This document proposes an Industry Roundtable to discuss technological options, climate benefits, and corporate social responsibility under the Montreal Protocol. The roundtable aims to engage industry and policy leaders to accelerate the transition from HCFCs to more energy efficient, low global warming potential alternatives. It also seeks to strengthen public-private partnerships and demonstrate how the Montreal Protocol framework's success in protecting the ozone layer through multi-stakeholder cooperation can inform efforts to address climate change and sustainable development. The expected outcomes include increased partnerships for technology transfer, more climate-friendly solutions, and mainstreaming corporate social responsibility to implement business solutions to global challenges.

1. Industry Roundtable on: Technological Options, Climate Benefits, Business Opportunities, and
Corporate Social Responsibilities under the Montreal Protocol 2.0
CONCEPT NOTE
Background:
2010 is a landmark year in the history of the Montreal Protocol under which 195 countries, in
collaborationwithindustry,have individually and collectively succeeded in eliminating the production
and consumptionof the mostseverelydamagingozone depleting substances (ODSs) like CFCs, CTC and
halons.Asmanyof these ODSsare powerful greenhouse gases,this achievement has also had positive
effects on global efforts to mitigate climate change.
Furtherclimate benefits can be expected from the phase out of remaining ODSs like HCFCs, as per the
decision taken in 2007 by all Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The aim now has to be to leap-frog to
energy efficient alternatives with low or zero global warming potential (GWP) and accelerate the
transitiontoalternative coolingtechnologiesthatmeetthe goal of phasingoutHCFCs whilstmaximizing
climate benefits.
In broadercontext,lessons from the Montreal Protocol till now provide the messages on multitude of
benefits from single focused MEA. For the rest of the job under the Montreal Protocol, there are
opportunities for the industries to get even more benefits, economic as well as environmental and
social.The workhenceforthwill heraldpractical approachesfordemonstratingeffectivecorporate social
responsibility.
Proposal:
An IndustryRoundTable isproposedtoengage keydecisionmakersfromthe chemicals and equipment
industry to discuss zero and low GWP technological options, opportunities to maximize energy
efficiency, and policy developments to accelerate the substitution of HCFCs with energy efficient and
lowor zeroGWP alternatives. The RoundTable will be held on 9 November 2010 on the margins of the
Twenty-SecondMeetingof the Partiestothe Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, 8-12 November 2010. Deliberations in this roundtable will feed
into Davos 2011.

2. Objectives:
The aim of the proposedIndustryRoundTable willbe toengage decisionmakersinadiscussionon need
for lowGWP energyefficientoptions for the remaining implementation of the Montreal Protocol. The
Round Table will therefore seek to:
 Discuss the needforcutting edge technologies and opportunities for climate benefits from ozone
layer protection activities
 Identifythe present,near-termand long-term need of the developing countries for implementing
the Montreal Protocol
 Identify and present emerging best practice case studies and make the green business case for
acceleratedtransitioningtoenvironmentally sound alternatives that minimize costs from negative
climate impacts and unanticipated policy developments
 Provide a dialogue platform between key industry decision makers and policy makers
 Explore opportunities for Public Private Partnerships to facilitate collaboration on driving and
implementing strategies that meet agreed goals under the Montreal Protocol as well as climate
change mitigation targets
 Discuss the role for CSR in mainstreaming proactive business engagement to meet global
environmental challenges
The Round Table will build on and affirm a collaborative approach to partnerships for development of
the Green Economy and enhance the role of the private sector in achieving the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) in particular MDGs 7 and 8 on ensuring environmental sustainability and
developing global partnerships for sustainability.
It will take into account a broader perspective on the role for CSR and opportunities for business
solutions to global challenges. It seeks to discuss how the Montreal Protocol can serve as a leading
example for effective business responsibility and accountability, which, in a constructive partnership
withpolicymakersandinthe context of an in many ways exemplary multilateral agreement, has been
key to successfully resolving a major environmental challenge and protecting the ozone layer.
CSR and mainstreaming responsible and sustainable business practices will be key to achieving
sustainable developmentgoalsanddealingwithglobal challenges like climate change and other issues
of sustainable development. Almost 20 years after the most pressing global sustainability challenges
were identified in Agenda 21 at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, the
role of business has significantly shifted from being seen solely as a cause of the problem to being
increasingly recognized as a key part of the solution. 2012 will mark the 10 year anniversary of a key
milestone in bringing business around the table on global deliberations of sustainable development
whichwasachievedinthe Rio plus 10 Summit in Johannesburg in 2002. We have already passed the 10
yearmark of UN SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan’sinitiativetoengage business in a constructive dialogue
on sustainability challenges by inviting business leaders to join forces with the UN on 10 key
sustainability issues in the Global Compact.

3. Neverthelessthe urgencyof the sustainabilitychallengeswe face hasarguablyincreased.The successful
protection of the Ozone Layer stands out as a beacon of hope and has been an exemplary case of
constructive multi-stakeholder engagement and responsible business action. Much can be learnt from
this success story and opportunities for mainstreaming CSR towards devising and implementing
solutionsto some of the other most pressing sustainability challenges, and especially climate change.
Target Audience:
 Technical and business managers from Chemicals and Equipment manufacturing industries
producing and consuming HCFCs and high, low and zero GWP energy efficient alternatives
 Decision makers from companies from developing/developed countries
 Technical experts engaged in technology assessment
 Key policy makers from some of the key manufacturing and importing countries
Expected Outcomes:
 IncreasedengagementinPublicPrivate Partnerships(PPPs) tofacilitatetechnology transfer, reduce
energyintensity,drivethe developmentof aGreenEconomy,and accelerate the phase outof HCFCs
to get climate and other environmental benefits
 Enhanced awareness throughout the industry on needs of the developing countries
 Mainstreaming CSR to implement business solutions to global environmental challenges