In 2017 and 2019, respectively, in São Paulo (Brazil) and Sanya (China), Paulista University (UNIP) together with its academic partners, through the Advances in Cleaner Production Network (ACPN), promoted the International Declarations: OUR VISION and THE NEXT 40 YEARS OF CLEANER PRODUCTION.

Both declarations represent the commitment of researchers from approximately 180 research and teaching institutions spread across 5 continents.

The signing ceremony for the Sanya International Declaration (THE NEXT 40 YEARS OF CLEANER PRODUCTION) was part of the third and final day of the 8th International Workshop on Advances in Cleaner Production (8th IWACP).

The Declaration was signed by ACPN representatives during the ceremonial: Biagio F. Giannetti (Universidade Paulista, Founder and General Chair of ACPN), Zhifeng Yang (Chinese Academy of Engeneering), Changbo Zhou (China National Cleaner Production Center / Ministry of Environmental Protection), Yutao Wang (Fudan University and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cleaner Production), Cecilia M.V.B Almeida (Universidade Paulista and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cleaner Production), Gang Liu (University of Southern Denmark), Linda Hancock (Deakin University), Lei Shi (Tsinghua University), Giovanni Baiocchi (Maryland University) and Gengyuan Liu ( Beijing Normal University).