Industry Agenda
Consumer Community
Governors Meeting
2016
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland 20–23 January
February 2016
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About the World Economic Forum Consumer Community
and Governors Programme
The Consumer Community of the World Economic Forum is
comprised of a select group of global chairs, chief executive
officers and senior executives within the agriculture, food,
beverage, retail, fast-moving consumer goods, fashion and
luxury goods sectors that is actively involved in addressing
global challenges. Through deep engagement across the
Forum’s multistakeholder network of experts, the Consumer
Community takes the lead on shaping the industry agenda and,
ultimately, addressing challenges facing the industry, like food
security and sustainability. At each Annual Meeting, the
Consumer Community designs a special programme of
invitation-only activities for chief executives, known as the
Governors Programme. The programme focuses on critical
issues identified by the community and is designed to generate
impact at global and regional levels.
About the Consumer Community Governors
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is comprised of a representative
subset of Consumer Community Governors and acts on behalf
of the community throughout the year, delivering strategic
guidance and direction to shape the future of the consumer
industry. The committee provides insights on the changes
taking place within the consumer industry and suggests ways in
which the World Economic Forum can develop
multistakeholder, industry-specific interactions, identify relevant
intersections with other industries, and transform business,
society and the economy. The Steering Committee is cochaired by Richard Goyder, Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director, Wesfarmers Limited; and Feike Sijbesma,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board,
Royal DSM NV. Committee members include Jean-Francois van
Boxmeer, HEINEKEN; David W. MacLennan, Cargill
Incorporated; Doug McMillon, Wal-Mart Stores Inc,; Indra
Nooyi, PepsiCo Inc.; Kasper Rorsted, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA;
and Irene Rosenfeld, Mondelez International.
CF Industries Holdings Inc.
COFRA Holding AG
DuPont
eBay Inc.
Ecolab Inc.
FEMSA
HEINEKEN
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Jeronimo Martins, SGPS, SA
Kirin Holdings Company Limited
Lawson Inc.
LIXIL Group Corporation
Louis Dreyfus Commodities
LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton
Majid Al Futtaim Holding LLC
Marks & Spencer Plc
Mondelez International
Monsanto Company
Nestlé SA
Nike Inc.
Orkla ASA
PepsiCo Inc.
REMA 1000
Royal DSM NV
Royal Philips
Sime Darby Berhad
Sinar Mas Agribusiness & Food
Suntory Holdings Limited
Swarovski
Syngenta International AG
Technogym SpA
The Coca-Cola Company
Unilever
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Walgreens Boots Alliance
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Wesfarmers Limited
Wilmar International Limited
Yara International ASA
Zoneco Group Co. Ltd
Contents
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Message from the Co-Chairs of the
Consumer Community Steering Committee
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Highlights from the Consumer Community
Governors Programme
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Consumer Industry Transformation: A Closer Look
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Global Challenge Initiatives
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Global Challenge: Food Security and Agriculture
10 Global Challenge: Environment and Natural Resource Security
10 Climate Change Solutions
11 Tropical Forest Alliance 2020
12 Global Water Initiative
13 Circular Economy Initiative
14 Global Challenge: The Future of Health
16 Regional Outlook
19 Consumer Community Governors Programme Participants
20 Consumer Industries Team and Contact Information
21 Upcoming Events
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Message
From the Co-Chairs of the Consumer
Community Steering Committee
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the World Economic Forum and the Consumer
Community Steering Committee, we want to thank you for
participating in the 46th Annual Meeting in Davos, and for your
engagement in the Consumer Community Governors
Programme. We hope the programme was inspiring, insightful
and productive for all of you.
The Annual Meeting was an opportunity for us to reconnect as a
community of purpose. In our journey to improve the daily lives
of people around the world, we reflected together on our key
achievements in 2015 and explored transformations that are
impacting our industry.
This report highlights the key outcomes of the Consumer
Community Governors Programme. We invite you to review and
reflect on the key drivers of transformation shaping the
consumer industry, along with the progress delivered through
the Global Challenge Initiatives in which the Consumer
Community is actively engaged: Food Security and Agriculture,
and Environment and Natural Resource Security. We are also
excited to share the outcomes from the launch of the Forum’s
newest Global Challenge Initiative – The Future of Health – which
presents us with another opportunity to engage on issues that
matter to our community.
Richard Goyder
Davos is just one touch-point in an ongoing cycle of
opportunities to connect and drive impact as a community. Your
contributions to our discussions in Davos enable us to identify
and advance the industry priorities, and we will be working
further with you and your deputies.
Thank you again for making this year’s Annual Meeting a
success. We look forward to working with you over the course
of the year to shape the agenda and catalyse action in priority
areas. We hope to see you at next year’s Annual Meeting in
Davos, scheduled for 17–20 January 2017.
Richard Goyder
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director,
Wesfarmers Limited; Co-Chair of the Consumer Community
Steering Committee
Feike Sijbesma
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board,
Royal DSM NV; Co-Chair of the Consumer
Community Steering Committee
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Highlights from the Consumer Community
Governors Programme
2015 Accomplishments
At the Consumer Community Board Meeting, the Governors
reviewed progress made by the community in 2015. Through the
Forum’s Global Challenge Initiatives, the Consumer Community
has demonstrated the pivotal role played by business in
accelerating progress on the most significant global challenges.
Notable achievements in 2015 include the following:
Food Security and Agriculture
• Through the New Vision for Agriculture initiative, our community
has helped to catalyse partnerships in 19 countries in Africa,
Asia and Latin America.
• Sharing economy: the preference for access over ownership,
turning consumers into users.
• Retail reimagined: the future evolution of retail and how
consumers shop, motivated by technology-driven disruptions.
• Digital operating models: the need to maintain agility in
business systems and operations.
These four themes of transformation generated broad interest
among the Consumer Governors, and a decision on which theme
to explore further will be made in the spring, with guidance from
the Consumer Community Steering Committee.
• Together, these efforts have mobilized over $10.5 billion in
investment commitments, of which $1.9 billion has been
implemented.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
• The CEO Climate Leaders worked to catalyse private sector
commitments on climate change and became a major
contributor to CEO-level mobilization in the lead-up to COP21.
• In June 2015, the World Economic Forum became the host of
the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 Secretariat, and has
successfully built a global partnership platform of more than
40 organizations spanning governments, the private sector and
civil society.
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Looking Ahead
The community committed to working as a collective group,
providing systems leadership to the Global Challenge Initiatives.
