The document provides an overview of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Development Focus Area. It discusses the business role in development, outlines the Focus Area's objectives to create awareness, advocate, and catalyze action. It describes leadership structure and 2012 work programs on thought leadership, tools, initiatives, advocacy, and communications. The key messages emphasize business as a solution provider and that inclusive business and access to energy are opportunities when partnerships support innovation and enabling frameworks.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com/platinum-members/embedded-vision-alliance/embedded-vision-training/videos/pages/may-2016-embedded-vision-summit-opencv
For more information about embedded vision, please visit:
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Gary Bradski, President and CEO of the OpenCV Foundation, presents the "The OpenCV Open Source Computer Vision Library: What’s New and What’s Coming?" tutorial at the May 2016 Embedded Vision Summit.
OpenCV is an enormously popular open source computer vision library, with over 14 million downloads expanding recently to 200K downloads per month. Originally used mainly for research and prototyping, in recent years OpenCV has increasingly been used in deployed products on a wide range of platforms from cloud to mobile. The latest version, OpenCV 3.1, was just released. The previous version, 3.0, was a major overhaul, bringing OpenCV up to modern C++ standards and incorporating expanded support for 3D vision and augmented reality. The new 3.1 release introduces support for deep neural networks, as well as new and improved algorithms for important functions such as calibration, optical flow, image filtering, segmentation and feature detection.
In this talk, Gary Bradski, head of the OpenCV Foundation, provides an insider’s perspective on the new version of OpenCV and how developers can utilize it to maximum advantage for vision research, prototyping, and product development. Gary also offers a sneak peek into where OpenCV is headed next.
This is an academic talk for professors and graduate students. In addition to introducing recent trends in embedded computer vision (ECV), I also present our research experience in ECV.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com/platinum-members/embedded-vision-alliance/embedded-vision-training/videos/pages/may-2016-embedded-vision-summit-plenary-session
For more information about embedded vision, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com
Jeff Bier, founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance, presents the "Computer Vision 2.0: Where We Are and Where We're Going" plenary session at the May 2016 Embedded Vision Summit.
Computer vision has rapidly transitioned from a research topic with few commercial applications to a mainstream technology with applications in virtually every sector of our economy. But what we are seeing today is just the beginning. In this presentation, Embedded Vision Alliance founder Jeff Bier presents an insider's view of the state of computer vision technology and applications today, and predictions on how the field will evolve in the next few years. Jeff explores the impact of game-changing technologies such as deep neural networks, ultra-low-power processors, and cloud-based vision services. He highlights new products and applications that illuminate what we can expect from visually intelligent devices in the near future.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com/platinum-members/embedded-vision-alliance/embedded-vision-training/videos/pages/may-2016-embedded-vision-summit-opencv
For more information about embedded vision, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com
Gary Bradski, President and CEO of the OpenCV Foundation, presents the "The OpenCV Open Source Computer Vision Library: What’s New and What’s Coming?" tutorial at the May 2016 Embedded Vision Summit.
OpenCV is an enormously popular open source computer vision library, with over 14 million downloads expanding recently to 200K downloads per month. Originally used mainly for research and prototyping, in recent years OpenCV has increasingly been used in deployed products on a wide range of platforms from cloud to mobile. The latest version, OpenCV 3.1, was just released. The previous version, 3.0, was a major overhaul, bringing OpenCV up to modern C++ standards and incorporating expanded support for 3D vision and augmented reality. The new 3.1 release introduces support for deep neural networks, as well as new and improved algorithms for important functions such as calibration, optical flow, image filtering, segmentation and feature detection.
In this talk, Gary Bradski, head of the OpenCV Foundation, provides an insider’s perspective on the new version of OpenCV and how developers can utilize it to maximum advantage for vision research, prototyping, and product development. Gary also offers a sneak peek into where OpenCV is headed next.
