New York, NY, April 22, 2024—The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) joins the international community in celebrating Earth Day. USCIB proudly champions environmental protection and responsible business conduct across our members’ operations around the globe. Our member companies are global leaders in the development of advanced technologies and innovation, bringing world-leading technical expertise and resources to address global environmental challenges.  

USCIB also remains a steadfast champion of inclusive multilateralism, which includes the voice of US business within a robust stakeholder engagement process. 

We firmly believe that the global challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution can only be overcome through fully inclusive multilateral collaboration and with US private sector know-how and implementation. 

As an official observer to the UN Environment Program (UNEP), the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD), and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), USCIB is uniquely positioned to serve as the voice of US business leadership in upcoming negotiations at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Baku and the Convention on Biological Diversity. 

About USCIB: USCIB promotes open markets, competitiveness and innovation, sustainable development and corporate responsibility, supported by international engagement and regulatory coherence. Its members include U.S. based global companies and professional services firms from every sector of the economy, with operations in every region of the world, generating $5 trillion in annual revenues and employing over 11 million workers worldwide. As the U.S. affiliate to several leading international business organizations, including the ICC, USCIB provides business views to policy makers and regulatory authorities worldwide and works to facilitate international trade and development. More at  www.uscib.org.