The term of the current World Chambers Federation (WCF) General Council members is coming to an end on December 31, 2022. Sitting members are eligible to serve on the Council for a 3-year term, twice renewable in accordance with the current WCF Bylaws. As such, members in their first mandate can opt for a second and those in their second […]
COP27, aka the UN Climate Summit, will be held November 6 – 16 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. As at all previous Climate COPs, USCIB will be on hand in Sharm El-Sheikh, supporting our members, advancing agreed USCIB positions, and providing opportunities for member visibility and engagement, in our own right and by working closely with ICC, IOE and the Major […]
USCIB will convene a special consultation with UN Tech Envoy Amandeep Singh Gill on Tuesday, November 8, 9:00-10:00 a.m. EST. USCIB will be collaborating on this meeting with the ICC Digital Economy Commission, which will extend this invitation to its affiliates to ensure that we have worldwide business participation, as well as with Access Partnership. The purpose of this meeting […]
The USCIB International Product Policy Working Group will meet on Thursday, November 10, from 1:00-2:30pm Eastern. We will discuss USCIB’s involvement at the upcoming Plastics Treaty INC-1 in Uruguay, as well as other updates on SAICM/IP4, next week’s BIAC and OECD Chemicals Committee meetings, the OEWG on the Science Policy Panel, the BRS Conventions, and also discuss other issues of […]
IOE and USCIB member Deloitte will bring together business leaders and senior representatives from the G20, L20 and multilateral institutions to discuss the current pressures faced by today’s labour markets. Discussions will focus on what businesses are or should be doing to mitigate wage and inflationary pressures; why just transition matters to business and its response to the climate crisis; […]
The Major Economies Business Forum (BizMEF) Partners and Observers, of which USCIB is a member, has announced that it will hold a BizMEF Business Dialogue at COP27, kindly hosted at the Green Zone FEI Pavilion, on Saturday, November 12. The theme of the Dialogue is Advancing the Just Transition for Climate Change Impact and Resilience. This in-person BizMEF COP27 Business […]
The OECD Working Party on Integrating Environmental and Economic Policies (WPIEEP) will convene from November 16 – 17 as a virtual meeting via Zoom. Please find the draft annotated agenda attached. The meeting will feature discussions on the following: Day 1: The OECD Environmental Policy and Individual Behaviour Change (EPIC) survey, harvesting innovation for the environment, the latest developments on […]
This year, the UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights (UNAF) will be held from November 28-30, 2022 under the theme “Rights holders at the centre: Strengthening accountability to advance business respect for people and planet in the next decade”. It will have a hybrid format. There will be no side sessions this year due to the renovation of […]
We are pleased to share that the ICC Global Intellectual Property Commission will meet on the December 1-2, 2022 at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting, organized jointly by the two organizations, will be an opportunity for ICC members to discuss with and hear from WIPO officials on a variety of key […]
In collaboration with Baker McKenzie, we have organized a webinar that will take place on December 6th on Peru and Brazil's Accession to the OECD. Lawyers from Baker McKenzie Peru and Trench Rossi Watanabe* in Brazil will analyze the current political landscape in both countries and will focus on the developments or changes that are needed to achieve accession to […]