2008 Business and Industry Global Dialogue focuses on Climate Change and the Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production
The 2008 UNEP Global Dialogue will be for the third time co-hosted with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) taking place at ICC Headquarters in Paris, France. This year's two-day meeting focuses on the topics Climate Change and the Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production, including new business models and technology innovations in dealing with Resource Efficiency.
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The meeting will bring together business, governments, non-governmental organizations, and research institutes
The 2008 consultative meeting is attended by business and industry, labour unions, NGOs, research institutes as well as other stakeholder groups, including members of the 44 international trade and industry associations that are part of the UNEP consultative network.
UNEP and ICC have been cooperating since the meetings’ origin in 1984
UNEP's Annual Consultative Meeting with its international business and industry network has its origin in the first World Industry Conference on Environmental Management (WICEM) which was held at the Palais des Congrés in Versailles, France, in November 1984. Initiated by UNEP, WICEM was sponsored by world industry in co-operation with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the largest, most representative business organization in the world with thousands of member companies in over 130 countries spanning every sector of private enterprise. The meetings have since been held every year and provide the opportunity for UN officials and representatives of industry and trade associations at a national and international level to discuss the world environment agenda.
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