UNIDO announces new Green Industry Platform advisory board

The membership of the advisory board of the Green Industry Platform, a global, multi-stakeholder initiative launched by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has been announced.

The announcement was made November 21, 2012 during a high-level Green Industry Platform panel discussion on mainstreaming and scaling up sustainability practices in global manufacturing.

In a statement, UNIDO said the board is composed of the Governments of Colombia, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines and Poland; Private sector companies – Broad Group, Microsoft Corporation, Novozymes A/S and Viyellatex Group; and the Environment Directorate-General of the European Commission, the Global Environment Facility, the Global Green Growth Institute, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Turkish Association for Energy Efficiency.

The panel discussion was held during the 40th session of UNIDO’s Industrial Development Board where participants included representatives of international organizations and other interested parties, as well as Member States of UNIDO.

The discussion was opened by the Director-General of UNIDO, Kandeh K. Yumkella, who outlined the political context in which the Green Industry Initiative was launched, and emphasized the cross-regional and high-level character of the Platform.

By Ekow Quandzie