Presentacin de PowerPoint

1
DEDICATED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE
World Business Council for Sustainable
Development
(WBCSD)
2
Who we are
The WBCSD is a coalition of some 160
international companies united by a shared
commitment to sustainable development through the
three pillars of economic growth, ecological
balance and social progress. Our members are
drawn from 30 countries and are active in over 20
major industrial sectors.
The WBCSD also benefits from a thriving regional
network representing over 1,000 business leaders
in developing countries and nations in transition.
3
Our mission

• to provide business leadership as a catalyst for
  change toward sustainable development
• to promote the role of eco-efficiency, innovation
  and corporate social responsibility

4
Our aims

• Business leadership to be the leading business
  advocate on issues connected with the
  environment and sustainable development
• Policy development to participate in policy
  development in order to create a framework that
  allows business to contribute effectively to
  sustainable development
• Best practice to demonstrate progress in
  environmental and resource management in business
  and to share leading-edge practices among our
  members
• Global outreach to contribute through our global
  network to a sustainable future for developing
  nations and countries in transition

5
WBCSD characteristics

• Global and cross-sectoral member-led organization
• Unique forum of proactive companies
• Interface with international bodies, NGOs and
  other business groups
• Outreach to developing and emerging countries

6
The value of membership

• Networking with a peer group of like-minded
  business leaders
• Anticipate emerging environmental and social
  trends which might impact business activities
• Participate in policy development by formulating
  recommendations which enable business to
  effectively contribute
• Influence policymakers in governments and opinion
  leaders from international bodies, NGOs, and
  other business groups
• Share best practices through exchanging
  information with leading edge companies and
  benchmarking
• Educate and influence tomorrows business leaders
• Access the latest thinking on business and
  sustainability-related issues
• Reach out to developing and emerging countries

7
Geographic location
8
Policy development and best practice
9
The Regional Network

• Achievements
• Establishment of 35 national and regional BCSDs
  and partner organizations
• Regional input into WBCSD activities, and global
  dissemination of output
• Capacity building activities and global outreach

• Future plans
• Expansion of the Regional Network into priority
  areas (China, India) and regions with low
  representation (Africa and the Near East)
• Continue developing areas of common benefit (CDM,
  CSR, Stakeholder Dialogues)
• Implement regional projects in cooperation with
  bi- and multilateral development organizations
• Strengthen the regional communications networks

10
Global outreach - Our Regional Network
11
(No Transcript)
12
Council projects
13
Climate Energy

• Achievements
• Good recognition of and relations with key
  decision-makers and stakeholders, including Glion
  dialogues
• Global standard on GHG measurement and reporting
  in collaboration with the WRI
• Capacity building on CDM and emissions trading

• Future plans
• Promote a global framework with common building
  blocks for policy instruments
• Explore pathways toward a low-carbon future
• Continue GHG Protocol work, adding accounting for
  project offsets and along the value chain
• Facilitate practical CDM projects

Council project
14
Natural Resources Access to water

• Achievements
• Published set of case studies to illustrate
  successful public-private partnerships to
  increase access to water by the poor
• Launched the Industry Water Prize advocate new
  public-private Bonn Water Conference and
  Stockholm Water Symposium

• Future plans
• Promote new public-private partnerships to
  deliver water to the poor and meet the UN
  Millennium Goal
• Participate in Prepcoms for WSSD in 2002 and for
  the Kyoto 3rd World Water Forum in 2003
• Utilize Stockholm Water Symposium for annual
  stakeholder dialogue sessions

Council project
15
Natural Resources Biodiversity

• Achievements
• Scoping meetings have occurred with IUCN,
  Earthwatch, and Conservation International as
  partners in promoting the business case for
  biodiversity. A draft report is complete
• 23 WBCSD member companies have joined in an
  ad-hoc working group to revise the report

• Future plans
• Draft, edit and gain approval of the revised
  report in time for WSSD in 2002

Council project
16
Innovation and Technology

• Achievements
• A working group on ITSS was launched to
  understand and effectively manage the
  far-reaching implications of technology
  development. Work is being carried out in
  cooperation with NGOs, academia, government and
  business
• Contributed to thinking and awareness of key
  international organizations

• Future plans
• Suggest options for enhancing the development
  process to include stakeholder input and external
  learnings
• Create a shared input with key stakeholders on
  Intellectual Property Rights in biotechnology for
  Earth Summit 2002

Council project
17
SD Reporting

• Achievements
• Will give guidance to member companies in their
  reporting and communication on sustainability
  performance activities
• Construction of a policy paper on the GRI
  endorsed by the membership

• Future plans
• Create the business case for Sustainable
  Development Reporting
• Help members create more integrated SDRs for
  their own specific needs
• Establish a web-based product that will give
  guidance to members on the reporting process
• Project will be completed by June 2002

Council project
18
Sustainable Livelihoods

• Achievements
• Project launched in September 2001
• Agreement on action plan and key deliverables in
  January 2002
• Establishment of contacts with potential partners
• Integration of working group on Digital
  Opportunities

• Future plans
• Case Study Collection what has and what
  hasn't worked for business in addressing the
  needs of the bottom of the income pyramid
• Analytical Tools conceptual framework to develop
  the business case, as well as business models in
  cooperation with other stakeholders
• Sustainable Livelihoods Market Place  A
  platform for economically viable pilot projects

