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miércoles, 16 de enero de 2013

PRINCE OF WALES: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LEADERS FORUM


Charles, Prince of Wales, giving a conference at Georgetown University, a jesuit institution. Source: TNT
  

By Gundhramns Hammer
January 16, 2013               


The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) is an independent,  nonprofit membership organization established in 1990 by Charles, Prince of Wales, and a group of leaders (CEOs) from international companies, government and civil society with the idea to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR). 

The goal behind the CSR business practices is for corporations to function based on ethical values to help achieve socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable development.

It is indeed ironic that the very same multinational companies that go about tearing up the environment worldwide pursuing profit for the sustainance of a way of life that is not at all sustainable get together to promote environmental sustainability.

Nowadays it has become quite popular to hide behind the environment, charities and children foundations, or any association that has to do with philanthropism, the ugly faces that the corporations do the outmost a lot of the times to keep away from the public´s knowledge.

The issue begs for a question: What business do these people have and how can they talk about environmental sustainability when they themselves have a very high standard of living which means in the end a big hole in the fabric of the Biosphere?

The International Business Leaders Forum (http://www.iblf.org/) was formerly called Prince of Wales Business Leader Forum.

Here is the list of supporters and board members, according to bilderberg.org


Principal Supporters & Board Members (as of 2006): 
Company                     Business sector                      Country                   Comment               
Accenture                             Management consulting, audit            UK                                        
Alcan Inc                              Metals/Packaging                              Canada                                  
ALJ Company Limited          Automobiles, real estate                     Saudi Arabia
BP                                        Oil & gas, chemicals                          UK                 BP was ranked 4th in the world for turnover with sales at $268 billion
                                             Member of the European Round Table Industrialists, worldwide turnover  1,500 Billion Euros
Cisco Systems, Inc                Internet Technology                           USA
Coca-Cola                            Food & drinks                                   USA              Coca-Cola is the world's most popular soft drink
DIAGEO                              Food & drinks                                    UK
GlaxoSmithKline                   Pharmaceuticals, healthcare                 UK                 the company had sales of £21.66 billion, profit of almost £6.9 billion in 2005
Kolon Group                        Diverse/textiles                                    South Korea
KPMG                                 Financial business services                   UK
Mitsubishi                             Diverse conglomerate                           Japan            worldwide active car producer, banking, atomic industry, chemicals, etc.
Nestlé                                Food                                                   Switzerland    the world's biggest food and beverage company
                                            Member of the European Round Table Industrialists, worldwide turnover  1,500 Billion Euros
Perot Systems                      Real estate                                            UK
Royal Dutch Shell                Transport, Trading Oil, gas, chemicals    UK                is amongst the largest energy corporations in the world
                                           Member of the European Round Table Industrialists, worldwide turnover  1,500 Billion Euros
Vodafone Group                  Telecommunications                               UK               largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world
Volkswagen                         Automobiles                                           Germany      one of the world's four largest car producers
                                            Member of the European Round Table Industrialists, worldwide turnover  1,500 Billion Euros
 
Council Members
Abbott Laboratories              Health, pharmaceutical, personal care    USA
Anglo American Mining         forestry, steel
Bajaj Auto                            Automobiles                                           India
BG Group                            Gas production & distribution                 UK
Cadbury Schweppes             Food and beverage                                UK
ChevronTexaco               Oil & gas, chemicals                               USA           one of the world's largest global energy companies
COFRA Holding AG            Retail / real estate / finance                     Switzerland
Compass Group                   Food service                                          UK
Dabbagh Group Holding       Diverse production/investment                Saudi Arabia
Daimler Chrysler            Automobiles                                           Germany       Mercedes, Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep etc. Part of aerospace group EADS.
Dallah al Baraka Group         Diverse industrial                                    Saudi Arabia  One of the largest companies in the Middle East and Arab World.
Deloitte                                 Business support services                       USA
Edelman                                Public relations                                       USA
Eli Lilly                              Pharmaceuticals/healthcare                 USA      global pharmaceutical company and one of the world's largest corporations
                                             Connected to both Administration of George HW Bush and George W Bush!!!
Emaar Properties PJSC         Real estate                                             UAE
Finartis                                  Financial services                                    Russia
Interros                                 Diverse conglomerate                              Russia
Johnson & Johnson               Pharmaceuticals/healthcare                      Belgium          Johnson & Johnson, employing approximately 116,200 people worldwide
Kraft Foods                     Food & beverage                                    USA              second largest food and beverage company in the world
Lend Lease                           Real estate                                              Australia
Levi Strauss & Co                Apparel                                                   USA               company known worldwide for its Jeans
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) Financial services, insurance  USA
McDonald's Corporation      Food service                                            USA             the world's largest chain of fast-food restaurants
McKinsey & Company        Management consulting                             UK
Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc.      Investment banking                                   USA              click here and see the capital profile
Microsoft                        Worlds biggest in Information technology   USA               global annual sales of US$44.28 billion and 71,553 employees
                                            Bill Gates II = 666 in ASCII-Code
Morgan Stanley              International Investment banking    USA               One of the world's top investment banks
Obayashi Corporation         General contracting                                   Japan
Pearson                               Media, publishing                                     UK
Pentland Group                   Apparel                                                    UK
PepsiCo                              Food & drinks                                          USA                  Bigger net profit then the Coca-Cola Company!!
Pfizer, inc.                           Pharmaceuticals / healthcare                      USA
Phillips-Van Heusen            Apparel                                                    USA  
                                           By 1974, Van Heusen was awarded the Royal Warrant as Shirtmakers to Queen Elizabeth II.
Poongsan Corporation        Metal processing                                        South Korea
PriceWaterhouseCoopers   Management consulting, audit                     UK
          PricewaterhouseCoopers earned aggregated worldwide revenues of $20.3 billion for fiscal 2005, and employed over 130,000 people in 148 countries.
Rio Tinto                            Mining                                                        UK                     consolidated turnover of 14.1 billion US                                                                                        Member of the European Round Table Industrialists, worldwide turnover  1,500 Billion Euros                                           
SABMiller                          Brewing                                                      South Africa         second largest brewery company in the world by volume
Samcrete                           Construction, trading                                    Egypt
Suez Environnement           Water & waste services                               France
                                          Member of the European Round Table Industrialists, worldwide turnover  1,500 Billion Euros
Standard                            Chartered Banking                                       UK
Superclubs                          Leisure/tourism                                            Jamaica
Tetra Laval                          Food production & distribution                   Switzerland       world largest supplier of carton packaging for beverages
Thames Water                     Water/ulitilities                                            UK
Tokyo Electric Power Energy                                                                Japan
Toyota Motor Corporation   Automobiles                                              Japan
                                             It is poised to become the largest automaker in the world by overtaking American General Motors in 2006
Unilever                                 FMCG                                                    UK / Holland      Unilever employs more than 206,000 people
Visa                                      International Payment products & services USA                   the service is offered by thousands of banks
Xenel                                    Industries Diverse/engineering                    Saudi Arabia
Corporate Partners 
British Airways                      Airline                                                       UK                     third largest Airline in Europe
                                             Member of the European Round Table Industrialists, worldwide turnover  1,500 Billion Euros
Echo                                     Communications research
ERM                                     Sustainability consulting                             UK
GlobeScan                             Information services                                 Canada
ICF Consulting Management  consulting, communications                       USA
Lovells                                   Law                                                        Lovells is one of a small number of truly international law firms with over 3000 people.
Media Consulta                      PR, advertising                                        Germany
Oxford Analytica                    Media, information services                      UK
Time Fortune                          Media                                                      UK
Steel Hector Davis LLP          Law                                                         US
WPP ??


Link:
http://www.bilderberg.org/royal.htm



References

Veon J. M. (1997). Prince Charles: The Sustainable Prince. Hearthstone Publishing, Ltd., Oklahoma City, OK. 203 p.




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