BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AT CSD14

The fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) started on 1 May at UN Headquarters in New York. As the first year of the second implementation cycle, CSD-14 will review progress in the following areas: Energy for Sustainable Development; Industrial Development; Air pollution/ Atmosphere; and Climate Change .

1. Business and Industry Submission to CSD14 - The Business and Industry submission for the Secretary Generals Report to CSD 14

2.CSD14 Agenda and BAE participation

3. Business and Industry Interventions at CSD14

• 2 May 2006 -  Access to Energy

• 2 May 2006 - Energy Efficiency

• 2 May 2006 -  ECA Regional

• 3 May 2006 - Renewable energy & advanced energy technologies

•3 May 2006 - Renewable energy & advanced energy technologies (2nd session)

•3 May 2006 - Energy efficiency and transportation

•3 May 2006 - Multi Stakeholder Dialogue

•4 May 2006 - Integrated approach to addressing air pollution

•4 May 2006 - Industrial Development and poverty eradication

•5 May 2006 - Investing in energy and industrial development

• 5 May 2006 - Addressing the 4 themes in an integrated manner

•11 May 2006 - B&I statement for the Multi Stakeholder Dialogue session  

4. CSD 14 Day of Business & Industry co-organized by BAE and the UN
The CSD 14 Day of Business & Industry to be held in the Dag Hammarskjold library and co-organized by the UN and BAE - invites you to debate the gaps and ways forward with regard to shaping a sustainable energy future in three panels, focusing on technology, climate change and development - Programme for the Day of Business and Industry.   

The presentations made during the Day of Business and Industry are available according to the various sessions:
4.1 The World Business Awards
• Health Care Logistics for Northern Mozambique, VidaGas / VillageReach  
•Tetra Pak Food for Development, TetraPak
•Africa Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana, Merck Company Foundation
•EcoLogic Finance, EcoLogic
•Global Alliance for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF),  GlaxoSmithKline     
•Siwa Sustainable Development Initiative
• SOLO Primary School Personal Hygiene Education, Turkey, Ipek Kagit
•Patrimonio Hoy, Mexico, Cemex
•Aavishkaar Micro Venture Capital Fund, India, Aavishkaar
•Integrating sustainable development into the bank's business, Brazil, ABN AMRO

4 .2 Energy and Technology
•Energy Efficiency: An option for Sustainable Development  by Dr. Francois Moisan: Director, Strategy and Research, Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME)

• Energy technology: An Industry Perspective    by Marcelle Shoop: Director, Environmental Partnership, RioTinto

• Water, Hydro and Sustainable Development    by Laurent Bellet: Regional Manager, SE Asia, EDF (Hydro Engineering Centre)

• Hydropower by Richard Taylor: Executive Director: International Hydropower Association

 WEC Summary of the key issues addressed in each of the above presentations

• The sustainable forest products industry, energy, carbon and climate change by Barbara McCutchan, Director, Enterprise Stewardship & Sustainability, MeadWestvaco Corporation

• Global Aluminum Industry Response to Energy and Climate Change by Jerry Marks, Consultant, International Aluminium Institute

• Energy and Climate Change by Wendy Poulton, General Manager Corporate Sustainability, Eskom

• Energy and Climate Change  by Laurent Corbier, Programme Manager, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WBCSD summary of the key issues addressed in the  above presentations

WBCSD summary of the key issues addressed in the  high level session on "Energy for Development"

5. Business and Industry Publication for CSD14
Business has the capacity to address the relevant energy challenges, and is taking a proactive role. A selection of case studies have been compiled in a publication  and this document provides examples of ongoing contributions of business to sustainable development in the energy sector.

6. Media
• BAEMedia release/press intervention
• BAE Article in April edition of Stakeholder Forums - Network 2015 publication

• CSD14 in the May edition of Stakeholder Forums - Network 2015 publication

• CSD14 in the June edition of Stakeholder Forums - Network 2015 publication

7. CSD 14 and the UN
Organisation of Work

Chairs Summary - Part I  (1 to 9 May 2006)

Chairs Summary - Part II (High Level Segment: 10 to 12 May 2006)

All relevant additional documentation can also be accessed from the UN website -UN Arrangements for CSD 14

8. Outcomes of CSD14
• BAE " Outcomes and Conclusions from CSD14 "