This is an academic talk for professors and graduate students. In addition to introducing recent trends in embedded computer vision (ECV), I also present our research experience in ECV.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com/platinum-members/embedded-vision-alliance/embedded-vision-training/videos/pages/may-2016-embedded-vision-summit-plenary-session
For more information about embedded vision, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com
Jeff Bier, founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance, presents the "Computer Vision 2.0: Where We Are and Where We're Going" plenary session at the May 2016 Embedded Vision Summit.
Computer vision has rapidly transitioned from a research topic with few commercial applications to a mainstream technology with applications in virtually every sector of our economy. But what we are seeing today is just the beginning. In this presentation, Embedded Vision Alliance founder Jeff Bier presents an insider's view of the state of computer vision technology and applications today, and predictions on how the field will evolve in the next few years. Jeff explores the impact of game-changing technologies such as deep neural networks, ultra-low-power processors, and cloud-based vision services. He highlights new products and applications that illuminate what we can expect from visually intelligent devices in the near future.
A business lens on the Sustainable Development Goalsfveglio
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an ambitious and transformative agenda. They provide companies with a powerful framework to translate global needs and ambitions into business solutions.
Businesses that take an active role in leading this transformation and position the SDGs as a strategic lens at the core of their operations will ultimately be better placed to unlock market opportunities, manage emerging risks, and consolidate an enduring license to operate on the road to 2030.
This presentation by Filippo Veglio of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), delivered in Stockholm on 27 November 2018, lays out the Council's perspectives on the key business implications of the SDGs – taking a lens of risk, opportunities, governance & transparency, and collaboration.
WBCSD - Business implications of the Sustainable Development Goals fveglio
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide business with a powerful framework to translate global needs and ambitions into business solutions. They enable companies to better manage their risks and unlock opportunities. Radical transformation is required to deliver the Global Goals, allowing business to demonstrate leadership and apply its creativity to innovate for a more sustainable and inclusive future.
Business is not being asked to deliver the SDGs alone, but the goals will not be achieved without a significant contribution from the private sector. With our work programs we aim to provide meaningful avenues for our members to lead, transform and succeed on the journey to 2030.
Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals: The inclusive business approachfveglio
An issue brief launched in early March 2016 by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) highlights how inclusive business solutions can deliver both business and societal value, in full alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The short publication (8 pages) articulates the business case for targeting the base of the economic pyramid, illustrates how inclusive business solutions link up to each of the 17 SDGs, and presents an overview of common internal and external challenges faced by companies when developing and scaling these solutions.
WBCSD-IFC Inclusive Business webinar - Data insights into the current size of...fveglio
On June 24, 2014, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Inclusive Business Models Group at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, organized a webinar sharing key takeaways about the Global Consumption Database, launched by IFC a few weeks ago.
The database is the most comprehensive and freely accessible dataset to date on consumer spending patterns in developing countries, compiled from surveys of more than a million households around the world. By making data on spending freely available in a form that is useful to the private sector, IFC aims to lower the up-front cost of exploring inclusive business opportunities, thereby reducing a critical barrier to investment and accelerating the pace of inclusive business development around the world.
For more information on this webinar (incl. background documentation), see http://www.inclusive-business.org/2014/06/webinar-wbcsd-ifc-global-consumption-database.html
WBCSD work in inclusive business targeting the base of the pyramid - Overview...fveglio
Many companies are engaging with low-income communities (the so-called base of the pyramid) in the developing world as a way to meet the company’s needs for growth and profitability, while addressing societal needs. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) coined the concept of 'inclusive business' in 2005 to describe profitable business ventures that are also good for development. More specifically, inclusive business engages low-income communities across a company’s value chain – through direct employment; the development of suppliers, distributors and service providers from low-income communities; or through the innovative development and delivery of affordable goods and services that address unmet needs of low-income communities. This slide show provides an overview on the WBCSD’s work program in the area of inclusive business.
WBCSD Issue Brief: Information and communication technology – An enabler for ...fveglio
This issue brief produced by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) looks at the opportunities for information and communication technology (ICT) to facilitate and scale the private sector’s contribution to development. The short report presents a number of case studies across sectors and along the value chain that highlight the power of ICT-enabled solutions. It also highlights opportunities for and barriers to achieving further scale. WBCSD member companies featured include Accenture, Grundfos, IBM, ITC, Nokia, Novartis, Syngenta, TNT Express, and Vodafone.
WBCSD Access to Energy Initiative - Summary presentationfveglio
Addressing the lack of access to clean, reliable and affordable energy services for billions of people is one of the world’s most critical development challenges and is becoming increasing prominent on the international agenda. The WBCSD Access to Energy Initiative helps business and other key stakeholders understand how the business contribution to access to energy can be maximized. The Initiative is co-chaired by GDF SUEZ, Schneider Electric and ERM, and has 21 member companies actively engaged in its core group. The Initiative focuses on the key opportunity areas to scaling the business contribution: innovative business models, enabling policy frameworks and financing mechanisms. Collaboration and partnerships are key cross-cutting enablers.
The Technology Enablers Initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) provides a platform for different industry sectors to explore opportunities for leveraging the power of technology, in particular information and communication technologies (ICTs), to enable and scale the business contribution to development. This presentation provides a brief overview on the initiative.
WBCSD presentation on Inclusive Business Salvador de Bahia 23 November 2010fveglio
In late November, the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) organized a conference in Salvador de Bahia that highlighted the role that business can play in developing sustainable solutions toward addressing the challenges of poverty and social inequality in the country.
WBCSD - Inclusive Business tools and resourcesfveglio
This document presents a "mapping" of key publicly-available tools and resources that support the initiation, development and scaling of inclusive business models. It is primarily aimed at practitioners but will also be of use to other actors in the inclusive business domain, including donors, investors, business associations and communities.
Business and Development: Challenges and Opportunities in a Rapidly Changing ...fveglio
What are the links between business and development? And what is the business role and opportunity in addressing sustainability challenges of developing countries and emerging economies? These questions are addressed in this report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The report draws on a decade of WBCSD thought leadership and practical experience in promoting business solutions to sustainability issues in developing countries and emerging economies.
WBCSD presentation on business perspectives and impacts on the Millennium Dev...fveglio
Presentation by Matthew Lynch, Program Manager of the WBCSD’s Development Focus Area, examining the role of business in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
WBCSD and Energy for All Partnership of the Asian Development Bankfveglio
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a steering committee member of the Asian Development Bank’s Energy for All (E4All) Partnership. Formally launched in mid-June 2009, the initiative links private and public sectors in the Asia-Pacific region to stimulate the scaling up of access to energy by improving the sharing of information and resources and the flow of financing towards projects using appropriate technologies and a proven business case. Its aim is to provide access for 100 million new users in Asia and the Pacific by 2015.
WBCSD: Doing Business with the World – The New Role of Corporate Leadership i...fveglio
This new publication by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) shows how companies can contribute to global sustainable development through their core businesses in a way that is profitable for the companies and good for development. It offers a business perspective on key challenges and opportunities for the development of low-income countries, as well as key messages for companies and governments on how to promote sustainable business solutions that benefit the poor and the societies and environments in which they live.
WBCSD Latin American Network of Inclusive Business Leadersfveglio
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is the leading business organization to advocate market-based solutions to development and environment challenges. The WBCSD is coordinating a Latin American Network of Inclusive Business Leaders, which convenes forward-looking CEOs of national and international companies with operations in Latin America committed to championing the cause of inclusive business to both their peers and governments.
WBCSD Red Empresarial en Negocios Inclusivos fveglio
El Consejo Empresarial Mundial para el Desarrollo Sostenible (WBCSD por sus siglas en inglés) está coordinando la Red Empresarial en Negocios Inclusivos en América latina. El objetivo de la red es comprometer a los CEOs de empresas miembro de esta Red a contribuir en la promoción de los negocios inclusivos tanto entre sus pares como ante los gobiernos.
