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Industry Partnership for Consumer Industries
Industry Partners are select Member companies of the World
Economic Forum that areactively involved in the Forums mission at
the industry level. With privileged access tothe Forums
multistakeholder networks and experts, partnership brings
visibility andinsight to strategic decision-making on the most
important industry and cross-industryrelated issues. This access
and insight allows Partners to contribute to leading changein
global and regional issues and engage in action to support
corporate globalcitizenship.
The Forum connects people. Its one of the best networks Ive ever
seen, especially for the issues where thesolutions involve not only
business but also government, NGOs and academia.
Kendall J. Powell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General
Mills, USA
Partnership Highlights
The Consumer Industries community develops multistakeholder
projects on themes such as sustainability, agriculture,health and
water security. Over the year, Partners contributed to a broad
portfolio of projects and actively participated invarious working
groups and task forces with key public officials and other
constituents. Highlights include: Supported by the UN, raised water
security to be the top media story at the Annual Meeting 2008 and
shared forecast
in 2009; generated dialogue between policy-makers and business
on water shortage, based on a geopolitical andeconomic forecast of
the world in 2025 under a business as usual scenario
In partnership with the World Health Organization, supported
development of regional and global partnerships betweenpublic and
private sectors, focused on prevention of chronic disease through
workplace wellness
Developed a cutting edge report, Redesigning Business Value: A
Roadmap to Sustainable Consumption, providing anaspirational
framework for innovation, collaboration and long-term investment as
the way towards a sustainable future
Captured best practice in examples of scalable business models
that combat poverty and hunger along the food valuechain in a
report entitled The Next Billions
Built a coalition of over 30 business, government and civil
society organizations in Kenya, The Business AllianceAgainst
Chronic Hunger, to identify innovative business approaches to
combating poverty and hunger
Built partnerships with local governments on the future of
agriculture in Tanzania and Vietnam
Industry Partnership Privileges
Partnership offers privileged access to the Forums networks
across business, government, academ ia and non-governmental
organizations for chairs/CEOs and senior leadership teams to
identify issues that can benefit fromcollaborative action bringing
together key leaders to create the necessary change. This is
achieved through:
Participation in community meetingso Invitation to the exclusive
Governors Meeting (chairs/CEOs only) during the Annual Meeting in
Davos-Klosterso Invitation for a second board-level executive at
the Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters o Invitation to the Annual
Meeting of the New Champions with up to two registrations for board
level executives o Free access to exclusive Industry Partnership
meetings for heads of strategy, heads of communication or
public
affairs and other senior executiveso Free access to exclusive
regional meetings for regional heads or other senior executives
Participation in initiatives and projectso Leadership positions
within industry projects and task forceso Priority access to
cross-industry projects (e.g. scenarios, risk analysis) and
regional meetings
Engagement in Global Agenda Councilso Based on individual
expertise, Industry Partnership offers even deeper involvement
through participation in the
Forums Global Agenda Councils, which create solutions to the
most important issues on the global agenda
Who can participate?
Participation is reserved for leading consumer industry members
of the global business community who are committedto the mission of
the World Economic Forum. Industry Partnership provides
opportunities for senior executives fromthese companies to engage
in Forum activities throughout the year.
Davos is a unique opportunity to share ideas with people who
have committed to improving the state of the
worldan ambitious (and attainable) goal.Mark G. Parker, Chief
Executive Officer, Nike, USA
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Consumer Industry Partners (as of March 2011)Archer Daniels
Midland Co. (ADM)Best Buy Co. Inc.Bunge Limited
Cargill Inc.CarrefourDiageoThe Coca-Cola CompanyDuPontEcolab
Inc.Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationGeneral Mills Inc.Heineken
NV
Henkel AG & Co. KgaAInternational Finance Corporation
(IFC)*Kirin Holdings Company Limited
Kraft Foods Inc.Lawson Inc.LVMH Mot Hennessy - Louis
VuittonMarks & SpencerMETRO GroupMonsanto CompanyNestl SANike
Inc.The Olayan Group
PepsiCo Inc.SABMiller PlcS. C. Johnson & Son Inc.
Sealed Air Corp.Syngenta International AGTechnogym**Tesco
PlcUnileverWal-Mart Stores Inc.Wesfarmers LimitedYara International
ASAYum! Brands Inc.
* Industry Associate ** GGC Shaper
Those of us who have been involved with the Forum for a number
of years have seen the value in leveragingthis powerful
platform.
Muhtar A. Kent, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, USA
Projects and Initiatives
New Vision for Agriculture Engages high-level leaders of
industry, government and international institutions withsupport
from leading experts to define a shared agenda for agricultural
development byaddressing topics such as investment, technology,
policy, trade and environmentalsustainability. Participants define
joint priorities, recommendations and opportunities
forcollaboration and impact at global and country levels.
Driving SustainableConsumption
Working in collaboration with a coalition of interested
governments and internationalorganisations, the Policy Innovation
Platform will engage business to supply reliable andunbiased
guidance to advance public policies that embrace and enable the
dynamic nature ofbusiness innovation. This platform will focus on
sharing the experience and benefits of specificand proven sets of
policies that have accelerated and scaled up sustainable
consumption. Aseries of dialogues and workshops will take place at
the Forums regional events in 2011.
Water Resources GroupPhase 2
Builds awareness on the risks of water insecurity and the
importance of the water-energy-food nexus to sustained economic
growth. Aligning the Forum's experience in buildingpublic-private
coalitions with the latest analytics in the water resource space,
the initiative isworking with a group of leader countries to
demonstrate proof of concept of the ACTprocess: to engage in
Analysis to Convene multistakeholder discussions and to
undertakepublic-private water sector Transformations. The key focus
areas for technology deploymentand best practice sharing include
water use improvements in agriculture, municipalinfrastructure and
industry, as well as innovations in financing and institutional
reform.
Green GrowthPartnerships
Aims to help a number of partner governments and their domestic
private sector turn theirnational or regional low carbon
development strategies into investible propositions. At theend of a
two year process success will be judged on whether the initiative
has been able todevelop investment propositions for select sectors
of their economies (for example energy,transportation, land-use)
that are ready for uptake in the capital market. Outcomes will
bepresented at COP17 in Durban, at Rio +20, at COP18, and will feed
in the G20 Business
Task Force on the Green Economy.
Health and Well-being Fosters collaboration of key stakeholders
across sectors on issues pertaining to globalhealth and including
international bodies such as the World Health Organization. Two
areasof focus include the Workplace Wellness Alliance, engaging
employers in a collaboration toimprove employee health and
productivity and reduce the burden of chronic diseases,
andIncentives for Healthy Living, supporting high-level dialogue on
the partnerships and policiesneeded to facilitate healthy
lifestyles and develop markets for health. Deliverables of
theinitiatives are planned to input into the UN Summit on
Non-Communicable Diseases inSeptember 2011.
Global Agenda CouncilsThe Global Agenda Councils represent an
innovation in global cooperation, creating multistakeholder groups
to tacklethe most important issues on the global agenda. Each
Council convenes 15-20 leading experts to propose solutions,devise
strategies and evaluate the effectiveness of actions. The insight
is fed direct ly into the Forums activities,
including the Industry Partnership Programme. Based on
individual expertise, senior executives from Industry Partnersmay
be invited to participate. Of the network of 70 Global Agenda
Councils, the following are particularly relevant to theConsumer
Industries:
Chronic Diseases & Conditions Water Security
Food Security Sustainable Consumption
Ocean Governance Climate Change
For more information on this Industry Partnership Programme,
please [email protected].
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