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P4G organizational partner World Economic Forum will host a P4G Green Growth Session as part of The Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Summit in New York. P4G will connect members of its board and leaders within its network with three scale-up partnership finalists innovating towards green growth. The session will allow the P4G scale-up finalists to present their projects to investors and business leaders who will then pose solutions to the specific challenges each partnership is facing, while also encouraging all attendees to commit to action upon sustainable solutions in their unique positions as public and private sector leaders.

President and CEO of World Resources Institute Andrew Steer will facilitate the event. He will be joined by Dutch Minister for Development Ms. Sigrid Kaag and Danish State Secretary for Development Martin Hermann.

“P4G’s vision is one of highly collaborative change. In its aim of becoming the world’s leading forum for public-private partnerships delivering on the global goals, P4G is matching the best ideas with political and financial networks across the globe,” said Steer. “The featured partnerships at this Green Growth Session will be valuable case studies for how cross-sector action move change forward.”

Frank Rijsberman, Director-General of GGGI, Torben Moger Pedersen, CEO of PensionDenmark, and Dr. Julius Muia of the Kenya National Treasury will join the session as “Firestarter” leaders to extend first-hand experience with the opportunities and challenges in the green growth and sustainable development goal field. The firestarters will help both identify challenges for each partnership and direct discussion towards potential solutions.

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SSEZ Africa

Introduced by Amy Jadesimi, Managing Director and CEO, LADOL

The Made in Africa Initiative, led by SYSTEMIQ and with support from UNDP, will integrate sustainability in the planning and operations of Special Economic Zones, with an initial focus on industrial parks in Ethiopia and Kenya. Through the institution of sustainable special economic zones (SSEZ), this partnership will focus on promoting human rights and curbing the environmental impact of industrial production, while aiming to extend economic growth and job creation beyond the enclave of the zone. Building upon previous successes in Nigeria, this partnership will promote sustainable energy and the reuse of water and waste.

AfricaGreenCo

Introduced by Ana Haiduka, CEO, Africa GreenCo

Across the 15 countries that make up the South Africa Development Community, less than a quarter of the population have access to electricity, while in rural areas that number goes down to 5 percent.  GreenCo is a public-private-partnership between African governmental organizations, the private sector and international financial institutions to create a dynamic new participant in the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP).  GreenCo will be a regional creditworthy intermediary offtaker and power services provider, reducing the credit risk and therefore cost of renewable energy generation projects.  Its initial focus will be on supporting projects in Zambia prior to expanding into other SAPP member countries.  GreenCo’s transformative role is to mobilise significant private sector finance for the sector, to increase the liquidity of and reliance on the SAPP markets for risk mitigation and begin to diversify away from the current model of African governments taking on heavy contingent liabilities to secure individual energy projects.  Ultimately, improving energy access will enhance education, health care, and stimulate economic development in a part of the world with the highest concentrations of people living in poverty.

Representation from the third partnership is yet to be confirmed by one of the following:

The Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator

Introduced by C40 Representative

The Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator (ZEBRA) will partner with Mexico City and São Paulo—two megacities each with more than 20 million residents—and Medellín, Colombia to increase their deployment of electric buses. Replacing diesel buses with electric buses leads to cleaner air and a reduction in carbon emissions that contribute to global warming. Led by C40 Cities and the International Council on Clean Transportation, ZEBRA expects to secure a public commitment from regional finance institutions to invest USD 1 billion in zero-emissions electric drive technology in Latin America by 2021. In addition, ZEBRA will gain commitments from major bus and engine manufacturers to support the growth of electric buses in Latin America through collaboration with cities on vehicle specifications, charging strategies, pilot projects, and financing.

