ReportGlobal Green Growth Forum20-21 October 2014, Copenhagen
Changing Production and Consumption Patterns – through Transformative Action
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Achieving a global green transition is one of the most
important challenges of our time. A challenge that
calls for global leadership, collective action and inno-
vative solutions.
Throughout the year, the Global Green Growth Fo-
rum actively addresses this challenge. We match
global political leaders with leaders from the private
and civic sector to find new innovative and strategic
solutions to ensure collective action for a greener
economy.
In 2014, particular attention has been devoted to
promoting solutions that can ensure sustainable
production and consumption patterns. This is crucial
if we are to meet the needs and aspirations of a
growing global middle class and build an inclusive,
green economy that respects the climate, environ-
ment and planetary boundaries. In only 15 years the
world economy will double and the middle class will
grow with three billion people!
Our fourth annual summit on 20-21 October 2014
provided a platform for green growth leaders and de-
cision-makers to join forces in high-level delibera-
tions, exchange knowledge and share best practices.
As a core element of 3GF, 11 strategic partnerships
were launched or leveraged during the two days of
green growth interaction.
The present report provides you with an overview of
the outcomes of this year’s 3GF. I hope it can serve as
an inspiration and spur interest in engaging with the
3GF.
Allow me to take this opportunity to extend my sin-
cere appreciation for the still increasing support for
the 3GF. In particular, I would like to thank our 3GF
partner countries; China, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Re-
public of Korea, Mexico and Qatar for joining us on
this green growth path.
To build upon this global engagement and to pro-
mote and develop the partnerships further, I am
pleased to announce that the 3GF will co-host a
number of regional 3GF meetings in 2015. We are
very excited about this and invite our partners and
stakeholders to engage with us in this endeavor in
the coming year.
Our next high-level summit in Copenhagen will take
place in early 2016 and focus on concrete follow-up
to the UN processes culminating in 2015. As a global
platform for “powerful doers”, we believe this timing
will bring maximum impact for accelerating the tran-
sition to a greener economy.
Preface
Martin LidegaardMinister for Foreign AffairsDenmark
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IndexXX2 3GF Partners
XX3 Preface
XX5 Programme Overview 3GF2014
XX6 Summary of Proceedings
X10 Partnership Sessions: Launch or Leverage
X27 Partnership Sessions: Ideas Lab
X34 Plenary Sessions
X46 In Conversations
X53 Learning Sessions
X59 Opening Statements
• H.E. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister, Denmark
• H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister, The Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia
• Eng. Joseph Njoroge, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Energy and
Petroleum, Republic of Kenya
• H.E. Ahmad bin Amer bin Mohamed Al-Hemaidi, Minister of
Environment, State of Qatar
• H.E. Liu Qi, Vice Minister National Energy Administration (NEA),
People´s Republic of China
• H.E. Dr. Seunghoon Lee, Co-Chair of the Green Growth Committee of the
Government of the Republic of Korea
• Mr. Roberto Dondisch, Director General for Global Issues of Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Mexico
X76 Copenhagen Competition
X78 Closing Remarks
• H.E. Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark
X81 Participants 101 3GF Secretariat
Programme Programme
09:00 10:15
III
Opening Plenary
10:15 10:45
Plenary
III Walking in the Shoes of Future Middle Class ConsumersParticipatory Backcasting
10:45 11:00
Break
11:00 12:15
Plenary
III Transforming our Cities
12:15 12:45
Break
12:45 14:15
Partnership Sessions: Launch or Leverage
IV Building Efficiency Accelerator D Polymers and
Packaging in the Circular Economy by 2025
II The Water-Energy Nexus: Water Resources Management
A Innovation to Transform Food Production
I Valuing Nature in Business
14:15 14:45
Tea/coffee
14:45 15:45
Plenary
III Enabling the Producer – Transforming our Production Patterns
15:45 16:00
Break
16:00 17:00
Learning Sessions In Conversations
A Kenya: Public-Private Green Growth Strategies
D Transformative Action: Energy Efficiency by Design
II Towards a Sustainable Financial System: The Case of China
IV Transformative Action: Sustainable Agriculture in a Globalized World
I Better Cities through a New Climate Economy
17:00 17:15
Break
17:15 18:30
Plenaries
II Transforming the Food Sector III Transforming the
Energy Sector18:30 19:00
Transfer by boat to dinner at the Royal Danish Opera House
08:00 09:15
Partnership Sessions: Ideas Lab
I LAUNCH Nordic - a Better World of Textiles and Materials
D Competitive Advantage of Sustainable Infrastructure
IV Green Bonds for Water II Business and
Social Innovation for Sustainable Lifestyles
A 3GF Stocktaking – Partnership Market Place
09:15 09:45
Break
09:45 11:00
Plenary
III Facing the Consumer/Citizen - Transforming our Consumption Patterns
11:00 11:45
Break III Copenhagen Competition Award Ceremony
11:45 13:15
Partnership Sessions: Launch or Leverage
II Scaling Green Off-Grid Energy Solutions F Public Procurement
and Eco-Innovation in the Health Sector
I Creating Sustainable Apparel Value Chains IV Power System
Transformation
D Financial Flows for Land Restoration A Unlocking the Value
of Waste
13:15 13:30
Tea/coffee
13:30 14:30
Learning Sessions In Conversations
A Africa - Removing Entry Barriers I Transformative
Action: The Politics of Green Economy
II China: Renewable Energy Cooperation D Transformative
Action: Attracting Finance for Cities
14:30 15:00
Break
15:00 16:30
Plenary
III Transforming our Economic Growth Paths
16.30
III
Closing Remarks
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MONDAY20 October 2014
1 DAY
TUESDAY21 October 2014
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Under the headline of “Changing Production and Con-
sumption Patterns through Transformative Action”,
the 4th Global Green Growth Forum on 20-21 October
2014 convened more than 500 leaders and deci-
sion-makers from businesses, finance, governments,
cities and civil society to further advance inclusive,
green growth. The 3GF2014 presented collaborative
partnerships, stimulated high-level discussions, ex-
changed innovative solutions and best practices across
regions and sectors, providing the foundation for
achieving green growth impacts.
To achieve a global green economy, we need to trans-
form the way we produce, live and consume. Driven by
rising populations and by the increasing demands of
the expanding global middle class, we witness a
mounting pressure on the world’s resources. A global
green transition is crucial if we are to increase global
prosperity for all without compromising opportunities
for future generations.
The New Climate Economy report sent a clear signal
that countries at all levels of income have the opportu-
nity to build lasting economic growth while reducing
the risk of climate change. The UN Climate Summit in
New York provided political momentum for achieving a
greener future for all. Next year, world leaders will
have to agree on the Sustainable Development Goals
and a global climate agreement.
3GF is an active part of these global processes as a
platform for innovative solutions and green growth
partnerships. 3GF brings together leaders and deci-
sion-makers from businesses, finance, governments,
cities and civil society to exchange knowledge and
strategies, inspire and, above all, to forge long-term
partnerships that can provide new models for inclusive
and green growth.
The 2014 Forum was opened by the Prime Minister of
Denmark and by representatives of the 3GF partner
countries: the Prime Minister of Ethiopia (new partner
country in 2014) the Principal Secretary, Ministry of
Energy and Petroleum of Kenya, the Minister of Envi-
ronment of Qatar, the Vice Minister of the National En-
ergy Administration of the People’s Republic of China,
the Co-Chair of the Green Growth Committee of the
Republic of Korea and the Director General for Global
Issues of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Other
public representatives included the President of Ghana
as well as several ministers and mayors.
CEO’s and senior executives from companies such as
Alstom, Banamex, Bidco Oil Refineries, Carlsberg, Dan-
foss, Desso, Esquel Group, Grundfos, Johnson Controls,
Kenya Private Sector Alliance, Levis Strauss & Co, Mas-
dar, Novo Nordisk, Novozymes, Philips, Saint-Gobain,
Siemens, Trina Solar, Unilever and Vestas were active
throughout the event. High level representatives from
the Centro Mario Molina, EBRD, IFC, IDB, IEA, IISD, OECD,
WBCSD, WRAP, WRI, WWF, and other key organisations
also actively contributed. A full list of participants is
available at 3gf.dk/2014.
The overarching headline for 3GF2014 was Changing
Production and Consumption Patterns through Trans-
formative Action. Under this heading, the Forum ex-
plored three key questions: How should we live our
lives; where will we live and what will we live from?
Each session was designed to examine the needed
transformative action to promote sustainable produc-
tion and consumption for a greener economy. Major
themes from 3GF2014 included:
Sustainable consumption for future con sum ers. Stimulating sustainable lifestyles for bil-
lions of future middle class consumers is seen as criti-
cal. New solutions are needed in policy, business mod-
els, infrastructure, products, services, and invest-
ment. 3GF2014 tuned in on these solutions through a
number of high-level sessions and partnership ideas
labs. Participants agreed that sustainability and af-
fordability should go hand-in-hand and infrastructure
should be put in place that makes sustainable living
convenient.
Transformation to more sustainable production is the flipside of the sustainable con-
sumption coin. Here the emphasis is on the need for
radical changes in business models and supply chains:
a company race to the top. Game-changing business
models by frontrunner companies can be main-
streamed via a mixture of regulation, voluntary agree-
ments and exchanges of best practice.
Summary of Proceedings
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Future pathways of urban development were per-
ceived as crucial in enabling and stimulating sustaina-
ble lifestyles. The choices cities make today will influ-
ence consumption patterns of the future. Participants
emphasised that greener, more liveable cities need
not cost more: investments in green infrastructure
create economic growth and jobs, and simultaneously
improve quality of life. However, coordinated planning
processes with sustainability goals at their core are
necessary to release win-win opportunities.
More sustainable financial systems can play a key
role in underpinning a transformation to more sustain-
able business models at the company level. More
broadly, financial markets need to be better aligned
with global social and environmental objectives. Dis-
cussions at 3GF2014 identified opportunities for cre-
ating bond markets to allow affordable funding of sus-
tainable infrastructures, promoted the use of natural
capital accounting to allow investors to gauge environ-
mental risk, and identified potential new rules for fi-
nancial systems to better encourage sustainable long-
term investments rather than quick gains.
Transformation of the food and energy sectors was recognised as a core element of a greener
economy. These sectors are essential for human de-
velopment but are also associated with high environ-
mental impacts. Use of agricultural sustainability
standards was found not to preclude global compe-
tiveness. The huge potential of African smallholder
farmers to begin a new green revolution with develop-
ment and environmental benefits was recognised. A
recurrent message was that subsidies for fossil fuels
should be phased out while economic instruments
should be used to provide stable conditions for invest-
ments in renewable energy.
11 collaborative partnerships were launched or lever-
aged at 3GF2014. They addressed specific issues un-
der the overall theme:
Polymers and Packaging in the Circular Economy by 2025. At 3GF 2014, a new partnership
was launched between the City of Copenhagen and
the Project Mainstream, including WEF, EMF and McK-
insey. This ambitious collaboration between local
waste management and global packaging producers
will develop a roadmap to transform global plastic
packaging.
Green Off-Grid Energy Solutions. 3GF demonstrat-
ed that green off grids are emerging as a viable solu-
tion for providing access to electricity in remote rural
and isolated areas. A collaborative partnership was
launched to provide 20,000 villages around the world
with access to high quality and renewable energy.
Creating Sustainable Apparel Value Chains. The
world’s apparel and footwear industry plays a signifi-
cant role in the global economy but faces challenges in
reducing environmental impacts and securing worker
wellbeing. At 3GF 2014, a group of leading multi stake-
holder initiatives and companies agreed to coordinate
efforts on a sustainable system for apparel production
and launch a Race to the Top process at country level
with a first deliverable in 2015. The Vietnamese, Dutch
and Danish governments were keen to take part in the
process as well.
Unlocking the Value of Waste. Waste generation is
one of the world’s fastest growing environmental chal-
lenges. At 3GF2014, a new partnership was launched
to unlock the value of waste through an Integrated
Waste Management System. Partners agreed to devel-
op roadmaps, identify best practices and implement
demonstration projects to overcome this critical issue.
Public Procurement and Eco-Innovation in the Health Sector. At 3GF2014, a partnership to develop
global green standards for procurement in the health
sector was launched. The partnership will kick off with
an inquiry into the extent to which governments are
practising green public procurement in Asia. New part-
ners expressed interest to join the partnership and ex-
pand its reach.
Building Efficiency Accelerator. The Building Effi-
ciency Accelerator has used the 3GF platform to bring en-
ergy efficient solution providers together with subna-
tional governments to accelerate energy efficiency in
buildings. At 3GF2014, four new partners joined the part-
nership, Saint-Gobain, Samsung C&T, CECEP and Alstom.
Valuing Nature in Business. First-mover business-
es, Kering and Novo Nordisk, shared their experience in
natural capital accounting and invited further partici-
pation by the private sector. Governments, business
and investors agreed that incentives and an enabling
environment is critical for success. The Natural Capital
Protocol will be instrumental in making this happen.
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Financial Flows for Land Restoration. 3GF2014
highlighted the importance of restoration and present-
ed a framework for unlocking financial flows for restora-
tion. Key points in moving forward include: “enabling
conditions” in the financing framework, an indicator
framework, bundling sustainable agriculture together
with sustainable forest management and focusing on
the deployment of risk management mechanisms.
Water-Energy Nexus. In 2014, the Water Resources
Group 2030 partnership was leveraged by the 3GF plat-
form to find smart solutions to the water and energy nex-
us. Collaboration is central to success and new stake-
holders were engaged, including the Government of
Kenya, to achieving impact at speed and at scale.
Innovation to transform food production. 3GF par-
ticipants focussed on the opportunity to reduce environ-
mental footprints while increasing global food produc-
tion. IFC, IFAD, IUCN and other partners took the first
steps in developing a clearing house to scale up sustaina-
ble agriculture innovations.
Power System Transformation. Transformation to a
more sustainable power system is a complex challenge
requiring an effective policy environment, financing
models and opportunities for utilities. At 3GF2014, a
number of key stakeholders identified opportunities
to strengthen collaboration and knowledge sharing
such as the OECD policy guidance, the 21st Century
Power Partnership and utility based partnerships.
The Partnership Ideas Lab advanced a range of green
growth topics and laid the foundation for new collabora-
tions. An exciting range of ideas and initiatives was pre-
sented. The acceleration of innovations for sustainable
textiles and materials through the Launch Nordic plat-
form presented new business models for reducing im-
pacts of textiles: a nanotech process for dramatically in-
creasing dying efficiencies and reducing water pollu-
tion, a leasing model for children’s clothes and a B2B con-
cept for increasing the eco-efficiency of cotton produc-
tion. Green water bonds identified key roles for IFIs in
providing affordable financing by opening bond markets
in emerging countries. A huge growth in global infra-
structure presents a competitive advantage to integrat-
ing sustainable design principles, provided that cities
have the will and instruments to apply these. Sustaina-
ble lifestyles and social innovation was confirmed as a
critical theme for governments, business and civil socie-
ty with participants agreeing to establish actions for
change.
A 3GF Stocktaking session identified success factors
for partnerships previously launched or leveraged
through the 3GF. Successful 3GF partnerships includ-
ed: a global protocol on food waste for countries and
companies; a global movement to promote industrial
symbiosis; a business model to address water leakages;
a network to make use of data and monitoring to fight
deforestation; an alliance to promote open markets to
facilitate clean energy technology developments; and
a partnership promoting sustainable aviation.
Recognising that there is no single model for achieving
green growth, Learning Sessions at 3GF2014 facilitated
cross-country sharing and comparison of experiences.
Reform of financial systems being explored by UNEP,
resonated with green bond initiatives in China, and
greening of monetary policies in Bangladesh. Cities de-
veloping climate initiatives via better transport systems
and more efficient buildings commonly experience
knock-on social and economic benefits. Legislation in
Kenya enabled successful public-private partnerships
to finance essential infrastructure in rural Kenya.
Apart from transformations in energy and agriculture
(see under Major Themes) In Conversation sessions
discussed transformation pathways in green economy
politics, city development and design of energy effi-
cient products. These sessions considered disruptive
rather than incremental changes in approaches. For ex-
ample, energy efficient products in the future should
be designed with end users instead of for them.
The Way Ahead2015 will be an extremely important year for global
green processes. The detailed post-2015 sustainable
development agenda need to be agreed during 2015.
The UNFCCC’s COP process is also expected to culmi-
nate in Paris in December with the agreement of goals
and commitments for reductions in greenhouse gases.
The insights and conclusions from the 3GF2014 will
provide inputs to these processes and other high-level
international deliberations and forums on sustainable
consumption and production, resource efficiency and
green growth. The way ahead for 3GF will be designed
to support and feed into these international processes
with maximum impact.
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Partnership Sessions Launch or Leverage
Outcome from the Partnership Strategy Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Building Efficiency Accelerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
The Water-Energy Nexus: Water Resources Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Valuing Nature in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Polymers and Packaging in the Circular Economy by 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Innovation to Transform Food Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Scaling Green Off-Grid Energy Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Creating Sustainable Apparel Value Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Financial Flows for Land Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Public Procurement and Eco-Innovation in the Health Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Power System Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unlocking the Value of Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
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Outcome from the Partnership Strategy Sessions• Building Efficiency Accelerator – Buildings repre-
sent a high-impact opportunity for energy effi-
ciency as it account for around 30-40% of global
energy use and more than 30% of CO2 emissions.
At 3GF 2014, the partnership was joined by Saint-
Gobain, Samsung C&T, CECEP and Alstom, and also
received positive replies from other participants.
The partners agreed to progress on defining and
prioritizing commitments, providing a standard-
ized menu of policy options and technical support,
and on helping governments communicate and
promoting their commitments in order to speed up
adoption of best-practice policies and the imple-
mentation of projects.
• Water-Energy Nexus: Water Resources Manage-
ment – By 2035 water use for energy production
could increase by 49% globally. This makes the wa-
ter energy nexus a critical aspect of water resourc-
es management. At 3GF2014, the Water Resources
Group 2030 partnership was leveraged and the
session focused on finding innovative solutions to
the water and energy nexus. The critical role of
public private collaboration was stressed in order
to realise speed and scale of solutions; and the role
of policy initiatives and regulation in creating a
more enabling environment was discussed. New
stakeholders were engaged including the Govern-
ment of Kenya. The partners will continue the work
towards implementing and scaling solutions.
• Valuing Nature in Business – Our natural capital and
provision of ecosystem services are rapidly deplet-
ing, yet its value is not accounted for in business
decisions. This prevents companies and investors
from accurately incorporating dependencies and
impacts on nature into decision-making, which re-
sults in an added risk of doing business and an add-
ed threat to long term sustainability. At 3GF2014,
the partnership on Valuing Nature in Business lev-
eraged its scope and ambitions. First-mover busi-
nesses, Kering and Novo Nordisk, shared their ex-
perience in natural capital accounting and invited
further participation by the private sector. Govern-
ments, business and investors agreed that incen-
tives and an enabling environment are critical for
success. The Natural Capital Protocol will be instru-
mental in making this happen and partners will
continue to provide inputs in developing the Natu-
ral Capital Protocol.
• Polymers and Packaging in the Circular Economy by
2025 - Global production and consumption of plas-
tic packaging is growing rapidly, however, a stale-
mate currently exists between global (and local)
packaging designs and municipal systems for col-
lection, separation and reprocessing of packaging,
due to the inability of each to influence the other.
At 3GF2014, a new partnership was launched be-
tween the City of Copenhagen and the Project
Mainstream, including WEF, EMF and McKinsey,
which will facilitate collaboration between a pilot
group of influential cities, reverse logistics compa-
nies, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manu-
facturers and retailers to develop an authoritative
roadmap for plastic packaging in the circular econ-
omy. It was agreed that the City of Copenhagen will
be the first hub for testing this new model and feed
into the global roadmap.
• Innovation to Transform Food Production – due to
growing populations and increasing consumption
the global demand for food will rise for at least an-
other 40 years. At the same time, agriculture is
one of the major threats to environmental sustain-
ability. At 3GF2014, IFC, IFAD, IUCN and other part-
ners took the first steps towards developing a
clearing house to scale up sustainable agriculture
innovations. Participants expressed great enthu-
siasm and interest in moving the partnership for-
ward. Next steps will include steps such as identi-
fying best practices and key barriers, and develop-
ing a system approach to better address the cross-
cutting and complex issues of transforming food
production.
• Scaling Green Off-Grid Energy Solutions – Today,
nearly 1.3 billion still lack access to electricity.
Green Off-Grids are emerging as a viable solution
for providing access to electricity in remote rural
and isolated areas as critical technologies have
been proven and the price of renewable options
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PARTNERSHIP SESSIONS: LAUNCH OR LEVERAGE
has fallen. At 3GF2014, a partnership was
launched that will provide 20,000 villages around
the world with access to high quality and renewa-
ble energy. The partnership seeks to bring Green
Off-Grid Energy Solutions to scale by designing
and implementing hybrid Off-Grid business mod-
els, an Off-Grid policy framework and a reference
debt/equity package to enable the financing of
initial projects including at least 50 Off-Grids. The
partnership will serve as a focal point for coordi-
nation amongst multiple international stakehold-
ers in conjunction with the most remote and rural
villages to implement Green Off-Grid Energy Solu-
tions.
• Creating Sustainable Apparel Value Chains – the
world’s apparel and footwear industry both plays a
significant role in the global economy and is re-
sponsible for high environmental impacts and de-
mand on resources. These have caused the sector
to be characterized as a ‘race to the bottom’, where
products are sourced in a downward spiral of
cheaper labour, lower quality and more exploita-
tive, unsafe and polluting factories. At 3GF2014, a
proposal for a new partnership led by SAC, Le-
vi-Strauss & Co, IFC, IDH, Better Work and others
was presented with the goal of creating conditions
that will establish a ‘Race to the Top’ process at
country level with a first deliverable in 2015. The
Dutch, Vietnamese and Danish governments ex-
pressed their keenness to take part in the ‘Race to
the Top’ process.
• Financial Flows for Land Restoration – Globally,
about one third of agricultural land is degraded
through forest clearance or over-exploitation of
soil. However, around 2 billion hectares of degrad-
ed lands have the potential for restoration, but the
cost of this is set at $1billion. At 3GF2014, a global
partnership was launched to create the tools, tech-
nologies and frameworks required to help unlock
the $1billion in restoration finance globally by
2030. Moving forward actions will be put in place to
develop enabling conditions in the financial frame-
work, bundling sustainable agriculture together
with sustainable forest management and focusing
on the deployment of risk management mecha-
nisms.
