awareness of, adherence to, the implementation of and follow-up to internationally recognised guidelines and principles; (h) trade-related aspects of the ILO Decent Work Agenda, in particular including on the inter‑linkage interlinkages between trade and full and productive employment for allemployment, including youth, women and people with disabilities, labour labour-market adjustment, core and other international labour standards, effective remedy systems (including labour inspectorates) for upholding labour rights, labour statistics, human resources human-resource development and lifelong learning, social protection for all including for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, such as migrant workers, women, youth and people with disabilities, and social inclusion, social dialogue and gender equality; (fi) trade-related aspects of multilateral environmental agreementsMEAs, including customs cooperation; (gj) trade-related aspects of the current and future international climate climate-change regime, including means to promote low-low- carbon technologies and energy efficiency; (h) sharing information and experience about certification and labelling schemes, including eco-labelling; (i) promoting corporate social responsibility and accountability, including with regard to the internationally agreed instruments that have been endorsed or are supported by each Party; (jk) trade-related measures to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, including the mapping, assessment and valuation of ecosystems and their services, and to combat combating illegal international trade in wildlifewildlife products; (kl) trade-related measures to promote the conservation and sustainable management of forests forests, thereby reducing deforestation, including with a view regard to reducing deforestation and illegal logging;; and (lm) trade-related measures to promote sustainable fishing practices and trade in sustainably managed fish products; and (m) sharing information and experience about trade-related aspects concerning the definition and implementation of green growth strategies and policies, including but not limited to sustainable production and consumption, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and environmentally sound technology. 2. The Parties shall share information and experience for the purposes of developing and implementing cooperation and capacity-building activities on trade and sustainable development. 3. In accordance with Chapter 16 (Cooperation and Capacity Building), the Parties may work together in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 by means of, inter alia: (a) workshops, seminars, training and dialogues to share knowledge, experiences and best practices; (b) studies; and (c) technical assistance and capacity building, as appropriate. The Parties may agree other forms of cooperation.

Working Together on Trade and Sustainable Development. 1. The Parties, recognising Parties recognise the importance of working together on trade-related aspects of sustainable development environmental and labour policies in order to achieve the objectives of Title IV (Trade and Trade-related Matters) of this Chapter, Agreement. They may work together cooperate in, inter alia, the following areas: (a) labour or environmental aspects of trade and sustainable development in international fora, including in particular the WTO, the ILO, the Asia‑Europe Meeting, the United Nations Environment Programme Programme, and under multilateral environmental agreementsMEAs; (b) exchange of information and experience with regard to methodologies and indicators for trade sustainability impact assessments on trade sustainabilityassessments; (c) the impact of labour and environment laws, regulations, norms and standardsstandards on trade, on trade or investment as well as the impact of trade or and investment rules on labour and environmentenvironmental law, including on the development of strategies labour and policies on sustainable developmentenvironmental regulations and policy; (d) sharing experience the positive and negative impacts of Title IV (Trade and Trade-related Matters) of this Agreement on sustainable development and ways to enhance, prevent or mitigate them, respectively, also taking into account the sustainability impact assessments carried out by either or both Parties; (e) exchanging views and best practices on promoting the ratification and the effective implementation of fundamental, priority and other up‑to‑date up-to-date ILO conventions and multilateral environmental agreements MEAs of relevance to tradein a trade context; (ef) tradepromoting private and public certification, traceability and labelling schemes, including eco-labelling; (g) promoting corporate social responsibility, for instance through actions concerning awareness raising, implementation and dissemination of internationally recognised guidelines and principles; (h) trade related aspects of the ILO Decent Work Agenda, in particular including on the inter‑linkage interlink between trade and full and productive employment for all, including youth, women and people with disabilitiesemployment, labour market adjustment, core and other international labour standards, labour statistics, human resources development and lifelong learning, social protection for all including for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, such as migrant workers, women, youth and people with disabilities, and social inclusion, social dialogue and gender equality; (fi) trade-related aspects of multilateral environmental agreementsMEAs, including customs cooperation; (gj) trade-related aspects of the current and future international climate change regime, including means to promote low-low- carbon technologies and energy efficiency; (h) sharing information and experience about certification and labelling schemes, including eco-labelling; (i) promoting corporate social responsibility and accountability, including with regard to the internationally agreed instruments that have been endorsed or are supported by each Party; (j) trade-related measures to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, including the mapping, assessment and valuation of ecosystems and their services, and to combat illegal international trade in wildlife; (k) trade-related measures to promote the conservation and the sustainable management use of forests with a view to reducing deforestation and illegal loggingbiological diversity; (l) trade-related measures to promote the conservation and sustainable management of forests, thereby reducing pressure on deforestation including with regard to illegal logging; and (m) trade-related measures to promote sustainable fishing practices and trade in sustainably managed fish products; and (m) sharing information and experience about trade-related aspects concerning the definition and implementation of green growth strategies and policies, including but not limited to sustainable production and consumption, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and environmentally sound technology. 2. The Parties shall share information and experience for the purposes of developing and implementing cooperation and capacity-building activities on trade and sustainable development. 3. In accordance with Chapter 16 (Cooperation and Capacity Building), the Parties may work together in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 by means of, inter alia: (a) workshops, seminars, training and dialogues to share knowledge, experiences and best practices; (b) studies; and (c) technical assistance and capacity building, as appropriate. The Parties may agree other forms of cooperation.

Working Together on Trade and Sustainable Development. 1. The Parties, recognising Parties recognise the importance of working together on trade-related aspects of sustainable development in order to achieve the objectives of this Chapter, . They may work together in, jointly on inter alia, the following areas: (a) labour and environmental aspects of trade and sustainable development in international fora, including in particular the WTO, the ILO, the Asia‑Europe MeetingUN Environment, the United Nations Environment Programme and under multilateral environmental agreementsMEAs; (b) exchange the impact of information labour and experience with regard to methodologies environmental law and indicators for impact assessments standards on trade sustainability;and investment; and (c) the impact of trade and investment law on labour and environment laws, regulations, norms and standards, on trade or investment the environment; as well as the impact of trade or investment rules on labour and environment, including on the development of strategies and policies on sustainable development;trade-related aspects of: (d) sharing experience on promoting the ratification and implementation of MEAs and fundamental, priority and other up‑to‑date up-to-date ILO conventions and multilateral environmental agreements Conventions of relevance to tradein a trade context; (e) trade-related aspects of the ILO Decent Work Agenda, in particular including on the inter‑linkage inter-linkages between trade and full and productive employment for all, including youth, women and people with disabilitiesemployment, labour market adjustment, core and other international labour standards, occupational health and safety, labour statisticsinspection, human resources development and lifelong learningdecent work in global supply chains, social protection for all including for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, such as migrant workers, women, youth and people with disabilities, and social inclusion, social dialogue dialogue, skills development and gender equality; (f) trade-related aspects of multilateral environmental agreementsMEAs, including customs cooperationcooperation and support for each other’s participation in MEAs; (g) trade-related aspects of the current and future international climate change regime, including means to promote low-carbon technologies and energy efficiency; (h) sharing information the Montreal protocol and experience about certification Kigali Amendment, in particular measures to control the production and labelling consumption of and trade in Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), introduction of environmentally friendly alternatives, updating of standards and combating illegal trade of substances regulated by these agreements.; (i) transparent private and public sustainability assurance schemes, including eco-labelling; (ij) promoting corporate social responsibility responsibility, responsible business conduct, responsible management of global supply chains and accountability, including with regard to the adherence, implementation, follow-up, and dissemination of internationally agreed instruments that have been endorsed or are supported by each Partyinstruments; (jk) trade-related measures to promote the sound management of chemicals and waste; and (l) the promotion of the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, including the mappingcombatting illegal wildlife trade, assessment as referred to in Article X.6 (Trade and valuation of ecosystems and their services, and to combat illegal international trade in wildlifeBiological Diversity); (km) trade-related measures to promote the promotion of the conservation and sustainable management of forests with a view to reducing deforestation and illegal logging;, as referred to in Article X.7 (Trade and Sustainable Management of Forests); and (ln) trade-related measures to promote the promotion of sustainable fishing practices and trade in sustainably managed fish products; and (m) sharing information and experience about trade-related aspects concerning the definition and implementation of green growth strategies and policies, including but not limited to sustainable production and consumption, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and environmentally sound technology. 2. The Parties shall share information and experience for the purposes of developing and implementing cooperation and capacity-building activities on trade and sustainable development. 3. In accordance with Chapter 16 (Cooperation and Capacity Building), the Parties may work together in the areas as referred to in paragraph 1 by means of, inter alia: Article X.8 (a) workshops, seminars, training Trade and dialogues to share knowledge, experiences Sustainable Management of Marine Biological Resources and best practices; (b) studies; and (c) technical assistance and capacity building, as appropriate. The Parties may agree other forms of cooperationAquaculture).