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SBC gearing
up for Official Launch at WSSD
SBC gearing up for Official Launch at WSSD The Southern Business
Challenge and its members are gearing up for the official launch
of the network at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
in Johannesburg in late August 2002.
Please put the date in your diary now! Launch details are as below:
| DATE |
Thursday, 29 August 2002 |
| VENUE |
Sandton Hilton Hotel, Johannesburg,
South Africa |
| TIME |
11:00am - 1:00pm |
A selection of SBC member companies
from around the world will join invited guests and media to launch
a major new force on the international sustainable development scene.
A panel comprising member companies, sponsors and officials will
speak on just why this unique initiative is set to make waves. The
SBC Declaration to the WSSD, Discussion Papers and SBC member company
profiles will be circulated at the event.
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SBC outputs
for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
1. The SBC will be officially launched at the WSSD.
2. An SBC Declaration to the WSSD outlining the key messages of the
Southern Business Challenge.
3. An ongoing series of SBC Discussion Papers based upon the expertise
of member companies will start at the WSSD with papers focussing on
"Sustainable Energy: the contribution of southern business" and "Sustainable
Tourism: the contribution of southern business."
4. A video profiling representatives of the SBC member companies and
explaining the context and mission of the SBC will be shown at the
SBC Launch and will be widely available after that. |
Report available on SBC's first regional
workshop in Kolkata, India
The first of the SBC's series of regional meetings was held in Kolkata,
India, on Sunday 28 April 2002. SBC companies from India and Nepal
joined experts in corporate social responsibility and sustainable
development in the Park Hotel to introduce their work and discuss
how the SBC should develop in the lead up to the World Summit on Sustainable
Development and beyond. |
Is there a
SBC Regional Workshop planned for your region?
SBC Regional workshops bring together business leaders and other interested
parties to introduce the work of the Southern Business Challenge,
invite applications for membership, and explore the challenges facing
sustainable development in the region.
Southern Africa Regional Workshop
Monday, 2 September 2002 (tbc), Johannesburg, South Africa
Balkans Regional Workshop
Saturday, 28 September 2002 (tbc), Skopje, Macedonia In association
with the Association for Development Initiatives
North Africa Regional Workshop
2 November 2002 (tbc), Marrakech, Morocco In association with the
Resing Institute and IT Power India
Please contact Jonathan Glennie (jonathan@csmworld.org)
if you would like further information or would like to host an SBC
workshop for your region. |
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