I welcome you to this Global Business Summit for the Environment, a first business summit of this nature co-presented by UNEP and the UN Global Compact in Asia...The challenge for foreign companies entering new markets would be to show sensitivity for local needs whilst applying international norms and standards such as those promoted under the UN system. [Topics mentioned include: Company implementation; environmental impacts of biofuels; poverty alleviation; supply chain management; climate change; HIV/AIDS; ethical investment; impacts of economic growth of India & China]