There was a call to action for the community to drive the food
security and climate change agendas by breaking down
traditional siloes and identifying opportunities for scaling up,
driving pre-competitive action and collaborating across
industries.
Exploring Industry Transformation
The path to success in the Fourth Industrial Revolution will place a
premium on innovation, the willingness of companies to “disrupt
themselves” and collaboration. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is
reshaping industry at an unprecedented speed and scale, and
with record force. Driven by a range of disruptions – from
technology and digitally enabled innovation to increasingly
connected consumers – the transformation of the consumer
industries is already well under way.
In 2015, the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Consumer
Industries, the Strategy Officers Community and other initiatives
within the Forum focused on understanding the transformation
taking place within and across industries. In Davos, the Governors
explored four interrelated themes of prime importance to the
consumer industry:
• Personalized experience economy: the shift from mass-markets
to personalization, and from products to experiences.
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1: Jean-François van Boxmeer, Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief
Executive Officer, HEINEKEN
2: Paul Bulcke, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé SA
3: Irene B. Rosenfeld, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mondelez International
4: Devin Wenig, President and Chief Executive Officer, eBay Inc.
5: Pieter Nota, Chief Executive Officer, Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Member of the
Executive Committee; Group Executive Vice-President, Royal Philips
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Consumer Industry Transformation: A Closer Look
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is leading to the transformation of
entire systems of production, distribution and consumption. Within
this context, the Consumer Governors explored how the industry
is transforming, and what opportunities these transformations
present to move the industry forward, while also ensuring it
remains socially and environmentally responsible.
Technology is a key enabler for consumers in their quest to lead
happier and healthier lives with greater meaning. Maximizing the
opportunities presented by technology requires a strong
understanding of how the consumer is evolving, and the ability to
adapt business models to respond to this evolution. In Davos,
participants explored the following dimensions through a series of
sessions focused on transformation:
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What is the impact of connected ecosystems and smart
technology on organizational structures and new models of
collaboration?
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How does the evolution of the digital consumer affect
business, and what opportunities does it present for
innovation?
Innovative Ecosystems for the Connected Consumer
During the Innovative Ecosystems for the Connected Consumer
session, the Governors participated in an interactive discussion
with experts, Technology Pioneers, academics and senior leaders
from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Royal Philips, Flex and Google
Ventures. The disruptors shared specific examples of the latest
advances in connected ecosystems – the smart fridge, augmented
realities in retail and big data analytics – setting the stage for a
focused discussion on their potential impacts on organizational
structures and different ways to approach collaboration.
The connected consumer
The traditional consumer no longer exists. The new connected
consumer is expecting seamless experiences in their home, in
their office, during recreation, and in all other areas of life. New
connected technologies bring a unique set of challenges and
responsibilities, particularly since technology and connected
ecosystems have greater possibilities to drive behavioural change
among consumers. To tap into these opportunities, it will be critical
to focus on the delivery of experiences that delight.
Data is the new currency
Data is a significant by-product of new technologies and is
changing the ways in which organizations operate. The amount of
data available has increased exponentially and it has become the
currency through which organizations and consumers engage. At
the same time, data is as much an inhibitor as an enabler, and
great opportunities lie in shifting data from proprietary ownership
to the broader ecosystem.
Unprecedented speed of transformation
The unprecedented speed at which disruption and transformation
are happening has been our new reality for a while. Many
organizations are not designed for this and must be open to
disrupting themselves significantly to keep pace. Two key enablers
to operating in this new environment are agility and focus. Industry
lines are blurring and, at the same time, we are once again finding
that less is more.
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Innovation and start-up mentality
As technology is reducing traditional barriers for start-ups,
established companies are becoming vulnerable to competition
from an increasing number of players. Adopting the start-up
mentality of launching before you learn, breaking through
traditional profit and loss boundaries, and accessing the right
talent – with the right incentives – will move beyond incremental
advances to innovation that is truly disruptive.
Keeping Up with the Consumers
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1: Genichi Tamatsuka, President and Chief Executive Officer; Representative Director,
Lawson Inc. (left) and Keisuke Nishimura, Representative Director of the Board and
Senior Executive Officer, Kirin Holdings Company Limited
2: Left to right: Stefano Pessina, Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive,
Walgreens Boots Alliance; Eric Sprunk, Chief Operating Officer, Nike Inc.; Marc
Bolland, Chief Executive, Marks & Spencer Plc
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Increasingly, the digital consumer is changing everything:
demanding speed, convenience, digital connectivity and seamless
experiences. Over 50 billion interconnected devices over the next
five years can help businesses address the needs of consumers,
creating nearly $5 trillion of business value over the next decade.
This growth will take place in such areas as personalized
consumer experiences, new operating models, and retail and
e-commerce. This session aimed to inspire participants about
technology-driven business model innovation in the face of
changing consumer demands. Several key themes and business
implications emerged.
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1: Kasper Rorsted, Chief Executive Officer, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
5: Soren Schroder, Chief Executive Officer, Bunge Limited
2: José Antonio Fernández, Executive Chairman, FEMSA
6: Takeshi Niimani, President, Chief Executive Officer; Member of the Board;
Representative Director, Suntory Holdings Limited
3: Richard Goyder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Wesfarmers Limited
(left) and Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing
Board, Royal DSM NV
7: Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Thai
Beverage Public Company Limited
4: Flemming Besenbacher, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Carlsberg Group
Consumer demand shifting from products to experiences
Businesses are no longer just selling mass-products, they are
marketing personalized services, solutions and experiences.
Business opportunity lies in developing production cycles that are
quick to respond to the needs of consumers, resulting in a deeper
collaboration between businesses and consumers through
“co-production”.
of global carbon emissions. Coupled with the recent landmark
agreement reached at COP21, it is clear that this sector has the
opportunity to play an instrumental role in pursuing positive climate
action. The session was designed to provide a platform for
business, government and civil society leaders to understand
business and societal benefits for sustainability. Several key
themes emerged.
Importance of localizing big businesses
As consumer demand for personalization continues to drive
businesses-model changes across industries – from consumer
goods to hotels – localization is gaining importance. Localizing of
businesses helps them to understand local needs, develop
effective sourcing and tailor products so local retailers can meet
the diverse needs of their consumers. For established businesses
that maintain global brands and reach, along with building digital
platforms, there is still value in establishing a local bricks-andmortar presence to continue meeting the needs of
personalization.
Transparency and traceability
Rapid transformations are taking place in the design,
development, sourcing and production of products, resulting in
merchandise being made in a more environmentally responsible
manner. Complete transparency and traceability of products is
becoming a requirement for engaged consumers. However, this
will require a change in mind-set for many organizations to allow
them to understand and communicate the impact of their products
on the environment.
