Internal launch of Asian for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)

The Asian Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) will be internally launched at AIT on Tuesday, 2 February 2010, from 10 am - 12 noon in room 108, AIT Conference Center.There will be the introduction of the new Center at AIT and presentation of some cutting edge topics in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The AIT community are invited to begin a collaborative dialogue on opportunities for AIT in capacity building and knowledge development in the field of CSR, as a focal point to advance the development and implementationof effective sustainability solutions for and by business, and a platform for partnerships for sustainable development with the private sector.

National workshop on “Low carbon technology innovation and diffusion in Thai manufacturing sectors”

Background and objective: The workshop aims at assisting developing countries formulate comprehensive, locally appropriate and environmentally sound low carbon technology projects.In this context, UNIDO has initiated a project titled “Pilot Appraisal for low carbon technology innovation and diffusion in Thai manufacturing sectors”. The project seeks to demonstrate the potential of existing centres and networks to initiate, catalyze and accelerate the development, deployment and dissemination of low carbon technologies in the cement and pulp and paper manufacturing sectors in Thailand.