• Public Procurement and Eco-Innovation in the
Health Sector - Almost two thirds of the environ-
mental impact of the health sector is directly linked
to procurement and supply chain management. At
the same time, global spending on procurement in
the health sector is valued at US$ 3 trillion per an-
num. This holds great promise for the positive ef-
fect of greening procurement and spurring eco-in-
novation in the health sector. At 3GF2014, a part-
nership was launched to develop global green
standards for procurement – a green public pro-
curement protocol – for the health sector including
pharmaceuticals, medical devices, health products
and health infrastructure. The partnership will kick
off with an inquiry into the extent to which govern-
ments are practising green public procurement in
Asia. New partners expressed interest to join the
partnership and expand its reach.
• Power System Transformation - Transformation to
a more sustainable power system is a complex chal-
lenge and it requires an effective policy environ-
ment, financing models and opportunities for utili-
ties. At 3GF2014, the power system transforma-
tion stakeholder network was leveraged, stream-
lining knowledge-sharing in order to identify and
address the common technical, economic and insti-
tutional challenges, which are associated with re-
newable energy deployment. Key stakeholders
from the public and private sector identified a num-
ber of opportunities to strengthen collaboration
and knowledge sharing such as the OECD policy
guidance, the 21st Century Power Partnership and
utility based partnerships.
• Unlocking the Value of Waste – Increasing popula-
tion, industrialization, consumption and urbaniza-
tion have resulted in generation and accumulation
of huge amounts of waste, constituting waste as
one of the world’s fastest growing environmental
problems. The key challenge in managing waste is
unlocking value in the waste and recycling supply
chain while also creating cleaner cities and socie-
ties. At 3GF2014, a new partnership was launched
to unlock the value of waste through an Integrat-
ed Waste Management System. 11 partners
signed a declaration of cooperation and agreed to
develop roadmaps, identify best practices and im-
plement demonstration projects with the purpose
of improving waste management and unlocking
the value of waste.
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PARTNERSHIP SESSIONS: LAUNCH OR LEVERAGE
Building Efficiency AcceleratorSpeakers: Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar, CEO and Chairman,
Saint-Gobain
Dr. Justin Zachary, Executive VP and Head of Power
Technology, Samsung C&T
Ms. Jennifer Layke, Executive Director, Institute for
Building Efficiency, Johnson Controls
Mr. Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia Rius, Executive
Director, Centro Mario Molina, Mexico
Mr. Josué Tanaka, Managing Director, European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Mr. Mark Hopkins, Senior Director of International
Energy Efficiency, UN Foundation
Mr. Wang Xiaokang, Chairman, China Energy
Conservation and Environmental Protection Group
(CECEP)
Moderator:Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Special Representative of the
UN Secretary-General and CEO, Sustainable Energy For
All (SE4All)
Making buildings more energy efficient is one of the
largest and most cost effective measures for saving
energy and stimulating green growth.
The Building Efficiency Accelerator partnership was
leveraged, to mobilize support for city, state, regional
and national governments to speed up adoption of best-
practice policies and the implementation of building
efficiency projects. Private sector leaders are actively
participating, as are financial institutions, CSOs and
international organizations. These partners will facilitate
collaborative, multi-stakeholder workshops on policy and
project commitments and provide a standardized menu
of policy options and technical support including
leveraging best-in-class tools, databases and subject
matter experts. Finally, the partnership will help
governments communicate and promote their
commitments, secure financial support, calculate their
baseline, report progress and provide a platform for
sharing experiences, challenges and best practices with
other governments.
Results and outcomesSpeakers and panellists agreed on the following themes,
recommendations and actions:
Financing energy efficiency in new build construction is relatively simple, but financing retrofitting for energy efficiency is challenging.
Lack of competence/capacity in commercial banks and
financial institutions for assessing risk associated with
retrofit projects can be a barrier.
Technical solutions exist. The real difficulty lies in
stimulating the utilisation of energy efficiency
technology, particularly in the existing building stock.
Energy prices are a key market driver for implementation of energy efficiency. High energy
prices enable a more compelling business case for energy
efficiency measures to be made.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution. The global
market for energy efficiency is highly diverse: different
climates, stages of development and existing building
stocks require substantially different technologies and
regulatory interventions.
A robust and reliable long-term regulatory framework aids investment. This is largely in place in
some regions, but ineffective coordination between
government levels can often hinder progress or be
counter-productive.
Education and training for SMEs will be essential for increasing the rate of retrofitting. SMEs are
responsible for a large share of residential retrofitting.
Knowledge of new techniques and technologies needs to
be spread throughout the industry.
Four new partners committed to the partnership at 3GF2014: Saint-Gobain, Samsung C&T, CECEP and Alstom. Other participants were also very positive about
the partnership, relishing the opportunity to cooperate
to reduce existing regulatory and financial barriers, and
unlock the potential of energy efficiency in buildings.
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The Water-Energy Nexus: Water Resources ManagementSpeakers:Ms. Alice Kaudia, Environment Secretary, Ministry of
Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Republic
of Kenya
Mr. Mads Nipper, CEO & President, Grundfos
Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director,
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Panellists:Mr. Kuanduan Li, Vice-Mayor, Jinan Municipal
Government, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of
China
Dr. John Cheh, CEO, Esquel Group, People’s Republic
of China
Dr. Lawrence Jones, Vice President, Utility
Innovations & Infrastructure Resilience, Alstom Grid
Mr. He Feng, Principal Staff, Bureau of Rural
Hydropower and Electrification Development, Ministry
of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China
Moderator:Mr. Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, Stockholm
International Water Institute (SIWI)
By 2035 water use for energy production could in-
crease by 49% globally. Combined with increasing de-
mand for water for food production and other uses,
this will become a significant challenge in many coun-
tries. Already today, countries are experiencing water
resource constraints that impact current and future
energy production. At the same time, energy is used to
treat, transport and manage water, with more than
25% of the total production of electricity in certain re-
gions of the world being used to transport and manage
water.
The water energy nexus is a critical aspect of water re-
sources management. There are several opportunities
to address these challenges from a water resource
management perspective and within (or between) the
operation of different facilities.
The session highlighted the key issues, interactions
and challenges including the role of public private col-
laborations and drew on examples in the textile, steel
and agriculture sectors, with a focus on identifying
challenges, barriers, opportunities and lessons
learned. It explored how policy initiatives and regula-
tion could build an enabling environment to encourage
the optimisation of production efficiency across the
water-energy nexus. It was generally agreed that good
solutions to many key issues already exist (e.g. energy
efficient pumps reduce water production energy re-
quirement by 60%) and cross-sectoral partnerships
could be used to disseminate best practice.
The Water Resources Group 2030 partnership used the
3GF platform to leverage the partnership further and
to find smart solutions to the water and energy nexus.
Collaboration is central to success and new stakehold-
ers were engaged, including the Government of Kenya,
to achieving impact at speed and at scale.
Results and outcomesThe participants agreed on the following
recommendations and actions:
Partnership is central to success and new
stakeholders are needed to achieve impact at speed
and at scale. The Water Resources Group 2030
partnership invited new stakeholders from both the
public and private side to take part in the partnership.
A new partnership involving energy and water companies was suggested to scale each other’s
solutions to the common challenges and realise the
synergies.
Companies benefit in many ways from more efficient use of water and energy. This includes
improved brand/reputation, competitive advantage,
and profit as well as the long-term sustainability of the
business model.
Water is too important and has too many competing users to be managed by one group. Multi-stakeholder partnerships must be built and
bottom-up initiatives will continue to play a key role.
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Valuing Nature in Business Speakers:H.E. Kirsten Brosbøl, Minister for the Environment,
Denmark
Mr. Christiaan Rebergen, Deputy Director-General,
International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Netherlands
Mr. Pieter van der Gaag, Interim Executive Director,
Natural Capital Cooperation
Ms. Usha Rao-Monari, CEO, Global Water
Development Partners / Blackstone Portfolio Company
Mr. Michael Beutler, Director of Sustainability
Operations, Kering
Ms. Anne Gadegaard, Programme Director,
Corporate Sustainability, Novo Nordisk
Moderator: Ms. Marianne Fay, Chief Economist, Climate Change
Vice Presidency, World Bank Group
We are seeing a rapid depletion of our natural capital
and the provision of ecosystem services such as food,
water, climate regulation, water purification and flood
management. Yet their value is not accounted for in
business decisions. This prevents companies and in-
vestors from accurately incorporating dependencies
and impacts on nature into decision-making, increas-
ing the risk of doing business, and threatening long-
term sustainability.
At 3GF2014, the partnership on Valuing Nature in Busi-
ness convened first-mover businesses, governments,
investors and business associations to promote the
valuation of natural capital in decision-making and in-
spire other stakeholders to join.
The partnership used the 3GF platform to leverage its
scope and ambitions.
Some pioneering businesses are piloting methods and
approaches to value environmental externalities, inte-
grating these in profit and loss statements, including
natural resource scenarios in planning, and working
with others through the Natural Capital Coalition and
the Natural Capital Declaration.
Complementary policy efforts include incentivising
natural capital management and accounting and main-
streaming these concepts into development planning
and national economic accounts.
Results and outcomesSpeakers agreed on the following themes,
recommendations and actions:
• There is a need for a more harmonised approach
for assigning value to environmental assets and
externalities.
• A broad Natural Capital Protocol is a valuable tool
to this end to ensure consistency, and to assist all
the stakeholders to develop a clear, coherent
framework for NCA across countries, companies
and sectors.
• First-mover businesses shared their experience
and lessons learned in Natural Capital Accounting.
Further participation by the private sector was en-
couraged.
• The critical role of governments in terms of policy
efforts and in providing an enabling environment
for valuation by business was discussed. Govern-
ments shared their experience with Natural Capi-
tal Accounting and discussed how to further in-
centivise uptake by the private sector.
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Polymers and Packaging in the Circular Economy by 2025Speakers: Mr. Alexander Collot d’Escury,CEO, Desso
Dr. Liz Goodwin, CEO, WRAP
Mr. Morten Nielsen, Vice President, Corporate
Communications & CSR, Carlsberg Breweries A/S
Mr. Morten Kabell, Technical and Environmental
Mayor, City of Copenhagen
Mr. Mårten Widlund, CEO, SITA Sweden/Suez
Environnement Nordic
Mr. Sandy Rodger, Lead, Project MainStream, Ellen
MacArthur Foundation (EMF)
Mr. Alejandro Molina, Chief Technical and Supply
Chain Officer, Arca Continental
Mr. Mark Hidson, Director, Global Sustainable
Procurement Centre and Deputy Regional Director
ICLEI Europe, ICLEI World Secretariat
Moderator:Ms. Ida Auken, Danish Member of Parliament & Young
Global Leader, World Economic Forum (WEF)
Global production and consumption of plastic packag-
ing is growing rapidly. According to McKinsey’s Circular
Economy report, the potential value of recoverable
plastic from packaging waste in the US alone amounts
to approximately US$ 2.4 billion per year.
Regaining this value requires a circular economy ap-
proach where recovered plastic is re-circulated into
high value products rather than down-cycled. Howev-
er, the introduction of new polymers and a lack of con-
sideration given by designers and producers to the
end-of-life phase, creates challenges for local collec-
tion, processing and recycling systems.
At 3GF2014, a new partnership between the City of Co-
penhagen and the Project Mainstream, including WEF,
EMF and McKinsey was launched. During the session,
first-mover companies, organisations and the City of
Copenhagen discussed how to scale circularity of plas-
tic packaging streams.
The partnership aims to bridge the gap between pack-
aging producers and municipal waste recovery system
operators and create a roadmap for transforming glob-
al plastic packaging – A Global Plastic Packaging
Roadmap. The City of Copenhagen will be the first hub
for testing this new model and feed into the global
roadmap.
Results and outcomesThe following recommendations for the new partner-
ship were made:
Focus on flexible solutions. The needs and infra-
structure of municipalities, producers and collectors
will differ. A suite of solutions should be developed
which can be matched to the needs of individual pro-
ducers/cities. Communication with consumers should
also take account of culture and existing infrastruc-
ture.
Recognise the interests of current incumbents.
Huge investments in incinerators and other infrastruc-
ture have already been taken by cities/producers. The
partnership should forge solutions that take account
of this existing infrastructure.
Assist producers in design for ease of recyclabili-ty. Global packaging producers can make generic
changes to packaging design that will benefit all local
recycling systems e.g. phase out certain chemicals,
avoid use of laminates, material combinations and
black plastic, and include material labelling or RFD
chips.
Focus on solutions where there is a clear busi-ness argument. This can be via cost cutting for pro-
ducers/municipalities etc. These solutions are more
likely to be viable in the long term.
Seed new markets for materials. Sometimes a lack
of demand for recovered plastics is a key obstacle to
making the business case. The partnership should
work with plastics producers to develop the market for
recovered materials.
Include knowledge sharing as a central element.
The partnership should facilitate transfer of best prac-
tice collection systems between cities, and of sharing
of success stories from one sector/product type to an-
other.
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Innovation to Transform Food ProductionSpeakers:H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister,
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Mr. Vimal Shah, Chairman, Kenya Private Sector
Alliance / Bidco Oil Refineries
Panellists:Dr. Joost Oorthuizen, Executive Director, The
Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
Mr. Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Chief Supply Chain
Officer, Unilever
Dr. Puvan J. Selvanathan, Head, Food and
Agriculture, UN Global Compact
Mr. Gerard Bos, Director, Global Business and
Biodiversity Programme, International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Mr. Rami Abu Salman, Regional Climate and
Environment Specialist, IFAD
Moderator:Mr. Christian Grossmann, World Bank Group
Director, Climate Change, International Finance
Cooperation
Millions of people are hungry or suffer from malnutri-
tion. Growing populations and increasing consumption,
means that the global demand for food will rise for at
least another 40 years whilst agriculture presents one
of the major threats to environmental sustainability.
The scale of the challenge means urgent reform is
needed in the way that food is produced. This means
innovation in the way food is grown, stored, processed,
distributed and accessed and innovation in the ena-
bling business models.
The session explored innovations to reduce environ-
mental footprints while increasing global food produc-
tion. The barriers and opportunities were highlighted,
with a spotlight on Ethiopia and Kenya. The partners,
including IFC, IFAD, IUCN and others, used the 3GF2014
to take their first partnership steps by testing the idea
with stakeholders, developing criteria for good prac-
tice solutions and identifying next steps.
Results and outcomesThere was clear agreement on the urgent need to scale
up sustainable agriculture innovations. Partners re-
ceived endorsement for their proposed approach and
interest from a broad range of stakeholders. In moving
this partnership forward, the following recommenda-
tions were made:
Identify national partners. With Ethiopia’s economy
largely based on agriculture and Kenya’s natural envi-
ronment for agricultural production, both countries
present unique opportunities to scale up innovations.
Address multiple barriers. Transforming food pro-
duction will require removing multiple barriers and ad-
dressing problems at different levels. Policies will need
to help smallholders in marginalised rural areas to be-
come more resilient, whilst also addressing issues of
food nutrition, climate adaptation and healthy ecosys-
tems.
Leverage best practices. There are a number of best
practices which could form the basis of the clearing
house such as the transformation of the tea sector in
Kenya and aligning interests in the cocoa industry.
These cases need to be analysed more deeply and suc-
cess factors systematically assessed.
Apply a long term approach. Rather than short-
term commodity trading, applying a longer-term ap-
proach will increase yields, stabilise natural resources,
and help achieve business benefits. The partnership
should identify examples where capital investment
has been seen as a long-term equity effort.
Engage smallholder farmers. There is an urgent
need to investment in smallholder farming or there is a
risk of many becoming landless poor and moving to the
cities. A clearing house solution must address econom-
ic and social issues alongside the environmental agen-
da.
Take a systems approach. Transforming food pro-
duction requires addressing crosscutting and complex
issues. The partnership will need to leverage this ex-
pertise and frame solutions from a systems approach.
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Scaling Green Off-Grid Energy SolutionsSpeakers:Ms. Maritje Hutapea, Director for Energy
conservation, New and Renewable Energy and Energy
Conservation (NREEC), Ministry of Energy & Mineral
Resources, Indonesia
Eng. Joseph Njoroge, Principal Secretary, Ministry of
Energy and Petroleum, Republic of Kenya
Session contributors:
Mr. Balthasar Klimbie, VP, Alliance for Rural
Electrification
Mr. Dolf Gielen, Director, Innovation and Technology
Centre, IRENA
Mr. Rohit Khanna, Program Manager, Energy Sector
Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), World
Bank
Mr. Pasi Hellman, Director, Nordic Development Fund
Mr. Christopher Sorensen, Head of Corporate
Development and Strategic Partnerships, Masdar
Mr. Alfonso L. Vazquez Caro, Vice President, New
Segments & Innovation, Vestas
Ms. Jodie Roussell, Head of Public Affairs, Europe,
Trina Solar AG
Moderator:Dr. Martin Lowery, Executive Vice President,
Member and Association Relations, National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
Today, billions of people still lack access to the most
basic energy service: nearly 1.3 billion people are still
without access to electricity. “Green Off-Grids” hold
significant potential to address this problem by ena-
bling access to renewable energy in remote areas.
Green Off-Grid solutions have entered a new phase, as
critical technologies have been proven and the price of
renewable options has fallen. Off-grid and mini-grid
systems are emerging as a viable solution for providing
electricity for rural areas where population density is
low and distance or geography make grid and grid ex-
tension solutions prohibitively expensive.
Technical solution providers, international agencies,
national governments and civil society organisations
identified key challenges for rural electrification and
discussed how renewable off-grid energy solutions
can be scaled up at national and global scale.
At the session a collaborative partnership was
launched to provide 20,000 villages around the world
with access to high quality and renewable energy. The
partnership will design and implement business mod-
els appropriate for implementing hybrid mini-grids in
un-electrified villages; a mini-grid policy framework,
based on best practices and adaptable local conditions;
technical reference designs for flexible renewable mi-
ni-grids; and, a reference debt/equity package to ena-
ble the financing of initial projects including at least 50
mini-grids. Participants provided a range of insights to
help scale the partnership, such as:
• Differentiation of policy/regulation for off-grid
and grid extension.
• Establishment of patient capital resources.
• Development of business models and pricing.
• Standardization of technical systems.
• Collaboration/integration with other interests
(health care, education, poverty).
• Institutional development and human capital de-
velopment—to include locally focused training for
operations, maintenance and governance.
Results and outcomesParticipants agreed on the following recommendations
and actions:
Green Off-Grids are emerging as a viable solution
for providing access to electricity in remote rural and
isolated areas.
Green Off-Grid systems should strive to be high quality, clean and cost-effective, locally run and operated systems that enable sustainable economic
and community development.
The partnership will seek to bring Green Off-Grid Energy Solutions to scale. It will serve as a focal
point for coordination amongst international,
governmental, private and philanthropic entities in
conjunction with the most remote and rural villages to
implement Green Off-Grid Energy Solutions.
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Creating Sustainable Apparel Value ChainsSpeakers:H.E. Mogens Jensen, Minister for Trade and
Development Cooperation, Denmark
H.E. Hong Ha Tran, Vice Minister of Natural
Resources and Environment (MONRE), Vietnam
Mr. David Love, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Levi
Strauss & Co
Ms. Mary Porter Peschka, Acting Director, Advisory
Services, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Dr. Joost Oorthuizen, Executive Director, the
Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
Mr Sanjeev Bahl, President, Saitex International
Mr. Christiaan Rebergen, Deputy Director-General,
International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Netherlands
Moderators:Mr. Jason Kibbey, CEO, Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Mr. Dan Rees, Director, Better Work
The textile industry plays a significant role in the global
economy. It is also responsible for high environmental
impacts and demand on resources. The sector is often
characterised by a “race to the bottom”, where products
are sourced in a downward spiral of seeking for cheaper
labour, adopting lower quality and tolerating
exploitative, unsafe and polluting factories.
These issues can only be really addressed through
systemic change and via significant cooperation
between the thousands of stakeholders in the textile
industry. At the session it was agreed that collaboration
between competing brands is not to be seen as an
obstacle. Brands are looking to compete on a level
playing field, and raising that playing field by improving
minimum labour standards, building safety and
environmental performance standards should be of
common interest.
Manufacturers often focus only on cutting costs and
dealing with low margins. Therefore, it is up to brands,
buyers and national governments to encourage and
incentivise them to improve environmental efficiency
and working environments. Participants also saw a
need for attracting finance to improve factory buildings
and equipment.
Results and outcomesA proposal for a new partnership led by SAC, Levi-
Strauss & Co, IFC, IDH, Better Work and others, was
presented with the goal of creating conditions that will
establish a ‘Race to the Top’ where suppliers, producers
and brands compete on working conditions and
environmental standards. The proposal includes a
three stage roadmap which:
• Creates a package of interventions and incentives
that can encourage manufacturers to improve
sustainability performance.
• Launches the package in a single producing
country as a pilot with strong involvement with
that country’s government, manufacturers and
the brands operating there.
• Launches the model in other producing countries
with additional brands to reshape the global
apparel value chain country by country.
By following the roadmap the industry can become a
positive catalyst for sustainable development, and
proactively prevent future disasters like those
experienced in Bangladesh.
At 3GF2014, the Dutch and Danish governments
expressed their keenness to take part in the ‘Race to
the Top’ process. Additionally, the Vietnamese
Government suggested willingness to join the
partnership: the textile industry is one of the country’s
primary exporting industries and the Vietnamese
Government sees sustainable apparel as an
opportunity to increase its textile industry’s value in
the global supply chain and to increase its
competitiveness.
The partners ‘raised a kite’ at 3GF2014 and hope that
more brands and producers will join the partnership.
They do not see this as ‘just another initiative’ but one
that can radically and permanently transform the
apparel industry.
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Financial Flows for Land Restoration
Speakers:Ms. Wanjira Mathai, Chair of the Board, Green Belt
Movement and member of the Global Restoration
Council
Panellists:H.E. Pablo Abba Viera Samper, Vice Minister of
Environment, Colombia
Ms. Alice Kaudia, Environment Secretary, Ministry of
Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Republic
of Kenya
Dr. Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of the Global
Environment Facility (GEF)
Prof. Tony Simons, Director-General, World Agro-
Forestry Centre
Ms. Sanda Ojiambo, Head of Corporate Responsibility,
Safaricom Limited
Moderator:Dr Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources
Institute (WRI)
The session highlighted the importance of land resto-
ration and presented a framework for unlocking finan-
cial flows for restoration.
Degraded lands are no longer capable of providing the
goods and services needed by people living in and
around them. Globally, about one third of agricultural
land is degraded through forest clearance or over-ex-
ploitation of soil. Some 2 billion hectares of degraded
lands have the potential for restoration, but the cost of
this is put at $1billion.
The Bonn challenge aims to restore 150 million hec-
tares by 2020, and the recent New York Declaration on
Forests sets a commitment to restoration of a further
350 million hectares by 2030. This can be achieved, as
experiences in Niger and Korea have demonstrated.
