UN Global Compact appoints WindMade Sustainability Partner of Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum
WindMade will be the official Sustainability Partner of the UN Global Compact’s Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro just ahead of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20 (20-22 June 2012).
WindMade, the organization behind the first global consumer label for organizations using wind power, has been named Sustainability Partner to ensure that the environmental impact of the event is minimized through all phases of planning and execution. This includes wind power procurement to cover 100 percent of the Forum’s electricity footprint, making it the first ever UN event to be labelled WindMade.
In addition, special efforts will be made to reduce waste, use sustainable materials and recycle products. Participants at the Forum will also be encouraged to contribute to offsetting the carbon emissions caused by their participation and travel.
“The WindMade partnership helps us walk the talk on greater sustainability in Rio,” said Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact. “We want the Corporate Sustainability Forum to be remembered for the way in which it helped advance sustainability development around the world, not for its environmental footprint.”
“We are delighted to work with the UN Global Compact on making the Forum compliant with the WindMade requirement for events, and also to be the overall sustainability partner,” said HenrikKuffner, WindMade’s CEO. “This is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate how sustainability efforts can be implemented in practice, and we believe that this will be highly appreciated by the business representatives at the event.”
With an expected participation of 2,000 representatives, the Corporate Sustainability Forum aims to strengthen the business contribution to sustainable development globally – seeking to bring greater scale to responsible business practices, to advance and diffuse sustainable innovation, and to stimulate broader collaboration between companies, governments, civil society and the UN.
See www.compact4rio.org to learn about the Forum. Information about event sustainability at the Forum can be found at www.compact4rio.org/eventsustainability.
For more information on WindMade and the WindMade Events Standard, see www.windmade.org or contact info@windmade.org.
