The Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) will be responsible for a series of actions focused on water efficiency in industry and combating waste during the week of the 8th World Water Forum, which takes place between March 18 and 23 in Brasília.
The Council leads the Forum's Sustainability Group and will be at the forefront of three official sessions of the program. CEBDS will also launch two studies related to efficient water management and will be at the forefront of... Water Business Day, an event developed in partnership with the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) and the Global Compact Network Brazil.
The World Forum offers a wide range of programs to participants, including debates on the future of water resources, exhibitions, and film screenings. CEBDS organized a... Selection of key events for the business sector.. Check out some of them below:
March 19
At 9:00 AM, the Official Opening of the 8th World Water Forum will take place. Then, at 4:00 PM, the president of CEBDS, Marina Grossi, will lead the panel discussion…“Corporate commitments to water security., at the Águas Claras Auditorium. On that occasion, The Business Commitment Letter for Water Security will be launched.. The panel will include Peter White, COO and Vice President of the WBCSD; Tony Milikin, Global Head of Sustainability at Ambev; Henrique Braun, CEO of Coca-Cola Brazil; Edison Terra Filho, Vice President of Polyolefins (LATAM and Europe) at Braskem; Didier Debrosse, CEO of Heineken; Orson Ledezma, CEO of Ecolab; and Teresa Vernaglia, CEO of BRK Ambiental. The moderator will be Ambassador Pio Wennubst, Head of Global Cooperation and Deputy Director General of the Swiss Development Corporation.
On the same day, at 2 pm, the UN will launch the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR).
March 20th
At 9 a.m., Martin Raiser, director of the World Bank in Brazil, will lead the panel “Water Security Policies”, which will present the institution's vision on the topic. Then, at 4 PM, the major public-private partnership programs in Latin America and the Caribbean will be discussed at the parallel event “Interest in Public-Private Partnerships in the Water and Sanitation Sector”, promoted by the Inter-American Development Bank.
March 21
The Boticário Group Foundation for Nature Protection is organizing a debate at 5 pm.“Nature as an integrating solution: benefits of natural infrastructure for water security and adaptation.”where case studies and investment opportunities in natural infrastructure will be presented.
March 22
In the morning, at 9 am, Marina Grossi will participate in the open session responsible for drafting the Sustainability Declaration of the World Water Forum.. Also participating in the panel are Pierre-Alain Roche, from the Conseil Général de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable; Jovana Dodos, delegate from WWC BoG; Kanupriya Harish, member of WWC BoG; Blanca Jimenez-Cisneros, from UNESCO; Abdoulaye Sene, president of the Organizing Committee of the 9th World Water Forum; Samuel Barreto, national water manager at The Nature Conservancy; and Lúcio Rennó, professor of Political Science at UnB and president of CODEPLAN.
At 11 am, The president of CEBDS, Marina Grossi, will present the messages and main results obtained in Water Business Day Alongside Davi Bomtempo, Executive Manager of Environment and Sustainability at the National Confederation of Industry; Carlo Pereira, Executive Secretary of the Global Compact Network Brazil; and Percy Soares, Coordinator of the Water Resources Network at the National Confederation of Industry.
The Renova Foundation, created to contribute to the recovery of the cities affected by the dam collapse in Mariana (MG), will discuss, at 4 pm, the challenges of revitalizing the Rio Doce Basin.