Kenya has in place a legal and regulatory framework for
land restoration and the Green Belt Movement pro-
vides the capability; but there is still a need for finance.
Columbia is currently working on the restoration of 4
million hectares, one tenth of their degraded forest-
land. Land restoration must bring together many
stakeholders including the private sector, from small-
holder farmers to conglomerates, governments, and
international institutions.
A global partnership was launched to create the tools,
technologies and frameworks required to help unlock
$1 billion in restoration finance globally by 2030.
Results and outcomesParticipants agreed on the following recommendations
and actions:
• To develop “enabling conditions” in the financing
framework.
• To develop an indicator framework to help to clar-
ify the benefits for investors.
• Work towards bundling sustainable agriculture to-
gether with sustainable forest management.
• Focusing on the deployment of risk management
mechanisms where technology can be used.
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D Public Procurement and Eco-Innovation in the Health SectorPanellists:H.E. Kirsten Brosbøl, Minister for the Environment,
Denmark
Mr. Scott Vaughan, President and CEO, International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IIDS)
Mr. Jens Wandel, Assistant Secretary-General, Direc-
tor of Bureau Management, UNDP
Mr. Harry Hendriks, Executive Chairman Global Gov-
ernment & Public Affairs, Philips
Ms. Susanne Stormer, CSO, Novo Nordisk A/S
Mr. Peter Buch-Skals, Senior Environment, Health
and Safety Specialist, Coloplast
Moderator:Mr. Gary Cohen, President, Health Care Without Harm
The environmental burden of the health sector is gain-
ing attention from decision makers. Almost two thirds
of the environmental impact is directly linked to pro-
curement and supply chain management. Greening
public procurement can stimulate eco-innovation in
the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, medical devic-
es and heath products as well as health care providers.
Global spending on procurement in the health sector is
valued at US$ 3 trillion per annum. Public agencies can
position their purchasing power as an incentive for
eco-innovation and eco-efficiency, so that public pro-
curement becomes a de-facto strategy to co-fund and
share the legal, financial and technology risks in deliv-
ering sustainable healthcare for all.
At 3GF2014, a new partnership to develop global green
standards for procurement in the health sector was in-
itiated. The partners – UNDP, IISD and Danish Ministry
of the Environment – engaged suppliers, governments,
international agencies and companies to explore how
to leverage this partnership to scale up green public
procurement and eco-innovation in the health sector.
Results and outcomesSpeakers, panellists and partners discussed the fol-
lowing themes, recommendations and actions:
• Adding sustainability criteria to procurement
standards can run the risk of prioritising certain
segments of world suppliers.
• Solutions were explored for capacity-building of
suppliers, particularly in developing countries, to
enable them to meet sustainability criteria.
• Healthcare businesses expressed support for
eco-innovation in the health sector and com-
mended the partners for promoting this agenda
on a global scale.
• The partners presented their joint vision to devel-
op globally relevant protocols on green pharma-
ceuticals, medical devises and healthcare infra-
structure.
• New partners expressed interest to join the part-
nership and expand its reach.
To follow up and leverage the partnership, the part-
ners will kick off with an inquiry into the extent to
which governments are practising green public pro-
curement in Asia. It will investigate whether current
tenders call for eco-efficient product features, and if
not, then what the barriers are. Supplier dialogues will
be organised to promote the business case for Green
Public Procurement as a driver for green growth in
Asia.
The objective is to use the lessons learnt from the pilot
process in Asia to scale up Green Public Procurement in
countries that are home to the world’s major medical
supply and pharmaceutical companies e.g. the US and
EU Member States. UNDP and IISD will contact 3GF par-
ticipants to discuss continued collaborations on the
partnership.
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Power System TransformationPanellists: H.E. Rasmus Helveg Petersen, Minister of Climate,
Energy and Buildings, Denmark
Mr. Alex Perera, Acting Director, Global Energy
Program, World Resource Institute (WRI)
Mr. Efraín Villanueva Arcos, Director General of
Sustainability, Secretary of Energy of Mexico (SENER)
Mr. Doug Arent, Executive Director, Joint Institute for
Strategic Energy Analysis, 21st Century Power
Partnership (21CPP)
Mr. Gao Hu, Deputy Director General, China National
Renewable Energy Centre (CNREC)
Mr. Giles Dickson, Vice President, Global Public
Affairs, Alstom
Mr. Zhang Wei, Vice President & Deputy Director,
State Grid Energy Research Institute, China
Moderator:Mr. Karim Dahou, Deputy Director, OECD Investment
Division
Stakeholders all have important experience with and
knowledge on power system transformation but the
lack of platforms for exchanging knowledge and experi-
ence across contexts slows the development of effec-
tive policy and regulatory reform.
In order to move forward there is a need for streamlined
knowledge-sharing to address common technical, eco-
nomic and institutional challenges associated with re-
newable energy deployment, involving key stakehold-
ers from the public and private sector. The aim of this
initiative is to build and strengthen partnerships be-
tween developed and emerging economies and develop
increased commitment to cooperation and knowledge
sharing
Results and outcomesKey stakeholders identified the need for the enabling
environment and policy framework to provide predicta-
bility in pricing and long-term security for investors plus
an “enabling [distribution] grid” to enable all producers
to access electricity markets, including across interna-
tional boundaries. The enabling framework should in-
clude at least the following core elements:
• Ambitious targets and a realistic plan to attain
them, agreed across the major political groupings,
is necessary to provide investor security.
• Integration of renewables into a market that can
provide long-term price signals.
• World class transmission grid.
• Decoupling of economic growth from energy de-
mands, in part via the removal of subsidies and tar-
iffs to create a proper market.
Delegates agreed that transformation requires institutional and market restructuring and that
challenges are similar across countries so that there are
opportunities at government level and institutional lev-
el for collaboration and knowledge sharing on the ena-
bling conditions to transform the power system.
Utilities can be engaged, especially in the devel-opment of the grid, but the level to which they are
likely to become involved depends strongly on enabling
regulatory frameworks and incentives. Also a new
mind-set is needed amongst utilities’ decision-makers.
This can be promoted in dialogue through partnerships.
Designing financing models requires some form of
risk-sharing between the public and private sector.
Consumer demand will increasingly drive a shift to renewables. Some of the largest global companies
want to manage costs and make power more affordable
and see renewable energy as a strategic opportunity to
do this. Some of the largest users are finding that re-
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global brands, including Novo Nordisk from Denmark
have made commitments to driving market change to
make renewables more affordable.
In summary, transformation to a more sustaina-ble power system is a complex challenge requiring
an effective policy environment, financing models and
opportunities for utilities. During the session a number
of opportunities to strengthen collaboration and knowl-
edge sharing such as the 21st Century Power Partner-
ship and utility based partnerships were identified. A
power system transformation stakeholder network es-
tablished at 3GF will address the above challenges.
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Unlocking the Value of WasteWelcome: Dr. Prof. Jens Ejbye Schmidt, Head of iEnergy Center,
Masdar Institute, UAE
Speakers:H.E. Julius Debrah, Minister for Local Government and
Rural Development, Republic of Ghana
Eng. Aisha Mohamed Al Abdooli, Green Growth
Department, Ministry of Environment and Water, UAE
Mr. Hastings Chikoko, Regional Director for Africa, C40
Mr. William Stanley-Owusu, CEO, J. Stanley-Owusu
Group
Mr. Benny Mai, Director, CEO New Bio Solutions Co.,
Ltd., China, DONG Energy
Mr. Iftekhar Enayetullah, Co-Founder and Director,
Waste Concern
Mr. Thomas Budde Christensen, Head of METRIK,
Roskilde Universitet
Moderator:Dr. Rachel Lombardi, Director of Business
Development, International Synergies Ltd
As a result of increasing population, industrialization,
consumption and urbanization, generation and
accumulation of waste are becoming one of the world’s
fastest growing environmental problems. Drawing from a
broad range of global experiences in policy regulation,
implementation of waste management systems,
technological knowledge and treatment of waste,
participants discussed ways of addressing key challenges
and opportunities in sustainable waste management.
Challenges such as public budget constraints, limited
viability of commercial capital, inequity on markets for
recycled materials, uncertainty around regulatory
frameworks and lack of public awareness were
highlighted. Participants agreed that waste consists of a
huge unutilised valuable resource which can be unlocked
and utilised to produce e.g. biofuel and fertiliser while
also creating cleaner cities and societies.
At the session the partnership ‘Unlocking the Value of
Waste’ was launched and the Ghanaian Government and
Roskilde University voiced interest in supporting the
partnership. The partnership brings global public and
private stakeholders together to provide practical
solutions for improving waste management and
unlocking the value of waste. Partners agree to develop
road maps, identify best practices and implement
demonstration projects to overcome this critical issue. As
a follow up on the session a declaration of cooperation
was signed by 11 partners.
Results and outcomesParticipants agreed on the following recommendations
and actions:
Innovative partnerships and approaches that create robust and stable projects with guaranteed
economic and environmental sustainability over the long
term can help attract investments.
Technological development to upgrade waste
compounds to new innovative and attractive products
moving up in the waste management value chain requires
screening and demonstration of the novel waste
conversion technology to identify the most sustainable
solutions.
A stable, predictable, yet ambitious regulatory framework based on clear sustainable and
environmental targets can drive waste management
investments. Clear mid- and long-term targets, together
with an implementation framework can create
confidence in waste management development.
Creating a stable and transparent market for products of waste management is essential for
attracting investments. For waste-to-energy projects,
guarantees need to be both on the supply side (sufficient
waste delivery) and demand side (feed-in tariffs for
example). This demands regulation, infrastructure, and
logistical development. Removal of chemical fertiliser
subsidies and government certification can drive the
market for waste-derived organic fertilisers.
Showing the benefits of better waste management can help educate citizens and galvanise them in reducing
waste, source separation of waste and recycling
including reduced littering. Improved sanitary conditions
are potentially also a global issue, and could drive
investments through risk aversion.
Partnership Sessions Ideas Lab
LAUNCH Nordic – a Better World of Textiles and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Green Bonds for Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Competitive Advantage of Sustainable Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Business and Social Innovation for Sustainable Lifestyles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
3GF Stocktaking – Partnership Market Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
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PARTNERSHIP SESSIONS: IDEAS LAB
LAUNCH Nordic – a Better World of Textiles and Materials
Speakers:H.E. Kirsten Brosbøl, Minister for the Environment,
Denmark
Mr. Håkan Nordkvist, Head of sustainability
innovation, IKEA Group
Mr. Claus Stig Pedersen, Head of Sustainability,
Novozymes
Innovators:Ms. Ruchira Joshi, Program Director, Better Cotton
Initiative (BCI)
Ms. Vigga Svensson, Co-Founder, Vigga.US
Mr. Lon Negrin, CEO and President, Nano-Dye, Inc.
Moderators:Ms. Ida Auken, Danish Member of Parliament &
Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (WEF)
The textile industry plays a significant role in the glob-
al economy but is also responsible for high environ-
mental impacts and demand on resources. Incremental
change in manufacturing of textiles will not be suffi-
cient to solve the environmental and resource chal-
lenges of the industry - disruptive innovation and sys-
temic change are needed.
The session explored why system innovation and in-
dustry collaboration are critical for the future busi-
ness of companies and advanced the discussions into
concrete recommendations for three innovators on
how to move forward with their disruptive innovation
business models and take them to scale.
Leasing of baby clothesVigga.US is poised to launch a business model offering
a new set of high quality clothing for 0-2 year olds via
leasing agreements. On average a child goes through
8 sizes of clothing between ages of 0-2. By leasing
clothes instead of buying them new in all 8 sizes par-
ents can save money, and environmental and resource
impacts can be significantly reduced. In contrast to
traditional business models, profits are increased the
higher the quality and greater durability of the gar-
ments. This is because they can be used by more chil-
dren in succession.
Participants agreed on the following recommenda-
tions:
• Quality must to be made important to the consum-
er for the business model to work.
• The leasing element of the model can be expand-
ed to many other types of products.
Better cottonBCI is a multi-stakeholder non-profit organisation that
has developed a B2B standard for cotton farming that
reduces fertiliser, water and chemical inputs without
reducing yields. As well as reducing impacts, this also
lowers costs for farmers. BCI wishes to develop greater
traceability so that buyers and brands have increased
confidence in the standard. They aim to expand from
7% to 30% of total global cotton production and de-
velop a payment contribution from brands per kg of BCI
cotton they purchase, to support further expansion.
Participants agreed on the following recommenda-
tions:
• BCI should provide brands with communication
materials, which they can use to sell the concept
to consumers.
• It is important that BCI communicates to brands in
a language they understand and relates to.
Smart dyeingNano-dye has developed a nano-technology which
changes surface characteristics of cotton to better ab-
sorb dyes. This significantly reduces dye leakage to
wastewater and reduces chemical, energy and water
use during production. The technology can slot directly
into the production process, requiring little change to
existing infrastructure.
Participants agreed on the following recommenda-
tions:
• Nano-dye should develop a detailed brochure an-
swering a full range of manufacturers’ questions.
• Additionally they should strongly highlight the
very high rate of return on investment of the tech-
nology.
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Green Bonds for WaterSpeakers:Dr Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World
Resources Institute (WRI)
Mr. Sean Kidney, CEO and Co-founder, Climate Bonds
Initiative
Session contributors:Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank
Mr. Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, Stockholm
International Water Institute (SIWI)
Mr. Christopher Knowles, Head of Division,
Environment and Climate Change, Operations
Directorate, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Moderator:Ms. Betsy Otto, Global Director, Water Program,
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Over the next 15 years, the water sector – whether in
the public or private sector - will need to invest at least
US$10 trillion in water infrastructure to alleviate pres-
sures of growth and urbanisation. However, there is a
shortfall from conventional financing sources.
Since Climate Bonds were introduced in 2007 the value
of the bonds issued has risen from $3billion in 2009 to
$50 billion in 2010 and the issuers confidently expect
$100 billion by 2014. So far only few of these issues
have been for water projects, but the potential is huge.
The Green Bond approach redefines the costs of adap-
tation and mitigation as an investment, and offers a
mechanism whereby investment in infrastructure
yields a financial return. In the intergovernmental dis-
cussions about climate change, a key stumbling block
has consistently been the sharing of costs of adapta-
tion and mitigation – between developed, emerging
and developing economies. Green Bonds may provide a
breakthrough by reinterpreting costs as revenue yield-
ing investments.
The session explored the opportunities for green
bonds in the water sector and discussed the barriers
for realizing their full potential and for setting a new
agenda for more sustainable water infrastructure.
Results and outcomesThere are a number of issues that must be addressed,
to enable the sustained growth of bond finance. The
participants agreed on the following recommenda-
tions and actions.
What tools or methodologies are needed to expand the use of bond finance, especially in emerging markets? Investors are innately
conservative, emerging markets are seen as risky and
the bond market makes decisions very fast – ‘the one
minute mentality’. Investors need to understand the
potential of the green bonds; clear discovery tools or
labelling is required to inform rapid-fire decision-
making.
International Finance Institutions (IFIs) have a
role in kick-starting green bond issues for developing
and emerging economies, through for example
bundling smaller projects to provide a viable product
for the bond market, and building confidence in the
markets.
Who are the potential investors? There is
significant capital liquidity in the world and resources
can be tapped, for example from Pension Funds
seeking high quality, long term investments and who
are showing growing interest in green investments.
How to ensure that ’green bonds’ are used strictly for ’green projects’? In order to build confidence and
trust among investors, and to ensure that the money
raised goes to the right place, WRI, the Climate Bonds
Initiative, and CERES are working together to develop
clear eligibility criteria which will be applicable globally.
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PARTNERSHIP SESSIONS: IDEAS LAB
Competitive Advantage of Sustainable Infrastructure
Speakers:Mr. Josué Tanaka, Managing Director, European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Mr. Torben Möger Pedersen, CEO, Pension Danmark
Ms. Marianne Fay, Chief Economist, Climate Change
Vice Presidency, World Bank
Mr. Danni Hasan, COO, PT Nusantara Infrastructure
Tbk
Ms. Sonia Medina, Acting Executive Director, Climate
Change, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
Moderator:Mr. Daniel Wiener, President of the Board, Global
Infrastructure Basel (GIB) Foundation
Due to rapid population growth and urbanization pres-
sures, around $5 trillion per annum needs to be invest-
ed in global infrastructure, especially in cities, in the
coming 20 years. This presents a huge opportunity for
incorporating sustainability measures into the building
of new infrastructure and in the renovation of existing
infrastructure. Sustainable configuration of infrastruc-
ture such as well-insulated houses, dense urban devel-
opment, public transportation, waste separation and
management is vital for creating green jobs and for
giving people and businesses the opportunity to make
more sustainable choices.
The session explored how critical stakeholders could
contribute to promoting and implementing standards
for sustainable and resilient infrastructure and how
the competitive advantages of sustainable infrastruc-
ture could be communicated to financial markets.
It was agreed that sustainable and resilient infrastruc-
ture holds several competitive advantages. For in-
stance resilient and climate friendly infrastructure has
been found to yield higher investor returns due to:
• Lower implementation costs and credit default risk.• Lower running costs.• Competitive returns from higher quality consumers.• Outstanding residual value (through good govern-
ance and superior maintenance).• Stronger resilience.
Jakarta provides good examples of the challenges
ahead. The city is planning for the creation of 12 mil-
lion m2 of new buildings, while coping with severe
traffic, flooding and subsidence issues. There is a great
opportunity to introduce new management systems
(for energy, water, green space, and waste manage-
ment), new materials, and new design principles into
the necessary new infrastructure. These opportunities
will be replicated worldwide as the global infrastruc-
ture stock is set to quadruple.
Results and outcomesParticipants agreed on the following recommendations
and key competitive advantages:
Sustainable infrastructure will have better financial returns which is important to attract
investors. Energy efficiency in particular is a driver for
investment in real estate because it secures future
value, and attracts high quality tenants.
Sustainable design embraces uncertainty by focusing on resilience which need not be more
expensive but should cater to a range of future
scenarios. One problem with attracting investment is
that infrastructure lasts a long time and the future
environment is uncertain. However, “Robust decision
making” – looks at conditions for failure (vulnerabilities)
and plans against them (resistance to future shock).
Cities need the powers and instruments that allow municipal authorities more access to finance to implement sustainable solutions, and
mechanisms are needed to facilitate the aggregation
of small municipal infrastructure projects to create
bankable projects.
Political economy is an important factor in introducing change. Who wins and who loses is of
key importance and for this the introduction of
Performance Standards are much easier than abrupt
imposition of new techniques or technologies.
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Business and Social Innovation for Sustainable Lifestyles
Speakers:Mr. Michael Kuhndt, Director, Collaborating Centre on
Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
Mr. Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council
for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Dr. Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European
Environment Agency
Discussants:Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP
Mr. Joel Towers, Executive Dean, Parsons School of
Design
Mr. Harry Hendriks, Executive Chairman Global
Government & Public Affairs, Philips
Mr. Thomas Lingard, Global Advocacy Director,
Unilever
Moderator:Ms. Cheryl Hicks, Team Leader – Sustainable
Lifestyles, Collaborating Centre on Sustainable
Consumption and Production (CSCP)
To develop into a sustainable society, significant
change will be required at the level of individual life-
styles and consumption, as well as in the products, ser-
vices and infrastructure made available to consumers.
New and innovative solutions are needed to help con-
sumers. Participants were in agreement on a number
of points, including:
• There is a need to step outside the current para-
digm and investing in and engaging youth is an
excellent starting point.
• The future global consumer class is culturally far
more diverse than the current consumer class.
These people need to be part of the discourse
about future consumption.
• An interdependence exists between sustainable
lifestyles and sustainable products. Tailoring
products to the demands and expectations of sus-
tainable lifestyles is essential for increasing up-
take of sustainable products.
Results and outcomesPossible partnership pathways were discussed. The
participants agreed on the following recommenda-
tions and actions:
Fostering sustainable lifestyles innovation. So-
cial media can play an active role in exploring and pro-
moting sustainable lifestyles, but to foster sustainable
lifestyles in the future consumer class in developing
countries, one must explore how existing culture and
practices in traditional societies can be adapted in the
face of growing prosperity.
Value-added products and services. Product hand-
prints (providing positive signals to consumers about
their positive impacts rather than lack of negative im-
pacts) can help drive sustainable lifestyles. Certifica-
tion and communication continue to be central to the
development of sustainable products and services.
Scaling-up sustainable business models. Knowl-
edge sharing of success stories and failures can help
businesses avoid repeating unsuccessful models. Tools
for assessing the sustainability of business models
could also help ensure that successes are actually sus-
tainable.
Enabling Infrastructure. Learning from the experi-
ence of other cities and “blueprints for success” was
held to be a vital shortcut to sustainable infrastruc-
ture. Pilots and “living labs” can also enable the devel-
opment of user-tailored sustainable infrastructure.
Concrete actions and a vision towards 2030. The
session also resulted in a vision towards 2030 and con-
crete short term actions. The WBCSD, several busi-
nesses and governments including Kenya are interest-
ed to join a possible partnership. Additionally, the
UNGC and ICLEI expressed their interest to host dialogs
in selected cities and countries with the purpose of ad-
vancing discussions and actions.
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3GF Stocktaking - Partnership Market Place
Welcome:Ms. Eva Grambye, 3GF Special Envoy
Speakers:Ms. Jodie Roussell, Head of Public Affairs, Europe,
Trina Solar AG
Mr. Peter C. Brun, Managing Director, SETI Alliance
Ms. Liz Goodwin, CEO, WRAP
Mr. Craig Hanson, Global Director, Food, Forests and
Water Programs, WRI
Dr. Andrew Steer, President & CEO, WRI
Mr. Jakob Møller Nielsen, Head of Department, Danish
Ministry of the Environment
Mr. Tao Bindslev, Vice President, Grundfos Group
Mr. Martin Porsgaard, Director, NISA
Mr. Robert Arendal, Board member, NISA
Mr. Peter Laybourn, Founder and Chief Executive,
International Synergies Ltd
Ms. Katherine Madden, Partnership Consultant, 3GF
Ms. Carla Cecilia Greiber, Head of Section, 3GF
Collaborations and partnerships are the cornerstone of
3GF’s work. Since 2011, nearly 30 new or existing
partnerships have been through the 3GF annual
process to develop their potential to achieve green
growth around four key themes: water, food, energy
and across the value chain.
For the first time at 3GF, there was a dynamic and
innovative partnership market place to facilitate
exchange and the cross fertilisation of ideas and
experience. Existing 3GF partnerships were invited to
share their challenges, goals, achievements and next
steps with experts in an intimate, small group setting.
The partnerships: updates and impacts Initiated and facilitated by 3GF, the Alliance of the Sustainable Energy Trade Initiative (SETI),
enables clean energy technologies through free trade
and open markets. Since 2013, SETI has been
expanding its membership and influence through
international negotiations and advocacy work.
Conceived and launched at 3GF, the Food Loss and Waste Protocol is developing the global standard for
measuring food loss and waste. Since 2013, technical
working groups are now developing the upstream
methodology around post-harvest issues and
downstream with the retailers and consumers.
3GF2013 had a sneak preview of Global Forest Watch (GFW), a near real-time forest monitoring system that
unites satellite technology, data sharing, and human
networks around the world to fight deforestation.
Since its launch, GFW has 400,000 users around the
world increasing transparency and reducing forest
loss.
Launched at 3GF2013, the Water Leakages Learning Network scales up water saving solutions in rapidly
growing cities through performance-based contracts.
In the last months, regional workshops have been
hosted in China, the Philippines, Kenya and Russia to
demonstrate best practice and facilitate action.
Initiated at 3GF2012, the Nordic Initiative for Sustainable Aviation (NISA) promotes and develops
a more sustainable aviation industry. In the last year,
NISA has been involved in national status reports,
identifying opportunities and prospects for production
of renewable jet fuel.
Since its launch in 2013 the Industrial Symbiosis partnership has bought together companies from
different sectors to identify business opportunities
and avoid waste, raised awareness of industrial
symbiosis, supported the implementation of new
regional projects and scaled up regional initiatives on
three continents.
This was the first step in assessing the impacts of 3GF
partnerships. Moving forward, 3GF will find further
opportunities to share learnings, profile successes and
assess impacts. Watch this space!
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Plenary SessionsWalking in the Shoes of Future Middle Class Consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Transforming our Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Enabling the Producer – Transforming our Production Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Transforming the Food Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Transforming the Energy Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Facing the Consumer/Citizen – Transforming our Consumption Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Transforming our Economic Growth Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Linking the High Level Plenaries to 3GF Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Walking in the Shoes of Future Middle Class Consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Transforming our Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Enabling the Producer – Transforming our Production Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Transforming the Food Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Transforming the Energy Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Facing the Consumer/Citizen – Transforming our Consumption Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Transforming our Economic Growth Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Linking the High Level Plenaries to 3GF Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Walking in the Shoes of Future Middle Class ConsumersDiscussants:H. E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister,
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Mr. David Gilford, Vice President and Director, New
York City Economic Development Corporation
Mr. Wang Xiaokang, Chairman, China Energy
Conservation and Environmental Protection Group
(CECEP)
Mr. Guillermo Garza, Corporate Communications and
CSR Officer, Arca Continental
Wrap-up: H. E. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister,
Denmark
Moderator:Mr. Michael Kuhndt, Director, Collaborating Centre
on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
By 2025, middle class consumers will be responsible
for 75% of global consumption expenditure. This ena-
bles a higher standard of living for more people, but
will also create greater demands on energy and re-
sources unless innovative sustainability strategies are
implemented.
Transformative approaches towards sustainable con-
sumption and production can be achieved by under-
standing the needs and demands of future consumers.
Profiles of four future middle class consumers were in-
troduced, focusing on priorities such as convenience,
affordability, quality products, trustworthy brands, en-
vironmental footprint, information and transparency,
health, and consumer protection.
Despite consumer differences there were also some
shared wishes, such as aspirations for themselves and
their families, and products that are both affordable
and sustainable.
Key take awaysIn developing countries, the first challenge is to meet basic needs of the poorest segment and then
proceed along a sustainable green growth path. Tech-
nologies are needed that reduce production costs so
that sustainable products are affordable to the wider
population.
The growing consumer class in developing coun-tries takes its lead from western cultures and es-
pecially powerful media outlets and marketing that
shape the attitudes of citizens. Leadership is needed
to steer the aspirations of consumers in a sustainable
direction.
All stakeholders have important roles to play. Co-
operation between authorities, NGOs, consumer activ-
ists and corporations can nudge business towards
transformational change towards sustainability. In Chi-
na alone there are 300 million middle-income consum-
ers, and significant demand for green products.
Authorities can lead by example. While the City of
New York was installing solar panels on school roofs, it
also integrated renewable energy into the school cur-
riculum. Working in partnership on many fronts is key
to developing the infrastructure needed for sustaina-
ble living.
Companies need to walk the talk. In order to con-
nect with consumers, companies must strengthen
their production chains in order to meet higher stand-
ards, locally and internationally. They need to make
specific efforts to develop and promote sustainability
data, develop labelling and traceability that is required
by consumers to enable them to make informed deci-
sions.
Citizens need to understand wider sustainability issues and believe that their choices make a dif-ference. Decision makers are responsible for enabling
access to reliable and transparent information, and en-
suring that people do not become resigned. Sustaina-
bility education needs to be a priority at all levels, from
kindergarten up to higher education.
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PLENARY SESSIONS
Transforming our CitiesPanellists:Mr. Josué Tanaka, Managing Director, European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Mr. Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor, City of Copenhagen
and Member of C40 Board
Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar, CEO Saint-Gobain
Mr. Wim Elfrink, Executive Vice President, Industry
Solutions & Chief Globalisation Officer, CISCO
Mr. Niels B. Christiansen, CEO & President, Danfoss
Mr. Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia Rius, Executive
Director, Centro Mario Molina, Mexico
Moderator:Dr. Andrew Steer, President & CEO, World Resources
Institute (WRI)
Ensuring the transformation to sustainable urbanisation
presents a key challenge for this century. With cities
expected to hold almost six billion people by 2050, the
choices made today will lock in consumption patterns
for most of the world’s population. Smart cities should
therefore become the future drivers of green growth.
Green growth policies for cities can encourage economic
growth, create jobs and strengthen the economy.
Cities can be perceived as laboratories for testing green
solutions and working with business and industry for
concrete solutions. 2014 has seen an increase in global
efforts being made. This panel has introduced two
exciting new initiatives, The Compact of Mayors, and the
Building Efficiency Accelerator Opportunities for greater
public-private collaboration and engagement via the
3GF partnerships platform have been discussed.
Key take awaysGreener, more liveable cities need not cost more.
In fact they can often be more cost effective. The CEO of
Danfoss provided an example, the new combined
district heating and cooling system in Copenhagen will
save businesses 70% in climate control. The Lord Mayor
of Copenhagen reasoned that while the city of Houston,
Texas spends 14% of its budget on transportation,
Copenhagen spends only 4%. For these benefits to
become more obvious, planning tools must use methods
for assessing the full cost of developments and not just
the initial investment costs.
Investments in sustainable infrastructure in cites create economic growth and jobs, and
simultaneously improve quality of life. However,
coordinated planning processes with sustainability
goals at their core are necessary to release win-win
opportunities. The New Climate Economy Report calls
for connected and compact cities becoming the
preferred form of urban development, by encouraging
better managed urban growth and prioritising
investments in efficient and safe mass transit systems.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD) agreed with this call to action.
New initiatives can have a strong influence on urban development pathways. These include the
Compact of Mayors C40 Climate Leadership Group which
now numbers 69 major cities who are committed to
climate improvements, and the Building Efficiency
Accelerator, a 3GF partnership, which assists cities in
developing stricter building standards and retrofitting
existing buildings for greater efficiency.
Data services will be increasingly important in the shift to green cities. Cisco systems spoke of the
emergence of the “horizontal economy” for sustainable
cities of the future where connectivity across value
chains and services is key. Young city dwellers
experience the city via their smart phones. This is an
opportunity to nudge more sustainable use of city
infrastructure and systems.
Indicators and metrics are important tools in the green transformation. City authorities need tools to
measure how green their cities are to aid them in
progress. Key indicators will be air quality, emissions to
air, mode of transport, public green procurement, food
security and reduced food waste. There is a strong
correlation between green policies, happiness and
quality of life.
The scale of problems that cities can face can be hugely different and require unique solutions.
3GF provides a platform for public and private city actors
to share learnings and solutions to then adapt to local
contexts.
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PLENARY SESSIONS
Enabling the Producer - Transforming our Production PatternsPanellists:H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister, The
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Ms. Connie Hedegaard, Commissioner for Climate
Action, European Commission
Mr. David Love, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Levi
Strauss & Co.
Dr. John Cheh, Vice Chairman & CEO, Esquel Group
Mr. Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Chief Supply Chain
Officer, Unilever
Mr. Vimal Shah,Chairman, Kenyan Private Sector
Alliance (KEPSA), CEO of Bidco Group Ltd
Discussants from the floor:Mr. Alexander Collot d’Escury, CEO, Desso
Ms. Ida Auken, Danish Member of Parliament & WEF
Young Global Leader
Moderator:Mr. Jonathon Porrit, Founder, Director and Trustee,
Forum for the Future
More and more companies are raising their game
seeking to “de-risk” their companies through
sustainable production improvements. Efforts to-date,
however, have been challenged as mostly incremental
change. More systemic change is needed. Much larger
opportunities for green growth can be realised by
connecting actors in the system.
This plenary session sought to connect producer and
consumer countries and the value chains of textiles
and household consumer goods. The session began
with the sharing of visions for future sustainable
production systems from H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn,
Prime Minister, The Federal Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia and Ms. Connie Hedegaard, Commissioner for
Climate Action, European Commission. Ethiopia called
for smart logistics, reliable power supply and
technologies via FDI. The European Commission called
for energy and material use targets, pricing of
resources and regulations that support innovation.
Textiles and household consumer goods companies
have had considerable successes. Levi Strauss is closely
managing its supply chains, raising minimum
environmental and social standards. The company is
increasingly using recycled fibres and establishing
product return systems in US stores. Esquel has
invested in more automation in cotton shirt factories to
improve productivity and improve conditions for
workers. Unilever encourages and assists its suppliers
to invest in green technologies and engage in
sustainable farming systems. Bidco has zero waste
from its production chains: value is gained from all by-
products and packaging containers are produced from
100% recycled materials. However, despite these
successes, only a minority of companies are making
advances and connecting production systems.
Significant opportunities remain for greater
collaboration.
Key take aways Frontrunner companies as ambassadors for change. Companies with strong CSR policies could
influence less progressive companies in the market,
and could work with existing business coalitions to
accelerate change.
Greater transparency in production activities. Consumers are becoming an increasingly important
driver for change, demanding increased transparency
and traceability from their products and brands. There
remains little evidence, however, that increased
product information is translating into behavioural
change. Product performance, convenience, and status
remain the most important drivers for consumers.
Better regulatory frameworks. Despite interest in
sustainable products, consumers also remain highly
influenced by price. Improving product standards will
therefore be key in preventing a race to the bottom. An
opportunity to connect production systems and
consumption patterns remains.
Better use of economic instruments. The
opportunity space of true value pricing of goods was
discussed in terms of including currently externalised
costs for material resources, other natural capital and
pollution to provide incentives for businesses to
consider more collaborative circular economy thinking.
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Transforming the Food SectorKey actors:H.E. Dr. John Dramani Mahama, President, Republic
of Ghana
Mr. Kanayo Felix Nwanze, President, IFAD
H.E. Mogens Jensen, Minister for Trade and
Development, Denmark
Mr. Craig F. Binetti, President, Nutrition & Health,
DuPont
Mr. Joost Oorthuizen, Executive Director,The
Sustainable Trade Initiative, (IDH)
Discussant:Mr. Christiaan Rebergen, Deputy Director General,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
Moderator:Mr. Christian Grossmann, World Bank Group
Director, Climate Change, International Finance
Corporation
Fundamental changes in the ways food is produced,
processed, transported and consumed are vital for
achieving sustainable development. This immense
challenge calls for a collaboration between a group of
stakeholders including public and private actors:
consumers, producers and retailers, locally, regionally
and globally.
The need to revolutionise food production and
consumption was acknowledged by all participants,
and technical as well as social, regulative and financial
developments were all felt to be required for real
change to take place. Transformation of the food sector
was overwhelmingly felt to go hand-in-hand with the
sustainable development of rural areas, particularly in
the developing world.
Key take aways Measuring and communicating impacts of food products on the environment. Consumers need
reliable and intelligible information to be able to choose
sustainably produced food. Tools and methodologies
for measuring the impacts must be further developed,
and should not exclude producers that do not currently
have the capacity to certify their products. This could
require additional support mechanisms for certification
and traceability.
Pricing externalities. To enable sustainable
consumption, the checkout price needs to reflect the
full life-cycle costs of food products. Again, robust
methodologies for the classification and measurement
of impacts need to be developed before regulatory
instruments can implement impact-responsive pricing
tools.
Increasing productivity for low-tech small holders as well as high-tech agri-business. Large-
scale agriculture is highly productive, but smallholders
produce a significant share of global food. Transforming
the productivity of these smallholders does not require
a technological revolution, but the dissemination of
good practice and proven technologies, and could
benefit from a level of consolidation.
Rural development is integral to revolutionising the agricultural sector. Urbanisation is draining the
productive agricultural lands of future employees,
farmers and smallholders. Rural areas need to be
beneficiaries of development in infrastructure,
services and employment opportunities. The
profession of farming must be made attractive to the
young though training and education, market
development and streamlining of land rights.
Reducing waste along the production-consumption chain. A combination of approaches is
necessary, that involve technical solutions from food
and packaging science, logistical improvements for
getting food from field to fork, and behaviour change
making the most from purchased food.
Public-private collaboration can be effective in
several areas such as delivering security and certainty
needed for investment in sustainable agriculture,
giving access to good practice and proven technologies
and they may provide a path through potentially
difficult regulatory terrain.
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Transforming the Energy SectorKeynote speaker:Ms. Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director,
International Energy Agency
Panellists: Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Deputy Director of Fiscal Affairs,
IMF
Mr. Peter Damgaard Jensen, CEO & Chairman, PKA
A/S
Mr. Dolf Gielen, Director, International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA)
Dr. Justin Zachary, Executive VP and Head of Power
Technology for Samsung C&T
Discussants from the floor:Mr. Freddy R. Saragih, Director, Centre for Fiscal Risk
Management, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
Mr. Thomas Becker, Chief Executive Officer, the
European Wind Energy Association
Moderator:Simon Upton, Environment Director, the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Electricity is vital to economic activity and development.
Climate change and energy security provide dual
arguments for a transition to a low carbon economy.
Other economic priorities include job creation,
affordability of power for ordinary people, the creation
of new industries and maintaining competitiveness of
existing ones. The challenge for green economic
transformation is to ensure that these priorities don’t
conflict.
Transformative regulatory solutions present possible
pathways for change. Fossil fuel subsidies are widely
considered to be not only a barrier to renewable energy
but also economically counterproductive and often
extremely costly.
In this session investors and companies weigh in on the
economic case for sustainable energy and form a view
on how public private cooperation can transform the
energy sector and positively incentivise business. The
scene is set by a presentation of current energy policy
trends by the IEA.
Key take awaysElectricity production will demand around 50% of all primary energy use by 2050. If GHG emissions
targets are to be met it should only account for 5% of
all carbon emissions.
Public private collaborations can effectively
contribute to energy transformation, especially
government support for R&D.
The energy sector is changing fast; decision-
makers should get the latest available data to assess
the competitiveness and feasibility of technologies.
These will vary by region.
Critical areas for policy change: • Transfer of energy efficient technologies into
industry and households.
• Reduction of coal use and elimination of sub-
critical power plants: only ”super-critical” or
”ultra-critical” technologies should be developed
in the future, along with Carbon Capture and
Storage (CCS).
Critical enablers for renewable energy investments:• Removal of subsidies for fossil fuels. This would
also liberate up to 1.2 trillion US dollars. To build
political acceptability, transparency is essential
on how these savings would be used. Channeling
savings into renewable energy technologies
would be one option.
• Long-term predictable prices for renewable
electricity ensured for example by pricing
mechanisms such as feed-in tariffs. This will
provide confidence for investors to invest in these
technologies.
• Storage solutions for intermittent power
associated with some renewables. Hybrid
renewable energy systems can provide a solution,
and are already established in some Small Island
States.
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Facing the Consumer/Citizen – Transforming our Consumption Patterns
Keynote speakers:H.E. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister,
Denmark
H.E. Dr. John Dramani Mahama, President, Republic
of Ghana
Panellists:Mr. Harry Hendriks, Executive Chairman Global
Government & Public Affairs, Philips
Ms. Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF
International
Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP
Ms. Sando Ojiambo, Head of Corporate Responsibility,
Safaricom Limited
Moderator:Mr. Peter Bakker, President of the World Business
Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Three billion people are expected to join the global
middle class by 2030, which will exponentially increase
the demand for energy, natural resources and materials.
Technological innovation and resource efficiency in the
manufacturing of products will not be sufficient to make
consumption and production patterns sustainable: in
many regions of the world, consumption growth
outpaces efficiency improvements. Significant change
will be required at the level of individual lifestyles and
consumption, and in the products and services made
available to consumers.
The session began with the sharing of visions for
future sustainable lifestyles and consumption
patterns from H.E. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime
Minister, Denmark and H.E. Dr. John Dramani Mahama,
President, Republic of Ghana. The Danish Prime
Minister spoke of green tax reform, incentives for
sustainable living, and a green tradition fund in her
vision for future sustainable living in Denmark. The
Ghanaian President spoke of a sustainable living
future in Ghana defined by zero waste, the elimination
of plastics harmful to health and the elimination of
food waste and obesity. Prosperity in Ghana should
be defined by a truly circular economy. Leaders from
business and civil society responded to the visions
with examples of progress and ideas for collaborative
actions.
Key take awaysAddressing sustainable consumption needs to include a wider range of stakeholders. For example,
the media could be allies in promoting sustainable
lifestyles and influencing consumers / citizens. Sharing
success stories is the most effective way to change
behaviour.
Role models have a powerful influence on lifestyles. Diverse actors are influential. Examples
include the President of China´s recent announcement
that shark fin soup will no longer be served at official
banquets, signalling a major cultural shift, and Ban Ki-
moon’s establishment of a dress code in the New York UN
building that significantly reduces use of air
conditioning.
Successful government policies to promote sustainable consumer behaviour include economic
instruments such as green tax reform; eco-labelling and
certification schemes. Examples were given of policies
that have successfully shifted lifestyle patterns and
increased wellbeing at the same time, including WRAP´s
food waste campaigns, the FairTrade movement, and
the Eco-villages movement. The 10-Year Framework of
Programmes on SCP was highlighted as an opportunity
for stakeholders to work together on the issue of
sustainable lifestyles.
Business innovations were also discussed: from
circular economy models, to growing salad on
supermarket roofs to provide fresher crops that require
no transportation, saving both costs and emissions.
Government policy can stimulate this kind of innovation,
for example through tax exemptions.
Partnerships are essential in facilitating change
by bringing together decision makers, entrepreneurs,
and implementers. A partnership idea emerged around
the need to work with medical institutions in convincing
the public that eating meat daily is not essential for good
health.
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Transforming our Economic Growth PathsKeynote speaker:H.E. Felipe Calderón, Chair of the Global Commission
on the Economy and Climate
Panellists:Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank
Dr. Bindu N. Lohani, Vice-President, Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
Mr. Torben Möger Pedersen, CEO, PensionDanmark
Dr. Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of the Global
Environment Facility (GEF)
Mr. Daniel Wiener, President of the Board, Global
Infrastructure Basel (GIB) Foundation
Moderator:Mr. Yvo de Boer, Director-General, Global Green
Growth Institute (GGGI)
The recent report by the Global Commission on the
Economy and Climate - Better Growth, Better Climate
- illustrates that countries at all income levels have
significant opportunities to improve economic and cli-
mate performance. The report sends a strong signal
that the world economy is poised to pursue a low-car-
bon direction that would reduce uncertainty for inves-
tors, businesses and farmers and reduce the transi-
tional costs of change. Taking a long-term approach
can reduce investor risks without harming perfor-
mance.
The report proposes a 10-point Global Action Plan of
key recommendations for decision-makers. 3GF partic-
ipants focused their discussion on the following rec-
ommendation: to substantially reduce capital costs for
low-carbon infrastructure investments, expanding ac-
cess to institutional capital and lowering financial
costs for low-carbon assets. They provided examples
of their responses and the barriers preventing action.
Key take awaysOpportunities for Green Financing. Financing in-
vestments in municipal works calls for energy effi-
ciency. Therefore, development banks have created a
pricing framework to ensure long-term certainty for
municipal projects; helped small companies identify
energy saving opportunities, such as green energy au-
dits; and worked with commercial banks to finance
small projects.
Banks have also taken steps to: integrate climate
change into economic decision-making; finance
low-carbon transport; screen infrastructure projects
to account for climate change adaptation; and build
partnerships with commercial banks to lend to farm-
ers. Other examples included efforts by a pension
fund to invest in climate-related projects in develop-
ing countries and to make substantial investments in
renewable energy projects.
Efforts have also been made to help mayors make the
transition to green street-lighting by aggregating
their needs through a single supply and linking this to
institutional investors. Another innovative plan
worked through a NGO organising sharecroppers
-60% of whom were women- and arranging loans for
farming mechanisation. Some banks have now created
a separate division for green investments.
Further Action Needed. Participants discussed key
issues, such as: the need for banks to build institu-
tional capacity to develop viable projects; the elimina-
tion of tariffs on green and environmental goods and
the ongoing anti-subsidies war. The need for 3GF par-
ticipants to transform their current green actions into
the best practice for their industries was highlighted.
Actions needed include creation of a global carbon
price and building public opinion to induce political ac-
tion. Many companies have set their own internal car-
bon price in anticipation of future action. It was noted
that when countries lose portions of their population
to the impacts of climate change, they have already
put a price on carbon—they are just not seeing it.
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Linking the High Level Plenaries to 3GF PartnershipsThe 3GF hosts a number of partnerships. Several of the partnerships launched or leveraged and new partnership ideas discussed at 3GF2014 addressed the issues raised at the various high level plenaries. Read more about the partnerships at 3GF.dk/2014.
WALKING IN THE SHOES OF FUTURE MIDDLE CLASS CONSUMERS
Innovation to Transform Food ProductionCollaboration for systemic and system-
atic change of our food production to
face the increasing consumption rates
and global demand for food.
Business and Social Innovation for Sustainable LifestylesMulti-stakeholder partnership idea on
business and social innovation for sus-
tainable lifestyles.
FACING THE CONSUMER/CITIZEN – TRANSFORMING OUR CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
Innovation to Transform Food ProductionCollaboration for systemic and system-
atic change of our food production to
face the increasing consumption rates
and global demand for food.
Business and Social Innovation for Sustainable LifestylesMulti-stakeholder partnership idea on
business and social innovation for sus-
tainable lifestyles.
Public Procurement and Eco-Innovation in the Health SectorCollaboration to develop global green
standards for procurement in the
health sector through a green public
procurement protocol.