Integrating innovation in business operations
Businesses that are experimenting have the opportunity to learn
and develop the ability to prioritize their resources and focus on
ideas that are workable and scalable. To meet the evolving needs
of consumers, businesses will need to expand the concept of
innovation, from simple research and development to actually
embedding R&D into the DNA of their business. Businesses must
also continue to be open to taking risks and learning from
failures, and sharing these learnings transparently within and
outside the organization to gain the trust of their consumers.
Fashion and Sustainability: Green is the New Black
The Fashion and Lifestyle industry is the world’s second-biggest
polluter and second-largest user of water; it also contributes 10%
Technology-enabled new business models
Patterns of consumption of fashion and lifestyle products have
changed dramatically over the past five to ten years. Mass-market
clothing is being purchased as a disposable good, with many
customers buying cheap clothing on a weekly or monthly – rather
than seasonal – basis. At the same time, there is a trend towards
models of collaborative consumption driven by the hyperconnected
consumer, in which people rent, lend, swap and share products
rather than buying them outright. Rent the Runway and eBay can be
considered as pioneers regarding this new model.
Fashion as an instrument for sustainability
Moving forward, there is a tremendous opportunity for the Fashion
and Lifestyle sector to come together on the World Economic
Forum platform to build the partnerships required for this industry
to use its trendsetting power to create positive change for the
environment.
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Digital Transformation of Industries
The Digital Transformation of Industries (DTI) project is a multi-year
engagement designed to assess the impact of digital technologies
on business and society and to better understand digital
transformation risks and opportunities. In Davos, chief executives
from across 20 industries confirmed their ongoing support for the
DTI project. They are using the emerging project findings to
reframe questions about the transformation of their industries.
The digital transformation curve
Different sectors are at different points in the digital transformation
curve, with sectors such as finance and communications already
using digital, while others have yet to undergo transformation.
Health and education in particular have yet to realize their
transformation potential. When they do, the potential impact on
society, especially in developing countries, will be revolutionary.
Location and geography
The key question is where production will take place. Anyone from
anywhere can export to a global marketplace, but being in the
same time zone as your customer matters. Regional trade
agreements are critical factors in the equation.
Skills
How can we provide a safe and flexible environment worldwide?
Production will gravitate to where the skills are.
Smart regulation
Regulations are critical and provide the necessary framework, but
need to keep pace with the speed of innovation. Can common
global standards be created, using existing regulatory bodies,
instead of creating new ones?
Decreased costs will increase accessibility
The costs associated with the hardware and software driving
digital transformation will continue to fall dramatically in the near
future, allowing digital to become more accessible. Sensors will
become more widespread, and processing the data they generate
will become cheaper and faster. This is still the tip of the iceberg,
and the implications of lower costs will be significant, especially for
emerging markets.
Responsive regulation
Digital transformation is happening at an unprecedented pace,
with traditional actors and new disruptors and start-ups vying to
get ahead. In this constantly shifting environment, policy-makers
need to stay in step with the rapid transformations, providing smart
and responsive regulations to ensure a level playing field while
protecting consumer interests. In 2016, the DTI project will widen
in scope and include a closer look at the regulatory environment,
engaging policy-makers along the way.
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Digital transformation of the consumer industry
In 2015, the DTI project conducted an extensive value-at-stake
analysis for the consumer industry, identifying four themes
that are expected to play an important role in its
transformation: consumer data flow and value capture,
experience economy, omni-channel retail, and the digital
operating model. E-commerce and the sharing economy
present the largest digital opportunities to drive societal
impact. Internet access, last-mile delivery, innovative business
models and cross-industry collaboration are necessary to
realize this potential.
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The Future of Manufacturing
The Future of Manufacturing initiative was launched at the Annual
Meeting 2016. Designed to provide a platform for government and
business leaders to understand and shape the transformation of
the global production system, key outcomes from preliminary
discussions in Davos include the following:
Innovation and technology
In some parts of the world, technology is democratizing innovation
through tremendous cross-border flow of information. But
disruptive technologies do not transform industries by themselves,
they need support and investment, especially to enable adoption
by smaller companies.
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1: Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman, Visy Industries
2: Doug McMillon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
3: Left to right: Alain Bejjani, Chief Executive Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Holding LLC;
James Collins Jr, Executive Vice-President, DuPont; Yoshiaki Fujimori, President
and Chief Executive Officer, LIXIL Group Corporation
4: Ole Robert Reitan, Chief Executive Officer, REMA 1000
5: Pedro Soares dos Santos, Chairman, Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA
Global Challenge Initiatives
The World Economic Forum focuses its attention on the most
pressing global challenges requiring public-private cooperation.
Work on these challenges, led by the Forum’s Centre for the
Global Agenda and fuelled by the results of all Forum activities,
enables government, business and other stakeholders to engage
most effectively to move each issue forward.
The Consumer Community is engaged in the following Global
Challenge Initiatives:
Food Security and Agriculture
The world must feed 9.7 billion people by 2050
By 2050, a global population of 9.7 billion will demand 70% more
food than is consumed today. Feeding the world nutritiously
and sustainably will require substantial improvements in the global
food system.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
The world needs to achieve inclusive economic growth while
combating climate change and other natural resource challenges
The world needs to deliver healthy lives and health security for
9.7 billion people
The global challenges
we are facing are so
staggering that they
cannot be solved by one
player alone. They
cannot even be solved
by one sector alone. We
have to work both within
and across sectors.
By 2050, the world’s population will have risen to 9.7 billion, with
2 billion over the age of 60. The world is ill-equipped to respond to
this and the global health system will need to undergo a major
transformation to ensure the environment where people live fosters
healthier and longer lives as well as health security across borders.
Svein Tore Holsether
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Yara International ASA
The global environment and economic security are indelibly
intertwined. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases, environmental
degradation and natural resource depletion are some of the most
significant risks we face.
The Future of Health
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1: Tony Will, President and Chief Executive Officer, CF Industries Holdings Inc.
3: Peter A. Ruzicka, President and Chief Executive Officer, Orkla ASA
2: Daniel Zhang, Chief Executive Officer, Alibaba Group Holding Limited
4: Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Chair, Louis Dreyfus Group
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Food Security and Agriculture
Introduction
The global food system is beset by serious challenges and risks.
