ACE – the Alliance for beverage Cartons and the Environment - is the European ambassador and knowledge hub for beverage carton manufacturers and their EU paperboard suppliers, studying and communicating the environmental value of cartons as a renewable, recyclable and low carbon packaging solution. ACE members include beverage carton producers Tetra Pak, SIG Combibloc and Elopak; they develop, manufacture and market systems for the processing, packaging and distribution of food, and produce packaging material at 23 plants in Europe. About 98% of the paperboard used by ACE members in beverage cartons in Europe is produced by Stora Enso in Skoghall (Sweden) and Imatra (Finland), and Korsnäs in Gävle and Frövi (Sweden), who are also members of ACE. These paper mills and the beverage carton manufacturers in ACE together employ close to 30,000 people worldwide.

www.ace.be

Cargill is an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. With 160,000 employees in 67 countries, the company is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed. For more information, visit

www.cargill.com/

The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company. Along with the world's best-known brand, Coca-Cola, the Company markets four of the world's top five soft drink brands, including diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite, and a wide range of other beverages, including diet and light soft drinks, waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees and sports drinks. Through the world's largest distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate exceeding 1 billion servings a day.

www.coca-cola.com

Eni is one of the most important integrated energy companies in the world committed to growth in finding, producing, transporting, transforming and marketing oil and gas. Eni ranks first among the Italian listed companies according to its market capitalization amounting to €93.8 billion at the end of 2006.

www.eni.it

ExxonMobil is the largest private oil, gas and petrochemical company in the world. The company explores for oil and natural gas on six of the seven continents. Activities include the refining and supply of petroleum products as well as the marketing of fuels under the Exxon, Mobil and Esso brands. The company also markets lubricants, both conventional and synthetic in every major geographic region. Other petroleum products are lube base stocks and petroleum specialties such as waxes, process oils and asphalt. ExxonMobil Chemical is a leading manufacturer and global marketer of olefins, aromatics, fluids, synthetic rubber, polyethylene, polypropylene, oriented polypropylene packaging films, plasticizers, synthetic lubricant base stocks, additives for fuels and lubricants, zeolite catalysts and other petrochemical products. ExxonMobil has been active in Europe since 1888. Today, it is the largest oil and gas producer in Europe and supplies 15 per cent of Europe's natural gas and 10 per cent of Europe's oil.

www.exxonmobileurope.com

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is a German non-profit private educational institution committed to the concepts and basic values of social democracy. It was founded in 1925 as a political legacy of Germany's first democratically elected president Friedrich Ebert. Together with its partners in the trade unions, education and research, public administration, local government and various social groups and organizations, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung fosters dialogue among all democratic forces with the aim of bringing about a balance of interests, of solving conflicts and developing policy options. Another important activity is future-oriented research work, analyzing the economic, social and political problems in Germany and Europe. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has activities in more than 100 countries and offices in about 90 countries.

www.fes.de

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world’s largest automaker, has been the global industry sales leader for 76 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 284,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. In 2006, nearly 9.1 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall. In Europe, GM sells its Opel, Vauxhall, Saab, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Corvette and Hummer ranges in over 30 markets. It operates 10 production and assembly facilities in seven countries and employs around 60,500 people.

www.gmeurope.com

McKinsey & Company is a management consulting firm that helps leading corporations and organizations make distinctive, lasting and substantial improvements in their performance. Over the past eight decades, the Firm’s primary objective has remained constant: to serve as an organization’s most trusted external advisor on critical issues facing senior management. With consultants deployed from over 80 offices in more than 40 countries, McKinsey advises companies on strategic, operational, organizational and technological issues. The Firm has extensive experience in all major industry sectors and primary functional areas as well as in-depth expertise in high-priority areas for today’s business leaders.

www.mckinsey.com

For more than 20 years, Microsoft has been operating in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), enabling people and businesses throughout the region to realise their potential. The Microsoft EMEA organisation encompasses more than 60 local offices and delivers products and services in 139 countries across the region. The company’s 12,000 regional employees engage in a wide range of functions including research, product development and distribution, sales and marketing, customer service and support, and partner support. An industry leader, Microsoft is also committed to corporate responsibility and community participation. The company works with all levels of government and academia, and supports numerous programmes for social and economic development. Neil Holloway, president of Microsoft EMEA, sets the direction of the company in this vast and varied region.

www.microsoft.com

Novartis AG is a world leader in offering medicines to protect health, treat disease and improve well-being. Our goal is to discover, develop and successfully market innovative products to treat patients, ease suffering and enhance the quality of life. Novartis is the only company with leadership positions in both patented and generic pharmaceuticals. We are strengthening our medicine-based portfolio, which is focused on strategic growth platforms in innovation-driven pharmaceuticals, high-quality and low-cost generics (Sandoz), human vaccines (Vaccines & Diagnostics) and leading self-medication OTC brands (Consumer Health). In 2005, the Group's businesses achieved net sales of USD 32.2 billion and net income of USD 6.1 billion. Approximately USD 4.8 billion was invested in R&D. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis Group companies employ approximately 99,000 people and operate in over 140 countries around the world.

