Energy Industry Partnership

Shaping the Future of the Energy Industry

Industry Partners and Associates are select member companies of the World Economic Forum that are actively involved in the Forum's mission at the industry level. Partnership brings visibility and insight to strategic decision-making on the most important industry and cross-industry related issues and the opportunity to engage in actions of global corporate citizenship. As a self directed community, Industry Partners broaden their involvement beyond the CEO to its senior leadership team in an ongoing process throughout the year.

Industry Partners within the Energy community have privileged access to ideas, projects, experts and organisations that actively focus on the top industry issues and challenges. In response the input and direction of the Industry Partners, the Energy community within the Forum has focused upon the following global initiatives in 2008

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Projects and Initiatives

Energy Security Roundtable - Thought leadership engaging business and government decision-makers to build a joint understanding of the energy security paradigm and key challenges in the regions where the meetings take place.

Energy Poverty Action - A public-private partnership to deliver business best practices to reduce energy poverty.

Scaling Up Renewables - A cross-industry dialogue series on strategies to scale up renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Smart Grid - A cross-industry project focusing on accelerating smart grid investments, making electricity systems more efficient, resilient and smarter.

Repowering Transport Energy & Mobility -  A cross-industry project with the automotive sector on the future of transport, focusing on electric vehicles and cleaner fuels.

Copenhagen Climate Change Initiative - A cross-industry project that in 2009 provided recommendations to world leaders on practical projects that business and governments can partner on to help build the global low-carbon economy. In 2010 these ideas will be implemented, in support of the Copenhagen Accord and the Global Redesign Initiative.

SlimCity - A cross-industry initiative to increase resource / energy efficiency and reduce emissions at the city level, in partnership with the World Bank and the International Energy Agency.

Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) - Bringing together 145 companies from multiple industries and global locations to fight bribery and corruption, PACI is the leading implementation-oriented, anti-corruption initiative driven by the private sector.