Ceremony for handing in the first “certified Cradle-to-Cradle” packaging product in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ceremony for handing in the first “certified Cradle-to-Cradle” packaging product in Latin America and the Caribbean
Date: March 19, 2013
Location: Hotel Radisson, Quito, <st1:country-region w:st=”on”>Ecuador</st1:country-region>Address: Av. Doce de Octubre y Luis Cordero
Time: 9:30AM – 1:30PM
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Welcoming RemarksIntroductions: Mr. Pedro Vuskovic, OAS Representative in <st1:country-region w:st=”on” style=”text-align: center;”>Ecuador
Deputy Chief of Mission, Timothy Zúñiga-Brown Embassy of the <st1:country-region w:st=”on”>United States</st1:country-region> to <st1:country-region w:st=”on”>Ecuador</st1:country-region>
Ms. Sherry Tross, Executive Secretary for Integral Development of the Organization of American States (OAS)</st1:country-region>Her Excellency Veronica Sion, Minister of Industries and Productivity (MIPRO)
His Excellency Ruben Moran, Vice-Minister of Coordination of Production, Employment and Competitiveness of <st1:country-region w:st=”on” style=”text-align: justify;”>Ecuador</st1:country-region> (MCPEC)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Description of the Closed Looped Cycle Production in <st1:country-region w:st=”on”>Ecuador</st1:country-region> Initiative
Mr. Kevin de Cuba, Program Manager, Closed Looped Cycle Production in the Americas, Department of Sustainable Development of the OASMr. Millán Ludena, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Production, Employment and Competitiveness (MCPEC)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM The Value of the Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) Certification
Mr. Howie Fendley, Director, Business Development, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) from the <st1:country-region w:st=”on” style=”text-align: center;”>United States</st1:country-region>Mr. Bjorn Sanders, Executive Director, Cradle-to-Cradle Expo Lab (C2C Expo Lab) from the <st1:country-region w:st=”on”>Netherlands</st1:country-region>
Mr. Carlos Arango, Executive Director, Cleaner Production Center of Colombia (CNPML)
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Ceremony: Award of the Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) Certification
Official delivery of the C2C Certification by Acting Vice Minister Munir Massuh
to the representative of Batery Alimentos SA, the SME that hosted the C2C certification pilot project in <st1:country-region w:st=”on”>Ecuador</st1:country-region>
Photo session
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Closure
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM Press Conference and Toast
