World Business Council for Sustainable Development

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), "formed in January 1995 through a merger between the Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) in Geneva and the World Industry Council for the Environment (WICE) in Paris," is an organization made of 165 international companies. The WBCSD claims to be committed "to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress". It has members from more than 35 countries in over 20 major industrial sectors. Founded by Stephan Schmidheiny and Maurice Strong.


 * Former Chair (2004-5) - Bertrand Collomb

World Business Summit on Climate Change
"The United Nations Global Compact, the Copenhagen Climate Council, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the PEW Center on Global Climate Change will convene a World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen on 24-26 May 2009. The Summit aims to ensure that a new global policy framework on climate change takes into account the needs of the business community and provides the right incentives for cutting carbon emissions.

Critique
On June 1, 1997, CorpWatch wrote "This carefully crafted tone of heartening ambiguity masks the reality that WBCSD members, along with many other large corporations, have pushed hard over the last five years for increased corporate power on the global stage. They have been the primary force behind negotiations under GATT, WTO, NAFTA and now the OECD's Multilateral Agreement on Investment. All of these agreements give corporations ever greater rights and ever fewer trade and investment restrictions."

Governance
"The WBCSD is a member-led organization governed by a Council composed of the Council Members of our member companies. The Council elects the Executive Committee, including the Chairman and four Vice Chairmen.

"The Council meets annually to decide on the organization’s priorities and discuss strategic issues connected to sustainable development. These meetings provide a forum where business leaders can analyze and debate views and experiences on all aspects of sustainable development.

"The Executive Committee oversees the management of the organization, and normally meets three times a year." 


 * Björn Stigson, President
 * Odd Gullberg, Chief Operating Officer

Executive Committee
Accessed June 2010:

VICE CHAIRMEN MEMBERS EX OFFICIO
 * HONORARY CHAIRMAN - Stephan Schmidheiny
 * Jorma Ollila - Chairman 	Royal Dutch Shell
 * Markus Ackermann - Chief Executive Officer 	Holcim
 * Mukesh Ambani - Chairman and Managing Director 	Reliance Industries
 * James E. Rogers - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer 	Duke Energy Corporation
 * Masataka Shimizu - President 	Tokyo Electric Power Company
 * Fujio Cho - Chairman and Representative Director 	Toyota Motor Corporation
 * José Manuel Entrecanales - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 	ACCIONA
 * Anne Lauvergeon - Chairman of the Executive Board 	AREVA
 * Jacob Maroga - Chief Executive 	Eskom Holdings Ltd
 * Michael Morris - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer 	American Electric Power
 * Julio Moura - Chairman 	Natura Cosmeticos
 * Paul Polman - Chief Executive Officer 	Unilever
 * Wang Jiming - Vice Chairman 	China Petrochemical Corporation, (Sinopec)
 * Rajat Kumar Gupta - Vice Chairman 	International Chamber of Commerce

Executive Committee (1999)
Accessed June 2010:

Vice chairmen
 * Eugenio Clariond Reyes - Executive President, Grupo IMSA, Mexico
 * Stephan Schmidheiny - Chairman, Anova Holding, Switzerland
 * Shoichiro Toyoda - Honorary Chairman, Member of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan

Members
 * Livio D. DeSimone - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 3M Company, USA
 * Jürgen Dormann - Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management, Aventis, France
 * Christopher S. Gibson-Smith - Managing Director, Executive Vice President Policy and Technology, BP Amoco, United Kingdom
 * Reuel Khosa - Chairman, ESKOM, South Africa
 * Erling S. Lorentzen - Chairman, Aracruz Celulose, Brazil
 * Hugh M. Morgan - Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, WMC, Australia
 * Egil Myklebust - President and Chief Executive Officer, Norsk Hydro, Norway
 * Ron Osborne - President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Power Generation, Canada
 * Phil Watts - Group Managing Director, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, The Netherlands/United Kingdom