Informe WBCSD-SNV Promoción de PYMEs para el Desarrollo Sosteniblefveglio
Este informe, publicado por el Consejo Empresarial Mundial para el Desarrollo Sostenible (WBCSD) en colaboración con el Servicio Holandés de Cooperación al Desarrollo (SNV), explica cómo los gobiernos pueden ayudar a aliviar la pobreza concentrándose en las PYMEs y cómo las grandes compañías pueden ayudarse a sí mismas incluyendo a las PYMEs en sus cadenas de valor. También describe algunas de las ventajas comparativas de las PYMEs y los desafíos que éstas enfrentan en países en vías de desarrollo.
WBCSD-SNV Issue Brief on Small and Medium Enterprisesfveglio
This Issue Brief, published by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in collaboration with SNV Netherlands Development Organization, explains how governments can help alleviate poverty by focusing on SMEs and how larger corporations can help themselves by including SMEs in their value chains. It describes some of the comparative advantages of SMEs and the challenges they face in developing countries. The publication is also available in Spanish.
WBCSD Sustain Magazine October 2009 - Energizing development in a changing cl...fveglio
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recognizes the urgent need for companies to support development while spurring a move toward a global low-carbon economy, the economy of the future. The latest edition of its magazine Sustain highlights the important links between energy, climate and development. The magazine also includes several article and cases highlighting the role of business in creating economic opportunities through inclusive business initiatives.
In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
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A business lens on the Sustainable Development Goalsfveglio
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an ambitious and transformative agenda. They provide companies with a powerful framework to translate global needs and ambitions into business solutions.
Businesses that take an active role in leading this transformation and position the SDGs as a strategic lens at the core of their operations will ultimately be better placed to unlock market opportunities, manage emerging risks, and consolidate an enduring license to operate on the road to 2030.
This presentation by Filippo Veglio of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), delivered in Stockholm on 27 November 2018, lays out the Council's perspectives on the key business implications of the SDGs – taking a lens of risk, opportunities, governance & transparency, and collaboration.
WBCSD - Business implications of the Sustainable Development Goals fveglio
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide business with a powerful framework to translate global needs and ambitions into business solutions. They enable companies to better manage their risks and unlock opportunities. Radical transformation is required to deliver the Global Goals, allowing business to demonstrate leadership and apply its creativity to innovate for a more sustainable and inclusive future.
Business is not being asked to deliver the SDGs alone, but the goals will not be achieved without a significant contribution from the private sector. With our work programs we aim to provide meaningful avenues for our members to lead, transform and succeed on the journey to 2030.
Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals: The inclusive business approachfveglio
An issue brief launched in early March 2016 by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) highlights how inclusive business solutions can deliver both business and societal value, in full alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The short publication (8 pages) articulates the business case for targeting the base of the economic pyramid, illustrates how inclusive business solutions link up to each of the 17 SDGs, and presents an overview of common internal and external challenges faced by companies when developing and scaling these solutions.
WBCSD-IFC Inclusive Business webinar - Data insights into the current size of...fveglio
On June 24, 2014, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Inclusive Business Models Group at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, organized a webinar sharing key takeaways about the Global Consumption Database, launched by IFC a few weeks ago.
The database is the most comprehensive and freely accessible dataset to date on consumer spending patterns in developing countries, compiled from surveys of more than a million households around the world. By making data on spending freely available in a form that is useful to the private sector, IFC aims to lower the up-front cost of exploring inclusive business opportunities, thereby reducing a critical barrier to investment and accelerating the pace of inclusive business development around the world.
