ICC has bestowed its inaugural ICC Merchant of Peace Award to Rona Yircali, ICC World Chambers Federation Chair, and Martin Granholm, former member of the ICC Executive Board, in recognition of their contribution to the promotion of peace and prosperity through international trade and investment.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today announced the creation of an Advisory Board and Executive Committee to provide strategic direction for its Commission on Banking – a leading global policy and rule-making body for the banking industry.
A recent ICC Seminar on Procurement and Trade has underscored the necessity for further discourse on proposed European Union (EU) regulation on the access of third country goods and services to internal public procurement markets.
Business leaders presented to World Trade Organization (WTO) permanent ambassadors and representatives, at WTO headquarters in Geneva today, their initial recommendations for driving international trade negotiations out of an 11-year deadlock and boosting the global economy.
The first in a four-part series of ICC lectures on intellectual property (IP) took place last Friday in Saint Petersburg State University.
On the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, representatives from business, UN, government and other stakeholder groups engaged in discussions on the role of fiscal instruments in environmental policy-making with the objective of identifying principles for a framework for environmental taxation and environment-related tax measures that promote green, inclusive economies.
Teams from 66 universities have made the grade to compete in ICC’s 8th International Commercial Mediation Competition, set to take place February 2013.
Just 18 months after the endorsement of United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, findings of a pilot survey have indicated an upward trend in awareness and engagement by businesses to consider human rights in their practices.
ICC has produced a tool to help companies and trade associations self-regulate online behavioural advertising (OBA) using global principles published in the Consolidated ICC Code of Advertising and Marketing Communications Practice in 2011.
ICC has reaffirmed its support for the Hague Choice of Court Convention and urges governments to bring it into force without further delay. Despite strong interest from various states, as well as the signature of both the EU and the US, the ratification of the Convention has not progressed as swiftly as hoped, to the detriment of business.
The Torino Chamber of Commerce has emerged victorious to be named host of the 9th World Chambers Congress.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will once again hold the Global Business Day, the premier business event at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. This year’s event will take place on 3 December at the Diplomatic Club in Doha.
ICC has announced a new working partnership with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The partnership aims to raise broader business awareness about ICANN’s functions and role in the Internet governance landscape while increasing engagement in ICANN issues relating to the domain system.
Addressing the opening plenary of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) World Congress in Taipei last week, World Chambers Federation (WCF) Chair Rona Yircali called on young people to take a leadership role in addressing the concerns of the global economy and act as pioneers in its transformation.
Global business has a strong presence at the 18th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar and hopes that additional momentum will be created to move forward on a new global climate deal. From 26 November to 7 December, governments from around the world are gathering for the next round of climate talks, where negotiators are seeking to agree a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol and lay the groundwork for a post-2020 agreement.
International members of the ICC Commission on Taxation and delegates from large Indian corporates and multinationals, including tax professionals, held important discussions today on the investment climate in India, including specific tax policies such as Finance Act 2012, Direct Taxes Code, PE litigation and income attribution, and the Goods and Service Tax (GST).
Business leaders from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) gathered in Doha today to provide regional input on the recommendations of the Business World Trade Agenda, an initiative launched by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in partnership with Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Ethics training can be a major tool in fighting corruption in developing countries, according to the results of the latest quarterly World Economic Survey (WES) by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Institute for Economic Research (Ifo) in Munich.
With registration now open and a full programme available from the ICC website, ICC is gearing up for its 4th ICC International Mediation Conference – an event tailored for users of commercial mediation.
The health of the world’s economy continues to deteriorate as insufficient demand, unemployment and the on-going debt crisis in Europe undermine recovery efforts, results of the ICC-Ifo World Economic Survey (WES), released today, revealed.