High profile for business and SCP at UN meeting
What is the role of business in making consumption and production more sustainable in Asia? And how can policy-makers enable and encourage their role? These key questions will be discussed at the SWITCH-Asia side event planned to take place on 9 May 2011 at the 19th UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in New York City.
SWITCH-Asia will contribute to CSD negotiations and help to develop the 10-Year Framework Programmes (10YFP) by showcasing how business initiatives and partnerships are playing a key role in scaling-up SCP, and how policy-makers can set up an enabling framework for these business actions towards SCP.
The panellists are:
How can governments enable and encourage environment friendly business practices in Asia? by Ms. Liana Bratasida, Assistant Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Indonesian State Ministry of Environment
The Policy Support Component of the SWITCH-Asia Programme – developing innovative SCP policies by Charles Arden-Clarke, Head, Goods and Services Unit, SCP Branch, UNEP
What key role can a retailer play in mainstreaming green and fair products? Working with suppliers and addressing consumers by Ms. Sarah Beatty, Founder & President, Green Depot
How are business partnerships enabling a switch to sustainable consumption and production? by Mr. Jim Fava, co-founder of Five Winds International & chair of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative
What actions are Asian Business Membership Organizations (BMOs) taking to support mainstreaming of sustainable production practices? by Mr. Frans Verspeek, team leader, SWITCH-Asia Network Facility
Moderation by Mr. Rajan Gandhi, Society in Action Group in India.
In the presence of Ms. Liana Bratasida, Assistant Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Indonesian State Ministry of Environment, this side event will illustrate the concrete case of the EU funded SWITCH-Asia Programme aiming at implementation of sustainable consumption and production in Asia.
The panel discussion will provide concrete cases of how business is taking action to mainstream SCP practices and how Asian governments are working to encourage and reinforce responsible business actions.
The session is chaired by Mr. Thomas Wiley - Acting Head of Unit, EuropeAid, European Commission