Norine Kennedy

Norine Kennedy

Senior VP, Policy and Global Strategy
Tel: 212.703.5052

In her policy leadership role, Kennedy oversees USCIB’s sustainability practice, which brings together USCIB’s environmental, labor and corporate responsibility advocacy. Based in New York, she also spearheads USCIB’s strategic international engagement, which advances inclusive multilateralism and promotes meaningful business participation in international policy deliberations as essential to effective outcomes.   

Kennedy is a recognized business diplomat across influential inter-governmental institutions. She currently serves as co-chair of the Business and Industry Major Group (B&IMG) to the UN in New York and has led USCIB’s All In and Moving the Needle initiatives.   

With 30+ years experience in sustainable development, environment, energy and climate change, Kennedy has represented U.S. business at the UN Rio, Johannesburg, and Rio+20 sustainability conferences, at all Conferences of the Parties of the UN Climate Convention (COP) and at the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF).   

She is a U.S. citizen and holds degrees from Wellesley College and the Claremont Graduate School.  

Recent Articles by Norine

Translating Vision Into Action at the Halfway Point: Business for the 2030 Agenda (10/19/2023) - Blog Post by USCIB SVP Norine Kennedy October 19, 2023 Last month in New York, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) witnessed unprecedented participation, with 40,000 attendees and over 2,000 bilateral meetings. A gathering with over 13,000 country delegates, and 2,600 members of the media registered for the general debate and its more than 500 affiliated events. Among the events […]
Translating Sustainability Vision Into SDG Action at the Halfway Point: Business for the 2030 Agenda  (10/11/2023) - Last month in New York, the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) witnessed unprecedented participation with 40,000 attendees and over 2,000 bilateral meetings. Over 13,000 country delegates and 2,600 members of the media registered for the general debate and over 500 affiliated events1. Among the main events was the UN’s first-ever SDG Action Weekend, which marked a […]
USCIB at UNGA77: Perspectives and Summary of Key Events (9/30/2022) - As the United Nations opened its 77th Session of the General Assembly, USCIB was on hand to inform the deliberations.  USCIB convened several high-level meetings, which delivered impactful and informative dialogues and practical next steps.  Throughout, USCIB highlighted the private sector’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Secretary General’s visionary Our Common Agenda, and to […]

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Norine’s Committees

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Working Group - Launched in 2015, the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals represented a global consensus blueprint, setting out 17 goals and 169 targets for sustainability by 2030.
Environment - The Environment Committee promotes appropriate environmental protection and energy security integrated with open trade, investment and economic growth.
Climate Change & Energy - The Climate Change and Energy Committee supports the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and represents American business interests at global climate negotiations.

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