ICC held a seminar in Paris on 18 June addressing issues surrounding taxation and foreign investors in Italy, in response to growing concern from international taxation practitioners about Italy’s perceived aggressiveness in dealing with international tax matters.
After its success, ICC is organizing another series of Masterclasses on the Incoterms® rules to extend to international trade and legal professionals the opportunity to enhance their understanding and use of the rules. This practical training programme is scheduled to take place on 11-12 October in Paris.
Europe’s innovative manufacturing and creative industries consider that yesterday’s vote by the European Parliament will be damaging for European intellectual property, jobs and the economy. The decision on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a missed opportunity for the EU to protect its creative and innovation-based industries in the international market place.
ICC has achieved an objective, securing representation from all five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in the election of seven new members to its Executive Board.
Registration has opened for a two-day training session on the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration, hosted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on 8 and 9 October 2012 in Paris.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees URDG 758, which today celebrate their two-year anniversary, are increasingly being incorporated into international trade contracts, where they provide a welcome element of financial security and trust in a precarious economic climate. The World Bank’s update of its model guarantee forms to include URDG 758 last week is the latest step towards ICC’s rules becoming the international standard for demand guarantee practice.
ICC announced today the publication of ICC Banking Commission Opinions 2009-2011, the latest volume in a series of renowned books of Commission Opinions dating back more than four decades.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is encouraged that business recommendations for boosting the global economy, including those aimed at unblocking trade negotiations, were taken into account by G20 leaders at their recent Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico.
An engaging roster of top consumer protection and advertising self-regulation experts from the United States and around the world made the line-up of speakers at an ICC seminar on Consumer Savvy Marketing held in New York City on 7 June. This seminar, hosted by the ICC Commission on Marketing and Advertising, provided the opportunity for companies and legal experts to stay up to date with the dramatically changing landscape of marketing campaigns and to better understand how rules apply to technological and practice developments.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today unveils its new web portal, which has been entirely re-built and re-designed to bring it up to date with ICC’s expansion as the world business organization.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today welcomed the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, as a stepping stone to achieve sustainable development while helping to eradicate poverty.
A report highlighting latest details of the plight of seafarers at the hands of Somali pirates was launched on Friday 22 June at a press conference in London. The report, ‘The Human Cost of Piracy 2011’, is written jointly by Kaija Hurlburt of One Earth Future for its Oceans Beyond Piracy project and by the International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
Since the debut of the World Chambers Congress more than a decade ago, ICC WCF has seen chambers lining up to host the event which has become the international forum for chamber leaders to network and learn about new areas of innovation from their peers around the world.
Eleven companies received the 2012 World Business and Development Awards (WBDA) for their efforts to improve living standards in some of the world’s most disadvantaged communities. Winners were recognized at a ceremony concluding the Business Action for Sustainable Development Business Day taking place during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), where world leaders along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, have convened.
Juan Elvira, Minister of the Environment, Mexico (right) and Carlos Busquets, Deputy Director, ICC Department of Policy and Business Practices, speaking at a media conference in Rio de Janeiro on the G20/B20 outcomes and Rio+20
“The world economy is experiencing the worst crisis of the last 60 years, with growth falling in many regions, unemployment rising, multilateral talks stalled and protectionist measures proliferating”, said Jean-Guy Carrier, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the world business organization.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) presented policy priorities on behalf of global business on the eve of this year’s Summit of G20 leaders in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Business and industry representatives are increasingly concerned with the slow pace of negotiations reported during the first week of Rio+20 meetings in Brazil, with little change on previously held positions.
Green economy and sustainable development require immediate action, says private sector
Short term action is critical for long term investment, cooperation and implementation
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) hosted the “Creativity 4 Innovation Forum” on 13 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event, held on the sidelines of the United Nations Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, was open to the public and brought together a mix of speakers from senior corporate executives, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, government officials, media and other stakeholder groups.