World Business Council for Sustainable Development
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), "formed in January 1995 through a merger between the Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) in Geneva and the World Industry Council for the Environment (WICE) in Paris," is an organization made of 165 international companies. The WBCSD claims to be committed "to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress". It has members from more than 35 countries in over 20 major industrial sectors. [1] Founded by Stephan Schmidheiny and Maurice Strong.[2]
- Former Chair (2004-5) - Bertrand Collomb
Contents
World Business Summit on Climate Change
"The United Nations Global Compact, the Copenhagen Climate Council, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the PEW Center on Global Climate Change will convene a World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen on 24-26 May 2009. The Summit aims to ensure that a new global policy framework on climate change takes into account the needs of the business community and provides the right incentives for cutting carbon emissions. [3]
Critique
On June 1, 1997, CorpWatch wrote "This carefully crafted tone of heartening ambiguity masks the reality that WBCSD members, along with many other large corporations, have pushed hard over the last five years for increased corporate power on the global stage. They have been the primary force behind negotiations under GATT, WTO, NAFTA and now the OECD's Multilateral Agreement on Investment. All of these agreements give corporations ever greater rights and ever fewer trade and investment restrictions."
Governance
"The WBCSD is a member-led organization governed by a Council composed of the Council Members of our member companies. The Council elects the Executive Committee , including the Chairman and four Vice Chairmen.
"The Council meets annually to decide on the organization’s priorities and discuss strategic issues connected to sustainable development. These meetings provide a forum where business leaders can analyze and debate views and experiences on all aspects of sustainable development.
"The Executive Committee oversees the management of the organization, and normally meets three times a year." [4]
- Björn Stigson, President
- Odd Gullberg, Chief Operating Officer
Executive Committee
Accessed June 2010: [1]
- HONORARY CHAIRMAN - Stephan Schmidheiny
- Jorma Ollila - Chairman Royal Dutch Shell
VICE CHAIRMEN
- Markus Ackermann - Chief Executive Officer Holcim
- Mukesh Ambani - Chairman and Managing Director Reliance Industries
- James E. Rogers - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Duke Energy Corporation
- Masataka Shimizu - President Tokyo Electric Power Company
MEMBERS
- Fujio Cho - Chairman and Representative Director Toyota Motor Corporation
- José Manuel Entrecanales - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ACCIONA
- Anne Lauvergeon - Chairman of the Executive Board AREVA
- Jacob Maroga - Chief Executive Eskom Holdings Ltd
- Michael Morris - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer American Electric Power
- Julio Moura - Chairman Natura Cosmeticos
- Paul Polman - Chief Executive Officer Unilever
- Wang Jiming - Vice Chairman China Petrochemical Corporation, (Sinopec)
EX OFFICIO
- Rajat Kumar Gupta - Vice Chairman International Chamber of Commerce
Executive Committee (1999)
Accessed June 2010: [2]
Vice chairmen
- Eugenio Clariond Reyes - Executive President, Grupo IMSA, Mexico
- Stephan Schmidheiny - Chairman, Anova Holding, Switzerland
- Shoichiro Toyoda - Honorary Chairman, Member of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan
Members
- Livio D. DeSimone - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 3M Company, USA
- Jürgen Dormann - Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management, Aventis, France
- Christopher S. Gibson-Smith - Managing Director, Executive Vice President Policy and Technology, BP Amoco, United Kingdom
- Reuel Khosa - Chairman, ESKOM, South Africa
- Erling S. Lorentzen - Chairman, Aracruz Celulose, Brazil
- Hugh M. Morgan - Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, WMC, Australia
- Egil Myklebust - President and Chief Executive Officer, Norsk Hydro, Norway
- Ron Osborne - President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Power Generation, Canada
- Phil Watts - Group Managing Director, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, The Netherlands/United Kingdom
Ex-officio
- Lord Holme of Cheltenham - Cairman of the Commission on Environment, ICC, Special Adviser to the Chairman, Rio Tinto, United Kingdom
- Richard D. McCormick - Vice President, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Chairman Emeritus, U SWEST, United States
North America Members (1999)
Accessed June 2010: [3]
Canada
- Noranda - David W. Kerr
- Ontario Power - Ron Osborne
- Petro-Canada - Ron A. Brenneman
- Suncor Energy - Richard L. George
- TransAlta Corporation - Steve G. Snyder
USA
- 3M - Livio D. DeSimone
- Arthur D. Little - Lorenzo Lamadrid
- AT&T - Braden R. Allenby
- The Boston Consulting Group - To be announced
- Cargill - Ernest S. Micek
- CH2M Hill - Ralph R. Peterson
- Dow Chemical - William Stavropoulos
- DuPont - Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
- Eastman Kodak - George C. Fisher
- Ford Motor Company - Jacques A. Nasser
- General Motors - Harry J. Pearce
- Interface - Ray C. Anderson
- International Paper - John T. Dillon
- Johnson & Johnson - Robert N. Wilson
- Monsanto - Hendrik A. Verfaillie
- Phelps Dodge - Douglas C. Yearley
- Procter & Gamble - Durk I. Jager
- S.C. Johnson & Son - Samuel C. Johnson
- ThermoRetec Corporation - Robert W. Dunlap
- Time Warner - R.E. Turner
- TXI - Gordon E. Forward
- Unocal - Roger Beach
- Westvaco - John A. Luke, Jr.
- Weyerhaeuser - Steven R. Rogel
- Xerox - Paul A. Allaire
Members
See Menu for links to all members.
United States
- 3M
- Alcoa
- Boston Consulting Group
- Cargill
- Caterpillar
- CH2M Hill
- ChevronTexaco
- Coca-Cola Company
- ConocoPhillips
- Dell
- Dow Chemical
- Dow Corning
- DuPont
- Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak)
- Entergy Corporation
- Exelon
- Ford Motor Company
- General Motors
- Hewlett-Packard Company
- Interface
- International Paper
- Johnson & Johnson
- MeadWestvaco
- Newmont Mining
- New York Times Company
- Oracle
- Pfizer
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Praxair Inc.
- Procter & Gamble
- RETEC Group
- Rohm & Haas Company
- S.C. Johnson & Son
- Time Warner
- United Technologies Corporation
- Unocal
- UOP LLC
- Visteon
- Weyerhaeuser
Some European Members
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- The Netherlands
- United Kingdom
Contact Information
4, chemin de Conches
1231 Conches-Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (22) 839 3100
Fax: +41 (22) 839 3131
Email: info AT wbcsd.org
Website: http://www.wbcsd.org
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch
- Environment Business Australia
- free trade
- globalization
- Greenwashing
- ITT Corporation
- Former chair, Travis Engen [4]
- World Business Summit on Climate Change
- Andrew C.W. Brandler
- David Rodier
- Paul Drechsler
- Nicholas You
References
- ↑ Directors, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, accessed June 7, 2010.
- ↑ Annual Report 1999, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, accessed June 7, 2010.
- ↑ Annual Report 1999, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, accessed June 7, 2010.
- ↑ Travis Engen, EK, accessed October 7, 2007.
External links
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development in the Wikipedia.
- "World Business Council on Sustainable Development," CorpWatch, June 1, 1997.