The global economy has worsened since the beginning of 2008 and will continue to decline in the next six months, according to the latest ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey, released today.
ICC financial watchdog, the Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB), has been asked to investigate a one billion Euro (€1,000,000,000.00) Standby Letter of Credit believed to be fraudulent.
ICC’s Committee on Maritime Transport has called on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to adopt new emissions standards for ships in the coming months.
More than 500 senior decision-makers from 70 countries convened today in Dubai to identify solutions to the escalating global problem of product counterfeiting and piracy of intellectual property and to put an end to the damaging effects it is having on consumer health and safety, government resources and revenues, innovation and foreign investment.
In recent weeks a number of false ‘blacklists’ have been circulated via the internet, purportedly originating from ICC Commercial Crime Services (CCS) and ICC Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB).
To make citizens more aware of their data protection rights, the Council of Europe and the European Commission are launching “Data Protection Day” on 28 January. The kickoff will include a series of events throughout Europe and North America.
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A recent study has prompted the ICC Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau (CIB) to warn against purchasing pharmaceuticals online.
Stronger data protection and privacy for people who participate in surveys is one important focus of the latest revision of the leading International Code of Conduct for Market and Social Research.
Reported piracy incidents rose 10% in 2007 compared to the previous year, as attacks grew more violent, and increased significantly in Nigerian and Somalian waters, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said Wednesday upon release of its annual report.
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has investigated a bogus chemical shipping operation originating in Russia and has determined that numerous documents related to these shipments are fraudulent.
International business has welcomed the news that world leaders adopted a plan on Saturday for negotiating a new global warming pact by 2009.
Herbert Heitmann has assumed the role of Chair of the ICC Commission on E-business, IT and Telecoms (EBITT).
The business community continued to present a strong and united front today at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in an official statement delivered to the plenary session.
Rajendra Pachauri, who collected the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of a UN panel of climate scientists that shared the award with former US Vice President Al Gore, called on business to become more involved in the panel’s work at an ICC business briefing during the UN climate change conference here today.
The launch of an ICC discussion paper and a panel on sectoral approaches to climate change drew more than 100 participants on the penultimate day of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting, as scores more watched via a webcast on the UNFCCC’s website.
A panel of experts debated ways to bridge the gap between the demand for low-carbon technologies and the lack of supply of such commercially available technologies in the energy sector during a side event at the UN climate change conference in Bali today.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) brought together approximately 350 leaders from companies, governments, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations today to review the issues at stake during the UN Climate Change Conference and to suggest ways forward.
Business representatives attending the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali were up to a bit of mischief on Thursday when they called for a meeting with Barbara Black, NGO liaison officer for the UNFCCC, to purportedly discuss the myriad of technical problems with the rooms for their side events.
The International Chamber of Commerce has published recommendations on anti-dumping in the context of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.