Major demographic shifts are increasing and changing the
demand for food, with a rapidly growing population – expected to
reach 9.7 billion by 2050 – driving up global demand for food by
60%. These changes are causing new threats to our populations,
systems and environment.
The Global Challenge on Food Security and Agriculture engages
over 1,400 leaders in more than 500 organizations to translate
global-level commitment on food security and agriculture into
action on the ground. The initiatives of the Global Challenge build
on the foundation created by the New Vision for Agriculture
(NVA), which aims to achieve a 20% improvement each decade in
food security, environmental sustainability and economic
opportunity through a market-based and multistakeholder
approach in the agriculture sector. Since 2010, the NVA has
catalysed and supported partnerships in 19 countries in Africa,
Asia and Latin America. Together, these efforts have mobilized
over $10.5 billion in investment commitments, of which $1.9
billion has been implemented, reaching over 9.6 million
smallholder farmers.
Key Outcomes from the Annual Meeting
A series of high-level meetings at the Annual Meeting focused on
food security and sustainable agriculture. In a session on
transforming global food systems, 21 Global Agenda Trustees on
Food Security and Agriculture held their first in-person meeting.
The Trustees act as stewards of the global agenda on food
security and agriculture, building leadership at the system level
among chief executives, government ministers and heads of civil
society and farmers’ organizations. The Trustees reviewed trends
and risks in the world’s food systems and discussed opportunities
to drive greater inclusivity, sustainability, efficiency, nutrition and
health in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). Trustees affirmed that a new type of leadership –
system leadership – will be needed for systemic change, as
captured in a prominent new Harvard report featuring the NVA
initiative (see box on next page).
The New Vision for Agriculture is
a powerful platform: it has the
potential to intensify collective
support for food systems that
are aligned with the Sustainable
Development Goals.
David Nabarro
Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for
Food Security and Nutrition
The Trustees also identified high-impact and systems-level priority
actions, including the need to improve soil health; reduce food loss
and waste; support healthy and nutritious diets; create smallholder
procurement platforms; establish digital and mobile platforms for
smallholder farmers; and promote low-carbon, high-yield and
high-resilience productivity strategies.
A second high-level meeting convened 80 leaders, including chief
executives; heads of state and ministers; and heads of international,
civil society and farmers’ organizations. The leaders reviewed recent
achievements and renewed their commitment to deepening impact
from path-breaking multistakeholder partnerships in agriculture,
supported by the Forum’s NVA initiative in Africa, Asia and Latin
America. The meeting also launched a new guide on how to build
and strengthen country-led action platforms in agriculture, a proven
model that is recognized for its potential to contribute to achieving
the SDGs (see box on next page).
A high-energy discussion among these committed leaders
generated new insights and concrete action steps to build
market-based solutions for all regions, including:
• Grow Africa: advance smallholder farmer business models in
Africa through the new Patient Procurement Platform and build
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1: Sarita Nayyar, Managing Director, World Economic Forum USA, introduces the
session: New Vision for Agriculture: Advancing the Action Agenda
3: Gonzalo Ramirez Martiarena, Chief Executive Officer, Louis Dreyfus Commodities
2: Liam Condon, Chief Executive Officer, Bayer AG
5: Michel Demaré, Chairman; Non-Executive Director, Syngenta International AG
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4: Wan Ling, Executive Vice-President, Asia, Oceania and Africa, Nestlé SA
New publications
Building Partnerships for Sustainable
Agriculture and Food Security: A Guide
to Country-Led Action
A practical guide on building and
strengthening multistakeholder, countryled action in agriculture.
Tackling Global Challenges: Lessons in
System Leadership from the World
Economic Forum’s New Vision for
Agriculture Initiative
A Harvard report articulating a new type
of leadership – system leadership – to
tackle complex global challenges,
featuring the NVA.
inclusive processes for a successful cluster development
strategy in Ethiopia.
• Grow Asia: provide financial services as a key enabler of
success for smallholder farmers as part of a complete market
approach that includes farmer education, access to information
and infrastructure, and secured demand. Create a technologyled transformation in the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) region through a new open source digital
platform for mobile services.
inclusive, sustainable, efficient, nutritious and healthy food
systems; and the NVA Transformation Leaders Network will
expand and deepen its global community for innovation and best
practice exchange.
To drive the action agenda, the NVA will support regional and
national partnership platforms, including Grow Africa and Grow
Asia, and in India and Latin America, through leadership
facilitation and exchange of knowledge and experience. The NVA
will roll out the country-led partnership model to new interested
countries in 2016.
Specific regional priorities include:
• Grow Africa and Grow Asia will continue to strengthen new and
existing market-based and country-led partnerships through
engagement with new partners, support for innovation and
best practice exchange, and measuring and sharing impact.
• NVA India will continue to strengthen partnerships in Karnataka
and Maharashtra, follow-up with Andhra Pradesh on mobilizing
a new effort, explore interest with Madhya Pradesh, and
establish a partnership coordination team.
• In Latin America, the NVA team will build on the experience of
the Mexico VIDA partnership and explore the potential to
engage new countries, such as Brazil, Colombia and
Nicaragua.
Public-private
partnerships,
supported by Grow
Africa and the New
Vision for Agriculture,
are showing results for
Ethiopia.
• India: mobilize a new public-private partnership in Andhra
Pradesh, identify high-value commodities, and share best
practices for water management.
• Latin America: set a shared vision for improved farmer
productivity and environmental sustainability for a strong
regional agriculture sector.
Looking Ahead
To shape the global agenda, the Global Agenda Trustees will
provide leadership on priority nexus opportunities for systemslevel change; the Global Agenda Council on Food and Nutrition
Security will share messages and develop tools to pursue
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Hailemariam Dessalegn
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
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Environment and Natural Resource Security
Climate Change Solutions
We have an unprecedented
opportunity to end poverty
and shift to a zero-carbon
economy. Inaction is
unacceptable. Business
must play a leading role in
realising the SDGs, to
secure their own growth
and the prosperity of future
generations.
Introduction
The adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015 was a
major turning point in global efforts to tackle climate change. The
world’s nations agreed to limit global average temperature rise to
less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to
limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
They also agreed to provide support for adaptation to developing
countries and to come together every five years to set more
ambitious targets, as advised by scientific data. As the first major
international event to take place after COP21, the Annual Meeting
provided an ideal opportunity to set an agenda for action.