Ex-officio
 * Lord Holme of Cheltenham - Cairman of the Commission on Environment, ICC, Special Adviser to the Chairman, Rio Tinto, United Kingdom
 * Richard D. McCormick - Vice President, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Chairman Emeritus, U SWEST, United States

North America Members (1999)
Accessed June 2010:

Canada
 * Noranda - David W. Kerr
 * Ontario Power - Ron Osborne
 * Petro-Canada - Ron A. Brenneman
 * Suncor Energy - Richard L. George
 * TransAlta Corporation - Steve G. Snyder

USA
 * 3M - Livio D. DeSimone
 * Arthur D. Little - Lorenzo Lamadrid
 * AT&T - Braden R. Allenby
 * The Boston Consulting Group - To be announced
 * Cargill - Ernest S. Micek
 * CH2M Hill - Ralph R. Peterson
 * Dow Chemical - William Stavropoulos
 * DuPont - Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
 * Eastman Kodak - George C. Fisher
 * Ford Motor Company - Jacques A. Nasser
 * General Motors - Harry J. Pearce
 * Interface - Ray C. Anderson
 * International Paper - John T. Dillon
 * Johnson & Johnson - Robert N. Wilson
 * Monsanto - Hendrik A. Verfaillie
 * Phelps Dodge - Douglas C. Yearley
 * Procter & Gamble - Durk I. Jager
 * S.C. Johnson & Son - Samuel C. Johnson
 * ThermoRetec Corporation - Robert W. Dunlap
 * Time Warner - R.E. Turner
 * TXI - Gordon E. Forward
 * Unocal - Roger Beach
 * Westvaco - John A. Luke, Jr.
 * Weyerhaeuser - Steven R. Rogel
 * Xerox - Paul A. Allaire

Members
See Menu for links to all members.

United States

 * 3M
 * Alcoa
 * Boston Consulting Group
 * Cargill
 * Caterpillar
 * CH2M Hill
 * ChevronTexaco
 * Coca-Cola Company
 * ConocoPhillips
 * Dell
 * Dow Chemical
 * Dow Corning
 * DuPont
 * Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak)
 * Entergy Corporation
 * Exelon
 * Ford Motor Company
 * General Motors
 * Hewlett-Packard Company
 * Interface
 * International Paper
 * Johnson & Johnson
 * MeadWestvaco
 * Newmont Mining
 * New York Times Company
 * Oracle
 * Pfizer
 * PricewaterhouseCoopers
 * Praxair Inc.
 * Procter & Gamble
 * RETEC Group
 * Rohm & Haas Company
 * S.C. Johnson & Son
 * Time Warner
 * United Technologies Corporation
 * Unocal
 * UOP LLC
 * Visteon
 * Weyerhaeuser

Some European Members

 * Croatia
 * PLIVA
 * Podravka
 * Denmark
 * Borealis
 * Brodrene Hartman
 * Danisco
 * Novo Nordisk
 * Novozymes
 * Finland
 * Fortum
 * Metsaliitto Group
 * Nokia
 * UPM
 * France
 * AREVA
 * Aventis
 * Gaz de France
 * L'Oreal
 * Michelin
 * Renault
 * SUEZ
 * Germany
 * adidas-Salomon
 * Allianz
 * BASF
 * Bayer
 * DalmlerChrysler
 * Degussa
 * Deutsche Bank
 * HeidelbergCement
 * Volkswagon
 * Italy
 * Banca MPS
 * FALCK Group
 * Italcementi Group
 * The Netherlands
 * ABN AMRO Bank
 * Akzo Nobel
 * Heineken
 * Nutreco Group
 * Rabobank Group
 * Royal Dutch Shell/Shell Group
 * Royal Philips Electronics
 * United Kingdom
 * Anglo American
 * BG Group
 * British Petroleum
 * Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
 * Powergen
 * RMC Group

Contact Information
4, chemin de Conches 1231 Conches-Geneva Switzerland Tel: +41 (22) 839 3100 Fax: +41 (22) 839 3131 Email: info AT wbcsd.org Website: http://www.wbcsd.org

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