For more information on this webinar (incl. background documentation), see http://www.inclusive-business.org/2014/06/webinar-wbcsd-ifc-global-consumption-database.html
WBCSD work in inclusive business targeting the base of the pyramid - Overview...fveglio
Many companies are engaging with low-income communities (the so-called base of the pyramid) in the developing world as a way to meet the company’s needs for growth and profitability, while addressing societal needs. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) coined the concept of 'inclusive business' in 2005 to describe profitable business ventures that are also good for development. More specifically, inclusive business engages low-income communities across a company’s value chain – through direct employment; the development of suppliers, distributors and service providers from low-income communities; or through the innovative development and delivery of affordable goods and services that address unmet needs of low-income communities. This slide show provides an overview on the WBCSD’s work program in the area of inclusive business.
WBCSD Issue Brief: Information and communication technology – An enabler for ...fveglio
This issue brief produced by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) looks at the opportunities for information and communication technology (ICT) to facilitate and scale the private sector’s contribution to development. The short report presents a number of case studies across sectors and along the value chain that highlight the power of ICT-enabled solutions. It also highlights opportunities for and barriers to achieving further scale. WBCSD member companies featured include Accenture, Grundfos, IBM, ITC, Nokia, Novartis, Syngenta, TNT Express, and Vodafone.
WBCSD Access to Energy Initiative - Summary presentationfveglio
Addressing the lack of access to clean, reliable and affordable energy services for billions of people is one of the world’s most critical development challenges and is becoming increasing prominent on the international agenda. The WBCSD Access to Energy Initiative helps business and other key stakeholders understand how the business contribution to access to energy can be maximized. The Initiative is co-chaired by GDF SUEZ, Schneider Electric and ERM, and has 21 member companies actively engaged in its core group. The Initiative focuses on the key opportunity areas to scaling the business contribution: innovative business models, enabling policy frameworks and financing mechanisms. Collaboration and partnerships are key cross-cutting enablers.
The Technology Enablers Initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) provides a platform for different industry sectors to explore opportunities for leveraging the power of technology, in particular information and communication technologies (ICTs), to enable and scale the business contribution to development. This presentation provides a brief overview on the initiative.
WBCSD presentation on Inclusive Business Salvador de Bahia 23 November 2010fveglio
In late November, the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) organized a conference in Salvador de Bahia that highlighted the role that business can play in developing sustainable solutions toward addressing the challenges of poverty and social inequality in the country.
WBCSD - Inclusive Business tools and resourcesfveglio
This document presents a "mapping" of key publicly-available tools and resources that support the initiation, development and scaling of inclusive business models. It is primarily aimed at practitioners but will also be of use to other actors in the inclusive business domain, including donors, investors, business associations and communities.
Business and Development: Challenges and Opportunities in a Rapidly Changing ...fveglio
What are the links between business and development? And what is the business role and opportunity in addressing sustainability challenges of developing countries and emerging economies? These questions are addressed in this report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The report draws on a decade of WBCSD thought leadership and practical experience in promoting business solutions to sustainability issues in developing countries and emerging economies.
WBCSD presentation on business perspectives and impacts on the Millennium Dev...fveglio
Presentation by Matthew Lynch, Program Manager of the WBCSD’s Development Focus Area, examining the role of business in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
WBCSD and Energy for All Partnership of the Asian Development Bankfveglio
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a steering committee member of the Asian Development Bank’s Energy for All (E4All) Partnership. Formally launched in mid-June 2009, the initiative links private and public sectors in the Asia-Pacific region to stimulate the scaling up of access to energy by improving the sharing of information and resources and the flow of financing towards projects using appropriate technologies and a proven business case. Its aim is to provide access for 100 million new users in Asia and the Pacific by 2015.
WBCSD: Doing Business with the World – The New Role of Corporate Leadership i...fveglio
This new publication by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) shows how companies can contribute to global sustainable development through their core businesses in a way that is profitable for the companies and good for development. It offers a business perspective on key challenges and opportunities for the development of low-income countries, as well as key messages for companies and governments on how to promote sustainable business solutions that benefit the poor and the societies and environments in which they live.
