The UN Commission on Sustainable Development meets annually in New York with two-year cycles focusing on selected thematic clusters of issues. For the 2006-2007 cycle the selected themes were:

• energy for sustainable development
  
• industrial development
  
• air pollution / atmosphere
  
• climate change

UNEP DTIE, its business and industry partners and related stakeholders made a special contribution to CSD on the theme of "Industrial Development" at CSD 14 (2006) and CSD 15 (2007). Following the invitation from UNEP, business and industry partners prepared sector Report Cards to address work in progress and challenges. The Report Cards were compiled into an "Industry as a partner for sustainable development" Progress Report, which was distributed by UNEP at CSD 14 in New York, May 2006. It was published in the form of the publication "Class of 2006: Industry Report Cards on Environment and Social Responsibility". The individual sector Report Cards can be accessed by clicking on the top bar cluster names.

The Report Cards event at CSD14 focused on a range of practical steps that can be taken to ensure that the business contribution to sustainable development is both improved and accelerated. Judging from audience feedback, and coverage in the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (PDF - 215 KB), the event was widely regarded as a success. For more information see the event's agenda (PDF - 61 KB)

Henriette Westhrin, State Secretary for Environment, Government of Norway	Elizabeth Thabethe, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Government of South Africa
Monique Barbut, Director, UNEP DTIE	Georg Kell, Executive Head, UN Global Compact Office
Lucien Royer, Senior Policy Adviser, Trade Union Advisory Committee	Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Jaqueline Coté, Senior Advisor - Advocacy and Partnerships, World Business Council for Sustainable Development	Jan-Olaf Willums, Professor, Norwegian School of Management
Steve Sawyer, Political Director, Greenpeace International	Christian Brodhag, Inter-ministerial Delegate for Sustainable Development, Government of France
Paul Hohnen, International Institute for Sustainable Development	Wendy Poulton, Eskom and International Chamber of Commerce