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| The China Business Council for
Sustainable Development (CBCSD) was officially
established in October 2003, thanks to the joint
efforts of China Enterprise Confederation (CEC)
and World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD), as well as long processes
of preparation by numbers of well-known Chinese
and international companies. CBCSD is a
coalition of leading Chinese and foreign
enterprises registered and operating in China as
a national organization, established through the
Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People¡¯s
Republic of
China.
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Providing a platform for exchange and
cooperation among Chinese and foreign
enterprises, government and social communities;
sharing information, experiences and best
practices in the field of sustainable
development, in order to help companies improve
understanding and performance in environment
health safety (EHS), corporate social
responsibility (CSR), climate change, and other
related areas, and to push forward the course of
sustainable development in the world by common
hard efforts.
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• Business leadership -
to be the leading business advocate on issues
related to sustainable
development;
• Policy development -
provide inputs to the government and assist in
policy development in order to create a
framework that allows business to contribute
effectively to sustainable
development;
• Promotion of
exchange and cooperation between Chinese and
foreign enterprises ¨C introduce and demonstrate
latest progress in environmental and resource
management by the business community; share
advanced management concepts and business
operation practices in order to promote common
development, improve corporate social
responsibility and enhance the global
competitiveness of member companies.
CBCSD will
build a social network for communications within
all sectors, establishing training programs,
strengthening construction of environmental
facilities and adopting the concept of clean
production in order to develop environmental
protection, as well as to optimize the
management system of resource and environment.
CBCSD serves as a channel to the government to
draw direct insights from the business community
in making policies addressing the issues of
sustainable development, including water
shortage, air pollution in cities, greenhouse
effect, as well as energy and health related
issues. CBCSD will actively promote exchange and
cooperation between Chinese enterprises and
international counterparts to build a better
future for sustainable development in China. All
members of CBCSD will make unremitting efforts
and work with all sectors of society to
contribute to the achievement of a continuous,
rapid, healthy and balanced development of the
economy as well as a comprehensive advancement
of Chinese
society.
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