Green Logistics City Partnership

Introduced by Alibaba Representative

China’s Alibaba is estimated to be the world’s largest e-commerce company in terms of market share. Its Cainiao Network handles express delivery with its logistics partners for about 28 billion of these packages sent annually to locations in China. The growth of e-commerce in China has created a need to both reduce and recycle more of the plastic and cardboard used to pack and transport products. A new effort by the Global Smart Green Logistics Innovation Partnership aims to expand a successful green logistics pilot program in Xiamen to many other Chinese cities by 2020. The Partnership is led by the China Environmental Protection Foundation, Cainiao Network and the Xiamen Municipal Government Transportation. In Xiamen, a port city of 3.5 million people, Cainiao has set up more than 100 green campus and last-mile community dispatch stations. Cainiao provides an advanced technology platform to power the green logistics management systems. This platform provides real-time analytics and monitoring of pick-up and dispatch of packages. Packaging waste materials are gathered, sorted and processed for treatment and recycling. More and more electric vehicles are used for the local delivery, helping to reduce air pollution. Since the pilot’s launch in 2017, more than one million delivery boxes have been recycled for reuse. Additionally, a green packaging service is now covering all the express delivery networks in the city. The Partnership will lead efforts to expand the Xiamen pilot to other Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. This includes feasibility studies, policy engagement, a peer-to-peer learning network, and training and certification. The Partnership also will establish and open platform to promote green logistics innovation and adoption worldwide.

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FINISH Mondial Wins 2020 P4G Partnership of the Year for Improving Sanitation to over 5 Million People 

New WRI Report Identifies Four Success Factors for Transformative Partnerships

WASHINGTON (October 27, 2020) — Multistakeholder partnerships are tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges, like climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty. Each year, the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) State-of-the-Art Partnership Awards recognize the most exciting partnerships of the year. Today at a virtual event, P4G announced FINISH Mondial as its 2020 State-of-the-Art Partnership of the Year for scaling safe sanitation access to more than 5 million people across six countries, with an innovative self-sustaining model that involves both the demand and supply side of access. To help multistakeholder partnerships like this increase their impact, World Resources Institute (WRI) also released a new report today that identifies four key success factors to transformative partnerships that can advance sustainable development around the world.

The new report, A Time for Transformative Partnerships: How Multistakeholder Partnerships Can Accelerate the UN Sustainable Development Goals, examines the role of partnerships among governments, businesses and civil society to bring about transformative change and reach the SDGs. WRI authored the report with contributions from P4G, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and World Economic Forum (WEF).

“These goals can only be met through multilateral and multisectoral collaboration,” said Ban Ki-moon, chair and president of Global Green Growth Institute, GGGI, and 8th Secretary-General of the UN, in his introductory remarks. “This is why SDG 17, which calls for sustainable development through partnerships, is one of the most important of them all.”

WRI researchers identified four key success factors of transformative partnerships: 1) articulating a clear understanding of the system of interest; 2) agreeing on joint transformation vision, goals, and activities; 3) establishing a strong performance tracking system that integrates system thinking; and 4) leveraging external stakeholders. These success factors are exemplified by partnerships with the highest transformation potential, including this year’s P4G State-of-the-Art Partnership Award recipients, and signal partnerships’ promise for truly shifting a sector from unsustainable to sustainable in a way that is systemic and long-term, and disruptive of the status quo. 

“While there are literally thousands of multistakeholder partnerships working on the SDGs, few have yet to achieve transformative impact,” said Serena Li, Lead Researcher on the new WRI report. “Partnering is inherently complex, especially when working with multiple partners, across multiple geographies and in dynamic systems. While there is no one right way to partner, our research identified how governments, businesses and civil society organizations all have important roles to play in helping partnerships succeed.”  

To advance partnerships around the world, the P4G State-of-the-Art Awards highlight multistakeholder partnerships delivering tangible impact in five focus areas: food, water, energy, cities, and the circular economy. The sector winners announced earlier this month include: 

1. Grow Asia (SDG 2): Provides strategic support and coordinates regional programs to improve smallholder farmer productivity, profitability and environmental sustainability in Southeast Asia. 
2. FINISH Mondial (SDG 6): Makes financially sustainable and scalable models for water sanitation globally available, focusing on India, Bangladesh, Kenya and Ethiopia.
3. SHIFT Asia (SDG 7): Brings together e-mobility and the power sector in the world’s first digital carbon finance platform to support greener infrastructure in Southeast Asia.
4. Net Zero Energy Homes Initiative (SDG 11): Builds inclusive and affordable net-zero homes in Mexico that complement their environmental surroundings. 
5. Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SDG 12): Reduces the environmental impacts of clothing production and consumption in the United Kingdom. 

“This year’s winners present similarly innovative solutions and the message of inclusivity they share through their actions and achievements is now more important than ever,” said the First Lady of Colombia María Juliana Ruiz, who announced the award winners last year and serves as Colombia’s UN Goodwill Ambassador for SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals. 

“They are role models for the many more partnerships we need in the transition to a green economy,” said His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. 

This year P4G also recognized the first-ever winner of Best Up and Coming Partnership, a new category created to highlight a partnership with strong potential for transformation but one that is still young in its journey. This year’s winner was Renewable Powered Drinking Water Supply for Mekong Delta Vietnam, a partnership that builds renewable powered desalination containers that can supply up to 10 tons of drinking water a day to residents lacking a commercial supply. 

This year’s Up and Coming category also featured CURA, a partnership that, in response to COVID-19, converts shipping containers into fully outfitted isolation wards that can be installed in hours, customized and used by medical professionals. 

“This year’s winners are some of the best of the best partnerships in the world. They are a source of inspiration based upon the innovative approaches they are taking, the demonstrated impact through practical solutions, and focus on scaling with investment potential. They dare to be different and are an invaluable source of future partnerships and collaborations for the P4G family,” said Ian de Cruz, Global Director, P4G.  

To read the full report visit www.wri.org/transformative-partnerships, and to learn more about the P4G State-of-the-Art Partnership Awards visit www.p4gpartnerships.org. 

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About P4G: Pioneering Partnerships, Investing in Impact 

P4G – Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 – is a global platform with a venture capital approach to accelerating market-based partnerships to build sustainable and resilient economies. P4G bridges the gap between development and investment agendas to deliver inclusive, transformative solutions to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. P4G mobilizes a global ecosystem of 12 partner countries and 6 organizational partners to unlock opportunities for more than 50+ partnerships working in five SDG areas: food and agriculture, water, energy, cities, and circular economy. 

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Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment and Chamber of Commerce Lead Country Involvement in Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate a Green Growth Future

HANOI—July 5, 2018— The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Vietnam Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) announced today their joint leadership in a crucial initiative ushering Vietnam towards a sustainable, inclusive future. Both organizations host the Vietnam national platform for P4G -- Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 – a new initiative funded by the Danish government that identifies and incubates the most innovative public-private partnerships driving high-impact, market driven solutions for a just, inclusive world.

In their joint position as a P4G national platform, VCCI and MPI have already made significant contributions to Vietnam’s green growth pursuit: in P4G’s global competition to identify the world’s most cutting-edge green partnerships, four Vietnam-based projects were included among 24 selected finalists. These partnerships were selected from nearly 450 applications spanning 80 countries, and will focus on improving investment in clean, accessible water and implementing circular economy principles in Vietnam’s booming manufacturing sector.

To qualify for a P4G partnership, projects had to take place in a developing country, include a public, a commercial and a non-commercial partner and offer a commercially viable solution in one or more of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in food and agriculture, water, energy, cities and circular economy. The 24 P4G Partnership finalists for the 2018 funding period will receive facilitation and/or funding support to advance their projects.

P4G’s national platforms in partner countries bring together business, government and civil society organizations to collaborate on and help inform public-private partnerships that advance the SDGs. In addition to Vietnam, other P4G partner countries include Denmark, Kenya, Ethiopia, The Republic of Korea, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. P4G also works with organizational partners C40 Cities, Global Green Growth Institute and World Economic Forum; and is hosted by World Resources Institute.

“Among the 17 SDGs, the final goal is to ‘revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.’ Accordingly, I highly appreciate how the P4G Initiative will help foster multi-stakeholder collaboration across the world and in Vietnam particularly, thus accelerating our journey to a sustainably transformed world,” said Mr. Nguyen Quang Vinh, General Secretary of VCCI and Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development – VCCI’s implementing entity. “Our position as a P4G national platform will be crucial in orienting the Vietnamese public and private communities towards the same objectives; and will also help bring Vietnam to the international stage with ideas and success stories that spur a collaborative, global future.”

P4G Global Director Ian de Cruz also commented, “We congratulate the new P4G Partnerships and MPI and VCCI in its launch of the P4G National Platform in Vietnam. By embracing public-private partnerships, Vietnam can be a global innovator in sustainable solutions in sectors such as food and agriculture, water, clean energy, and the circular economy.”

The Vietnamese organizations represented among the finalists include businesses and civil society organizations. In addition to facilitation support, those partnerships selected as start-up finalists qualify for up to 100,000 USD in P4G funding – announced prior to the P4G Board meeting in September -- while the scale-up finalists will compete for up to 1 million USD in funding. The partnerships selected for scale-up funding will be announced at the P4G Copenhagen Summit 2018 taking place on 19-20 October in Denmark.

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Selected for facilitation and shortlisted for scale-up funding:

• Clean Energy Investment Accelerator: Sixty per cent of Fortune 100 companies have goals for renewable energy procurement or reductions in greenhouse gas emissions; yet translating this vision into business-smart actions for these and thousands of other companies around the world is a serious challenge. The Clean Energy Investment Accelerator, with leadership from 100 Resilient Cities to support work in Vietnam, World Resources Institute, and Allotrope Partners, will support progress in affordable and clean energy (SDG7) by forging alliances between business and government leaders and investors to create enabling environments for and mobilize investment in scaled clean energy in commercial and industrial sectors.
• Building Efficiency Accelerator is directed by the World Green Building Council with support from the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency and Danfoss. The partnership seeks to increase the adoption of energy efficiency policies and best practices in cities in Colombia, Mexico, Vietnam and Kenya. Buildings are estimated to consume one-third of energy demand and generate one-fourth of GHG emissions globally. The partnership will engage local Green Building Councils along with public and private sector partners at the national and local levels to accelerate retrofitting existing buildings and increasing the number of new buildings equipped with energy efficiency technologies and materials.

Selected for facilitation and start-up funding:

• Partnership for Blended Finance on Water led by ASSIST, along with Grundfos. The partnership focuses on Vietnam’s drinking water infrastructure by developing blended finance models for greater investment in the sector. The investment will support technologies and practices that reduce the percent of non-revenue generating water from 22 % to a goal of 15 % by 2025, which also reduces energy consumption. The partnership involves a coalition of Vietnam-based organizations and ASSIST, an international sustainable development organization focused on Asia and the Danish company Grundfos and IFU, the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries.
• Vietnam Materials Marketplace aims to transform one of the world’s most booming manufacturing economies by encouraging the re-use and re-sale of reusable industrial materials. In a world where material production and use is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in partnership with Pathway21 and the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development aims to reduce both waste disposal and excessive production through an online, cloud-based marketplace where manufacturers can buy, sell or trade materials and equipment suitable for further or alternative use.

About P4G

Launched in 2017, P4G – Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 – is a new initiative with the ambition of becoming the world’s leading forum for developing concrete public-private partnerships at scale to deliver on the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement. The government of Denmark provides 37 million USD in initial funding for P4G from 2018-2022. Besides the partner countries, non-profit organizations such as the Global Green Growth Institute, C40 Cities, World Economic Forum, and the World Resources Institute (which hosts the P4G Global Hub) are also P4G partners.

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APRIL 26, COPENHAGEN: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen of Denmark today announced that Copenhagen will host the very first P4G Summit on October 19 and 20, 2018.

The P4G Summit will gather Heads of States and Government, leaders of international organizations, businesses, academia and civil society to form a powerful coalition for delivering on the sustainable development goals through innovative partnerships. Already, P4G is expecting participation from South Korea, Vietnam, Bangladesh, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Mexico, Chile and Colombia.

The Summit will showcase partnerships of large-scale impact, highlighting P4G partnerships selected for funding and facilitation while also drawing upon the P4G network of partners, organizations and individuals to inspire furthered connection for scaling up innovative climate solutions.

Thematically, the P4G Summit in Copenhagen will highlight “healthy cities” as one of the Initiative’s five focus areas. The Initiative recognizes rapid urbanization – and the necessity for health and sustainability in these growing spaces -- as a high demand area for green growth solutions.

The P4G Copenhagen Summit marks an important first step in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. As partnerships emerge it will be critical to move quickly to define process and progress for each partnership.

For more information about the P4G Summit, visit the P4G website at p4gpartnerships.org or the Summit Homepage at p4gsummit.org.

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The Republic of Korea Launches National Platform to Accelerate Partnerships for a Green Growth Future

SEOUL—July 25, 2018— The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea announced today their leadership in a crucial initiative at the forefront of green growth. The Ministry will host the Korean national platform for P4G -- Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 – a new initiative funded by the Danish government that identifies and incubates the most innovative public-private partnerships to drive sustainable economic growth worldwide.

As a P4G national platform, the Republic of Korea will continue to enhance their position as a leader of the green growth movement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with business leaders, government and sustainability professionals from across the country will help identify and support partnerships in developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America that offer innovative sustainability solutions. Formerly the architect of P4G’s predecessor, the Global Green Growth Forum (GGF), Korea recognizes P4G as a conclusive next step in uniting organizations, businesses and governments around the world in the pursuit of a sustainable future.

To qualify for P4G support, partnerships must include public, private and civil society partners, be focused on projects in one or more developing countries, and offer a commercially viable solution in one or more of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in food and agriculture, water, energy, cities and circular economy. In 2018, P4G selected 24 partnerships to receive facilitation and/or funding support to advance their projects from nearly 450 applications from over 80 countries.

In addition to facilitation support, those partnerships selected as start-up finalists qualify for up to 100,000 USD in P4G funding while the scale-up finalists will compete for up to USD 1 million in funding.

P4G’s national platforms in partner countries bring together business, government and civil society organizations to collaborate on and help inform public-private partnerships that advance the SDGs. In addition to The Republic of Korea, other P4G partner countries include Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mexico and Vietnam. P4G also works with organizational partners C40 Cities, Global Green Growth Institute, World Economic Forum and World Resources Institute which also hosts the Global Hub.

“To address the challenges we are facing now, renewed confidence and partnership are essential between the public and private sectors and civil society,” said Mr. Yoo Yeon Chul, Ambassador for Climate Change, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Korea’s P4G national platform will facilitate this partnership with government and non-government actors and strengthen the network among partner countries. Multi-stakeholder participation is critical in combating climate change and promoting green growth.”

“Korea is a green growth leader and an important partner in the P4G network,” remarked P4G Global Director Ian de Cruz. “We look forward to Korea’s continued leadership in promoting the value of public-private partnerships as a key driver of sustainable growth worldwide.”

About P4G

Launched in 2017, P4G – Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 – is a new initiative with the ambition of becoming the world’s leading forum for developing concrete public-private partnerships at scale to deliver on the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement. Besides the partner countries, non-profit organizations such as the Global Green Growth Institute, C40 Cities, World Economic Forum, and the World Resources Institute (which hosts the P4G Global Hub) are also P4G partners.

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At the P4G Global Hub Launch on April 20, World Economic Forumand the Government of Colombia announced their official engagement with P4G. The Forum joins the Initiative as its newest organizational partner, positioning itself alongside C40 Cities, Global Green Growth Institute and World Resources Institute. Colombia joins seven other countries as P4G’s newest country partner, extending the breadth of P4G’s network to new economies and opportunities to scale.

World Economic Forum is the international organization for public-private cooperation, engaging foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The Forum holds a range of high-level events to share knowledge and foster discussion, including their annual meeting held annually in Davos, Switzerland.

Terri Toyota, The Forum's Deputy Head of International Institutional Agenda and Member of the Executive Committee commented, “The Forum looks forward to working with P4G to sow the seeds for more empowered green growth partnerships. That P4G shares World Economic Forum's core concept of bringing people together to drive positive change makes our involvement with the Initiative a special opportunity to build diverse networks and identify truly innovative solutions for an inclusive, sustainable future.”

Colombia is currently working to establish green growth as a key framework for the country’s national development plan. As a P4G country partner, Colombia will gain access to both the resources and solutions that the P4G network generates, thus supporting their national initiative towards inclusive, environmentally sustainable progress.

The Colombian Embassy in Washington, DC, remarked that as part of its national development plan, the country has been looking to build capacity to support greening initiatives, support implementation projects for green solutions and champion a long-term vision of commitment to green growth. The embassy added that the Government of Colombia sees this partnership with P4G as an opportunity to make progress in each of these three areas.

P4G team leaders Leila Yim Surratt, Head of Engagement, and Hans Alarcon, Head of Operations, met with government and business leaders in Bogotá, Colombia in April early Maye groundwork for P4G’s national platform in the country.

Ian de Cruz, P4G Global Director, emphasized how both partners will be significant players in helping P4G reach its goal of becoming the world’s leading forum for public-private partnerships, “World Economic Forum, with its well-aligned goals, strong network of thought leaders and world-class events, provides P4G an expanded platform to advance its mission. At the same time, the Government of Colombia brings to P4G a whole new set of changemakers looking to lead sustainable and inclusive global development in Latin America.”

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P4G Global Director Ian de Cruz and P4G Engagement and Strategy Director Leila Surratt visited Vietnam and South Korea—two P4G partner countries—last month to meet with Initiative partners and unearth possibilities for continued collaboration.

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives from the Danish embassies in each partner country and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) worked alongside P4G to facilitate high-level meetings and build understanding of how P4G can support both countries with their national priorities. Their support allowed P4G and leaders from Vietnam and South Korea to accelerate ideas and plans for action.

P4G’s presence in Vietnam was emboldened by an engaged and committed network of business and government leaders looking to attract private sector investment to accelerate the country’s transition to an emerging green growth economy. As a booming manufacturing economy and an international supplier of staples like coffee and pepper, Vietnam has the potential to set a global example of how to reshape flourishing markets in a greener, more sustainable vision.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Vinh, General Secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development (VBCSD) sees ample opportunity for Vietnamese collaboration with P4G to implement new market strategies that have the potential to become regional and potentially international models.

“Among the 17 SDGs, the final goal is to ‘revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.’ Accordingly, I highly appreciate how the P4G Initiative will help foster multi-stakeholder collaboration across the world and in Vietnam particularly, thus accelerating our journey to a sustainably transformed world. Without a doubt, P4G will also take a central role in guiding the global business community towards realizing its initiatives towards green growth.”

P4G Global Director Ian de Cruz remarked, “P4G is excited to support and help accelerate the transformation already occurring in Vietnam; for example, in collaboration with Vietnam's Centre for Excellence on the Circular Economy.”

South Korea has a well-established reputation as a global leader and pioneer in the area of green growth as illustrated by the Korean-Denmark Green Growth Alliance that is now in its eighth year. With P4G, leaders in Korea have already begun discussions on how to boldly experiment towards the future with innovative examples of how to implement a global green growth economy.

Dr. Kwon Sei-joong, Director-General of the Director-General of the Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Scientific Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized Korea’s strong interest in heralding the next phase of international innovation towards green growth.

“P4G will be very helpful in identifying ways in which Korea can support and innovate around the international agenda of green growth. We look forward to working with P4G and building on the excellent collaboration we have with the Danish Government on this agenda,” said Kwon.