UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SIDE EVENT - Sustainable Industrial Development: Greening Industry

Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, One United Nations Plaza, New York8 May 2007: 09:00 – 17:45

BACKGROUND

The 15th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) will be held between 30 April and 11 May 2007, at UN Headquarters in New York. This is the second, or policy year of the second implementation cycle during which the Commission will continue its focus on the following areas:  Energy for Sustainable Development; Industrial Development; Air pollution/ Atmosphere; and Climate Change.

In order to highlight the contribution of industrial development to sustainable development and poverty reduction, UNIDO, with the support of the Austrian Government and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), has organised a one-day event during CSD-15 that will examine a number of aspects related to sustainable industrial development and its links to the other themes of CSD-15.

The event will consist of two high-level panel discussions moderated by Mr Rodney Smith, the presenter of the BBC World Service’s “World Business Review”. The panels will consist of experts from government, business, civil society and international organisations. The first panel will examine the broader issues around sustainable industrial development including how to measure and move towards economic, social and environmental sustainability in industry.  The second panel will focus on ways to promote the efficient use of energy by industry, and the importance of doing so to promote economic growth and tackle climate change.

The event will also discuss the relatively new concept of chemical leasing and how it can help to reduce the use of chemicals in industrial processes.

PROGRAMME - Sustainable Industrial Development: Greening Industry

8 May 2007: 09:00 – 17:45

9:00 – 9:30  Registration

9:30 – 10:00  Welcome and Introduction

Mr Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General, UNIDO
Ambassador Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl, Director General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria

10:00 – 10:30  Keynote Presentation

Mr.Stavros Dimas, Commissioner for Environment, European Commission (keynote speech)

10:30 – 13:00  Sustainable Industrial Development

Sustainable Industrial Development  (background paper)

How can industry be made more sustainable?  How can we measure progress?  What are the economic, social and environmental benefits?

Moderator: Mr Rodney Smith, World Business Review, BBC World Service,

• Mr Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General, UNIDO
• Ms Jane Nelson, Director Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Harvard University
• Ms Jacqueline Coté, Senior Advisor Advocacy and Partnerships, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• Mr Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Under Secretary-General and High Representative, UN-OHRLLS
• Mr Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, DESA

13:00 – 14:35 Lunch

14:45 – 16:15  Industrial Energy Efficiency (background paper+executive summary of b'ground paper)

Improving energy efficiency in industry is good for the climate, and good for business.  What policies need to be put in place to promote further uptake, and where would the financing come from?

Moderator: Mr Rodney Smith, World Business Review, BBC World Service,

• Hon. Daudi Migereko Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
• Mr Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General, UNIDO
• Mr Neil Hirst, Director of Technology and R&D, IEA 
• Mr Peter Davies, Senior Energy Adviser, DFID, UK
• Mr Paul Scheihing, Industrial Technologies Programme, Department of Energy, USA
• Ms Marianne Moscoso-Osterkorn, International Director, REEEP

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break

16:15 – 16:45  Coffee Break

Chemical Leasing provides a possible way for reducing the use of chemicals in industrial processes.  How does it work, and what are the benefits?

•  Mr Heinz Leuenberger, Director for Energy and Cleaner Production, UNIDO
• Mr Ashraf Elwassify, Technical Manager and Deputy General Manager, Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings SAE, Egypt

Participants

The event is open to all the participants of the Commission for Sustainable Development, representatives of Diplomatic Missions in New York and the general public.  Registration will begin at 09.00.  No pre-registration is required.  Space is, however, limited.  There is no charge to attend the event.

Venue

The meeting will be held in the Ballroom of the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, One United Nations Plaza, New York.

Sponsors

Government of Austria and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP).