Geneva, Paris, London, April 18, 2011 – Rio+20 is a key event to continue the discussion on how all stakeholders in the global society can make significant progress towards a world in which by 2050, 9 billion people can live well, within the limits of one planet. Under the chairmanship of Chad Holliday, BASD 2012 [...]

At the occasion of the second Rio+20 PrepCom, BASD organized a reception on March 7th, attended by UN member states, businesses, civil society, major groups, and UN representatives.

New York, January 10, 2011 – Meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, business leaders in Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012 (BASD 2012) and representatives of UN Member States discussed the crucial role business must play in the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, commonly known as the Rio 2012 Earth Summit. In [...]

Paris, Geneva, New York, 29 October 2010 – In June 2012, 20 years after the Earth Summit, government, business and civil society leaders from all over the world will gather again in Rio de Janeiro to attend the UN Conference on Sustainable Development – commonly referred to as Rio+20. This time the meeting is aimed [...]