Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
26th January 2015Theme: Investing in Natural Capital: Public Private Cooperation for Future Prosperity in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Overview
The Fourth GMS Environment Ministers’ Meeting emphasized the need to strengthen collaboration between governments, development partners, business sector, and civil society in order to find ways to maintain and enhance the region’s natural capital stocks. A key step was the need to strengthen collaboration and coordination between businesses, government, and/or civil society in ways that are demonstrably good for business, local livelihoods and for the protection and enhancement of the subregion’s natural capital. In this context the Natural Capital Business Forum engaged the businesses in their capacity as a beneficiary of public sector investments as well as the investors in economic activities associated with natural capital.
First, the Forum aimed to identify opportunities for businesses to engage in economic activities that met the objectives of the triple bottom line (people, planet, profits), i.e. to create business practices that sustain the social, economic, and natural basis for prosperity and wellbeing. Second, the Forum aimed to identify how tangible partnerships could be established between businesses and other stakeholders with interactive and strongly results-driven formats to best support increased natural capital investments in the GMS.
Businesses from different sectors supported the Natural Capital Business Forum. They co-hosted sessions and champion follow-up activities after the event. Partners included those involved in investment, value chains and SME development, and the freight and logistics sector.
The specific objectives of the Natural Capital Business Forum were as follows:
File Name | Size | Last Modified |
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Natural Capital Business Forum Proceedings.pdf | N/A | 18-06-2015 |
Natural Capital Business Forum-Agenda.pdf | N/A | 03-02-2015 |
Deputy Minister Opening remarks.pdf | N/A | 27-01-2015 |
Opening Remarks-Winfried Wicklein.pdf | N/A | 14-04-2015 |
Friederich-Inbar-Inclusive Dev Bamboo-Rattan.pdf | N/A | 03-02-2015 |
Natural Capital Business Forum Agenda.pdf | N/A | 02-02-2015 |
Global Mechanism-financing natural capital.pdf | N/A | 03-02-2015 |
Huang-Trucost-Real Values of Natural Capital.pdf | N/A | 03-02-2015 |
Olam International-Briefing.pdf | N/A | 03-02-2015 |
Roberts-CISL-Value Chains Working Group.pdf | N/A | 03-02-2015 |
Yunnan Shenyu-Biomass Energy.pdf | N/A | 03-02-2015 |
Feedbacks on Business Forum.pdf | N/A | 01-02-2015 |
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