A Friends of Europe Press & Policymakers’ Roundtable, in cooperation with the European Commission and Unilever, and with the support of APEAL, Areva, and VINYL 2010.

Among our distinguished Roundtable debaters:

Satu Hassi MEP

Paul Hofheinz

Charles Laroche

Jim Murray

Bruno Tobback

THE ISSUES :

A Green Agenda for Global Business

Defining the roles and responsibilities of industries and all EU stakeholders

• Session I - Do we need a new ‘bargain’ between Europe’s lawmakers and wealth-creators?
• Session II - How should Europe’s consumers and citizens be presented with the choices we face?
• Session III - What should EU stakeholders do to make Kyoto’s post-2012 timetable and target realistic?

The list of confirmed Roundtable debaters:

• Jianji An, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of China to the EU
  
• John Ashton, Founder and Director of Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) and former Head of the British Foreign Office in the Department of Environment, Science and Energy, Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G)
  
• Erling Bager, Member of Parliament, National Parliament, Sweden (Riksdag)
  
• Anita Brodén, Member of the National Parliament (Riksdag), Sweden
  
• Paul Brown, Environment Editor, The Guardian
  
• Alain Bucaille, Special Advisor to the Chairman, Areva
• Corrado Clini, Director General, Ministry of Environment, Italy
• Dorette Corbey, Member of the European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
  
• Carlos Márcio Cozendey, Environmental Counsellor, Mission of Brazil to the EU
• Catherine Day, Director General, European Commission, Directorate General for Environment
• Jan Dusik, Director of the EU Department, Ministry of Environment, Czech Republic
• Franco Foresta Martin, Journalist - Energy Matters, Corriere della Sera
  
• Maria Laura Franciosi, Journalist, Il Sole 24 Ore del Lunedi
• Lars Friberg, Energy Specialist, Climate Action Network Europe
  
• Axel Friedrich, Head of Division, German Federal Environmental Agency
• Martyn Griffiths, Communication and Public Affairs Manager, Vinyl 2010
• Peter Gutierrez, Journalist, European Service Network (ESN)
  
• Christin Hagberg, Member of the National Parliament (Riksdag), Sweden
• Kirsty Hamilton, International Policy Consultant, Business Council for Sustainable Energy, United Kingdom
• Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent, Financial Times
• Satu Hassi, Vice-Chairwoman, European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Heidi Hautala, Member of the Finnish Parliament
• Paul Hofheinz, President and Co-Founder, The Lisbon Council
• Dermott Jewell, Director, Consumers' Association of Ireland (CAI)
• Marianne Klingbeil, Head of Unit, Production, Consumption & Waste, European Commission, Directorate General for Environment
• Geert-Jan Koopman, Director, Environmental Aspects of Enterprise Policy, Resource-based & Specific Industries, European Commission, Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry
• Eija-Riitta Korhola, Member of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Ieva Krigere, Deputy Head of Climate Policy Division, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia
• Charles Laroche, Vice-President Corporate Relations and Public Affairs, Unilever HPC Europe
  
• Sylvia Leodolter, Transport Expert, Arbeitskammer, Austria
• Lars Lindblad, Member of the National Parliament (Riksdag), Sweden
  
• Reine Claude Mader, Secretary General, Confédération de la Consommation du Logement et Cadre de Vie (CLCV)
• Timo Mäkelä, Director, Sustainable Development and Integration, European Commission, Directorate General for Environment
• John May, General Manager, Corus Steel Packaging Recycling UK
• Frank McDonald, Environment Editor, Irish Times
• Giles Merritt, Secretary General, Friends of Europe
• Jim Murray, Director, European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC)
• Kerstin Niblaeus, Director General, Council of the European Union, Directorate General for Protection of the Environment, and Consumers
• Owen Ryan, Head of Air and Climate Section, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Ireland
  
• Widyarka Ryananta, Counsellor, Economic Affairs, Mission of Indonesia to the EU
• Christophe Schoune, Environment Correspondent, Le Soir
• Mahi Sideridou, EU Policy Climate Campaigner, Greenpeace EU office
  
• Jernej Stritih, Vice President, International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA), Liechtenstein
• Bruno Tobback, Minister of Environment, Belgium
• Cornis Van der Lugt, Responsible for the UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Claes Västerteg, Member of the National Parliament (Riksdag), Sweden
  
• Tom Vereijken, Marketing Manager of Paques B.V, Chairman of Eucetsa, Paques B.V, Eucetsa, The Netherlands
  
• Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vice-President of the European Parliament, and Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
• Beata Wiszniewska, Regional Director for EU Member States, Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe