WBCSD’s Liaison Delegate meeting

 

Dear Valued VBCSD Members,
 
As you may be aware, the Liaison Delegate meeting of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is organized annually in spring in Montreux, Switzerland. The meeting aims to provide delegates, who are WBCSD members’ representatives and invited guests with the opportunity to catch up on the lastest sustainable development issues and network with their peers worldwide. This year, the WBCSD’s Liaison Delegate meeting is to take place from 20 to 24 of April, 2015.
 
You are eligible to participate in this meeting under the umbrella of VBCSD. For further information and registration, please contact the Secretariat.
 
For more information, please find in the WBCSD website by clicking this link
 
Thank you and best regards,
 
Tentative Agenda
Monday 20
08:30 - 18:00 - Zero Emissions Cities*
08:30 - 18:00 - Forest Solutions Group*
08:30 - 18:00 - Natural Capital Protocol Workshop

08:30 - 18:00 - Global Network*

10:30 - 17:00 - Social Capital Protocol Workshop: Charter & Protocol Deep Dive*
10:30 - 18:00 - Assurance Workshop*
12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch

14:00 - 18:00 - Utility of the Future Workshop

14:00 - 18:00 - Sustainable Lifestyles*

14:00 - 18:00 - Reaching Full Potential*
14:00 - 18:00 - WASH Pledge Workshop
17:00 - 18:00 - First Timers Briefing

19:00 - 21:00 - U.S. - India Dinner*

19:00 - 21:00 - Assurance Dinner*

19:00 - 22:00 - Forest Solutions Group Dinner*

19:00 - 22:00 - Global Network Dinner*

19:00 - 22:00 - CSI LD Dinner*

19:00 - 21:00 - Water Dinner*

 

Tuesday 21
08:30 - 18:00 - Low-Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative (LCTPi)
08:30 - 12:30 - New Climate Economy Phase II
08:30 - 12:30 - Reaching Full Potential*
08:30 - 18:00 - CSI LD meeting*

08:30 - 12:30 - Redefining Value: Landscape Mapping

09:00 - 10:30 - LCTPi: Forests & Agriculture

11:00 - 12:30 - Impactful multi-stakeholder engagement

11:00 - 12:30 - Zero Emissions Cities Information Session

14:00 - 18:00 - Sustainable Lifestyle

14:00 - 16:00 - India CSR Bill

14:00 - 18:00 - Water Reuse Workshop

14:00 - 16:00 - Food & Biomaterial Solutions
14:00 - 18:00 - Safe & Sustainable Materials

14:00 - 16:00 - Natural and Social Capital Protocols – Update and Alignment

16:00 - 18:00 - Social Impact: Overview & engagement opportunities
18:00 - 22:00 - WBCSD Gala Dinner

Wednesday 22

08:30 - 09:15 - Plenary - WBCSD past, present & future
09:15 - 10:30 - Plenary - Driving performance through transparency - sector insights
11:00 - 12:30 - Parallel Breakout: Road Safety is No Accident
11:00 - 12:30 - Parallel Breakout: Business Action on SDGs
11:00 - 12:30 - Parallel Breakout: Finance Workshop

11:00 - 12:30 - Parallel Breakout: Supply Chain Management – Experience Sharing

11:00 - 12:30 - Parallel Breakout: Global harmonized approach for Hazardous Substances
11:00 - 12:30 - Parallel Breakout: Carbon Pricing Scenarios

11:00 - 12:30 - Parallel Breakout: Innovative city-business collaboration: Best Practices

13:00 - 14:00 - Briefing session on DIVA (Development through Impact Venture)

14:00 - 14:45 - Plenary: Redefining Value

14:45 - 15:45 - Plenary: 2015-2016 Policy Briefing

16:00 - 17:00 - Breakout: Redefining Value

16:00 - 17:00 - Cluster Leadership Breakout: Sustainable Lifestyles*

16:00 - 17:00 - Cluster Leadership Breakout: Safe & Sustainable Materials

16:00 - 17:00 - Cluster Leadership Breakout: Ecosystems & Landscape Management

16:00 - 17:00 - Cluster Leadership Breakout: Social Impact
16:00 - 17:00 - Cluster Leadership Breakout: Water

16:00 - 17:00 - C&E - Cluster Leadership Group

16:00 - 17:00 - Cluster Leadership Breakout: Climate & Energy

17:00 - 18:00 - Closing Plenary

18:00 - 22:00 - Liaison Delegates Official Dinner

19:00 - 22:00 - Reaching Full Potential Dinner*

 

 

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