WBCSD Latin American Network of Inclusive Business Leadersfveglio
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is the leading business organization to advocate market-based solutions to development and environment challenges. The WBCSD is coordinating a Latin American Network of Inclusive Business Leaders, which convenes forward-looking CEOs of national and international companies with operations in Latin America committed to championing the cause of inclusive business to both their peers and governments.
WBCSD Red Empresarial en Negocios Inclusivos fveglio
El Consejo Empresarial Mundial para el Desarrollo Sostenible (WBCSD por sus siglas en inglés) está coordinando la Red Empresarial en Negocios Inclusivos en América latina. El objetivo de la red es comprometer a los CEOs de empresas miembro de esta Red a contribuir en la promoción de los negocios inclusivos tanto entre sus pares como ante los gobiernos.
Informe WBCSD-SNV Promoción de PYMEs para el Desarrollo Sosteniblefveglio
Este informe, publicado por el Consejo Empresarial Mundial para el Desarrollo Sostenible (WBCSD) en colaboración con el Servicio Holandés de Cooperación al Desarrollo (SNV), explica cómo los gobiernos pueden ayudar a aliviar la pobreza concentrándose en las PYMEs y cómo las grandes compañías pueden ayudarse a sí mismas incluyendo a las PYMEs en sus cadenas de valor. También describe algunas de las ventajas comparativas de las PYMEs y los desafíos que éstas enfrentan en países en vías de desarrollo.
WBCSD-SNV Issue Brief on Small and Medium Enterprisesfveglio
This Issue Brief, published by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in collaboration with SNV Netherlands Development Organization, explains how governments can help alleviate poverty by focusing on SMEs and how larger corporations can help themselves by including SMEs in their value chains. It describes some of the comparative advantages of SMEs and the challenges they face in developing countries. The publication is also available in Spanish.
WBCSD Sustain Magazine October 2009 - Energizing development in a changing cl...fveglio
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recognizes the urgent need for companies to support development while spurring a move toward a global low-carbon economy, the economy of the future. The latest edition of its magazine Sustain highlights the important links between energy, climate and development. The magazine also includes several article and cases highlighting the role of business in creating economic opportunities through inclusive business initiatives.
In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
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‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
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Women have three distinct types of involvement: direct involvement in terrorist acts; enabling of others to commit such acts; and facilitating the disengagement of others from violent or extremist groups.
2. Overview
• About WBCSD
• Development – business role & contribution
• WBCSD Development Focus Area
Objectives
Structure
Knowledge & advocacy products
2012 work program
Engagement opportunities
Key messages
3. About WBCSD
A CEO-led organization of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the global business
community to create a sustainable future for business, society and the environment
4. WBCSD Regional Network
NHO (Norway) n
n Vernadsky Foundation (Russia)
Danish CSBD n
The EXCEL Partnership (Canada) n BCSD UK n n Responsible Business Forum (Poland)
n econsense (Germany)
Business Europe (Belgium) n
CGLI (USA/Canada) n BCSD Austria n n BCSD Hungary n Kazakhstan BCSD
EpE (France) n n BCSD Mongolia
n BCSD Croatia
FE BCSD Spain n
FFA (Spain) n n BCSD Turkey
n SEV-BCSD Greece n BCSD Korea
BCSD Portugal n
China BCSD n n Nippon
US BCSD n
APEQUE (Algeria) n Keidanren (Japan)
AEEC (Egypt) n BCSD Pakistan n
CII India n n BCSD Taiwan
BCSD UAE n
BCSD El Salvador n BEC (Hong Kong)
BCSD Mexico n TERI BCSD India n
CentraRSE (Guatemala) n nn BCSD Honduras
BCSD Thailand n n Vietnam BCSD
uniRSE (Nicaragua) n
n BCSD Curaçao
AED (Costa Rica) n n PBE (Philippines) n
n BCSD Venezuela BCSD Sri Lanka n
IntegraRSE (Panama) n BCSD Colombia BCSD Malaysia n
BCSD Ecuador n
n Indonesia BCSD
PERU 2021 n
n BCSD Brazil
BCSD Bolivia n
BCSD Zimbabwe n
BCSD Paraguay n FEMA (Mozambique) n
BCA Australia n
NBI (South Africa) n
n BCSD Uruguay
Accion RSE (Chile) n
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5. Development context
• Historic shift of economic and political
power
• Growth needed to reduce poverty and
meet aspirations of growing middle
classes in emerging economies
• Current development path will lead The Economist, 6 August 2011
to exponential increase of demand
for energy and natural resources
– growing pressure on world’s
ecosystems
• Need for a transition towards
a more inclusive, low-carbon
and resource efficient economy
6. Business role in Development
• Business:
Engine of economic growth and
employment, source of technology
and innovation
Critical role in providing solutions
towards transitioning to a more
sustainable and equitable world
Social inclusion & inclusive
growth Read more in WBCSD’s
“Business & Development” report
Resource efficiency (water, (2010)
forests, etc.)