ENABLING THE PRODUCER – TRANSFORMING OUR PRODUCTION PATTERNS
Sustainable Apparel Value ChainsCollaboration to create a “race to the
top” with a sustainable system of ap-
parel.
Public Procurement and Eco-Innovation in the Health SectorCollaboration to develop global green
standards for procurement in the health
sector through a green public procure-
ment protocol.
Valuing Nature in BusinessCollaboration to account for the value
of nature in business decisions through
natural capital accounting and a Natural
Capital Protocol.
LAUNCH Nordic - a Better World of Textiles and MaterialsIdeas on how to promote systemic
change and disruptive innovation busi-
ness models in the textile industry.
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TRANSFORMING OUR CITIES
Polymers and Packaging in the Circular Economy by 2025A collaboration between a pilot group
of influential cities, reverse logistics
companies, fast-moving consumer
goods (FMCG) manufacturers and re-
tailers to scale circularity of plasic pack-
aging streams.
Energy Efficiency AcceleratorCollaboration for energy-efficient prod-
ucts and services, business models and
solutions to assist sub national govern-
ment leaders to improve energy effi-
ciency in the built environment.
Unlocking the Value of WasteAn Integrated Waste Management Sys-
tem partnership that will unlock value
in the waste management and recycling
supply chain, such as organic fraction
into biofuel and bio-chemicals.
Competitive Advantage of Sustainable InfrastructurePartnership idea on how to promote
and implement standards for sustaina-
ble infrastructure and communicate the
competitive advantages to financial
markets.
TRANSFORMING THE FOOD SECTOR
Innovation to Transform Food ProductionCollaboration for systemic and system-
atic change of our food production to
face the increasing consumption rates
and global demand for food.
Unlocking the Value of WasteAn Integrated Waste Management Sys-
tem partnership will unlock value in the
waste management and recycling sup-
ply chain, such as organic fraction into
biofuel and bio-chemicals.
TRANSFORMING THE ENERGY SECTOR
Scaling Green Off-Grid Energy SolutionsPartnership focusing on providing ac-
cess to electricity systems for rural and
isolated areas and on accelerating and
scaling off-grid solutions in Africa, Asia
and SIDS.
Water Energy Nexus: Water Resources ManagementPartnership exploring and scaling,
smarter, more efficient solutions to re-
duce energy and water consumption
whilst reconciling demands and inter-
ests of key players.
Power System TransformationPartnership addressing the complex
technical, economic and institutional
challenges of enabling the transforma-
tion to a more sustainable power sys-
tem.
TRANSFORMING OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH PATHS
Financial Flows for Land RestorationCollaboration for developing the need-
ed tools and technologies for designing
finance mechanisms enabling invest-
ment in land restoration.
Green Bonds for WaterIdeas for a ‘green bonds for water’ part-
nership enabling a sustained growth of
bond finance for sustainable water in-
frastructure projects.
Competitive Advantage of Sustainable InfrastructurePartnership idea on how to promote
and implement standards for sustaina-
ble infrastructure and communicate the
competitive advantages to financial
markets.
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In ConversationsTransformative Action: Energy Efficiency by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transformative Action: Sustainable Agriculture in a Globalised World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Transformative Action: The Politics of the Green Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Transformative Action: Attracting Finance for Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
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IN CONVERSATIONS
Transformative Action: Energy Efficiency by DesignDiscussants:Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar, CEO, Saint-Gobain
Mr. Joel Towers, Executive Dean, Parsons School of
Design
Mr. Jens Peter Saul, CEO, Rambøll
Moderator:Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Special Representative of
the UN Secretary-General and CEO, Sustainable
Energy for All (SE4All)
Business leaders and policymakers increasingly under-
stand that design adds significant value to energy effi-
ciency in cities. Smart design calls for framing prob-
lems and envisioning solutions from a different per-
spective. Given the long-lived nature of urban infra-
structure, the way in which the world’s growing cities
are designed, rebuilt, maintained and enhanced will
not only determine their economic performance and
their citizen’s quality of life, it may also define the tra-
jectory of global GHG emissions. Yet energy efficiency
and sustainability are held back by a combination of
structural/systemic barriers and there is a need for
more innovation and experimentation.
The way aheadBuildings and infrastructure need to be designed with eco-innovation and sustainability in mind from the outset. Designing for resilience calls for
broadening the overall definition of design. Designers
increasingly need to consider environmental impact,
effects on the sustainability of growth, and overall
impacts on society of design choices. This calls for
educating designers on these issues. Designers will
need to consider all possible externalities and use
these criteria in evaluation of success.
Urban development design can improve both economic performance and quality of life while reducing energy use. Urban design should consider
the entire urban web rather than each building as an
isolated structure. Designers should consider how
people will live or use buildings and structures; not just
their homes, but also schools, hospitals and airports.
Another key question for the future will be how to
measure and price “liveability”.
Designers need to look at the whole value chain of components. For example, the fashion and apparel
industry, which is resource intensive, faces major
challenges for achieving zero waste design, longevity
and reusability.
Design requires active collaboration. Better
design called for stakeholder management from the
initiation of a project. Government ministries often
develop plans in isolation that can lead to less than
optimal design. Design processes should identify key
leverage points. Disruptive innovation of the traditional
process of design may be needed to include inputs
from key stakeholders.
Designers also face barriers. The short-term
mentality of politicians; manufacturers who wish to
program obsolescence into product design and
encourage constant refreshing of those products in
order to raise sales; and contractors who want
buildings designed for the short-term to reflect short
financial depreciation periods, all present obstacles to
energy and material efficient design over the lifecycle.
Key messagesMultidimensional design solutions will be needed to improve efficiency. This approach
requires a thorough accounting of externalities and
approaching design as an active collaborative process,
since it now involves many other sectors.
Energy efficient products in the future should be designed with end users instead of for them. Many participants supported the goal of “living better
with less” rather than encouraging “I waste because I
can afford it”.
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IN CONVERSATIONS
Transformative Action: Sustainable Agriculture in a Globalised WorldDiscussants:H.E. Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Food, Agriculture
and Fisheries, Denmark
Mr. David Shark, Deputy Director-General, WTO
Moderator:Dr. Joost Oorthuizen, Executive Director, the
Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
The rapidly growing global middle class and the de-
mand for safe, clean and sustainable food is a chal-
lenge to the market, the regulatory environment, the
consumer and the planet. The definition of sustainabil-
ity in relation to agriculture should include such issues
as food security, food safety, animal welfare, and social
justice.
How should responsibility be shared between the individual, businesses and governments?
Denmark has had considerable success in making agri-
culture more sustainable in recent years. Production
has expanded while at the same time total CO2, pollut-
ing emissions and effluent have been reduced. This
has been achieved by ensuring that production is re-
source efficient while products are able to compete on
factors other than price in the global market i.e. high
quality. While there is more that can be done, there are
valuable lessons that can be shared with partners
around the world.
How can sustainably (and organically) produced agricultural products be promoted through glob-al trade? Introducing sustainability criteria into trade
rules is one potential component of the enabling envi-
ronment. The WTO is now encouraging members to
adopt international standards for quality control and
regulation. It aims for example to discourage subsidies
that encourage greater yields on marginal land. How-
ever, trade rules do not currently allow the imposition
of tariffs on environmentally harmful goods e.g. on
non-sustainable palm or soya. In such cases countries
must rely on product labelling, giving consumers more
information so that they can choose in favour of sus-
tainability.
How can sustainable food production and trade be promoted without excluding the smallholder farmer? The role of smallholders will be key in future
food supply, particularly in domestic supply in Africa. It
is important to avoid disadvantaging or excluding
smallholders through the use of controlled supply
chains or imposition of quality standards that they
cannot meet. However, there are genuine concerns
that investing in systems that are less sustainable than
in home markets would be unacceptable to the public.
The way aheadUse of strict environmental and sustainability standards. These do not appear to preclude compe-
tiveness in the global market place. Global standards
are ultimately more effective than voluntary agree-
ments.
Optimised systems for the use of land and labour
are needed. Denmark is a leader in this field and could
share its experience.
Greater support of smallholders. Smallholders are
important, especially in Africa and should be support-
ed. Supply chains should be carefully implemented so
as not to exclude them.
Removing distorting subsidies is of key importance
to ensuring a level playing field. In particular the WTO
should target fossil fuel subsidies.
Greater use of product labelling to provide consum-
ers with information to make sustainable choices. Oth-
er measures will also be necessary to influence con-
sumer behaviour.
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IN CONVERSATIONS
Transformative Action: The Politics of the Green EconomyPanellists: H.E. Felipe Calderón, Chair of the Global Commission
on the Economy and Climate
H.E. Kirsten Brosbøl, Minister for the Environment,
Denmark
Sir Suma Chakrabati, President, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Moderator:Dr. Andrew Steer, President & CEO, World Resources
Institute (WRI)
The New Climate Economy Report brings together a
body of compelling evidence that green growth will
spur new opportunities, and more sustainable long-
term economies. Multiple benefits can be realised in,
for instance, health, energy security, food security,
jobs, environment and biodiversity protection, and, not
least, fiscal revenues. Over the past decade, Denmark
has had sustained economic growth, but has steadily
reduced its carbon footprint, demonstrating the com-
plementarity between economic growth and green
outcomes.
Nonetheless, despite the strong evidence of the eco-
nomic case, the politics around going green are com-
plex, requiring profound changes in approach by gov-
ernment, business and the citizen. The relevance of
green growth is still contested in some quarters. To
address these concerns the discussion focused on po-
litical messaging in support of green growth and on ex-
amples of government policies for overcoming political
barriers.
The way aheadPoliticians can best be influenced by positive messages; the economic advantages of green growth
could be articulated to politicians and business alike as
‘it’s the economy, stupid’, rather than through negative
and abstract messages e.g. ‘climate change poses a
severe threat to our futures’. Change is always resisted,
so the political messaging should focus on the benefits
of change, not the negative aspects. Emphasis on
economic benefits and engaging companies in the
green challenge can help to overcome internal
disagreements within countries
The involvement of the business community needs a clear regulatory environment to
encourage investments in green programmes and
products. Much of the environmental change in Europe
has been pushed through by EU legislation, which
enabled politicians to establish clear regulatory
frameworks that would have been harder to establish
on a country-by-country basis. This has allowed
national politicians to point to international agendas
when designing policy.
NGOs have a key role to play in raising awareness of
the green economy, putting pressure on politicians and
influencing consumers.
Language is key. Technical and professional people
often speak in abstract terms, such as ‘a holistic
political narrative’ but direct language is more likely to
influence the business community, or the public. For
example, a campaign in Mexico to replace old washing
machines with new, more efficient ones, was
successful because it was marketed with a catchy
positive phrase (in this case ‘out with the old, in with
the new’ which had a subtle second meaning, out with
the old husband), rather than exhortation to improve
energy efficiency.
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IN CONVERSATIONS
Transformative Action: Attracting Finance for CitiesDiscussants: Dr. Bindu N. Lohani, Vice President, Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
Dr. Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia Rius, Executive
Director, Centro Mario Molina, Mexico
Dr. Karsten Sach, Deputy Director-General,
International Cooperation, BMU, Germany
Moderator:Mr. Giles Dickson, Vice President, Global Public
Affairs, Alstom
Institutional investors are readying for the shift to a
low carbon economy that lies ahead, as evidenced by
the 2014 Global Investor Statement whereby 350
global institutional investors called on governments
for meaningful and reliable carbon pricing. Ambition
has to rise beyond pricing carbon and the smart use of
public finance to overcome the bottlenecks currently
embedded in financial markets. A blend of national
self-interest and collaborative action is required,
involving actors from across the financial system,
economy and investment value chain.
Cities are responsible for a sizable chunk of national
GDP, but difficulties still exist in attracting investments
and accessing credit. Enabling access to credit for city
administrations is a key challenge. Strengthening
cities abilities to raise their own revenue or otherwise
guarantee income is an important step to improving
credit access. Revenue from local taxes or levies can
provide steady income, but devolution of some national
tax powers to local city governments, who take on the
delivery of some services, is a robust way to ensure a
substantial long-term cash-flow.
The way aheadBinding, long-term plans at the city level can provide credit institutions and other investors with assurances beyond the typical administrative cycle. This can alleviate the fear that
a change in administration could lead to the cancelation
of a project, or a change the regulations that govern
the revenue stream from the funded project or
initiative.
Often cities, for a variety of reasons, simply do not have a credit rating: The ADB has in the past
provided security and analysis to enhance or enable
city credit rating, helping to achieve an AA rating
suitable for pension funds.
Good governance is a pre-requisite for investment. Lack of trust in local government often
limits the acceptance of revenue raising fees and/or
taxes among the city citizens. New governance models
that include robust financial accounting and reporting
practices, together with fiduciary safeguards, could
act as an assurance that money goes where it should.
These could include institutionalised benchmarks,
financial management and transparent procurement
rules.
In an ideal world, national budgets should not act as guarantors of city debt, but in practice, this can
be the only way to provide sufficient assurance that
city debt will be honoured. City mini-bonds, for
example, have in the past tended to be backed by
national banks. Direct access of cities to financial and
technical mechanisms of the UNFCCC could also
streamline project funding.
Thorough project planning, including a description of
the co-benefits and costs avoided in other domains can
strengthen the business case for a project. For
example, investments in organic agriculture can
increase water quality, reducing the need for treatment
capacity.
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Learning SessionsKenya: Public-Private Green Growth Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Towards a Sustainable Financial System: the Case of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Better Cities in a New Climate Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Africa – Removing Entry Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
China: Renewable Energy Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Kenya: Public-Private Green Growth StrategiesPanellists:Eng. Joseph Njoroge, Principal Secretary, Ministry of
Energy and Petroleum, Republic of Kenya
Mr. Vimal Shah, Chairman, Kenyan Private Sector
Alliance (KEPSA), CEO of Bidco Group Ltd
Dr. Alice Kaudia, Environment Secretary, Ministry of
Environment, Water and Natural Ressource
Mr. Alfonso L. Vázquez Caro, Vice President, Vestas
Mr. Tao Bindslev, Group Vice President, Grundfos
Ms. Sanda Ojiambo, Head of Corporate
Responsibility, Safaricom Ltd
Moderator:Ms. Carole Kariuki, CEO, Kenyan Private Sector
Alliance (KEPSA)
In this session the approach of Kenya to solving envi-
ronmental and investment challenges through public
private partnerships was presented and discussed. The
session concluded with a call for further investment in
Kenya through partnerships in order to both meet the
needs of the people and protect the environment.
Key issues discussed Kenya is combining growth with environmental protection by using legislation to enable successful
public-private partnerships to finance essential
infrastructure in rural Kenya. This redistributes
opportunities to the wider population and facilitates
urban to rural migration.
Partnerships enables sustainable development where government resources are limited. Kenya is
a lower-middle income country experiencing a range of
challenges, such as food security, poverty,
unemployment, water scarcity, limited electricity
coverage and environmental degradation. To solve
these issues, the government has forged several
development partnerships at various stages of
development, for example in infrastructure, housing,
petroleum infrastructure, geothermal and wind
energy.
Kenya can be perceived as “the entrepreneur of Africa” and is a role model for adopting a strategy that
is bold without being risky. Partnerships with
international investors have enabled ‘leapfrogging’ to
green solutions and infrastructures, rather than
drawn-out development processes towards these
solutions that could take many years.
Legislation is essential in providing the framework for sustainable development. The
Public-Private Partnership legislation of 2013 provides
a successful framework that protects the public as well
as safeguarding private sector interests. The review of
Kenya´s environmental policy, and the enshrining of
environmental safeguards into the Kenyan Constitution
are also critical success factors, although enforcement
can be a challenge. Companies have confidence in the
robust regulatory framework for partnerships, and the
3GF has assisted in bringing partners together. Vestas
is working with the Government to harvest Kenya´s
vast wind resources, contributing towards the goal of
bringing electrification from its current coverage of
32% of the population, up to 100% by 2030.
In order to succeed, partnerships require a strong government actor, capital access and a private sector partner willing to experiment with different
business models. Since oil and gas reserves were
recently discovered in Kenya, legislation is in
development to avoid the “Dutch disease” (distortion
of the economy due to overvaluing of the currency by
trade in a single commodity) and to ensure that
partnerships remain transparent. The Government is
emphasising measures to reduce poverty and youth
unemployment, and private sector engagement is
welcomed, for example through environmental
restoration projects. In 2013 Kenya moved to devolved
government, with 47 county governments. This
enabling structure aims to ensure appropriate
distribution of resources and opportunities throughout
the country.
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Towards a Sustainable Finan-cial System: the Case of China
Panellists:Dr. Simon Zadek, Co-director, United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP)
Mr. Sean Kidney, CEO and Co-founder, Climate Bonds
Initiative
Dr. Zhang Chenghui, Director-General, Research
Institute of Finance, Development Research Centre of
the State Council, China
Moderator:Mr. Mark Halle, Executive Director, International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
The financial crisis has triggered a serious re-evalua-
tion of financial markets, their purpose and the rules
that govern them. There is growing recognition that
the financial system must not only be sound and sta-
ble, but also sustainable if it is to enable transition to a
low-carbon, green economy.
This session examined international efforts to reform
the finance sector so that its operations support green
growth. It considered some areas in which reform of fi-
nance sector policies and rules has been undertaken or
are being considered.
The World Economic Forum estimated that US$6 tril-
lion investment in infrastructure is needed annually to
deliver a global low-carbon economy by 2030. Of this,
nearly US$1 trillion is over and above the busi-
ness-as-usual trajectory.
The current financial system is not well equipped to
deliver these investments, geared as it is toward short-
term capital and natural resource intensive invest-
ments. UNEP has initiated an Inquiry into global finan-
cial systems in order to identify the extent to which the
present global financial system obstructs green
growth; and to determine what elements of the sys-
tems could and should be changed. A green growth
transformation will be difficult to achieve if it has to
push upstream against a hostile financial system.
Key issues discussed The panellists outlined a number of systemic reforms that would underpin green growth:
• All financial accounting includes social and envi-
ronmental externalities (social capital accounting).
• The financial stability of banks is assessed with
respect to their sustainability.
• Climate change impacts are considered by agen-
cies in their credit ratings.
Financial systems can change if the financial metrics
are revised to include environmental impacts.
The Chinese government has made a high level commitment to green development and has allocated
financial resources to accelerate the transition. Based
on 8 years research in green economics by the Research
Institute on Finance, the State Council of China is now
working on developing policy options to ensure that
the financial system supports green credit and follows
green investment guidelines. In this respect China is
well in advance of the rest of the world. There remain
many obstacles, but the Chinese financial system has
achieved some good results.
Participants agreed that there is a growing sense of change and a ‘bouquet‘ of policy interventions are
under trial in many countries. In Bangladesh financial
regulators recognise that their work needs to broaden
in order to deliver sustainability. A few OECD countries
are beginning to shift their lens to sustainable
development. For example, the Head of the Bank of
England has admitted that there is a risk in carbon-
intensive assets. In the words of one of the panellists
’the monsters are beginning to see the need for
change’.
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Better Cities in a New Climate EconomyPanellists:H.E. Felipe Calderón, Chair of the Global Commission
on the Economy and Climate
Mr. Nick Godfrey, Head of Policy and Urban
Development, New Climate Economy
Dr. Hastings Chikoko, Africa Director, C40, South
Africa
Dr. Bindu N. Lohani, Vice-President, Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
Mr. Png Cheong Boon, CEO, Juron Town Cooperation,
Singapore
Moderator:Dr. Andrew Steer, CEO, World Resources Institute
(WRI)
With a billion more people expected to live in cities by
2030, the cities chapter of the New Climate Economy
report shows that getting our cities right will be critical
to an economically prosperous and low carbon future.
However, urban development globally is too often
characterised by sprawl and conventional motorisa-
tion, creating significant economic and social costs as
well as growing carbon emissions. Urban sprawl costs
the US economy alone an estimated $400 billion per
year. On current trends, 500 cities will account for over
half of global energy-related greenhouse gas emis-
sions growth between now and 2030.
Key issues discussedThe benefits of compact cities over the urban sprawl typical of expanding cities in the ‘age of
automobiles’ is demonstrated in the report, and were
underlined by panellists and participants through
examples showing sustainable urban development.
City authorities charged with remediating cities with
extensive urban sprawl identified common challenges.
Low carbon cities give multiple benefits. A key
message was the need to sell the idea of low carbon
initiatives as being better under a wide range of crite-
ria, not only the very real low carbon benefits. This
means, for example, highlighting the improvement in
air quality brought about by cleaner and more public
transport and reduced use of private cars, leading to a
lower incidence of lung disease, sick days and loss of
life. Similarly, promotion of walking and cycling, where
practical, can have knock on health benefits from in-
creased physical exercise and fewer. Both can lead to a
significant reduction in the hours, and money, spent on
commuting.
Indicators and predictive models that can put concrete numbers on these benefits can help pro-
vide a more robust financial case for investment. Local
and national authorities are more likely to invest in
substantial infrastructure projects if they can clearly
see a multi-win scenario that will enable them to forgo
other investments.
Low carbon oriented infrastructure can also help avoid inequities in infrastructure development,
where only a small section of society, often the
wealthy, benefit from the development. This is par-
ticularly the case for costly development of urban road
and traffic infrastructure in developing countries.
Cities should aim to influence national policy so that it is in line with city goals. City and national ob-
jectives can often be at odds, and successful imple-
mentation of low carbon city plans requires some au-
tonomy in the areas of energy planning, land planning
and transport planning. The impact of national fiscal
strategies on fuel also plays a role: subsidised fuel is a
strong disincentive to alternative urban transport
modes.
Africa – Removing Entry BarriersPanellists:H.E. Dr. John Dramani Mahama, President, Republic
of Ghana
H.E. Mogens Jensen, Minister for International Trade
and Cooperation, Denmark
Mr. Vimal Shah, Chairman, Kenya Private Sector
Alliance / Bidco Oil Refineries
Dr. Ibrahim Togola, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign
Affairs and International Trade, Nyetaa G., Mali
Mr. Jais Valeur, Executive Vice President, Arla Foods,
Denmark
Moderators: Mr. Carsten Staur, Ambassador, Permanent
Representative, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the
UN in Geneva
The session focused on the barriers affecting private
sector investment in Africa. During the AU Summit in
Addis Ababa, it was recognised that the path to inclu-
sive and green growth in Africa should run via strength-
ened value chains, improved natural resource manage-
ment, and appropriate infrastructure. In the 3GF dis-
cussion, there was general agreement that the private
sector is key to continued high growth rates, structural
reforms, increased investment in infrastructure and
strengthening of social capital in Africa.