Council project
19
Member projects
20
Sustainable Forest Industry

• Achievements
• First draft of Toward a Sustainable Forest
  Industry in the 21st Century is complete
• Organized a steering committee to plan The
  Forests Dialogue (TFD) stakeholder dialogue
  sessions

• Future plans
• Conduct a series of dialogues with NGOs,
  governments, businesses, forest landowners and
  other stakeholders to resolve issues related to
  illegal logging and forest certification.
• Work with IFIR to develop and implement Mutual
  Recognition of high quality certification systems

Member project
21
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development
(MMSD)

• Achievements
• Largest sectoral multistakeholder process
• Substantial engagement with many of the principal
  actors in the sector
• Four parallel regional processes
• Cycle of 23 Global Workshops completed

• Future plans
• Extensive consultation process around Draft
  Report from March 4 until mid April
• Project Report to inform Mining Industry
  Conference in May 2002, and World Summit in
  September 2002

Member project
22
Sustainable Cement Industry

• Achievements
• Scoping study completed. 7 of 12 substudies
  completed. Draft final documents in review (Jan.
  2002)
• 6 stakeholder dialogues completed in Thailand,
  Brazil, Portugal, Egypt, Brussels and Washington,
  D.C.
• Website in place to facilitate public information
  and work progress

• Future plans
• Completion of external review expected in March,
  2002
• Industry Action Plan being developed in response
  to external evaluation. Expected release in 2-3d
  Q, 2002
• Future actions, structure and activities of
  Working Group now being developed for post 2002

Member project
23
Sustainable Mobility

• Achievements
• Mobility 2001 A sweeping review of todays
  state of mobility in the world
• Conducted 8 Stakeholder Dialogues with 500
  participants from 39 countries
• Adopted 8 Grand Challenges as the basis for the
  main phase of the project
• Established the structural framework for the main
  phase of the project

• Future plans
• Enter the work streams of the main phase of the
  project (2002-2003)
• Interact with Associated Partners and other
  stakeholders
• Complete a shared vision of Sustainable Mobility
  2030 and address specific challenges emerging
  from the dominant role of road vehicles in
  transportation

Member project
24
Electric Utilities Phase 1

• Achievements
• Final draft report sent to Third Party Review
  Group
• Initial Terms of Reference for Phase 2 defined

• Future plans
• Print and distribute Phase 1 report by May
• Finalize scope of Phase 2, decide on its
  execution and on composition of project group

Member project
25
Advocacy Communications
26
Advocacy Communications

• Achievements
• Advocacy meetings
• Publication of reports
• Website
• On-going media relations
• Evaluation of WBCSDs perception

• Future plans
• Be more proactive on the media and advocacy front
• Implementation of a branding and corporate
  identity strategy
• Strengthening of the marketing and dissemination
  strategy
• Development of the interactive capacity of the
  website

Advocacy Comunications
27
WSSD

• Achievements
• The business case for sustainable development
  new views for a sustainable future
• Business Action for Sustainable Development
  (BASD) a joint initiative of WBCSD and ICC to
  ensure business contribution to the WSSD
• Tomorrows Markets Global Trends and their
  Implications for Business. A publication done in
  partnership with UNEP and WRI
• Young Managers Team

• Future plans
• Walking the talk the Business Case for
  Sustainable Development, a book reviewing
  progress and business challenges
• Lekgotla a business day at the WSSD
• Millennium Partnerships virtual exhibition
  projects
• Lasting Legacy projects such as making the WSSD
  planet neutral

Advocacy Comunications
28
Global Compact

• Achievements
• Held several workshops in cooperation with member
  companies to identify four areas of action that
  are important in order to bring the Global
  Compact forward
• WBCSD and 20 member companies participated in a
  review of progress and future planning session
  hosted by Kofi Annan

• Future plans
• Participate in the scoping of a Global Compact
  liaison office
• Mobilize the business community
• Explore concrete projects that would fit current
  work programs and be accelerated under the Global
  Compact
• Develop local Global Compacts

Advocacy Comunications
29
Capacity Building
30
Learning by Sharing

• Achievements
• Experience sharing sessions held to help
  companies lessen the gap between the
  sustainability vision and actual practices, and
  to make progress in sustainability performance

• Future plans
• Provide further opportunity for members to
  exchange in an off the record setting

Capacity Building
31
Stakeholder Dialogues

• Achievements
• Established the WBCSD as a leading player in
  process and content of stakeholder dialogues
• Provided a vital service to the membership by
  offering a forum for raising and test marketing
  new or controversial challenges
• Produced a report detailing our experiences

• Future plans
• Continue to refine skills and application of
  dialogues
• Expand dialogues in both depth and scope

Capacity Building
32
Education and Training

• Achievements
• The project was successfully launched in January
  2002

• Future plans
• The project will
• Develop basic learning material on sustainable
  development (SD), an electronic primer
• Explore how companies currently share or
  integrate knowledge on SD, inventory practice

Capacity Building
33
Case Studies

• Achievements
• Created a case study framework and template
• High level of contribution and participation from
  member companies
• First round of cases on-line others to follow

• Future plans
• Continue to build database
• Update
• Develop mini-modules on specific issues with
  teaching notes

Capacity Building
34
Council projects
Member projects
Advocacy Comunications
Capacity Building
35
Conclusion

• The WBCSD is Dedicated to making a difference
• The role of the WBCSD is to stimulate business to
  act before it has to
• Business is one of the engine that drives forward
  the next phase of sustainable development, but
  progress toward sustainable development requires
  action from all stakeholders

Conclusion
36
(No Transcript)