Sustainable Development Success

CSD-6 Follow-up:
Multi-stakeholder Review of Voluntary Initiatives and Agreements for Industry

Multi-Stakeholder Consultations to Identify the Key Elements of a Review of Voluntary Initiatives and Agreement
Toronto, Canada, 10-12 March 1999

WEDNESDAY, 10 MARCH 1999
9 am – 1:30 pm Field trip to visit the Chrysler-Bramalea Plant near Toronto.
Organized by the Host country
(Meet between 8:30 and 8:45 am in the Banff Room for the bus ride from the Hotel. Lunch provided at the Chrysler-Bramalea Plant.)

2:00-5:30 pm PLENARY MEETING __
Upper Canada Room 18th Floor
2 – 2:30 Welcome messages
Host Country : John Banigan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Canada
Meeting Convenor and Chair ; JoAnne DiSano, Director, DSD/UNDESA
Business: Peter Scupholme, BP/Amoco
Trade Unions: Neil Kearney, ITGLWF
NGOs: Jeffrey Barber, NGO Task force on Business and Industry

Orientation to the workshop program
Zehra Aydin, DSD/UNDESA
2:30-3pm An Overview of Voluntary Initiatives and Agreements.
Dr. Andrew King, NY University, Stern Business School.

3- 4:15pm FACILITATED DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE
Focus on: exchange of views in general on voluntary initiatives and agreements.
Plenary Facilitator: Ms. Janet Martinez, Consensus Building Institute, MIT

4:15-4:30pm COFFEE BREAK

4:30-5:30pm PANEL I: Case presentation and discussion– Multi-partner and Single party initiatives and agreements by Business and NGOs.

BP/EDF initiative on emission trading, presented by Peter Scupholme, BP/Amoco
Mitsubushi/RAN Agreement on Forests presented by Kelly Quirke, Rainforest Action Network
Experience in Local Participation in Voluntary Initiatives Presented by Mark Dorffman, INFORM
ABB and the ICC Business Charter for Sustainable Development,
presented by Robert St. Denis, ABB-Quebec

5:30-7:00pm BREAKOUT GROUPS
Group A in Upper Canada 18th Floor
Facilitated by: Mr. Robert Kominar

Group B in Whistler, 1st Floor (Room # 1-264)
Facilitated by: Dr. Janet Martinez

Group C in Montebello, 1st Floor (Room # 1-265)
Facilitated by: Mr. Phillip Nicholson

Focus: What lessons and success factors can be drawn from both the cases presented and the personal experiences of participants with voluntary initiatives and agreements? Do they point to common elements?

7:00-9:00pm RECEPTION
British Columbia Room – Mezzanine level
Hosted by Canada
THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 1999

9:00-10:30 am PLENARY SESSION
Upper Canada room 18th Floor
9:00-9:30 Presentations of breakout group outcomes (10 minute each)

9:30-10:30 PANEL II: Case presentations and discussion– Multi-partner and Single party initiatives and agreements by Business and Governments.
Canadian National Packaging Protocol
presented by Larry Dworkin, Packaging Association of Canada
ILO Child Labor Elimination Initiative
presented by Mie Osmundsen, International Labour Organization
UNEP Initiative with the Financial Institutions
presented by Nancy Bennet, UNEP Technology Industry and Environment Division
Experiences with VIAs in Costa Rica
presented by Blanca Nury Vargas, Mission of Costa Rica to the UN
10:30am- 1pm BREAKOUT GROUPS

Group A in Upper Canada 18th Floor
Facilitated by: Mr. Robert Kominar
Group B in Whistler, 1st Floor (Room # 1-264)
Facilitated by: Dr. Janet Martinez
Group C in Montebello, 1st Floor (Room # 1-265)
Facilitated by: Mr. Phillip Nicholson
Focus: What lessons and success factors can be drawn from both the cases presented and the personal experiences of participants with voluntary initiatives and agreements? Do they point to common elements?

Coffee Break from 11:30-11:45am
1-2:00pm LUNCH
The Library Room—Mezzanine Level

2:00-3:30 pm PLENARY SESSION
Upper Canada Room, 18th Floor

2-2:30 Presentations of breakout group outcomes (10 minutes each)

2:30-3:30 PANEL III: Case presentations and Discussion—Multi partner and Single party initiatives and agreements by Business and Trade Unions.

Benzene Accord, presented by Nilton Freitas, Confederacao Geral dos Trabalhadores
Responsible Care, presented by Brian Wastle, Responsible Care
European Cement Industry Initiative on Energy and Materials Efficiency
presented by Volker Hoenig,
Research Institute of the Cement Industry TCO 6E program
presented by Eric Boivie, Swedish National Trade Union

3:30-5:00pm BREAKOUT GROUPS

Group A in Upper Canada 18th Floor
Facilitated by: Mr. Robert Kominar

Group B in Whistler, 1st Floor (Room # 1-264)
Facilitated by: Dr. Janet Martinez

Group C in Montebello, 1st Floor (Room # 1-265)
Facilitated by: Mr. Phillip Nicholson

Focus: What lessons and success factors can be drawn from both the cases presented and the personal experiences of participants with voluntary initiatives and agreements? Do they point to common elements?
5:00-5:15pm COFFEE BREAK
5:15-7:00 pm PLENARY SESSSION

Upper Canada Room , 18th floor

5:15-5:45pm Presentation of breakout group outcomes (10 minutes each)
5:45-7pm FACILITATED DIALOGUE – synthesizing the lessons and key elements so far identified.
Facilitator: Dr. Lawrence Susskind, Consensus Building Insitutute, MIT
7:00-9:00pm DINNER The Alberta Room, Mezzanine Level

FRIDAY, 12 MARCH 1999

9:00am-1pm PLENARY SESSION
Upper Canada Room, 18th Floor

PANEL IV: Putting it together—Creating the tools
9:00-9:30 Presentation of the Draft Toolkit
presented by Paul Clements-Hunt, ICC
9:30-11 FACILITATED BRAINSTORM
Facilitator: Dr. Lawrence Susskind, Consensus Building Institute, MIT
11-11:15 COFFEE BREAK
PROCESS SEGMENT: Plans for the future
11:15-11:30 Stakeholder presentations of future plans (5 minutes each)
Business, by Noreen Kennedy, USCIB
Trade Unions by Lucien Royer, ICFTU
NGOs by Jagjit Plahe, EcoNews Africa
11:30-1:00 FACILITATED DISCUSSION on future steps
Facilitator: Dr. Lawrence Susskind, Consensus Building Institute, MIT

1:00-3:00pm LUNCH BREAK
Territories Room, Mezzanine Level
3:00- 4:30 PLENARY SESSION
Upper Canada Room, 18th Floor
3:00-3:30 Presentation of the Chair’s Summary
by JoAnne DiSano, Director, Division for Sustainable Development
3:30-4:30 Comments on the Chair’s summary
Adoption of the Chair’s Summary and closing of the meeting.