Key Outcomes from the Annual Meeting
Paul Polman
More than 50 global chief executives (including nearly 30
signatories to the CEO Climate Leaders statement) met in a
dedicated session to discuss specific and concrete climate
solutions that could be pushed forward in 2016 to follow up the
Paris Agreement. The group highlighted the need to continue their
strong climate-related advocacy and commitments of 2015. They
also recognized the powerful role of collective commitments, such
as RE100, in which major corporations have committed to
purchase 100% renewable energy, in creating the scale and
demand that enable transformative action.
The chief executives also explored how the Paris target will change
their business models, and voiced that concrete action, including
soil management, should be taken in favour of climate-smart
agriculture to feed the growing population while reducing
emissions. They also underscored the need to cut post-harvest
losses and to influence consumption habits to reduce food waste.
Chief Executive Officer, Unilever
Such action is necessary and urgent, since the global carbon
footprint of food waste has reached 3.3 billion tonnes per year.
Other relevant action areas for the consumer industry include:
• Scale up the adoption of carbon pricing and roll out new
financing tools that could unleash the trillions of dollars needed
for a transition to a low-carbon economy.
• Develop a comprehensive strategy that brings together
land-based emissions, food security, deforestation, agriculture
and land restoration.
• Further mobilize support for a corporate target of 100%
renewable energy.
In a separate session, the Governor of the Bank of England Mark
Carney opened a discussion on mainstreaming climate risks in the
financial system. The G20 Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on
Climate-related Financial Disclosures will provide
recommendations in 2016 for businesses – including those from
the consumer industries – to make effective disclosures that can
help corporates and investors understand and compare their
exposure to physical, liability and transition risks associated with
climate change. Meanwhile, coalitions of multilateral development
banks will scale up efforts to blend donor contributions with capital
market financing to provide viable funding for climate-friendly
investments, including climate-smart agriculture.
Looking Ahead
The next 12 months will bring further momentum around the
implementation of the Paris outcomes and the SDGs. A series of
meetings will be convened with key partners to take forward the
outcomes from Davos, as listed above.
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on Climate Change
2: Hugh Grant, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Monsanto Company
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http://www.weforum.org/global-challenges/projects/
climate-change-solutions/
Tropical Forest Alliance 2020
Introduction
Preserving and restoring forests is a vital part of mitigating climate
change. According to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) report, about 10% of global greenhouse
gas emissions are tied to deforestation, with up to 20% of the
abatement potential identified in the land-use sector. Forests are
extremely important to food and water security, and to livelihoods,
and deforestation-free supply chains play a critical role in lowemissions development.
The growing demand for agricultural and forest commodities –
including palm oil, paper and pulp, beef and soy – can be met
while, at the same time, protecting tropical forests. Momentum has
been building to commit to and support this transformation. At
COP21, tropical forest countries, donor governments and the
producers and buyers of forest commodities reaffirmed their
commitment to sustainable sourcing and production. The focus for
2016 is to move from commitment to action at scale.
implementation agenda, anchored around place-based
“protection-production” partnerships. There is now a shared
understanding of the action needed to translate commitments into
results, and to realize better growth with forests through placebased partnerships.
Looking Ahead
It was a strong partnership
before we came to Davos,
it is even stronger now.
TFA 2020 is committed to helping identify and structure a select
number of place-based protection-production pilot partnerships.
The goal is to create a model demonstrating how jurisdictional
partnerships can be scaled up and replicated, while the focus is
on ensuring that tangible results are delivered and progress is
made in 2016. The Secretariat will hire regional coordinators to
oversee these and other region-specific activities during 2016.
Helen Clark
www.tfa2020.org
Administrator, United Nations
Development Programme
TFA 2020 is a global public-private partnership in which partners
take voluntary action, individually and in combination, to reduce
the tropical deforestation associated with the sourcing of
commodities such as palm oil, soy, beef, and paper and pulp.
TFA 2020 is in a unique position to foster cross-sector
collaboration based on a common and ever-deeper understanding
of the barriers and opportunities linked to deforestation-free supply
chains.
Key Outcomes from the Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting further strengthened the position of TFA 2020
as the global platform to help stakeholders achieve growth while
protecting, conserving and restoring forests. Building on
commitments made, companies, governments, civil society
organizations and farmers’ associations supported a practical
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2: Mark Tercek, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nature Conservancy
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Environment and Natural Resource Security
Global Water Initiative
Introduction
Water plays a central role in many development issues, including
poverty reduction, food, energy, cities and health. As a crosscutting challenge, efforts towards achieving the SDG on water will
create a multiplier effect, aiding the attainment of other goals. To
meet SDG 6: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of
water and sanitation for all”, action is needed to support public
policy dialogue, private sector models and civil society initiatives,
as well as to mobilize financial resources and scale up
investments.
The Global Water Initiative works to transform the water security
agenda by engaging an active network of partners to demonstrate
the role of water in driving economic growth and how publicprivate cooperation can support improved planning, use and
management of water resources to realize long-term growth and
development strategies. The 2030 Water Resources Group,
incubated by the Forum until 2012, is a good example of such a
model of cooperation.
The new Panel can
help motivate the
action we need to turn
ideas into reality.
Ban Ki-moon
More information on the 2030 Water Resources Group:
http://www.2030wrg.org/
United Nations SecretaryGeneral, Speaking at the
World Economic Forum
Annual Meeting 2016,
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland
Key Outcomes from the Annual Meeting
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank
President Jim Yong Kim announced a new High-Level Panel on
Water to mobilize urgent action towards the SDG for water and
sanitation, and other related targets. Co-chaired by the Presidents
of Mauritius and Mexico, the Panel will comprise heads of state
and government from both developed and developing countries,
benefiting from the support of the World Economic Forum’s
networks and platforms.
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Looking Ahead
The Forum will assist the High-Level Panel on Water and help to
mobilize and engage a wide range of stakeholders and experts to
support the Panel’s objectives, which are to:
• Motivate action: focus public policy dialogue, private sector
models and practices, and civil society initiatives on the
water SDG.
• Advocate financing and implementation: mobilize financial
resources and scale up investment for the water SDG, including
through innovative financing and implementation strategies.
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1: Muhtar Kent, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
2: Douglas M. Baker Jr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ecolab Inc.
3: Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of the Board, Nestlé SA
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Press Release on High-Level Panel on Water
http://www.weforum.org/press/2016/01/united-nations-worldbank-group-launch-high-level-panel-on-water-in-davos
Circular Economy Initiative
Introduction
With the world population set to reach 9 billion by 2030 – including
3 billion new middle-class consumers – the challenges of
expanding resource supply to meet future demand are
unprecedented. The current take-make-dispose approach results
in massive waste; in the fast-moving consumer goods sector
alone, about 80% of the $3.2 trillion material value is lost
irrecoverably each year. The circular economy represents a new
vision in which industrial systems are restorative and regenerative
by intention and design. The potential for innovation, job creation
and economic development is huge, with estimates indicating a
trillion-dollar opportunity.
