Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development

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• Croatian Business Council for Sustainable
  Development
• - HR BCSD
• A BUSINESS VOICE FOR
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• Vinja Jelic-Mück
• Business Styles and Sustainable Development
• Kyiv, April 2nd-6th, 2003

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HR BCSD

• What is it?
• A member-based, member-led and member-financed
  institution
• 26 founding members in 2003
• Mission
• to promote SD throughout the Croatian business
  community and
• to advocate business case for SD

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Our members

• 26 MEMBER-FOUNDERS
• 13 big companies - representatives of productive
  sector
• 5 big representatives of service sector
• 5 small business or agencies for environmental
  protection
• 1 independant publisher
• 1 NGO

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Activities

• 2 TRACKS
• to improve business performance and contribution
  - to be dealt by companies
• to improve framework conditions - a challenge for
  other social groups as well

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Environmental and Sustainability Reporting

• REPORTING MEMBERS
• LURA - Annual Environmental Reports since 1999
• COCA-COLA BEVERAGES HRVATSKA - Environmental
  Report - 2002
• PLIVA - 1st Sustainability Report in Croatia -
  2002
• Tvornica cementa KOROMACNO - Sustainability
  Folder - 2003
• Ericsson Nikola Tesla - Environmental Information
  on the Web-Site
• PODRAVKA - Chapters on Environment, SD and CSR in
  the Business Report

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Examples of good practice

• ENCOURAGEMENT TO
• Eco-efficiency
• Win-win investments
• Success stories
• Good patterns and models - waste management,
  monitoring - measuring - improving environmental
  performance
• Local partnerships etc.

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Workshops

• THEMES
• waste management - different issues,
• implementation of environmental laws and
  regulations,
• environmental data delivery,
• paper management etc.

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A campain for change
A success! In 2001 we led a campaigne to change
the taxation of municipal waste in Zagreb from
m2 to t, kg or m3 Since 2002. the municipal
waste tax to good companies is being settled
according to the number of waste containers
costs of some companies are reduced 10 times
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How to improve the implementation of
environmental legislation
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Objectives / WP 2003
Government
Civil sector
Business
Priority to strengthen our voice and influence,
to become a unavoidable partner in
decision-making, to reach a productive dialogue
on SD on equal footing with the central government
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Main topic in 2003 SCR
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY We have accepted to make a
researh on this challenging issue Plan a report
by the end of the year Opportunities new
partnerships and collaboration
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5 Years of the HR BCSD - a Public Event
Our contribution to the pre-Johannesburg process
A DEBATE ON SD

• distinguished guests
• an open public debate
• participants of different social groups
• OUTCOME
• better understanding among different social
  groups
• a contribution to public education

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Editions and Media

• A regular annual contribution to SD since 2000 -
  special edition of the Economic Journal
• Our own edition - a translation of the WBCSDs
  Business Case for Sustainable Development
• Articles, interviews and statements by leading
  members
• representatives and director
• Publishment of expert findings, cecommendations
  to the government etc.

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WBCSD

• We belong to the Regional Network of the World
  Business Council for Sustainable Development -
  WBCSD
• Other members and partners from the CEE Region
• Czech BCSD, Polish BCSD and Vernadsky Foundation,
  Russia
• Member companies from the CEE Region
• PLIVA and PODRAVKA, Croatia
• BASIC ELEMENT and OAO GAZPROM, Russia

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Regional Business Partnerships for SD
3rd gathering Regional Business Partnerships
for Sustainable Development Vienna, October
10th-11th, 2002 1st - Zagreb 2000 2nd -
Budapest 2001 4th - ??