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Asian Environment Outlook 2005

Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Performance
Hotel Okura Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26 October 2004

Post Workshop Statement

The workshop was held in conjunction with the three-day meeting of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) from 25-28 October 2004. A select group of about 20 participants comprising executives from companies with supply chains deep into Asia and the Pacific as well as representatives of WBCSD attended the workshop. During the workshop the authors presented initial findings and sought feedback from the relevant stakeholders. A similar workshop was held in Hong Kong, China on 8 November 2004.

Key points gleaned from the workshops include:

  • affirmation of both the scale of and high stakes involved in the region's rapid economic expansion that currently pays little attention to protecting the environment
  • the need to address issues related to small and medium enterprises (SME), both those linked through global supply chains and those outside of it, such as capacity building, incentives, special policy approaches, etc.
  • the need for new policies that will encourage innovation rather than incremental improvements.

Read the key recommendations of the participants in the Amsterdam workshop.

Purpose

To seek feedback from developed-country corporations with their supply chains deep into Asia regarding corporate responsibility for environmental performance.

Objectives

At the end of the workshop, participants will have:

  • a preview of the initial findings of Asian Environment Outlook (AEO) 2005 as presented by the authors
  • shared their views regarding corporate responsibility for environmental performance through an open discussion following the author presentations and by filling out the workshop participant work sheet

Expected Outputs

Inputs from the workshop participants will be incorporated in the final AEO report to be presented to the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in the Republic of Korea in March 2005.

Target Participants

Participation is by invitation only

  • CEOs, top managers and executives of developed-country corporations represented at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development three-day meeting in October 2004 in Amsterdam

Resource Speaker

Workshop Documents

Contact

Rachel Salazar
Communications Consultant
Tel: + 632 632 4444 ext 70042
Email: rsalazar@adb.org

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