August 8, 2007 — In an effort to promote environmentally sustainable economic development worldwide, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD) have announced a far-ranging agreement to collaborate on international sustainable development projects, starting in China.
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and Sabrina Watkins, chairman of the US BCSD and environmental technology manager at ConocoPhillips, signed a memorandum of understanding recently at the US BCSD Summer Meeting in Chicago to promote cooperation on environmental and sustainable development initiatives around the world, starting in China.
The focus initially will be on China, where the parties will build on existing relationships with the China Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Chinese EPA to develop projects that assist in China’s transition to a sustainable economy that efficiently uses and reuses materials and is powered by renewable energy and other clean energy sources.
The business council is a non-profit association of businesses working to create and deliver cost-effective sustainable development projects and partnerships. It is a partner organization of the World BCSD, a network of 180 international companies whose members come from 30 countries and 20 major industrial sectors. For more information, see the Web site.