www.novartis.com

Novo Nordisk is a healthcare company and a world leader in diabetes care. In addition, Novo Nordisk has a leading position within areas such as haemostasis management, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy. Novo Nordisk manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services that make a significant difference to patients, the medical profession and society. With headquarters in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs approximately 26,550 employees in 80 countries, and markets its products in 179 countries. Novo Nordisk’s B shares are listed on the stock exchanges in Copenhagen and London. Its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘NVO’.

www.novonordisk.com

With Group sales of EUR 20.04 bn and a workforce of 33,665 employees in 2007, OMV Aktiengesellschaft is one of Austria’s largest listed industrial companies. As the leading oil and gas group in Central Europe, OMV is active in Refining and Marketing (R&M) in 13 countries. In Exploration and Production (E&P) OMV is active in 20 countries on five continents. In Gas & Power (G&P) OMV sells more than 13 bcm gas per year. Via Baumgarten, one of the most important turntables for gas in Europe, approximately 64 bcm gas is transported annually. OMV’s Central European Gas Hub is amongst the three largest hubs in Continental Europe.

www.omv.com

As a leading global pharmaceutical company, sanofi-aventis is dedicated to the discovery, development, manufacture and distribution of innovative, effective and well-tolerated medicines, for all people throughout the world. In keeping with its principle that there are “no small countries and no small products”, sanofi-aventis offers an extensive range of innovative medicines, vaccines, mature prescription medicines, consumer health (OTC) products and generics. This product portfolio, which is intended for all patients, whatever their medical condition, whatever their resources provides the foundation of the Group’s economic performance.

www.sanofi-aventis.com

Schuttelaar & Partners is a large communications consultancy firm deeply rooted in stakeholder dialogue on issues related to the life sciences. From our offices in Brussels and The Hague, we help our clients build public support for innovations that we firmly believe will lead towards greater health and sustainability. Such clients include multinational corporations and SMEs, governments, research institutions, and NGOs. Our 60 consultants cover a wide spectrum of backgrounds and operate in areas such as sustainable commodity supply chains, the role of nutrition in public health, global development, and application of bio- and nanotechnologies.

www.schuttelaar-partners.com

The Swiss Life Group is one of Europe's leading providers of pension and life insurance products. The Swiss Life Group offers individuals and companies comprehensive advice and a broad range of products via agents, brokers and banks in its domestic market, Switzerland, where it is market leader, and selected European markets. Multinational companies are serviced with tailor-made solutions by a network of partners in over 60 countries. Swiss Life Holding, registered in Zurich, dates back to the Swiss Life Insurance and Pension Company founded in 1857. Shares of Swiss Life Holding are listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange (SLHN). The Swiss Life Group employs a staff of more than 9 000 people.

www.swisslife.com/slcom/en/home.html

With operations in more than 100 countries, the Group's activities span all aspects of the energy industry from Upstream oil and gas exploration and production to Downstream transport, refining and marketing of refined products as well as international trading in both crude and refined products. Total is also a major player in the Chemicals market.

www.total.com

Tyco International is a highly diversified global company that provides thousands of products and services vitally important to residential and commercial customers. Those products range from electronic security and alarm monitoring to fire-fighting equipment and breathing apparatus, and from water purification and flow control solutions to galvanized steel tubes and armored wire and cable. Tyco International is composed of five business segments: ADT Worldwide, Fire Protection Services, Safety Products, Flow Control Electrical & Metal Products.

www.tyco.com

Unilever is a multi-local multinational with consumers, employees, business partners and shareholders on every continent. It makes and sells brands. The Unilever Group consists of Unilever N.V. in the Netherlands and Unilever PLC in the UK and has two divisions – Foods (including frozen foods) and Home & Personal Care.

www.unilever.com

Veolia Environnement is the only world-wide Group dedicated wholly to environment-related activities and capable of offering a complete range of services covering the fields of Water (Veolia Water), Cleaning (Onyx), Energy (Dalkia) and Transport (Connex). The group deploys an integrated services offer providing made-to-measure solutions to the challenges facing local authorities in France and abroad. Research & Development play a central role in Veolia’s sustainable-development policy, designed to enable the group to anticipate the needs of tomorrow and to implement effective technological solutions and services meeting the expectations of our customers. Veolia Environnement commits itself to caring for the environment wherever the group operates, in particular by stringent application of international and local environmental regulations and by the commitment of its employees to improving inhabitants’ everyday quality of life.

www.veoliaenvironnement.com