Low-carbon technologies
7. The business case
Why should global business invest in sustainable solutions to
poverty & development challenges?
• Business cannot succeed in societies that fail
Stable and prosperous societies make for better
business opportunities
• Risk management
License to operate, innovate and grow
• Business opportunities & growth markets
Technological and infrastructural investments, inclusive
business
8. Development Focus Area – Objectives
Create awareness
Providing thought leadership on the role of business in a
changing geopolitical and economic context
Promoting the WBCSD tools that enhance companies’ awareness
and capacity to respond to development risks and opportunities
Advocate
Advocating business messages and solutions at relevant
international processes and regional initiatives
Profiling business contributions to development and sharing best
practice through WBCSD communications channels
Catalyze action
Demonstrating leadership in action on the ground
Implementing special initiatives, as requested by groups of
member companies
9. Leadership: Development Focus Area
Core Team (FACT)
Company FACT members
BG Group John Grant
BP Iain Conn
Brisa Vasco de Mello
GDF Suez Françoise Guichard
General Electric John Rice
ITC Y.C. Deveshwar
Masisa Roberto Salas
SC Johnson Steven Stanbrook
Toyota Dr. Fujio Cho
Vodafone Matthew Kirk
Chair
10. Working Group: 244 persons from 89
companies and 21 Regional Network partners
11. Knowledge & advocacy products
Measuring Inclusive
Doing business A business Business
Impact Business and Inclusive
Business Doing Business Investing in a solutions to
with the poor: guide to Framework the MDGs Business in
for with the World low-carbon enable energy
A Field Guide development Latin
Development energy future access for all
partners America
Mobility for
Development Inclusive
Business
Challenge
Monthly
Finding capital public Video
Promoting National ICT: An
for sustainable e-newsletter library Inclusive
SMEs for Market enabler for
livelihoods Business Participation
Sustainable inclusive
businesses Alliance with Framework
Development Inclusive business
SNV Business & solutions
Business blog Development
2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
12. 2012 work program
Action
Inclusive
Business Tools
Awareness
Development
Thought
Initiatives Focus Area Leadership
Steering WBCSD Regional
committee members Network
(FACT)
Communi-
Advocacy Advocacy cations
13. Thought leadership
Platform for leading-edge thinking and messaging
on business and development
• Completed:
Advocacy piece “Business &
Development” (July 2010)
Access to clean, reliable and
affordable energy sources (January 2012)
ICTs as an enabler for inclusive business
solutions
(August 2012)
14. Tools
Platform to access WBCSD tools to enhance companies’ awareness
and capacity to respond to development risks and opportunities
• Measuring Impact Framework
Measuring and assessing impacts to inform investment
decisions
• Inclusive Business Challenge
Challenges, drivers and principles of Inclusive Business
• National Market Participation Framework
For dialogue between companies and governments on
realizing shared interests in enhancing local supplier
competitiveness
• Forthcoming:
Summary & analysis of available methodologies
to measure business impact on development
(by end of 2012)
15. Inclusive Business
Platform to support local initiatives and broker ventures in cooperation with
WBCSD Regional Network partners and their members
• Completed:
Alliance WBCSD-SNV Netherlands Development Organization
(2006-2010) – brokered 40 ventures in Latin America
• Latest initiatives:
New blog www.inclusive-business.org
Latin American Inclusive Business Leaders
Network: virtual platform convening 150+ executives and 14
Regional Network partners – promotes and
facilitates advocacy, exchanges, and learning
www.reni-wbcsd.org
Asia: program being set up in collaboration with Asian