It is, of course, difficult to address the issue of barriers
to foreign investments in Africa as a whole. The conti-
nent comprises 54 countries, half of which are Low In-
come Countries (LIC), and conditions vary significantly
from country to country.
The participants addressed how to further increase
foreign direct investment in Africa; what are the barri-
ers to more private sector investments; and what could
Governments do to reduce these barriers?
Key issues discussed Lack of physical infrastructure. A lack of physical
infrastructure is an important barrier to entry, not least
in transport and power generation, but also in the
financial sector. These barriers, however, also provide
opportunities to companies and investors with
appetite to engage in these areas.
Accelerate regional integration. Most African
countries are small, as measured in terms of GDP. There
is a clear need to accelerate regional economic
integration and to advance regional connectivity in
respect of power generation and transport networks in
order to increase market size and efficiency.
The low level of education and skills of the labour
force remains a key challenge in attracting foreign
investments.
Gender inequality should be addressed to further
release the often untapped potential of women as
actors in the economy.
Corruption must be tackled more effectively.
Corruption reduces investor confidence in a country.
Regulatory frameworks. There is a need to take a
close look at existing regulatory frameworks in the
economy, and to undertake further public sector
reforms in order to make the state more responsive to
the interests and needs of the private sector.
Foreign investors must understand the different markets and their characteristics; all trade must be
tailored to the respective markets.
Understanding consumers. There is a particular
challenge in many countries in understanding and
utilising the dynamics, inherent consumption in the
bottom of the pyramid (the poorest section of the
community). The extraordinary success of the African
cell phone market may show how to develop viable
commercial activities in this respect.
Simplified media perception. The broadly shared -
and generally simplified media perception of Africa is a
problem, as successes and opportunities are often
overshadowed by conflict and disaster. The current
Ebola-crisis is a case in point. It only affects a few
countries in West Africa, but is often presented as an
‘African problem’ in general.
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China: Renewable Energy CooperationSpeakers:Mr. Gao Hu, Deputy Director General, CNREC
Mr. Wang Zhongying, Director-General, CNREC
Mr. Dolf Gielen, Director, International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA)
Moderator:Mr. Shi Lishan, Deputy Director General, China’s Na-
tional Energy Administration (NEA)
Successful Bilateral CooperationChina and Denmark are frontrunners in renewable en-
ergy development, with more than 20 years of cooper-
ative experience. Strong policy commitment and long-
term targets have helped them transform the renewa-
ble energy industry into a leading player for global
green growth. This session shared their success sto-
ries and provided a vision for a sustainable Chinese en-
ergy system in 2030 and 2050.
The five-year joint Renewable Energy Development
(RED) Programme has aimed to build institutional ca-
pacity and promote technology innovation for renewa-
ble energy in the two countries. It created a Chinese
National Renewable Energy Centre (CNREC), with the
Renewable Energy Analysis and Information Centre
embedded. The programme supports renewable ener-
gy technology innovation, development and transfer
through an innovation support facility. It funds cooper-
ation between Chinese and Danish companies and or-
ganisations. Finally, it helped develop sector strategies
for wind, biomass and solar energy.
The RED programme provides an excellent blueprint
for similar cooperation between developing and devel-
oped countries.
REmap 20303GF participants also learned about REmap 2030 from
the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
REmap provides a roadmap that explores a doubling of
the global renewable energy share by the end of the
next decade. REmap 2030 demonstrates possible
pathways for countries, regions and sectors to double
the share of renewables globally by 2030; identify and
characterise technology options to meet the objective;
and suggest opportunities for international coopera-
tion to realise this vision.
REmap 2030 forges collaborations between regions,
countries and other stakeholders.
IRENA has with assistance from CNREC prepared a spe-
cial REmap report on China. The report highlights the
big impact China has on the global energy consumption
and supply and illustrates how China can more than
reach the targets for 2030. It concludes that such an
energy transition is affordable and makes sound eco-
nomic sense.
Vision for ChinaCNREC shared with participants its vision for China’s
energy system in 2050: that China will reach an income
level comparable to current moderate and high-income
countries and simultaneously achieve improved envi-
ronmental quality, in particular air quality. CNREC re-
viewed a shift from coal power to other sources of en-
ergy for the period 2011-2050.
Participants considered the likelihood for realising the
2050 vision. It was noted that, in light of the current
ecological pressure, China has little choice but to
strengthen renewable energy. In addition, the Govern-
ment of China is trying to achieve near zero emissions,
even for coal-fired plants.
Other themes addressed included: trade tariffs on re-
newable energy, political barriers and energy efficien-
cy.
Renewed Commitment3GF participants voiced renewed commitment to ex-
pand their use of renewable energy based on their dis-
cussions.
Many expressed hope that the session would inspire
further bilateral and multinational cooperation in re-
newable energy development in other countries.
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Opening StatementsH .E . Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister, Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
H .E . Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Eng . Joseph Njoroge, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Republic of Kenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
H .E . Ahmad bin Amer bin Mohamed Al-Hemaidi, Minister of Environment, State of Qatar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
H .E . Liu Qi, Vice Minister National Energy Administration (NEA), People´s Republic of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
H .E . Dr . Seunghoon Lee, Co-Chair of the Green Growth Committee of the Government of the Republic of Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Mr . Roberto Dondisch, Director General for Global Issues of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a genuine pleasure to warmly welcome you to this
year’s Global Green Growth Forum. On behalf of the Dan-
ish Government, I am very pleased to host this Forum,
now for the fourth time.
Let me begin by thanking the 3GF partner countries. In
particular, I would like to welcome you, Prime Minister
Hailemariam, and Ethiopia as our new official partner. I
am pleased that we are now on this journey together.
3GF has come a long way since we first convened in 2011.
But the basic vision is the same – to accelerate the transi-
tion to a green economy for all.
Since the beginning in 2011, we have delivered several
important alliances and partnerships. Partnerships that
will make a difference – for instance by reducing food loss
and waste, improving trade in environmental goods, or
avoiding deforestation.
We have expanded the group of partner countries and we
have increased global interest for 3GF.
Some three billion people are expected to join the global
middle class by 2030.
Meeting their needs and aspirations in a sustainable way
will be critical to the future of all of us. Our common goal
should be to have sustainable lifestyles become the
norm.
Achieving this is one of the greatest challenges of our
time. It is a challenge that forces us to rethink our entire
way of life. A challenge that calls for new models of sus-
tainable living and for new ways of producing and con-
suming. In short: We need to change our direction to se-
cure a sustainable future.
With 3GF we have made important contributions. Here,
we accelerate and enlarge solutions and partnerships
that promote sustainable lifestyles. We provide a plat-
form for policy-makers, business leaders, investors and
civil society to join forces. We try to release powerful syn-
ergies to turn our ambitions into action and tangible re-
sults.
This year, here at 3GF, we will discuss production and
consumption. Over the coming days we will explore how
to ensure sustainable consumption and production pat-
terns.
This theme is particularly important this year as it com-
plements several international initiatives and processes.
The recent Climate Summit in New York, the ongoing COP
process and not least the formulation of the new Sustain-
able Development Goals. We hope that 3GF can contrib-
ute to create the foundation for a successful outcome of
these processes.
Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen,
One year ago – at the 3GF2013 – three young students
gave us a memorable lesson.
On the need for leadership and political will. Allow me to
quote from their speech:
“Science is useless, if it is not followed by political will. We
want you to live up to your responsibility, as a real leader
must do”.
The young students are right. We, as leaders, need to
make the right decisions now to ensure a sustainable fu-
ture for the generations to come. And we need to act
based on science and convincing evidence.
3GF works closely with leading universities, think tanks
and innovators, seeking to link science to business, policy
and finance.
We do this because we need more evidence of the eco-
nomic benefits of going green. And because we need in-
novations. We need to develop the right incentives for
investors, companies and consumers. And we need
best-practice solutions that can be implemented broadly
across nations, cities and communities.
Again this year, we seek to engage the young generation
at 3GF. As we speak, the green trade negotiators of to-
morrow – students from all over the world – are here in
Copenhagen for an international simulation game on a
future green trade agreement.
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Tomorrow, they will join us at 3GF and the winners will
receive a special award.
Drawing on new technology and innovation, 3D printers
will create the prize.
Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I thank you all for joining us here in Copenhagen. And not
least for joining our search for a greener and more sus-
tainable future.
Thank you.
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Excellency Prime Minister of Denmark,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good Morning. I would like to first of all express my
gratitude to our host, the Royal Kingdom of Denmark
and its government for their usual hospitality and facil-
ities they have provided to us for the Global Green
Growth Forum. Thank you Prime Minister.
Ethiopia has participated in the Global Green Growth
Forum for the third time now. We found it such a useful
plate-form that we decided to join as an official part-
nering country. It gives me therefore great pleasure to
deliver this remark as an official partnering country.
In Ethiopia we take sustainable development seriously.
We recognize that an economic development that is
not inclusive and equitable and that seriously, ad-
versely and, in many cases, irreparably affect our local
and global environment is not sustainable. We have
seen first-hand the negative consequences of envi-
ronmental degradation. A continued degradation of
our environment had made us a poster-child of pover-
ty, food insecurity, deprivations, and diseases. Though
we are not yet fully out of the woods nevertheless we
have now turned a new page. We have registered gains
in inclusive, environmental friendly and shared eco-
nomic development. Our development policy is based
on prudent utilization of natural resources and preven-
tion and rehabilitation of environmental degradation.
We are yet to reach our long-term vision of a high-in-
come economy able to provide opportunities and pro-
tections to its citizens. We are on track to achieve our
target of becoming middle-income, witnessed a dou-
ble digit Economic growth for last eleven years and we
shall endeavour to continue to do the same for the
coming eleven years.
By adopting a climate resilient green economy strate-
gy, Ethiopia has consolidated and scaled up various
measures of sustainable development. Our decision to
join 3GF emanates from our firm believe that we have
things to contribute and learn from in the area of green
growth. We share with other governments, business-
es, organizations and other participants of this forum
that transitioning to a greener path of development
requires transformative concerted actions and actors.
If we are to improve the quality of lives across devel-
oped and developing countries, we must explore and
decide on what transformative actions are required for
sustainable consumption and production patters. It is
widely agreed that the way we produce and consume
materials, energy, food, water etc. is simply not sus-
tainable. We must have a honest and effective dia-
logue on what it takes to remain within the limits of our
Earth. It is generally agreed that what it takes is trans-
formative changes in lifestyle, consumption and pro-
duction patterns. What need to be flashed out are the
specific changes, barriers enabling conditions and the
role of actors and partnerships.
World leaders reaffirmed the importance of sustaina-
ble consumption and production as early as 1992 in the
Rio Conference and as recently as 2012 at the Rio+20
conference, which adopted a 10-year framework pro-
gramme for sustainable consumption and production.
In discussions on sustainable consumption and produc-
tion, we should not overlook differences in the devel-
opment of countries and their priorities. There are bil-
lions of people in developing countries who live in pov-
erty. They currently consume a fraction of the globe’s
environmental and material resources. Notions of sus-
tainable consumption and production should not pre-
clude these people from increasing their consumption
and production rate. It is, at the same time, clear that
adopting the same production and consumption pat-
tern followed by developed countries is not an option.
As it was emphasized in the Rio+20 outcomes, all
countries should promote sustainable consumption
and production patterns. However developed coun-
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tries should take the lead, with all countries benefiting
from the process, in accordance with the Rio Principles,
including that of common but differentiated responsi-
bilities. We are ready to take our responsibility to grow
Green.
There should also be earnest dialogue, identification
and promotion of best practices on mobilizing and pro-
viding financial, technical and capacity support to de-
veloping countries to transfer technologies appropri-
ate to the question at hand. We want aggressive Pri-
vate sector investment in Green technologies like Re-
newable Energy Production including decentralized
off-grid electric supply, Green Labor intensive manu-
facturing, like textile and apparel and footwear and
leather products, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage
industries etc.
Wishing the participants of this forum a fruitful discus-
sion, I conclude my remarks.
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Your Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am most grateful for the opportunity that has been
granted to the Kenyan delegation to participate and
make a presentation at this conference. To the organ-
izers of this conference, and all the participants, I take
this opportunity to extend to you the warm greetings,
and gratitude of the Government and people of Kenya.
This forum provides an opportunity to constructively
address some of the most challenging problems of our
time. Focusing on Green Growth is a necessary re-
sponse to several challenges that are interacting with
each other to threaten the quality of human life and
survival of ecosystems. These include poverty, popu-
lation growth, environmental degradation, climate
change and economic growth accompanied by ever in-
creasing and unsustainable standards of living.
Your excellencies,
In the case of Kenya, Vision 2030 is the long term de-
velopment blue print aimed at creating a globally com-
petitive and prosperous country with a high quality of
life by 2030. The Vision appreciates the critical input
of these resources into realisation of a prosperous na-
tion. We recognise that the financial implications of
fulfilling the Vision cannot be met by the Government
alone in the traditional development partnership ar-
rangements.
The constitution of this gathering highlights the rec-
ognition that government and private sector must
work together with communities to transform our
production and consumption patterns to ensure green
growth. In 2008 when the Kenya Vision 2030 was
launched, the need for stronger Private Public Part-
nerships (PPPs) was formally documented and widely
publicized. Even before that there have been several
initiatives that demonstrate Kenya’s recognition of
the strategic importance of PPPs.. The Kenya Private
Public Partnerships Bill 2013 is one of the policy and
regulatory documents that is already in place to sup-
port such arrangements. The National PPP regulations
have been finalised and the sectors are now in the
process of drafting their PPP guidelines to operation-
alize the sector PPP framework.
Through the 3GF Kenya seeks to work with the rest of
the world to come up with sustainable market orient-
ed initiatives in four tracks – namely: Innovation to
transform food production, Energy, Lands Restoration
and Water Resources Management. The energy track
seeks to build on one of the areas in which Kenya con-
tinues to make great strides – the exploitation of re-
newable energy - both hydro and geothermal. In addi-
tion, its pursuing the partnerships for off- grid solu-
tions in the underserved areas. The restoration track
seeks address environmental degradation by both re-
storing and averting future damage to the environ-
ment. Innovation to transform food production in-
tends to transform how food is produced through
Kenyan examples by exploring barriers to achieving
scale such as access to finance, access to solutions,
business models and capabilities. It will seek to identi-
fy the needs of Kenya in terms of agriculture innova-
tion.
The Water Resources Management track is pursuing
the optimisation of the water – energy nexus.This cre-
ates greater green growth opportunities in all other
sectors.
As you may be aware, Kenya has a very rich natural
environment with diverse ecosystems and habitats.
They range from the mountain forests below the
unique equatorial ice peaks on Mount Kenya to wood-
lands, Savanna and the rich tropical coral reefs. To
document this very rich and diverse natural capital,
my Ministry is working to finalize on the production of
the first Kenya Natural Capital Atlas. The support of
the Danish Government towards this and many other
initiatives demonstrates the continued contribution
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of Denmark and other partners towards the manage-
ment and protection Kenya’s very rich natural environ-
ment.
Our economic infrastructure continues to create new
avenues for green growth. These include one of the
most developed telecommunications infrastructure on
the continent. Kenya’s mobile money transfer net-
works and infrastructure are the most developed in the
world, and continue to provide a platform for the devel-
opment of new green products and services. They pro-
vide an avenue towards strengthening new initiatives
such as the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES).
However, it is not all about Kenya that is good and rosy.
It is estimated that about 80% percent of Kenyans do
not have access to electricity, and these greatly reduc-
es their capacity to adopt sustainable and healthy life-
styles. Kerosene and wood fuel are still widely used for
lighting – let alone heating. With Kenya’s rapidly grow-
ing population, these can only lead to further environ-
mental degradation and increased greenhouse emis-
sions.
Distinguished Participants,
I would therefore like to join the world in congratulat-
ing Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
who recently won the Nobel Prize for Physics; together
with all those who have worked towards the creating
of low energy devices for lighting and other uses.
These will make it viable for Kenya, with the support of
partners, innovators and investors to develop solar,
wind and lightings systems that will provide power to
some of the off-grid areas.
Your Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I take this opportunity to invite potential private sector
investors and businesses as well as Development Part-
ners to come and join us in this initiative I am propos-
ing. To further encourage the process, I have included
in my delegation members of Government as well as
the Private Sector. In particular, we are working closely
with Government of the Kingdom of Denmark to en-
sure success.
In conclusion, let me thank the Government of the
Kingdom of Denmark for inviting my delegation to this
forum that represents an immense opportunity for us
to develop our countries and regions through embrac-
ing Green Growth economic models.
Thank you.
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Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt,
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Allow me first to thank the Government of Denmark for
hosting the 4th session of the Global Green Growth Fo-
rum.
It gives me a great pleasure to participate in this open-
ing ceremony today, representing the State of Qatar as
a partner country to the 3GF.
Over the past four years, we have seen the 3GF plat-
form evolving and becoming one of the main functions
that shape policies and drive action to achieve sustain-
able development.
This forum is a great embodiment of the well-known
saying: “thinking globally - while acting locally”.
In the past few decades, the prevailing economic mod-
el of unlimited growth was considered by many as a key
strategy to succeed in global competitive markets.
Governments invested in developing cities and infra-
structure, encouraged industries to grow, and facilitat-
ed market competition, while using pure economic
metrics to evaluate their progress.
Private sector companies benefited from globalization
and open trade to maximize their performances and
profits, while measuring success through balance
sheets and profit and loss statements.
On the other hand, this was coupled with a global pub-
lic that is mainly driven by an appetite for open and un-
accountable consumption of goods and services.
Put simply, such practices and mindsets, on all three
levels, are slowing global sustainable development, if
not setting it on a course for failure.
It is becoming more and more evident that global
warming and increasing levels of green-house gases
are not only a function of bad industrial practices and
ineffective government policies but in reality, they are
also an outcome of over demand and over consumption
of goods and services.
To reverse this trend, transformative action is needed.
Intensified inter-governmental cooperation coupled
with a truly inclusive dialogue with the private sector
can only solve part of the riddle.
In order to achieve substantive results ‘on the ground’,
we must engage the civil society to moderate growing
consumption trends and redefine the scale of demand.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I come to you from a region that knows too little of rain
and too much of sun, too little of rivers and lakes and
too much of sand and drought.
Under the leadership of His Highness the Emir of Qatar,
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, we are proud of the
steps we have taken to make the best use of the re-
sources that our nation has been given.
But we are also determined to continue to do more, to
make our economy more sustainable and diversified,
our cities more efficient and green, and our vision more
ambitious and achievable.
We believe that the rapid pace of Qatar’s development
puts a heavy burden on our shoulder to treat the envi-
ronment responsibly.
This has been anchored in the Qatar National Vision
2030, and is in line with our national values and princi-
ples.
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In particular, we are determined, to better manage our
limited resources of water and energy. This is needed
to ensure an adequate supply that meets the demands
of our growing population.
And in that vein we have launched Tarsheed - the na-
tional campaign for the conservation and efficient use
of water and electricity in Qatar.
We are determined to reduce the pollution of our wa-
ters and protect and preserve their delicate ecosys-
tems.
And we are determined to limit climate change through
actively participating in the negotiation process, and
through reducing our emissions of green-house gases.
This would be achieved by investing in environmentally
friendly technologies to reach our goal to generate 20
percent of our energy from renewables by 2024.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is for these ambitions and goals we are partnering
with 3GF and are here today to engage with you in the
discussions. For we know that sustainable develop-
ment on the global agenda has to be prioritized and
attained, in light of global environmental challenges.
And we will relentlessly continue to closely work with
you to forge partnerships in order to achieve this com-
mon goal.
Thank you very much.
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Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt,
Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good Morning!
It is my great pleasure to attend the Global Green
Growth Forum in Denmark for the third time. Each time
brings new inspiration and whole new feelings.
It is true that resources constraints and environmental
concerns are becoming increasingly important for the
global sustainable development. Statistics shows that
world average temperature reached historical high in
this April, May, June and August since 1880. The world
is facing a variety of threats triggered by extreme
weathers. During the Climate Change Summit last
month, UN Secretary General Ban Ki- Moon pointed out
that climate change is threatening our hard-gained
prosperity and the opportunities of billions of people,
and is becoming a fatal issue of the time; the human,
environmental and financial prices are becoming in-
creasingly unbearable, and are becoming an unprece-
dented challenge of the human kind. All the state lead-
ers emphasized unanimously that the word community
should take actions, set targets, enhance cooperation
and change the traditional and high-carbon mode of
production and consumption, and lead a low-carbon
way of development instead. That is exactly what the
3GF has been upholding since its establishment.
China is a developing country with 1.3billion people in
its critical phrase of industrialization and urbanization.
We not only have huge tasks of economic growth and
improving the livelihood of our people, but also face
prominent challenges from resources constraints and
environmental pressures. That is the reason why China
has been paying high attention to green growth,
brought forward “ecological civilization” as a National
Strategy in 2012, and required that it should be imple-
mented in the whole process and all aspects of the
economic and social development, to promote a funda-
mental revolution in the mode of living and production.
China is making great efforts in promoting economic
structural adjustments and in changing its develop-
ment mode. It has formulated a series of development
plans and policy measures which are moving forward
with time. The “National New Mode Urbanization Plan
(2014-2020)”which has been published emphasizes
that we should elevate the development sustainability
of the cities through optimizing the industry mix, im-
proving municipal layout, and innovating the ideology
of city planning, to promote green, smart, and civilized
new mode of city development. The “Development
Plan to Cope with Climate Change (2014-2020)”, which
has just been issued stipulates that China is going to
ensure that carbon emission intensity going down by
40-45% from 2005 to 2020, through economical
structural adjustment, optimizing energy supply, in-
creasing forest carbon sinks and other effective meas-
ures and ways to contain Green House Gas emissions.
In order to optimize the energy mix, cope with climate
change and reduce environmental pollution, the Chi-
nese Government is speeding up the revolution in en-
ergy consumption and production. The first is to cap
the total energy consumption, and restrain fossil fuel
consumption. The second is setting annual target for
the reduction of energy consumption for per unit of
GDP. The third is to speed up the energy development
transformation, to reach the target of 15% of non-fos-
sil fuel in the primary energy consumption by the year
2020. Ideology is important, but actions count more. To
reach those targets, in the past years, China has al-
ways put renewable energy as a prime task of energy
development. By the first half of 2014, the installed
capacity of hydropower reached 290GW, wind power
reached 83GW, solar power reached 22GW, renewable
reached 30% in the total installed capacity, and 20%
in the total power supply. Now China has become the
world largest renewable energy user.
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Renewable energy has always been a priority in China’s
energy development strategy. In order to speed up its
development, China is going to take more active meas-
ures and policies. The first is to study the 2050 renew-
able energy development roadmap, to support the mid
and long term energy transformation targets. The sec-
ond is to deploy large scale renewable energy base and
long-distance transmission lines to lay a solid founda-
tion for large scale renewable energy production and
distribution. The third is to speed up the deployment of
new energy model towns, green energy model coun-
ties and new energy micro-grid demonstration pro-
jects, to promote the replacement of fossil fuel from
the consumer side.
In the process of developing renewable energy, China
has always been learning from the Demark experienc-
es, and encouraged and inspired by their ambitious tar-
get and strategy of being fossil-independent by the
year 2050, which has huge impact on the renewable
energy development plan of China. Hereby, I would like
to extend my wholehearted thanks to the Danish Gov-
ernment for its strong support.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Green growth is an important symbol and basic idea of
sustainable development, which is also a common goal
of every country for the future development. Whereas
the road of green growth will not be as smooth as a
breeze, it calls for deeper interactions and stronger co-
operation of all the countries. China is willing to join
hands with you all, to innovate cooperation manners,
and to move forward toward the green, recycled and
low-carbon direction.
Thank you
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Your Excellency Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
of Denmark,
Your Excellency Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalegn
of Ethiopia,
Distinguished Representatives, Entrepreneurs,
Distinguished Guests,
It is my great pleasure and privilege to attend this Glob-
al Green Growth Forum (3GF) as a representative of the
Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK). I believe
that this event, which seeks to explore the diffusion of
green growth around the world and identify the way
forward, does indeed hold great meaning.
This forum, bringing governments together with busi-
ness enterprises and international organizations, is
emerging as an outstanding model for global pub-
lic-private partnership (PPP).
I would like to express my deep appreciation for the
Government of Denmark for all their efforts and hard
work in playing a leading role in the launch of this valu-
able forum and for the holding of this forum annually to
engage in discussions on key issues in the field of
green growth.
I look forward to the fourth forum yielding constructive
proposals and measures which are indeed of great val-
ue in shaping the future of the globe and the human
race.
Distinguished Guests,
In addition to the unusually extreme weather events of
recent days such as heatwaves, drought, and cold
waves, the excessive anthropogenic activities have re-
sulted in resource depletion, environmental degrada-
tion, and energy crises, aggravating social problems
such as inequality and poverty and thus posing a threat
to the sustainable production, consumption, and thus
development.
Given this reality, there is an ever growing need to give
serious thought to green growth, which would make
sustainable prosperity of humanity possible. It is
therefore now the time to take transformative action
for green growth, taking into account both economic
and environmental factors.
Over the last five years the Korean Government has
placed the pursuit of green growth at the very center
of its national agenda in order to achieve a harmony
between economic growth and environmental sustain-
ability. As a result, organized efforts have been imple-
mented to demonstrate substantial progress in expan-
sion of green infrastructure, the nurturing of green
technologies and industries, and people actually
adopting more of a green lifestyle.
The Korean government is currently pursuing after a
form of “innovation” which is officially referred to as
the “creative economy.” We hope that the application
of new science and technology, particularly informa-
tion and communication technology, should lead a con-
vergence between different industries, creating new
markets and jobs.
At the very core of the creative economy is the strategy
of responding to climate change and promoting green
growth. In particular, the Korean Government is pro-
moting “new energy industries” as part of the efforts
to respond to climate change as a “core area” of the
green and creative economy.
Energy storage systems that enable the supply of elec-
tricity around-the-clock with expanded renewable
generation; smart grid technologies that promote effi-
cient use of energy; and with a long term expectation
of V2G to let plug-ins feed power back into the grid -
these are key examples.
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and zero-energy
buildings are spurring new industries. Independent mi-
cro-grids for islands aiming for self-sufficiency in elec-
tricity, and Eco-Friendly Towns producing solar power
and bio-gas from cattle and food waste are also being
set up.
I believe that we would all agree that the cooperation
between the developed and developing nations is crit-
ical to promoting the international spread of climate
change response and green growth.
Korea stands ready and willing to play a bridging role
between the developed and developing nations, seek-
ing to play a valuable part in the spread of green growth
idea by drawing upon its past experience of develop-
ment achieved with the cooperation and assistance
extended by the international community.
In particular, we recognize the great importance of ear-
ly and timely capitalization of the Green Climate Fund
(GCF) which was launched last year under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) as a key financial organization of a new cli-
mate regime. Denmark had already pledged a contribu-
tion of 70 million dollars, which the international com-
munity appreciates very much.
Recognizing this, President Park of the Republic of Ko-
rea announced at the UN Climate Summit held on Sep-
tember 23 that the Korean government would contin-
ue to expand its contribution to the GCF up to 100 mil-
lion USD.
Furthermore, Korea plans to share our experiences and
best practices of economic growth and to build path-
ways to green growth with developing countries in co-
operation with international organizations such as the
GCF and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI),
Distinguished Guests,
We firmly believe that the dissemination of the green
growth paradigm based on transformative action will
indeed make possible a sustainable future for all of us.
I believe that the governments, international organiza-
tions, and entrepreneurs present here today to unite in
their wills and collaborate in their efforts for the spread
of green growth are the true pioneers for the healthy
future of the mankind.
It is my sincere hope that, as a result of the heartfelt
efforts of all of us here, this forum will indeed yield
fruitful results.
Thank you.
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Honorable Ms. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister
of Denmark,
Honorable Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister
of Ethiopia,
Honorable Mr. Ahmad bin Amer bin Mohammed Al-He-
maidi, Minister of Environment of Qatar,
Honorable Ms. Judi W. Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary for
Environment, Water and Natural Resources of Kenya,
Honorable Mr. Liu Qi, Vice Minister National Energy Ad-
ministration of China,
Honorable Mr. Seunghoon Lee, Co-Chair of the Green
Growth Committee of Republic of Korea,
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am honored to address you, on behalf of the Minister
of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico, Mr.
Juan José Guerra, and the Government of Mexico, at the
Fourth edition of the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF).
Mr. Guerra apologizes for not being present today but is
certain of the results this meeting will deliver.
We congratulate the government of Denmark for its
continued leadership of this effort and for gathering
leading actors from governments, private sector and
international organizations, giving all of us the oppor-
tunity to share visions, practical ideas and experiences
to influence a decisive transition to a greener path of
growth that is sustainable and socially inclusive.
In only three years, the Green Growth Global Forum has
achieved recognition as a catalyzer of practical solu-
tions at global and national scale to move towards a
fairer, low carbon and wealthy future for our societies.
We celebrate being part of this process with all of you.
Let me share some of the actions that our current gov-
ernment is embarking on.
As an example of the commitment of President Enrique
Peña Nieto, our National Development Plan (NDP) in-
cluded for the first time an explicit commitment to
“Green Growth”. The Plan for the running term of
2013–2018 includes as a national goal “to support and
to channel inclusive Green Growth that preserves our
natural heritage, while at the same time generate
wealth, competitiveness and employment”, in order to
achieve not sustainable growth, taking into account its
social, environmental and economic dimensions.
Implicit in this goal is the protection of our natural cap-
ital and biodiversity, as well as our aim to achieve
greater efficiency in the use of natural resources. As a
nation ready to embrace its global responsibility,
through these actions Mexico reaffirms its commit-
ment to preserve the environment, fight climate
change and foster a transition towards a greener econ-
omy, based on the conviction that far from being com-
petitors among each other, these objectives comple-
ment each other.
The topic of this 3GF meeting “Changing Production
and Consumption Patterns through Transformative Ac-
tion” provides us with a valuable opportunity to identi-
fy initiatives of collaboration among leading business-
es, investors and key public institutions to advance to-
gether towards global green growth.
Mexico works to improve the use of natural resources
and boost the environmental performance of the value
chains, in order to achieve the required changes to-
wards sustainability that guide production and con-
sumption. Furthermore, specific tools are created to
support the productive sector to identify and imple-
ment better practices for environmental performance,
to value and use waste under integrated management
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schemes, as well as manage their emissions under new
legal frameworks.
Our efforts in this area are embedded in the Special
Program of Sustainable Production and Consumption
2014–2018, with the engagement of all productive
sectors and service sectors, to adopt patterns that re-
duce dependence on natural resources, decrease the
generation of emissions and waste, and promote recy-
cling and reuse of materials, in the process of estab-
lishing sustainable productive chains. I invite you to
take a look at this Special Program.
At the multilateral level, our country participates on
the Ten-year Framework of Programmes on Sustaina-
ble Consumption and Production of the United Nations
Program for the Environment, a central platform to col-
lect, extend and exchange: initiatives, policies, tools
and better practices at a global level that are related
with production and sustainable consumption.
On a related topic, Mexico recognizes urbanization as
one of the challenges for sustainability that require
public attention, since it is linked to climate change, air
quality, urban mobility, urban waste management, wa-
ter resources, green spaces and land use, to name a
few. Thus, the government is committed to a transition
to a new urban development model, which is smarter
and more sustainable, addressing efforts to encourage
compact cities that use the resources in more sustain-
able ways.
This commitment is reinforced in the Environmental
and Natural Resources Sectorial Program enacted for
the current administration , which identifies the pro-
motion of sustainability in urban planning and urban
design, which by the way is also a way to increase resil-
ience to climate change. In response to its transversal
nature, urbanization is streamlined also as reflected in
the National Strategy on Climate Change which recog-
nizes urbanization as one of the major components to
achive green growth.
Considering the global presence of economic, social
and environmental challenges, Mexico shares and pro-
motes the 3GF vision to boost synergies amongst sec-
tors and multiple stakeholders, to jointly move forward
towards a sustainable future through strengthened
collaboration and coordinated actions.
We look forward to learning about the myriad of pro-
jects and initiatives that are already being implement-
ed in many of our countries as proof that advancing to-
wards a low carbon economy is not only feasible but
also makes sense economically.
Let me remind you that it is also the responsibility of
our generation to ensure a sustainable future and de-
velopment for all.
Gracias,
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Copenhagen CompetitionCopenhagen Competition is organised by the Universi-
ty of Copenhagen and is an international and interdis-
ciplinary negotiation competition for university stu-
dents. This year’s topic was on reaching a legally bind-
ing agreement on green trade liberalisation - The Sus-
tainable Energy Trade Agreement (SETA).
After two days of intense multilateral negotiations,
the winners of the Copenhagen Competition 2014
were announced at 3GF, where the Danish Prime Minis-
ter Helle Thorning-Schmidt presented the winning
team from the Australian National University (ANU)
with an award printed on a 3D-printer by the Technical
University of Denmark.
The members of the winning team:
• Alexander Thomas Craig Ferguson, Bachelor of
Science and Bachelor of Laws
• Olivia Claire Kelly, Juris Doctor
• Jeanine Huey Xie Wong, Bachelor of Commerce
and Bachelor of Laws
• Wong Sue-Lin, Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies
and Bachelor of Laws
• Coach: Dilan Jesuthason Thampapillai, Lecturer,
Australian National University/College of Law
Other participating universities were Haramaya Uni-
versity (Ethiopia), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(Israel), National University of Singapore, University of
Barcelona (Spain), University of Cape Town (South Af-
rica) and University of Copenhagen (Denmark).
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Closing remarksBy H .E . Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark
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Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen,
When I welcomed many of you the day before the
opening of 3GF, I described 3GF as a “workshop for
powerful do’ers”. Through your engaging deliberations
and action-oriented partnerships presented here at
3GF over the last two days, you have made 3GF live up
to this description. We have collectively and in partner-
ship showed strong engagement and commitment to
move the green growth agenda forward. And we have
advanced efforts to transform and adjust our produc-
tion and consumption patterns to planetary bounda-
ries. In this last panel, we have witnessed investors
expressing willingness to overcome barriers to invest
in long-term green solutions.
Through your active engagement, the 3GF platform
has delivered substantial results.
Partners have agreed to develop viable business mod-
els for scaling renewable off-grid electrification in ru-
ral areas and on islands. Partners have signed and com-
mitted to the building efficiency accelerator recently
launched at the UN Summit. And value proposition for
improving the circularity and reuse of waste and plas-
tics for packaging have been presented.
This is just a few of the 11 partnerships that have been
launched and leveraged at 3GF this year, adding to the
more than 30 partnerships presented since the launch
of 3GF in 2011.
The green transition provides great opportunities for
the future. As just presented by His Excellency Mr. Cal-
deron, the New Climate Economy Report illustrates
that countries at all income levels can create economic
growth – while at the same time reducing the immense
risk of climate change. This clearly signals that low-car-
bon visions do not stand in the way of economic
growth. Actually, they provide opportunities for creat-
ing new markets, investment flows, jobs and many oth-
er benefits.
Political momentum is building up towards 2015 - with
the aspirations for an ambitious agreement at COP21 in
Paris and not least the formulation of the global Sus-
tainable Development Goals. These international
agreements will create new commitment and provide
milestones and vision for a green future for all, leaving
no one behind.
But this momentum will only last if we actively engage
in this transition and bring the solutions into play. 3GF
is contributing to this. We will continue to create new
bridge-building alliances across regions and sectors.
Develop and support innovative and green solutions –
with one aim in mind – to create impact and scale.
By participating in the UN Secretary General’s My World
survey here at 3GF, you have joined the largest survey
ever conducted. And you have given your input to the
SDG-process. The results reveal that your top-priority
is to take action on climate change, access to good ed-
ucation and access to clean water and sanitation.
I want to thank you for the stimulating dialogue and
your active involvement today and yesterday. The re-
sults of our efforts have been summarised in the “sum-
mary of proceedings” which I recommend that you all
take with you on the way out. A more detailed report
reflecting the results and the discussions will soon be
available.
I hope you leave this Summit with new inspiration and
a compelling motivation to act and bring green solu-
tions to scale. I look forward to continue our common
quest at 3GF2015.
Thank you.
Closing remarks by H .E . Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Participants
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AABB Markus Bruegmann Group VP Marketing & Sales, Power
Generation BU
ABB Denmark Claus Madsen CEO
Accenture Kristoffer Hvidsteen Sustainability Lead
ACT Government Monika Boogs Chief of Staff
Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce Getachew Regassa Secretary General
Addis Ababa, City Government of, Environmental Protection Authority
Adugna Mekonnen Beyene Deputy Manager
Addis Ababa, City Government of, Office of the Mayor
Worku Abate Woldegiorgis Assistant Advisor to the Mayor
African Development Bank Oliver Walter Infrastructure Expert, Private Sector Operations and PPP
Agricultural Transformation Agency Khalid Bomba CEO
Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs Thierry Van Landegem Vice President
Algeria, Ministry of Energy and Mining of Embarek Abdelkader El Mekki Director General of Energy
Algeria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ahmed Djoghlaf
Alliance for Rural Electrification Balthasar Klimbie Vice President
Alstom Grid Lawrence Jones Vice President for Utility Innovations & Infrastructure Resilience
Alstom Group Giles Dickson VP Global Public Affairs
Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
Najib Saab Secretary General
Arca Continental Guillermo Garza Corporate Communications and CSR Officer
Arca Continental Alejandro Molina Chief Technical and Supply Chain Officer
Arla Foods Jais Valeur Executive Vice President
Arla Foods Kristian Eriknauer Director
Asian Development Bank Bindu N. Lohani Vice President
Atos International Sven Oudkerk Global President, Enterprise Sustainability & Greenfield
Australia, Capital Territory Government of Simon Corbell MLA Minister for the Environment
Australia, Embassy of, to Denmark Damien Patrick Miller Ambassador
BBanamex Andres Albo Director of Corporate Social Responsibility
Banamex Daniel Marroquin Manager
Banco Bci Paola Alvano Manager of Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility
Banco Santander Pablo Correa Manager of Communication Division
Bangladesh Bank Khondkar Morshed Millat Deputy General Manager
Bangladesh Bank Atiur Rahman Governor
Bellona Foundation Frederic Hauge Founder & President
Better Cotton Initiative Ruchira Joshi Program Director
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Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleBMU Karsten Sach Deputy Director-General, International
Cooperation
BMW Kay Segler Senior Vice President Special Projects Asia
BNP Paribas Fortis Pascal Hawath General Manager and Head of Corporate Banking
Britain, Embassy of, to Denmark Jeppe Mathias Helsted Political Officer
Britain, Embassy of, to Denmark Carrie Phillips Trade Advisor
CC40 James Alexander Director, Finance and Economic
Development Initiative
C40 Hastings Chikoko Regional Director for Africa
CAP Minería Germán Amiot Human Resource and Corporate Affairs Manager
Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC)
Allison A. Jean Executive Director
Carlsberg Group Simon Hoffmeyer Boas Senior CSR Manager
Carlsberg Group Morten Nielsen Vice President, Corporate Communications & CSR
CECEP Guofu Zhang Head of International Cooperation
CECEP Liang Dong Secretary to Chairman
CECEP Beibei YUAN Deputy Head of International Cooperation
CECEP Wang Xiaokang Chairman
CECEP Building Energy Conservation Co., Ltd
Haichen Feng President
CECEP Consulting Co. Ltd. Guo Zhiqiang Director of Engineering Consulting Center/Senior Engineer
CECEP Environmental Protection Investment Development (Jiangxi) Co., Ltd
Kang Zhou President
CECEP Wind-Power Corporation Bin Liu President
Center for Global Development Michele De Nevers Senior Associate
Centre for Fiscal Risk Management, Fiscal Policy Office,
Freddy R. Saragih Director
Centro Mario Molina Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia Rius
Executive Director
Children's Investment Fund Foundation Sonia Medina Acting Executive Director, Climate Change
Chile, Embassy of the Republic of, to Denmark
Gustavo Gonzalez Diplomat
Chile, Embassy of the Republic of, to Denmark
Flavio Tarsetti Ambassador
Chilean Energy Effiency Agency (AChEE) Diego Lizana Executive Director
China International Talent Development Center
Hang Yu Programme Officer
China National Environmental Protection Corporation Co., Ltd
Xilian Li Vice President
82
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleChina National Renewable Energy Centre (CNREC)
Kaare Sandholt Chief Expert
China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute
Peng Cheng Deputy Director-General/ Senior Engineer
China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute
Hu Xiaofeng Engineer
China, Embassy of, in Denmark Dechun Chen Second Secretary
China, Embassy of, in Denmark Biwei Liu Ambassador
China, Embassy of, in Denmark Wei Tong Scientific counsellor
China, Government of the People's Republic of
Liu Qi Vice Minister National Energy Administration (NEA)
China, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of
He Feng Principal Staff, Bureau of Rural Hydropower and Electrification Development
China, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of
Liu Jiang Director, Department of Construction and Management
China, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of
Shen Kejun Principle Staff, Department of International Cooperation, Science and Technology.
China, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of
Xia Lianqiang Division Chief, Department of Planning and Programming
China, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of
Wang Ying Deputy Division Chief , Department of Soil and Water Conservation
China, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of
Xu Zhiqing Deputy Division Chief, Bureau of Relocatee Settlement
China, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of
Liu Zhongheng Deputy Division Chief, General Office
Chinese Wind Energy Association Xie Bingxin Vice Director
Circle of Blue J. Carl Ganter Co-Founder and Managing Director
CISCO Bas Boorsma Director, Internet of Everything for Cities
CISCO Wim Elfrink Executive Vice President, Industry Solutions & Chief Globalisation Officer
CISCO Niels Münster-Hansen Managing Director
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Sam Bickersteth CEO
Climate Bonds Initiative Sean Kidney CEO and Co-founder
Climate KIC Bertrand Van Ee CEO
Climate-KIC Nordic Susanne Pedersen Director
Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
Nora Brüggemann Project Manager
Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
Michael Kuhndt Director
Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
Christina Raab Team Leader
Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
Cheryl Hicks Team Leader - Sustainable Lifestyles
Coloplast Peter Buch-Skals Senior Environment, Health and Safety Specialist
Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA) Oscar Jorge Hernández López Vice Director for Portable Water, Sewage and Sanitation
83
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleCommerce Bureau of Jimo Yu Yi Director
Companies CMPC, Foundation Carolina Andueza General Manager
Compass & Esquire Sourcing Ltd Peter Nørby Olesen CEO
CONAGUA Ana Alicia Palacios Advisor to the Genral Director
Confederation of Danish Industry Karsten Dybvad Director General and CEO
Confederation of Danish Industry Hans Peter Slente Director
Confederation of Tanzania Industries Hussein Kamote Director of Policy and Advocacy
Confederation of Tanzania Industries Samuel M Nyantahe Chairman
Coopeuch Oliver Negrete Branch and Covenants Manager
Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster Marianna Lubanski Director
Copenhagen Institute on Risk and Sustainability (CopenhagenIRIS)
Lars Fogh Mortensen Executive Director
Copenhagen, City of Jørgen Abildgaard Executive Climate Project Director
Copenhagen, City of Torben Glesborg Director
Copenhagen, City of Morten Højer Special Advisor on Climate and Economy, Climate Unit, Technical and Environmental Department
Copenhagen, City of Frank Jensen Lord Mayor
Copenhagen, City of Morten Kabell Technical and Environmental Mayor
Copenhagen, City of Maja Møllnitz Lange Head of Division
Copenhagen, City of Søren Nørgaard Madsen Senior Advisor
Copenhagen, City of Claus Schøsler Senior advisor
Copenhagen, City of Karoline Amalie Steen Head of Division
COWI Steffen Gøth Senior Vice President
COWI Bo Højer Damsted Vice President
CPIC Scientific and Technology Research Institute
Li Duankai Senior Programme Officer
CPIC Scientific and Technology Research Institute
Wang Haimin Vice president
CPIC Scientific and Technology Research Institute
Fan Yufeng Deputy Director
Cyprus, Embassy of theRepublic of, to Denmark
Maria Papakyriakou Ambassador
Cyramid AG Robin Kazemieh Partner
Cyramid AG Peter Schroeder CEO
DDai Nippon Printing Co.,Ltd. Masahiko Wada Senior Managing Director
Danfoss Niels B. Christiansen CEO & President
Danfoss Lasse Bastkjær Jensen Head of Media Relations
Danfoss Julia Panzer Project Manager
Danfoss Mette Refshauge Vice President Corporate Communication
Danfoss Lars Tveen President Danfoss District Energy
Danfoss Fleming Voetmann Head of Public Affairs
84
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleDanish Fashion Institute Jonas Eder-Hansen Development Director
Danish People's Party Mikkel Dencker Member of Parliament
Dansk Shell Ben Ring Country Chairman, Denmark, Greenland & Iceland
De Groene Zaak Stef Kranendijk Chairman
Denmark, Embassy of, to Ethiopia Stephan Schøneman Ambassador
Denmark, Embassy of, to Ghana Margit Thomsen Ambassador
Denmark, Embassy of, to Kenya Joe Okudo Project Manager
Denmark, Embassy of, to Kenya Geert Aagaard Andersen Ambassador
Denmark, Embassy of, to Kenya Elisabeth Manford Commercial Counsellor
Denmark, Government of Magnus Heunicke Minister of Transport
Denmark, Government of Mogens Jensen Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation
Denmark, Government of Dan Jørgensen Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Denmark, Government of Martin Lidegaard Minister of Foreign Affairs
Denmark, Government of Helle Thorning-Schmidt Prime Minister
Denmark, Government of Kirsten Brosbøl Minister for the Environment
Denmark, Government of Rasmus Helveg Petersen Minister of Climate, Energy and Buildings
Denmark, Ministry of Business and Growth of
Jens Lundsgaard Deputy Permanent Secretary
Denmark, Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building of
Thomas Egebo Permanent Secretary of State
Denmark, Ministry of Environment of Jakob Møller Nielsen Head of Department
Denmark, Ministry of Environment of Henrik Studsgaard Permanent Secretary of State
Denmark, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Martin Bille Hermann State Secretary for Development Policy
Denmark, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen
Permanent State Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Denmark, Ministry of the Environment of Mikkel Aarø-Hansen Deputy Permanent Secretary
Denmark, Ministry of Transport of Jacob Heinsen Permanent Secretary of State
Denmark, Permanent Mission of, to the UN in Geneva
Carsten Staur Ambassador, Permanent Representative
Denmark, Prime Minister's Office of Jakob Bøving Arendt Press Secretary
Denmark, Prime Minister's Office of Christian Kettel Thomsen Permanent Secretary of State
Denmark, Prime Minister's Office of Thure Krarup Private Secretary to the Minister
Denmark, Prime Minister's Office of Lars Gert Lose Permanent Under-Secretary of State
Department of International Cooperation, MONRE
Pham Phu Binh Deputy Director General in charge
Desso Alexander Collot d'Escury CEO
Desso BV Michael Aastrup Managing Director
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Vera Scholz Director Environment and Climate Change
Development and Reform Bureau of Jimo Liu Jixue Director
Development Research Center of China Zhang Chengui Director-General of the Research Institute of Finance
Development Research Center of China Tian Hui Director of insurance research office
DHI Antoine Labrosse Group Chief Executive Officer
85
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleDK Company A/S Jens Poulsen Group CEO
dnp denmark as Masahiro Hirao CEO
DONG Energy Benny Mai Director, CEO DONG Energy New Bio Solutions Co., Ltd., China
Donggi Senoro LNG Leomirnandi Karamoy Coorporate AffairsDirector
DuPont Craig F. Binetti President – Nutrition & Health
EEco-Forum Global Alex Zhang Executive Director
Economic Development Board (EDB) Alan Yeo Regional Director, Europe
EKF Jørn Fredsgaard Sørensen Director
Electric Power Planning and Engineering Institute
Zhao Jinyang Chief Engineer
Electric Power Planning and Engineering Institute
Han Yuchao PhDSenior Engineer
Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) Joe Nganga Director General
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Sandy Rodger Lead, Project Mainstream
Energy Purchase Kenya Power Lightning Company (KPLC)
Susan Ombuya Senior Engineer
Energy Research Institute (NDRC) Xie Xuxuan Doctor
Energy Research Institute (NDRC) Gao Hu Deputy Director
Energy Research Institute (NDRC) Han Wenke Director General
Energy Research Institute (NDRC) Wang Zhongying Deputy Director General
Entel Mauricio Campusano Deputy-Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility
Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) Jacco Knotnerus Director Strategy
Environment, Health & Safety Bernadette Giesen Global Women’s Health
Environmental Affairs and Transport Audun Garberg Senior Advisor
Esquel Group John Cheh Vice Chairman & CEO
Esquire Group Ltd Ehsanul Habib Managing Director
Ethiopia, Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Hailemariam Dessalegn Prime Minister
Ethiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Surafiel Mhreteab Abed State Minister
Ethiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Mulugeta Mengist Ayalew Associate Advisor
Ethiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Gebretensae Tesfay
Berhe Head of Security
Ethiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Kare Chawicha Debessa State Minister for Environment Protection and Forestry
Ethiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Sitotaw Getahu Dessie Support Staff
Ethiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Mahlet Hailu Guadey Director of Protocol and Foreign Relations
Ethiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Getachew Reda Kahsay State Minister
86
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleEthiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Enatalem Melese Mideksa Reporter
Ethiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Aklilu Tatere Wube Protocol
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Suma Chakrabarti President
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Susie Scannelli Cook Advisor
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Josué Tanaka Managing Director
European Climate Foundation Bert Metz Fellow ECF and Chair, GGBP Steering Committee
European Commission Mette Dyrskjøt Policy Assistant
European Commission Connie Hedegaard Commissioner for Climate Action
European Environment Agency Hans Bruyninckx Executive Director
European Investment Bank Christopher Knowles Head of Division, Environment and Climate Change, Operations Directorate
European Investment Bank Jonathan Taylor Vice-President and member of the Management Committee
European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)
James Watson Chief Executive Officer
European Wind Energy Association Thomas Becker CEO
FFairtrade Denmark Jonas Giersing Director
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Embassy of, in Sweden
Woinshet Tadesse Ambassador
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Paul Hunting Business & Low-Carbon Growth Policy Officer
Forum for the Future Jonathon Porritt Founder Director and Trustee
France, Embassy of, to Denmark Francois Jacques Denis
Zimeray Ambassador
France, Government of Michel Lallemand Head of Economic department
Fundación PROhumana Soledad Teixidó Executive President
Fundación PROhumana María Isabel Sillano Official Interpreter
Fundación PROhumana Carolina Andrade Director of Counselling and Investigations
Fundación PROhumana Florencia Burgos Director of Communications and Innovationn
GGAIN – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Henrik Gundelach Special Advisor, Investment & Partnerships
GeoTraceability Pierre Courtemanche CEO
Ghana, Embassy of, to Denmark Edith Hazel Ambassador
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Ben Baba Abdul ADC to the President
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Col. Glover Annan Presidential Security Coordinator
87
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleGhana, Government of the Republic of Raymond
AkongburoAtuguba Executive Secretary to the President
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Emmanuel Victor Ebo
Derban Office of the President
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Stanislav Xoese Dogbe Presidential Staffer
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Dr. John Dramani Mahama President
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Akwasi Oppong Fosu Minister for Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Baba Braimah Kamara Senior Advisor- Political & Special Duties
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Fiifi Kwetey Minister for Food & Agriculture
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Braimah Saaka Mahama Office of the President
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Kwame Tenkorang Director of State Protocol
Ghana, Government of the Republic of Hanna S. Tetteh Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ghana, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of
Ramses Cleland Director of Europe Bureau
Glen Dimplex Group Sean O'Driscoll Chief Executive & Chairman
Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN)
Peter Graham Executive Director
Global Comission on the Economy and Climate / La Fundación Desarrollo Humano Sustentable
Demian Sanchez
Global Commission on the Economy and Climate
Felipe Calderón Chairman
Global Environment Facility (GEF) Claus Astrup Adviser to the CEO
Global Environment Facility (GEF) Naoko Ishii CEO and Chairperson of the GEF
Global Green Growth Initiative (GGGI) Nikolaus Schultze Assistant Director General
Global Green Growth Initiative (GGGI) Yvo de Boer Director-General
Global Green Growth Initiative (GGGI) Jooun Park Senior program manager
Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB) Foundation
Daniel Wiener Chairman
Global Water Development Partners / Blackstone Portfolio Company
Usha Rao-Monari Chief Executive Officer
Greater London Authority Simon Wyke Principal Policy Officer
Green Belt Movement Wanjira Mathai Board Chair
Green Economy Green Growth (GEGG Myanmar)
Nay Htun Founder, Hon. Patron
Grundfos Tao Bindslev Group Vice President
Grundfos Joergen Bjelskou Public Affairs Director
Grundfos Mads Nipper CEO & Group President
Grundfos Frank Zhang Corporate Affairs Director
Grundfos Henrik Ørskov Pedersen Director
Gucci Rossella Ravagli Head of CSR
88
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job Title
HH&M Tobias Fischer Sustainability Manager
Haldor Topsøe A/S Ulrik Federspiel Executive Vice President
Health Care Without Harm Gary Cohen President
Hitachi Ltd. Ryuichi Otsuki Corporate Officer
Hitachi Ltd. Atsushi Ito Director
IIC Group A/S Morten Lehmann Corporate CR Manager
ICLEI World Secretariat Mark Hidson Director, Global Sustainable Procurement Centre and Deputy Regional Director ICLEI Europe
IIP - Institute for Industrial Productivity Jigar V. Shah Executive Director
IKEA Group Håkan Nordkvist Head of sustainability innovation
Independent Katherine Madden Sustainability consultant
Indonesia, Directorate General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of
Anna Rufaida Deputy Director for Investment and Cooperation
Indonesia, Embassy of, to Denmark Parbadiani D.P Tobing Charge D' Affairs (MC)
Indonesia, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Republic of
Hendra Iswahyudi Head of Planning and Reporting Division
Indonesia, New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (NREEC), Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources of
Maritje Hutapea Director for Energy Conservation
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Susana Rosaria Cardenas Operations Senior Specialist
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Claudio Alatorre Senior Climate Change Specialist
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
International Energy Agency Maria Van der Hoeven Executive Director
International Finance Corporation Christian Grossmann World Bank Group Director, Climate Change
International Finance Corporation Michelle Lapinski Sustainable Business Advisor
International Finance Corporation Larissa Luy Global Lead, E&S Standards
International Finance Corporation Mary Porter Peschka Acting Director, Advisory Services
International Finance Corporation Daniel Street Operations Officer
International Finance Corporation Bruce Wise Global Product Specialist, Sustainable Business Advisory
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Rami Abu Salman Climate and Environment Advisor
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Nicole Leigh Carta Senior Partnership Officer, Private Sector
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Mohamed Beavogui Director and Senior Adviser to the President
89
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleInternational Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Kanayo F. Nwanze President
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Camilla Toulmin Director
International Institute for Sustainability Bernardo Strassburg Executive Director
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Yu Xiaowei Special Advisor
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Richard Briddle Project Researcher
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Mark Halle Executive Director
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Oshani Perera Programme Leader
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Scott Vaughan President and CEO
International Labour Organization (ILO) Dan Rees Director, Better Work
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Sanjeev Gupta Deputy Director
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Dolf Gielen Director
International Synergies Ltd. Peter Laybourn Founder and Chief Executive
International Synergies Ltd. Rachel Lombardi Director of Business Development
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Gerard Bos Director, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)
Torben Huss Executive Vice President
Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)
Tommy Thomsen CEO
Iran, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of, to Denmark
Hamid Bayat Ambassador
Iran, Government of the Islamic Republic of
Saeed Motesaddi Zarandi Deputy, Department of Environment
Italy, Embassy of, to Denmark Marco Lattanzi Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission
Italy, Embassy of, to Denmark Claudia Antonelli Attaché for Economic and Commercial Affairs
Italy, Embassy of, to Denmark Stefano Queirolo Palmas Ambassador
JJ. Stanley-Owusu Group William Stanley-Owusu CEO
Jimo City, Shandong Province Zheng Yande Mayor
Jimo Provincial Hi-Tech Industrial Development Park Management Committee
Lu Junlin Director
Jimo Provincial Hi-Tech Industrial Development Park Management Committee
Li Xianyao Director
Jinan Department of Water Resources Aihua Jiang Chief
Jinan Department of Water Resources Yueliang Zhang Director
90
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleJinan Municipal Government, Shandong Province
Kuanduan Li Vice-Mayor
Johnson Controls Jennifer Layke Director, Institute for Building Efficiency
Jurong Town Corporation Png Cheong Boon Chief Executive Officer
Jurong Town Corporation David Tan Assistant CEO (Development Group)
KKalundborg Symbiosis Mette Skovbjerg Projekt Manager
Kenya Climate Innovation Center Edward Mungai Chief Executive Officer
Kenya Private Sector Alliance Carole Kariuki Chief Executive Officer
Kenya Private Sector Alliance Patrick Obath Director
Kenya Private Sector Alliance / Bidco Oil Refineries
Vimal Shah Chairman
Kenya, Embassy of, to Stockholm Sebastian Mutunga Ileli Second Secretary
Kenya, Embassy of, to Stockholm Joe Kiprono Sang Ambassador
Kenya, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum of the Republic of
Isaac N. Kiva Director of Renewable Energy
Kenya, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum of the Republic of
Joseph Njoroge Principal Secretary
Kenya, Ministry of Environment of Republic of
Alice Kaudia Environment Secretary
Kenya, Ministry of Water and Irrigation of the Republic of
Kimanthi Kyengo Deputy Director, Irrigation and Water Storage at Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Kering Michael Beutler Director of Sustainability Operations
Kisumu Water And Sewerage Co. Ltd David Onyango Managing Director
Korea, Embassy of Republic of, to Denmark Young-sam Ma Ambassador
Korea, Embassy of Republic of, to Denmark Hyunsoo Yun Counsellor
Korea, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Minkyung Kim Supporting Staff
Korea, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Sungho Lee Supporting Staff
Korea, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Jooil Lee Director
Korea, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Juhyun Lee Supporting Staff
Korea, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of
Gihun Kim Deputy Director
Kruger A/S Leif Bentsen Director
Kyocera Fineceramic GmbH Shigeru Koyama President
LLAUNCH Nordic Sasha Beckmann Stakeholder Relations Manager
LAUNCH Nordic Toke Falk Sabroe Partner in Leaderlab and Operations
Leaderlab & Rebuild21 Sofus Midtgaard Founder & Managing Partner
91
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleLeibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Berlin & Center for Applied Geoscience, Universität Tübingen
Christiane Zarfl Assistant Professor
Levi Strauss & Co. Anna Walker Senior Director, Global Policy and Advocacy
Levi Strauss & Co. David Love Chief Supply Chain Officer
MMaersk Line Stephen Schueler Chief Commercial Officer
Maersk Oil Jakob Thomasen CEO
Mall Plaza Jaime Riesco Manager of Planning, Investigations and Sustainability
Mandag Morgen Erik Rasmussen Founder and CEO
Mascot International Ltd. Michael Grosbøl CEO
Masdar Christopher Sorensen Global Head of Corporate Development and Partnerships
Masdar Institute of Science & Technology Jens Ejbye Schmidt Head of iEnergy Center, Professor
Masdar Institute of Science & Technology Mette Hedegaard Thomsen Assistant Professor
McKinsey & Company Johannes Liebach Lüneborg Partner
Mexico, Embassy of, to Denmark Jesús Castro-Izquierdo Assistant, Economic Section
Mexico, Embassy of, to Denmark Jesús Onn Toi Chew Personal Assistant to the Ambassador
Mexico, Embassy of, to Denmark Ana María García-Lascurain First Secretary, Cultural Section
Mexico, Embassy of, to Denmark José Ignacio Madrazo Bolívar Ambassador
Mexico, Embassy of, to Denmark María Teresa Mercado Deputy Head of Mission
Mexico, Ministry of Energy (SENER) of Efraín Villanueva Arcos Director General of Sustainability
Mexico, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Roberto Dondisch Director General for Globlal Issues
MicroEnergy International Sebastian Groh Director
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Shigenori Otsuka Executive Consultant
Morocco, Embassy of, to Denmark Raja Ghannam Ambassador
Morocco, Government of Hakima El Haite Minister Delegate to the Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, in charge of Environment
Morocco, Ministry of Environment of Omar Zemrag Advisor to the Minister
MTT Agrifood Research Finland Helena Kahiluoto Principal Research Scientist
NNairobi City Water and Sewerage Phillip Gichuki CEO
Nano-Dye, Inc. Lon Negrin CEO and President
National Climate Change Secretariat Asif Iqbal Executive (Mitigation & Resilience, Policy & Planning)
National Climate Change Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office Singapore
Evelyn Khoo Director (Policy & Planning)
National Energy Administration (NEA) Shi Lishan Deputy Director General
National Energy Administration (NEA) Wei Xiaowei Deputy Director
92
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleNational Renewable Energy Laboratory Doug Arent Executive director of Joint Institute for
Strategic Energy Analysis
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
Martin Lowery Executive Vice President, Member and Association Relations
National Water and Sanitation Association (ANEAS)
Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga National Counsellor
Netherlands, Embassy of, to Denmark Eduard Johannes Maria
Middeldorp Ambassador
Netherlands, Government of Omer Van Renterghem Theme expert Land, water & ecosystems
Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Christiaan Rebergen Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation
New Climate Economy Nick Godfrey Senior Economist
New York City Economic Development Corporation
David Gilford Vice President and Director
Nike Inc. Alexis Franke Innovation Manager
NIL Irene CHEH Wife of Dr. John Cheh
Nitto Denko Corporation Hiroyuki Aoki Manager Corporate Business Development Division
Nordic Development Fund Pasi Hellman Managing Director
Nordic Development Fund Aage Jørgensen Country Program Manager
Nordic Initiative for Sustainable Aviation (NISA)
Robert Arendal NISA Board Member
Nordic Initiative for Sustainable Aviation (NISA)
Martin Porsgaard Director
Norwegian Business School Per Espen Stoknes Ass.Prof.
Novo Nordisk A/S Anne Gadegaard Programme Director
Novo Nordisk A/S Susanne Stormer Chief Sustainability Officer
Novozymes Sarah Hempel Strategy Manager
Novozymes Anders Lyngaa Kristoffersen Public Affairs Manager
Novozymes Claus Stig Pedersen Head of Corporate Sustainability
Novozymes Justin Perrettson Senior Advisor, Public Affairs
Nyetaa G. Ibrahim Togola President
OOECD Karim Dahou Executive Manager, Development Unit
OECD Ronald Steenblik Senior Trade Policy Analyst OECD Trade & Agriculture Directorate
OECD Simon Upton Director, Environment Directorate
OECD Delegation of Denmark, Paris Klavs Holm Ambassador
Office for Government Policy Coordination Hoon Jung Director General
Office of Government Policy Coordination Chiun Chung Deputy Director
Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Michelle Garakian Business Team-Tech Sector
Office of the Mayor, City of Portland Josh Alpert Director of Strategic Initiatives
93
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job Title
PParsons School of Design Joel Towers Executive Dean
PensionDanmark Torben Möger Pedersen CEO
PensionDanmark Jens-Christian Stougaard Director
PEP Poul Engberg-Pedersen Owner
Philips Harry Hendriks Executive Chairman Global Government & Public Affairs
Philips Karen Sørensen CEO Nordic
Philips Lighting Harry Verhaar Head of Public & Government Affairs, Philips Lighting
PKA A/S Peter Damgaard Jensen CEO & Chairman
PlasticsEurope Karl H. Foerster Executive Director
PlasticsEurope Adrian Whyle Resource Efficiency Senior Manager
Politiken Bo Lidegaard Executive Editor in Chief
Powerchina Xibei Engineering Corporation Limited
Xiao Bin Senior Engineer
Powerchina Xibei Engineering Corporation Limited
Bai Junguang Vice President
PT Donggi Leomirnandi Karamoy Corporate Affairs Director
PT Donggi-Senoro LNG Gusrizal Agoes Taib President Director
PT Nusantara Infrastructure Tbk Muhammad Ramdani
Basri CEO
PT Nusantara Infrastructure Tbk Danni Hasan COO
QQatar, Embassy of the State of, to the Hague
Khalid Fahad Al-Hajri Counsellor
Qatar, Government of the State of Ahmad bin Amer bin Mohammed
Al-Hemaidi Minister of Environment
Qatar, Ministry of Environment of the State of
Ali Mouhammad Al Neama Manager of International Cooperation
Qatar, Ministry of Environment of the State of
Abdulla ALaseri Minister’s office/
Qatar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of
Samer Frangieh Expert Minister’s Office
Qingdao environmental protection industrial park management committee
Li Jianquan Deputy Director
RR20 John Tidmarsh Chief Investment Officer
Rambøll Jens Peter Saul CEO
Realdania Pelle Lind Bournonville Special advisor
94
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleRealdania Jesper Nygård CEO
REHACT AB Svante Bengtsson CEO
Republic of Colombia Pablo Vieira Samper Vice Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
Republic of Ghana Julius Debrah Minister for Local Government and Rural Development
Rockwool Benoit Passard Vice President, Communications & PR
Romania, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of
Isan Istvan Csongor Councillor to the Minister
Romania, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of
Luminia GHI Head of Unit, Sustainable Development and Public Policy Unit
Romania, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of
Teodora MEIU Councillor to the Minister
Roskilde University Thomas Budde Christensen Head of METRIK research group
Royal Danish Embassy, Accra, Ghana Lars Jøker Counsellor
RUC Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen Professor
SSafaricom Limited Sanda Ojiambo Head of Corporate Responsibility
Saint-Gobain Pierre-André De Chalendar CEO
Saint-Gobain Morten Starup Communication Manager
Saint-Gobain Nordic Thierry Lambert General Delegate for the Nordic and Baltic Countries
Saitex International Sanjeev Bahl President
Samsung C&T Corporation Justin J. Zachary Executive Vice President & Head of Power Technology
Samsung Electronics Jacob Birkeland Public Affairs Advisor
Second Muse Rüdiger Fox Partner
Sensonomic Torsten Bondo CSO
Seoul National University Seunghoon Lee Professor
SETI Alliance - Geneve Peter C. Brun Managing Director
Siemens AS Jukka Pertola CEO
Singapore EDB Joseph TAY Centre Director, Europe
SITA Sweden Mårten Widlund CEO
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)
Steen Gade Member of Parliament
Solar Energy Center of Engineering College, Beijing University
Bi Bo Deputy Director
South Africa, Embassy of, to Denmark Samkelisiwe Isabel Mhlanga Ambassador
State Grid Corporation He Yongsheng
State Grid Energy Research Institute Zhang Wei Vice President
State Grid Energy Research Institute Sun Yixin Engineer
State of Green Torkil Bentzen Chairman of the Board
State of Green Finn Mortensen Executive Director
State of Green Iver Høj Nielsen Head of Press and Communications
95
Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleStockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Torgny Holmgren Executive Director
Sustainable Apparel Coalition Jason Kibbey CEO
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Brian Motherway CEO
Sustainable Energy For All (SE4All) Kandeh K. Yumkella Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and CEO, Sustainable Energy For All (SE4All)
Sustainable Energy For All (SE4All)
SUSTAINIA Laura Storm Executive Director
Suzlon Energy Ltd. Sanyogita Aggarwal Assistant General Manager - Planning
Suzlon Energy Ltd. Pranav Tanti Vice President – Strategy and Planning
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
David Huberman Policy Advisor
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
Michel Tschirren Senior Policy Advisor Green Economy and Trade
Sydney, City of Andrea Beattie Executive Manager, Research, Strategy and Corporate Planning
TTechnical University of Denmark Alexis Laurent Assistant Professor
The Administrative Committee of Haiyan Economic Development Zone
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