The president of the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), Marina Grossi, delivered the Letter from Parintins during the organization's Senior Leadership event 8th World Water Forum, which took place in Stockholm on the 30th. This same week, the city received the World Water Week, one of the most important agendas on the topic.
The letter addresses demands and suggestions from the business sector and society in general to the World Water Forum, which will be coming to Latin America for the first time. Grossi is chair of the Sustainability Focus Group, one of the event's new features, which will have sustainability as one of its central axes.
The Parintins Letter compiles the contributions collected in two events – Business Engagement Forum It is Global Water Summit -, organized by the Focus Group and partners. Following the discussions, a collective letter was drafted reaffirming the commitment to developing the water agenda, with a view to intensifying actions on this topic. The letter emphasizes collective leadership, the need for dialogue focused on intersectoral action, and calls on the Forum to deliver practical results and concrete commitments.
CEBDS also met with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), CDP, CEO Water Mandate, Brazilian Global Compact Network and CNI to deal with the organization of the Business Day, an event that will take place on the eve of the World Forum. This is a first-of-its-kind event that reinforces the importance of the agenda for the business sector.
8th World Water Forum
The World Water Forum is the largest global event on water and is organized by World Water CouncilThe event's organization was divided into five thematic committees. One of these committees—the Sustainability Focus Group—is led by CEBDS and WWF.
The eighth edition of the event will take place in Brasília, from March 18 to 23, 2018. Preparations for it can be followed at website.