Development Bank, a.o. India, Vietnam, Philippines,
Indonesia
Africa: focus on advocacy events in southern Africa
16. Information and communication
technology – An enabler for inclusive
business solutions
Displays best practice cases across
industry sectors, and highlights
opportunities for and barriers to
achieving further scale
Final output of WBCSD Technology
Enablers Initiative (2011)
Platform for companies from different industry
sectors to explore opportunities for catalyzing
inclusive business models leveraging ICT
17. Initiatives – 1
Platform for companies to launch development-
related projects under WBCSD umbrella
• Completed:
Mobility for Development initiative
Sustainable mobility solutions for
rapidly growing cities in the developing
world
Lessons and barriers to progress in
4 cities: Bangalore,Dar es Salaam,
São Paulo, Shanghai
18. Initiatives – 2
• Ongoing:
Access to Energy initiative
Maximizing the business contribution to expanding
access to clean, reliable & affordable energy
Examines 3 key opportunity areas:
o Innovative business models
o Appropriate regulatory frameworks
o Maximization of the impact of
development and climate finance
mechanisms
Provides business voice in the
international dialogue on how to achieve
universal energy access effectively
and efficiently
19. Business solutions to enable energy
access for all
• Explores:
How public and development finance
mechanisms can be specifically designed
to leverage additional private investment
How partnerships and cross-sector
approaches can accelerate the wide
provision of access to energy
How business model innovation can
be nurtured
• Features 19 company case studies
20. Advocacy
Platform aimed at accessing and influencing relevant international
processes and initiatives
• Global processes
Rio+20, focus on access to energy & poverty reduction
Sustainable Energy for All Campaign
Poverty Environment Partnership
Energy+ Partnership
• Regional initiatives
Inter-American Development Bank – Opportunities for
the Majority
Asian Development Bank – Energy for All Partnership
Energy Access Partnership
21. Communications
Platform to profile leading edge business practices
and contributions to development
• Examples:
Article submissions to external publications
(The Guardian, European Business Review,
Africa Energy Yearbook, etc.)
WBCSD website – news stories, case
studies, etc.
Monthly Business & Development
e-newsletter – 18’000 subscribers to date
Inclusive Business blog
www.inclusive-business.org
22. Engagement opportunities
• Identify new inclusive business opportunities by joining
WBCSD’s activities in Latin America, Asia and Africa
• Shape the Access to Energy agenda during the 2012
International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
• Advocate business inputs to international development
processes and events, including Rio +20
• Use WBCSD’s impact measurement tools and test the national
market participation framework for dialogue with governments
• Profile your company’s contributions to development through
WBCSD’s communications channels
23. Key messages
• Business is a solution provider to critical development challenges.
• Business is the major source of capital for developing countries.
• The sustainable development of developing countries is a business opportunity.
• Business cannot succeed in societies that fail.
• Inclusive business equals a win-win for business and society.
• The business contribution to enhance access to clean, reliable and
affordable energy can be scaled through partnerships that support business model
innovation as well as the creation of enabling policy frameworks and financing
mechanisms.
• What gets measured gets done.
• Business cannot solve poverty, but poverty will not be solved without business.
24. The detailed Action Plan for 2012 is
available in the online members-only
area
http://www.wbcsd.org/work-
program/development.aspx