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Since January 2014, the World Economic Forum has hosted a
series of business-led projects to scale up the circular economy
under Project MainStream. An increasing number of companies are
realizing the benefits of more circular practices, new partnerships
are emerging and key policy developments are taking place.
The circular economy is
Europe’s chance for
jobs, innovation and
being leaders in the
Fourth Industrial
Revolution.
Ida Auken
Member of Parliament,
Denmark
Key Outcomes from the Annual Meeting
The Circular Economy: The Road Ahead workshop brought
together over 80 public and private sector leaders to explore how
to broaden the reach and relevance of the circular economy at the
global level. Key discussion points included:
• The pairing of circular economy principles with the
transformation of industries offers enhanced opportunities for
value creation. The circular economy can provide immense
opportunity and positive directional focus for the Fourth
Industrial Revolution.
• High-growth and developing economies stand to benefit from
the circular economy. For example Rwanda’s ban on plastic
bags has fostered alternative packaging and recycling
enterprises, creating new job opportunities and markets.
• New financing tools and approaches are needed to support
circular business models, but there is no global public-private
2: Maurice Brenninkmeijer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, COFRA Holding AG
dialogue on this – a gap that can be addressed by the World
Economic Forum.
• The European Commission’s circular economy package
released in December 2015 was shared as an illustrative
example of a public body taking the lead after gathering input
from private stakeholders, and was highlighted for its potential
to be replicated.
Looking Ahead
The Forum will establish a wider action platform across the
finance, technology and public policy spheres. This new platform
will be known as “Accelerating the Circular Economy” and will
focus on the following areas:
• Advancing finance and technology solutions as key enablers to
scale up circular economy activities.
• Advancing circular economy concepts in key emerging markets
within Africa, Asia and Latin America.
• Developing a stronger interaction with policy-makers and those
already engaged in circular economy activities, including the G7
Resource Efficiency Alliance and the European Commission
Circular Economy Package.
New publications
The New Plastics Economy:
Rethinking the future of
plastics
Intelligent Assets:
Unlocking Circular
Economy Potential
Design and Management
for Circularity: The Case of
Paper
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The Future of Health
Introduction
By 2050, the world’s population will have risen to 9.7 billion, with
2 billion over the age of 60 years. The global health system will
need to undergo major transformations to ensure our living and
working environments support long and healthy lives. A strategic,
long-term focus, coupled with a collaborative mind-set across
industries, policy-makers, civil society and innovators to keep
populations healthy, will be the key to addressing current health
challenges.
Public sector, private sector and
civil society have critical roles
and responsibilities to play in
creating the environments where
being healthy is easy, accessible
and affordable to all individuals
and families.
Margaret Chan
Director General, World Health Organization
Launch of the Global Challenge on The Future of Health
The Annual Meeting hosted a high-level strategic dialogue to mark
the official launch of the Global Challenge on The Future of Health.
The Global Challenge provides a unifying framework for health
promotion and disease prevention, along with broad networks and
unique opportunities for public-private collaboration. It seeks to
identify areas of action that will complement the ongoing work of
formal institutions and existing initiatives by employing the Forum’s
communities and its capacity to catalyse multistakeholder
partnerships. The Global Challenge provides an additional
platform for public and private stakeholders within and outside the
traditional healthcare space to work on keeping populations
healthy. It will encourage industries such as retail, food and
The most basic health system is
good nutrition. Good nutrition
and healthy diets drive healthy
lives, especially at the start of
life. Bridges linking agriculture,
nutrition and health must be
built, as these will bring
substantial health gains to
populations around the world.
Paul Bulcke
Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé, SA
beverage, sports and wellness, infrastructure and
telecommunications to come together to work towards global
health goals.
Looking at long-term priorities, the SDGs provide a suitable
framework for the next 15 years, with SDG 3 (good health and
wellbeing) being the primary focus. Also at the top of the agenda is
the target to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable
diseases by one-third by 2030. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa
highlighted the need for a coordinated global response to
outbreaks and epidemics with greater emphasis on building trust
and preparedness.
Looking Ahead
Examples of potential areas for collaborative action were presented
and discussed with the group, who provided strategic guidance
regarding themes to include in the portfolio of activities of the Global
Challenge on the Future of Health. The strategic direction and the
first goals and projects for the Global Challenge will be defined by
the Global Agenda Trustees in 2016, as this group of stewards is
established and comes together for the first time.
Key areas for action highlighted at the Annual Meeting include:
• Establishing a coordination mechanism to optimize publicprivate cooperation in response to outbreaks.
• Building bridges across agriculture, nutrition and health.
• Raising awareness of the return on investment achieved when
moving from treating sickness to promoting healthy
populations.
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2: Nerio Alessandri, Founder and Chairman, Technogym SpA
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The participants agreed that the 10th Global Challenge Initiative on
the Future of Health provides a vehicle to fast-track international
progress on the health security and health promotion agendas.
The Global Challenge provides a unique platform where public and
private sector stakeholders can come together and work towards
a common goal: 9.7 billion healthy people by 2050.
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1: Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization; William H. Gates,
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2: Left to right: Nicholas Stern, President, The British Academy; Mogens Lykketoft,
President of the United Nations General Assembly; Steve Howard, Chief
Sustainability Officer, IKEA Group; Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive
Officer, World Resources Institute
3: Left to right (far side of table): Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever;
Sukanto Tanoto, Chairman RGE; Hugh Grant, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Monsanto Company; Paul Bulcke, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé SA;,
Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change
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4: Left to right: Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change; Stuart T. Gulliver, Group Chief Executive, HSBC
Holdings; Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing
Board, Royal DSM NV;, Steve Sedgwick, Presenter, CNBC
5: Left to right: Liam Condon, Chief Executive Officer, Bayer AG; Ishmael Sunga, Chief
Executive Officer, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions; Judith
Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation
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Regional Outlook
Africa
China
• Two new workstreams have been launched: the New Deal on
Energy for Africa, and the Future of Epidemics.
• Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao injected a note of
confidence into the mood of global leaders, saying China will
maintain medium- and high-speed growth in the coming five
years to further contribute to the global economy after achieving
6.9% GDP growth in 2015. He also shared China’s G20 vision,
saying that China’s G20 Presidency will call on member
countries to improve economic policy coordination and global
economic governance in a bid to boost global growth and make
it fairer and more inclusive.
• The Africa Regional Business Council identified four key areas for
advancement: a) efficient use of existing infrastructure; b) technology;
c) regional collaboration; and d) currency risk management.
• The “Internet for All” private session, chaired by Paul Kagame,
President of Rwanda, and Hans Vestburg, CEO of Ericsson,
convened government, business, civil society and academic
leaders for an update on progress and to discuss the next steps.
They recognized the internet as one of the biggest breakthroughs
in human history, making an analogy to the invention of writing as
a tool to share ideas and long-distance shipping as an impetus to
global trade. Using these comparisons can be helpful since they
highlight the potential for risk: global transport and trade also
brought colonialism and slavery. The lesson is to celebrate
advances, while being aware of possible risks.
• The World Economic Forum’s call to action for practical
initiatives on the ground, and the need for new public-private
collaboration models that can be scaled and replicated
resonated well with the group. The context of the project for
2016 (phase 2) was agreed. The next step is to launch the first
country programme in the “Northern Corridor” of eastern Africa
in partnership with the Governments of Ethiopia, Kenya,
Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda, and to continue efforts in
partnership with the global multilateral, bilateral, private sector,
and civil society communities to share and coordinate efforts.
The Forum confirmed their commitment to report on progress
every year at the Annual Meeting.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• The need for ASEAN to master the new digital economy was a
common theme. Participants agreed that technology can play a
transformative role for almost every challenge facing the ASEAN
region, from falling growth and social exclusion to transparency
and governance. However, for technology to fulfil its potential in
driving the region forward, much needs to be done.
• It is a truism that basic infrastructure, from power to roads to
sanitation, is a foundation of economic development. Even the
digital economy needs good basic infrastructure to succeed; for
example, by having both efficient urban road networks and
decent rural roads in order to deliver goods and services
bought over the internet. But, as participants pointed out,
ASEAN continues to under-invest in these necessities, and this
investment deficit is holding back growth.
• The technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are reaping
widespread creative destruction as jobs in old industries
disappear and are replaced by opportunities in new companies
in new sectors. These changes apply just as much to lowincome countries as they do to mature economies.
• The ASEAN region faces many opportunities to accelerate
growth by boosting integration and breaking down barriers to
trade and investment. The creation of the ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC), the launch of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP), and the development of the Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP) all offer strong potential to
accelerate economic growth. Of these, the AEC took centre
stage among participants.
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• China’s G20 Business Agenda was the first international
consultation event co-hosted by the Forum and the China
Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the Chinese B20
organizer. It brought together more than 40 leaders to exchange
ideas and provide input to the business agenda during China’s
G20 Presidency in 2016. Participants focused on the following
priority action areas: a) creating better quality jobs as a key to
achieving strong, sustainable and balanced growth; b) ensuring
the global financial system is conducive to financing small- and
medium-sized enterprises and high-growth start-ups; c)
improving the global financial system to better support
sustainable economic growth; d) creating an enabling
environment to spur infrastructure financing; and e) ensuring
support for the multilateral global trading and investment system.
• The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank had its international
debut. Jin Liqun, AIIB President, spoke at the Asia’s Era of
Infrastructure session. His active engagement and insightful
remarks were well received and helped the participants to
enhance their understanding of the Bank’s development
strategy and potential cooperation opportunities.
Eurasia
• While sanctions on Russia remain in place, the international
community recognizes the need to cooperate closely with
Moscow to respond to today’s global challenges. The height of
tensions seems to be past its peak, and the tone has
dramatically improved over the past several months.
• Russia’s legacy of achievements in engineering and education
provided its economy with a solid foundation of human capital,
but the coming wave of digitization has exposed the importance
of surpassing this foundation to progress on the transition to an
advanced economy. Business leaders will need to focus on
leveraging new opportunities arising from digitization and
mitigating its potential risks and negative effects.
• The falling price of oil and China’s slowdown have reverberated
through the economies of Eurasia, with currency devaluations
putting increasing pressure on citizens’ ability to cope through
rising prices of food staples and disappearing savings.
Reorienting economic models towards new sources of growth
is now an urgent priority.
• China’s One Belt, One Road initiative has opened up new
opportunities for closer cooperation between Europe, Eurasia
and Asia, but barriers and challenges still have to be addressed
through shared approaches and joint initiatives.
• The Ukrainian Government’s efforts over the past year have led
to overall microeconomic stabilization in the country. With its
well-educated workforce and rapidly developing IT sector,
Ukraine has the chance to continue its growth.
Europe
• Europe continues to struggle with serious challenges: the
migration crisis, terror attacks, growing populism, Brexit, the
geopolitical situation on the borders of Europe and a prolonged
near zero growth rate. However, the region is still home to 500
million people, and the majority of the population enjoys the
highest living standards in the world, and in the history of the
world, with highly competitive economies and high standards of
education and health.
• The Fourth Industrial Revolution offers opportunities to innovate
and use big data to address societal issues, increase Europe’s
competitiveness and find new delivery methods to provide
public goods. Greater policy coordination will be needed for
Europe to harness these opportunities.
• David Cameron addressed the UK’s reform strategy for the EU
and the upcoming referendum.
• The European Commission is open for business: 12
Commissioners met with business leaders to discuss issues on
the European agenda, from the single digital market to security
and migration.
India and South Asia
• Leaders from business, government and academia were
optimistic about India and believe it is a bright spot in the world
economy. The Government has initiated several initiatives, such
as the recent Start-Up India mission, that will further boost the
economy. As Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, said at the
launch of Start-Up India: “This is the beginning of a Big Bang for
India”.
• With the government’s forward-looking initiatives and critical
legislations, India could be a shining star, even if the world
economy slows down. Experts believe that it is important for
India to pass key reforms such as the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) and further reduce barriers to doing business.
• The Government’s agenda of cooperative federalism has shown
positive results with States competing on many areas, including
attracting foreign direct investment, promoting entrepreneurship
and striving to establish smart cities. The World Economic
Forum has deepened its engagement with several Indian
States, including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
• With its reconstruction programme underway and good
governance, Sri Lanka attracted a lot of interest from the
business community on potential investments. Economic
growth in Sri Lanka has been among the fastest in South Asia in
recent years, averaging 6.3% between 2002 and 2013. In the
Global Competitiveness Index 2015–2016, Sri Lanka ranked 68
among 140 countries (up from 73 in 2014–2015), placing it
ahead of many other emerging economies.
