01 Feb 2008 - Register
and join us next March! - As in 2007, the
Bolivia Forest and Trade Network (FTN) is
organizing for the second
year in a row a Forestry Products Business
Mission for those companies that are part
of the GFTN and are interested in establishing
trade relations with certified Bolivian
producer companies, or those in the process
of certification.
The business mission
will take place between March 24-28 within
the 2008 EXPOFOREST International Forest,
Wood and Technology Fair aimed at the wood
sector and scheduled for March 26-29 in
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (www.cfb.org.bo/CFBFerias).
The Bolivia FTN invites
all companies that are a part of the GFTN
to participate in this Business Mission
which includes technical visits to production
forests located in northern Bolivia, as
well as important industrial companies in
the cities of La Paz and Cochabamba, to
participate in the Business Roundtable organized
by the Bolivian Forestry Chamber in Santa
Cruz de la Sierra. The objective of the
Business Mission is to show visiting businessmen
the potential supply of Bolivian forestry
companies and members of the FTN and in
this way, facilitate market links between
supply and demand.
The previous Business
Roundtable brought together 200 participants
from 20 countries from Europe, Asia, North
America and South America. It is hoped that
these statistics are improved this year.
This peak in trade that is currently being
experience by the forestry sectors is confirmed
considering that Bolivia is the world leader
in sustainable forestry production with
more than two million certified hectares
of forests.
As before, the Business
Mission organized in 2007 by the Bolivia
FTN also brought together companies from
the FTNs in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain
and China who were able to have successful
business meetings with participating companies
of the Bolivia FTN as well as with other
potential companies that supply wood and
/ or forestry products, as well as visit
the field and transformation companies.
PROGRAMME:
March 24, 25 and 26:
Business mission organized by the Bolivia
FTN. Meeting aimed at bringing together
visiting companies -wood and / or forestry
product buyers- GFTN participants with members
of the Bolivia FTN.
The Mission includes:
• Technical visits to wood companies located
in La Paz, Cochabamba and Riberalta (Beni)
manufacturers of doors, parquet, garden
furniture, decking and sawn wood.
• Trips to certified forests and industry
in Riberalta-Beni (Northeastern Bolivia).
• Meetings between visiting buyer companies
and Bolivian producers from Riberalta (Beni)
and Cobija (Pando) organized by the Chamber
of Exporters of the North.
• Tour of Riberalta, Bolivia’s most extensive
forestry region.
March 27 and 28:
Business Roundtable organized by the Bolivian
Forestry Chamber with support from WWF Bolivia.
Bilateral meetings (maximum time 20 minutes)
with companies that have been pre-selected
by each participant (buyer and/or producer).
LOGISTICS AND COSTS:
• Visiting companies must cover their trip
expenses (travel and lodging). Attached
please find a list of hotels and airfare
information. The prices listed for hotels
are the regular rates however WWF will negotiate
a corporate discount for those companies
that register for the event one month in
advance. The discount could range between
30 to 40%.
• WWF-FTN Bolivia will cover the registration
costs for the EXPOFOREST 2008 Business Roundtable
for visiting companies and for those companies
that are members of the Bolivia FTN.
• WWF- FTN Bolivia will cover the following
costs for the visitors: food and land transportation
during the technical visits in the cities
of La Paz, Cochabamba and Riberalta.
• WWF-FTN Bolivia will facilitate logistics
related to hotel reservations, transportation
and general coordination and support during
the days in which the Business Mission will
take place as well as for the meetings related
to the Business Roundtable.
Visiting companies must cover their trip
expenses (travel and lodging). Attached
please find a list of hotels and airfare
information. The prices listed for hotels
are the regular rates however WWF will negotiate
a corporate discount for those companies
that register for the event one month in
advance. The discount could range between
30 to 40%.
Interested companies should complete the
attached Application Form.
María del Carmen Carreras
Coordinator, Forestry Trade FTN-Bolivia
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HP commits to further
GHG emissions reductions in joining WWF
Climate Savers
13 Feb 2008 - HP, one
of the world's largest IT companies, has
pledged to reduce the emissions from its
own operations and the use of its products
to 6 million tonnes (20%) below 2005 levels
by 2010.
Progress towards this
goal, a commitment entered into in joining
the World Wildlife Fund/WWF Climate Savers
program, has been so significant that HP
is now looking to define new goals.
In energy terms, HP
has now committed itself to reduce energy
consumption by 15 percent in its operations
from 2005 levels, while achieving a 25 %
reduction in the energy used by its products
and operations combined below 2005 levels
by 2010. Even with an increase in revenues,
total energy use was down 19.2 % below 2005
levels by October 2007.
“WWF commends HP for
its strong commitment to energy reductions—not
only within its own operations, but in placing
a strong emphasis on increasing energy efficiency
in its products,” said Carter Roberts, WWF-US
President and CEO. “HP’s bold actions should
serve as a model for other technology companies
seeking to transform the way they do business
to help protect the planet.”
“HP has been an environmentally-sensitive
company for decades; it’s simply part of
our culture and DNA,” said Mark Hurd, Chairman
and CEO, HP. “We take a leadership role
in climate change initiatives like WWF Climate
Savers, and we will continue to seek innovative
ways to reduce our carbon footprint."
HP’s announcement comes
as companies from around the world gathered
to discuss business strategies to reduce
climate change at the Climate Savers Tokyo
Summit. During the summit, HP said it will
sign the Tokyo Declaration – a call to action
and renewed commitment on global warming.
Between 1987 and 2007,
HP recycled one billion pounds of its products,
representing 900,000 tonnes of avoided greenhouse
gas emissions, and it set a new goal to
recover another one billion pounds by the
end of 2010.
HP made further progress
in January 2008 when it announced a commitment
to reduce the energy consumption of its
volume desktop and notebook PC families
by 25 percent by 2010, and today it is working
to consolidate its 85 data centers worldwide
into six data centers with high-efficiency
servers and cooling technology.
Beginning in 2006, HP
embarked on a joint initiative with World
Wildlife Fund-US to establish an absolute
reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions
from HP’s operating facilities worldwide,
explore efficiency goals for products, educate
and inspire others to adopt best practices
for climate change initiatives and use HP
technology in conservation efforts around
the world by 2010.
WWF’s Climate Savers
was founded in 1999 and currently comprises
15 major international companies committed
to reducing their total emissions by over
10 million tons of carbon dioxide per year.
In its first attendance
at a WWF Climate Savers Conference - this
year starting on 15 January hosted by Sony
Corporation in Tokyo - HP is expected to
join other leading global brands calling
for more concerted action on climate change.
