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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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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


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,


• 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


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.


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.

D

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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-

newables can protect against price fluctuations. 19

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.


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.


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.


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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Competitive Advantage of Sustainable Infrastructure

Speakers:Mr. Josué Tanaka, Managing Director, European Bank


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.


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,


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


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


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


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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PLENARY SESSIONS

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





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





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


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


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


Dr. Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia Rius, Executive


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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IN CONVERSATIONS

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


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


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.


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,


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,


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,



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.


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.


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.


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,


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.


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),


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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OPENING STATEMENTS

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).

Closing remarksBy H .E . Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark

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CLOSING REMARKS


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

Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job Title

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

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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


Liu Jiang Director, Department of Construction and Management


Shen Kejun Principle Staff, Department of International Cooperation, Science and Technology.


Xia Lianqiang Division Chief, Department of Planning and Programming


Wang Ying Deputy Division Chief , Department of Soil and Water Conservation


Xu Zhiqing Deputy Division Chief, Bureau of Relocatee Settlement


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


Michael Kuhndt Director


Christina Raab Team Leader


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

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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


Wang Haimin Vice president


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

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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


Mulugeta Mengist Ayalew Associate Advisor


Gebretensae Tesfay

Berhe Head of Security


Kare Chawicha Debessa State Minister for Environment Protection and Forestry


Sitotaw Getahu Dessie Support Staff


Mahlet Hailu Guadey Director of Protocol and Foreign Relations


Getachew Reda Kahsay State Minister

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Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleEthiopia, Prime Minister's Office of the Federal Democratic Republic of

Enatalem Melese Mideksa Reporter


Aklilu Tatere Wube Protocol

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Suma Chakrabarti President


Susie Scannelli Cook Advisor


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


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


Nicole Leigh Carta Senior Partnership Officer, Private Sector


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


Richard Briddle Project Researcher


Mark Halle Executive Director


Oshani Perera Programme Leader


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


Sungho Lee Supporting Staff


Jooil Lee Director


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

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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

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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


Lumini‎a GHI‎‎ Head of Unit, Sustainable Development and Public Policy Unit


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

Caixia Li Project Manager

The Carbon Trust Aleyn Smith-Gillespie Associate Director, Head of Business Innovation

The Danish 92 Group Troels Dam Christensen Coordinator

The Danish Social Democrats Jens Joel Member of Parliament

The Danish Social-Liberal Party Lone Loklindt Member of Parliament

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Ashley Jackson Sourcing Ethics, Compliance, and Sustainability

The Natural Capital Coalition Pieter Van der Gaag Interim Executive Director

The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) Joost Oorthuizen Executive Director

The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) Ted Van der Put Executive Board member and Program Director

The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) Ewald Wermuth Director International Public Affairs

Toray Industries, Inc. Yoshihiko Sakaguchi Assitant Manager (Technology)

Trina Solar AG Jodie Roussell Head of Public Affairs, Europe

Turkish-Danish Business Council Feyhan Ya‎ar Chairwoman

UUN Global Compact Puvan J. Selvanathan Head, Food and Agriculture

UN Global Compact Georg Kell Executive Director

UNFCCC Technology Mechanism, Climate Technology Center and Network (CTCN)

Harald Diaz-Bone Climate Technology Manager

Unilever Thomas Lingard Global Advocacy Director

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Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleUnilever Melissa Miners Global Communications Manager

Unilever Pier Luigi Sigismondi Chief Supply Chain Officer

United Arab Emirates, Ministry of Environment and Water of

Aisha Mohamed Al Abdooli Director, Green Growth Department

United Arab Emirates, Ministry of Environment and Water of

Saad Aldeen Numairy Minister Advisor

United Nations (UN) Kerry Constabile Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Camilla Brückner Director UNDP NRO

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Jens Wandel Assistant Administrator, Director of Bureau of Management

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) NRO

Stine Junge Partnership Analyst


Mirjana Milic Communications Associate


Volker Welter Senior Procurement Advisor


John M. Christensen Director, UNEP DTU Partnership


Marlene Nilsson Special Assistant to the Deputy Executive Director


Simon Zadek Co-Director


Mahenau Agha Director of Outreach


Ibrahim Thiaw Deputy Executive Director

United Nations Foundation Mark Hopkins Senior Director of International Energy Efficiency, UN Foundation

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Li Yong Director General

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Stein Hansen Chief Strategic Donor Relations

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Grete Faremo Under Secretary-General & Executive Director


Maria-Noel Vaeza Director, Global Partner Services Office


Vitaly Vanshelboim Assistant Secretary-General & Deputy Executive Director

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Ignacio Sanchez Diaz Project Coordinator

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Morten Sørensen Deputy Chief, Procurement Services Branch

United States of America, Embassy of, to Denmark

Rufus Gifford Ambassador

United States of America, Embassy of, to Denmark

Susan Delja ESTH Officer

University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering

Nancy Bocken Senior Research Associate

University of Copenhagen Lau Blaxekjær PhD Fellow, Department of Political Science

97

Company / organisation Firstname Lastname Job TitleUniversity of Copenhagen Lykke Friis Prorector for Education

University of Copenhagen John Porter Professor of Climate and Food Security

VVeolia Jean-Michel Herrewyn Veolia, Executive Vice President

Veolia Water Technologies Mette Friis-Andersen Marketing & Communications Director

Vestas Wind Systems A/S Ask Møller Policy Specialist, Global Public Affairs

Vestas Wind Systems A/S Alfonso L. Vazquez Caro Vice President, New Segments & Innovation

Vestas Wind Systems A/S Morten Albæk Group Senior Vice President & CMO

Vestas Wind Systems A/S Morten Dyrholm Vice President, Public Affairs

Vietnam, Embassy of, to Denmark Lai Ngoc Dan Ambassador

Vietnam, Government of Hong Ha Tran Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)

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World Bank Jonathan Coony Program Coordinator, Climate Technology

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

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World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Peter Bakker President

World Climate Ltd. Jens Nielsen CEO

World Economic Forum (WEF) Ida Auken Danish Member of Parliament & Young Global Leader

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World Resources Institute (WRI) Catalina Angel MAP Fellow

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