Japan
• As Japan assumes the G7 Presidency in 2016, senior leaders
emphasized a strong intention to lead the global agenda along
with other leading economies.
• Governor Kuroda shared his continuous optimism on the world
economy, while the economic revitalization minister urged
companies to raise basic wages and to move out of a
deflationary mind-set.
• The Minister of Health shared opportunities that could be
offered by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as robot aid
and tax incentives for three-generation households to ensure
the necessary care for Japan’s ageing population.
• Global thought leaders urged Japan to use its G7 Presidency to
take an active role in shaping the agendas on climate change,
global health and other SDGs, as well as regional cooperation
efforts.
Latin America
• The new President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, stated clearly
that Argentina is open to investment and international
collaboration.
• The meeting of the Regional Business Council on Latin
America, which includes the most influential business leaders in
the region, was very successful. The participants defined the
scope of a potential project, reviewed the 2016 programme and
had a frank and open conversation with the new Governor of
the Central Bank of Argentina.
• Government representatives from Latin America were very
interested in boosting infrastructure to improve competitiveness
in their countries.
• Representatives from Latin America also expressed their
interest in preparing their economies to take advantage of the
Fourth Industrial Revolution.
• Latin American economies are looking to move from a
consumption- to an investment-driven model.
Middle East and North Africa
• The Middle East and North Africa region has been able to
achieve the objective set under the New Vision for Arab
Employment Initiative to invest in the continuous learning,
re-skilling, up-skilling and job readiness of 100,000 of the
region’s youth.
• Commitment to contribute to improving the policy and
regulatory framework for businesses has taken a major step
forward with the Actionable Policy Reforms Initiative.
• At the Annual Meeting, participants highlighted the opportunity
provided by low oil prices to accelerate private sector
investment in infrastructure as an alternative to pressured
government resources. The next step is to collect case studies
on successful projects.
• Japan leads the final demographic challenge of most developed
economies; the population is both ageing (40% will be 65 or
older by 2060) and shrinking (40% of today by 2060). In this
context, the nation is seeking a new economic growth model
promoting all citizens to work, tackling gender parity and
considering migration more seriously, while overcoming the lost
decade and deflationary mood of its economy.
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2: Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
5: Tammam Saeb Salam, President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon;
Haidar Al Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq
3: Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina
6: Joseph R. Biden Jr, Vice-President of the United States of America
4: David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
8: Li Yuanchao, Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China
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Consumer Community Governors Programme Participants
Co-Chaired by
Richard Goyder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director,
Wesfarmers Limited, Australia
Keisuke Nishimura*, Representative Director of the Board and
Senior Executive Officer, Kirin Holdings Company Limited, Japan
Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Managing Board, Royal DSM NV, Netherlands
Pieter Nota, Chief Executive Officer, Philips Consumer Lifestyle,
Member of the Executive Committee; Group Executive VicePresident, Royal Philips, Netherlands
Governors
Stefano Pessina, Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive,
Walgreens Boots Alliance, United Kingdom
Nerio Alessandri, Founder and Chairman, Technogym SpA, Italy
Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever, United Kingdom
Douglas M. Baker Jr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Ecolab Inc., USA
Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman, Visy Industries, Australia
Alain Bejjani, Chief Executive Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Holding LLC,
United Arab Emirates
Flemming Besenbacher, Chairman of the Supervisory Board,
Carlsberg Group, Denmark
Marc Bolland, Chief Executive, Marks & Spencer Plc, United
Kingdom
Jean-François van Boxmeer, Chairman of the Executive Board and
Chief Executive Officer, HEINEKEN, Netherlands
Maurice Brenninkmeijer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board,
COFRA Holding AG, Switzerland
Paul Bulcke, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé SA, Switzerland
James Collins Jr*, Executive Vice-President, DuPont, USA
Liam Condon, Chief Executive Officer, Bayer AG, Germany
Michel Demaré, Chairman; Non-Executive Director, Syngenta
International AG, Switzerland
Ole Robert Reitan, Chief Executive Officer, REMA 1000, Norway
Kasper Rorsted, Chief Executive Officer, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA,
Germany
Irene B. Rosenfeld, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Mondelez International, USA
Peter A. Ruzicka, President and Chief Executive Officer, Orkla
ASA, Norway
Pedro Soares dos Santos, Chairman, Jerónimo Martins SGPS SA,
Portugal
Soren Schroder, Chief Executive Officer, Bunge Limited, USA
Eric Sprunk*, Chief Operating Officer, Nike Inc., USA
Genichi Tamatsuka, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Representative Director, Lawson Inc., Japan
Devin Wenig, President and Chief Executive Officer, eBay Inc.,
USA
José Antonio Fernández, Executive Chairman, FEMSA, Mexico
Tony Will, President and Chief Executive Officer, CF Industries
Holdings Inc., USA
Yoshiaki Fujimori, President and Chief Executive Officer, LIXIL
Group Corporation, Japan
*Alternate to CEO/Chair
William H. Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
Hugh Grant, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Monsanto
Company, USA
Svein Tore Holsether, President and Chief Executive Officer, Yara
International ASA, Norway
Muhtar A. Kent, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, USA
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Chair, Louis Dreyfus Group, Switzerland
Doug McMillon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart
Stores Inc., USA
Guests
Dick Boer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Royal Ahold NV,
Netherlands
Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Thai Beverage Public Company Limited, Thailand
Hans Van Bylen, Executive Vice-President, Beauty Care, Henkel
AG & Co. KGaA, Germany
Daniel Zhang, Chief Executive Officer, Alibaba Group Holding
Limited, People’s Republic of China
Takeshi Niimani, President, Chief Executive Officer; Member of the
Board; Representative Director, Suntory Holdings Limited, Japan
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Consumer Industries Team and Contact Information
Zara Ingilizian
Head of Consumer Industries
Tel.: +1 212 703 2377
E-mail: [email protected]
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Mayuri Ghosh
Project Lead,
Consumer Industries
Tel.: +1 212 703 6631
E-mail: [email protected]
Lisa Sweet
Head of Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Industries
Tel.: +41 22 869 3624
E-mail: [email protected]
Sarah Shellaby
Community Lead,
Retail and Consumer Goods
Tel.: +41 22 869 1362
E-mail: [email protected]
Christian Kaufholz
Community Lead,
Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Tel.: +1 212 703 2323
E-mail: [email protected]
Michele Petruzziello
Community Lead,
Lifestyle
Tel.: +1 212 703 6607
E-mail: [email protected]
Petra Tanos
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