Separately, a series of fake adverts have appeared across Paris, designed to parody and highlight what campaigners say is the "hypocrisy" of the summit's corporate sponsors.
"The ongoing rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide should be welcomed with opened arms," Craig Idso, founder of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, told about 100 state legislators and corporate executives at the summit, according to InsideClimate News.
The failure of global governmental negotiations to implement a climate protection treaty is mirrored at each failed global summit by corporate commitments.
Two other Cuba-related dramas to watch: Cuban Minister of International Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, is scheduled to address the parallel CEO Summit of corporate leaders -- but will he make a compelling case for why they should invest in Cuba?; And how will the large Cuban delegation to a second parallel event -- the Civil Society Forum -- behave?
In early July, over 1,000 people -- including 600 top corporate executives from around the globe -- gathered in Geneva for the leadership summit, Facing Realities: Getting Down to Business.
Lula was selected to be the keynote speaker at last week's United Nations summit meeting on corporate responsibility.
We agree with the British businesses who want the Rio summit to make corporate sustainability reporting the norm, rather than the exception, and will call for more businesses to commit to improving their sustainability.
This week, for the first time, the annual World Economic Forum -- a private summit of government, corporate, academic and cultural leaders -- meets in Manhattan, shifted from Davos, a quiet village in the Swiss Alps.
There was a significant corporate presence at the policy summit this week, despite the defections.
Sodexo, the food service and facilities management company with a reputation for corporate responsibility, has underwritten the hunger summit in Auburn and provided funding for its first international summit last year in Rome.
