TITLE

What happened at Davos?

PUB. DATE

June 2008

SOURCE

African Business;Jun2008, Issue 343, p46

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Proceeding

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 held in January 2008, in Davos, Switzerland. According to Indra K. Nooyi, chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo and an Annual Meeting co-chair, companies today have to be engaged in society, particularly on environmental issues. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda unveiled a five-year, $10bn fund to support efforts in developing countries to combat global warming.

ACCESSION #

32519889

Tags: WORLD Economic Forum. Meeting;  CONFERENCES & conventions;  GLOBAL warming -- Prevention;  DEVELOPING countries

 

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