The future of the Internet is everyone’s concern. As a gateway to abundant resources that can help raise global living standards, the continued evolution and success of the Internet is essential. This was the message delivered today by business leaders to the UN-linked Internet Governance Forum (IGF), taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
ICC Chairman Victor K. Fung today expressed concern over the sustainability of the current economic recovery and warned against an increase in protectionist moves that he said will only prolong the current downturn.
ICC provided a strong business presence at the last preparatory meeting before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen in December. Leading the delegation in Barcelona was Chair of the ICC Commission on Environment and Energy, Laurent Corbier.
With globalization bringing sea changes not only in the production and distribution of goods and services but also in marketing and publicity, advertising needs to be considered both within the rights that protect freedom of expression and in a context of social responsibility, a recent forum organized by ICC Mexico concluded.
A new book by the ICC FraudNet highlights the limitations and opportunities of legal actions around the world to recover losses due to fraud. Criminal proceeds currently being recovered from fraudsters caught and prosecuted amount to a small percentage of the losses. The need for victims to get more back is acute.
ICC india hosts a CEO Forum in New Delhi on 4-5 December, 2009 to mark the 90th anniversary of ICC. Participants include CEOs from international business as well as Ministers and senior officials of the Government of India.
ICC and business community experts met last week in Paris to discuss and finalize plans ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen.
The International Chamber of Commerce’s BASCAP group today launched a set of intellectual property (IP) guidelines designed to help businesses manage copyright and branded materials and deter trade in counterfeit and pirate goods.
Global piracy figures have already surpassed the total number of attacks recorded in 2008, according to the latest quarterly piracy report released today by the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB). The report also revealed that the total number of incidents in which guns were used had risen by more than 200%, compared to the corresponding period in 2008.
ICC Netherlands yesterday hosted a roundtable discussion with leading European Union climate change negotiator Maas Goote ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen.
Business leaders from around the world are calling on the United Nations to retain the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), saying it is a crucial component in global policy discussions to ensure continued Internet innovation and the required conditions to attract investment.
In the lead up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) of the Parties (COP15) Conference in Copenhagen, ICC is mobilizing to demonstrate global business’s commitment to leading the fight against climate change.
The economic crisis has severely shaken views on the traditional capitalist economy and forced business to envisage how the market economy can regain both its vitality and its credibility, a two-day weekend seminar on the future of capitalism concluded.
The International Chamber of Commerce has praised a new “Affirmation of Commitments” announced yesterday by the United States National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Following the success of the 6th World Chambers Congress in June, the ICC World Chambers Federation is launching a series of webinars to continue the conversations started in Kuala Lumpur.
There is much to applaud in the communiqué from the Pittsburgh G20 Summit pledging to revive global trade, reject protectionism, boost trade finance, and refrain from imposing new barriers to investment on trade in goods and services.
The number of piratical incidents reported so far in 2009 has surpassed the total number reported in 2008, according to the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
ICC has called for the early implementation of the ATA Carnet system in the Philippines during a workshop in Manila on 26-27 August 2009.
Writing in the South China Morning Post, ICC Chairman Victor K. Fung expressed the key concerns of the global business community ahead of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh on 24-25 September.
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are vital in the development and diffusion of new and existing technologies for combating climate change, ICC has stressed ahead of the December UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Copenhagen, where a post-2012 framework agreement to govern greenhouse gas emissions is to be concluded.