Environment and Energy Committee

environment-energy
Hans-Jörn-Weddige

Chair

Hans-Jörn Weddige

ThyssenKrupp AG
(Germany) 
Dominik-Kummerle

Secretariat Lead

Dominik Kümmerle

Policy Director and Strategic Communications

Vice-Chair

Massimo Beccarello

Confindustria

(Italy)

Vice-Chair

William Garcia

CEFIC

(Belgium)

Vice-Chair

Frits de Groot

VNO–NCW

(Netherlands)

Vice-Chair

Luca Matrone

Intesa Sanpaolo

(Italy)

Vice-Chair

Maria Sunér Fleming

Svemin

(Sweden)

Vice-Chair

Tom Smith

Walmart

(United States)

Vice-Chair

Hiroyuki Tezuka

JFE Steel Corp

(Japan)

Vice-Chair

Alexander Keberle

economiesuisse

(Switzerland)

  • 01.

    Why OECD Work on Environment and Energy Policy Matters

    OECD work on environment helps governments design effective policies to address pressing sustainability challenges – including climate change, resource efficiency, and biodiversity loss. The Organization analyses evolving trends, provides evidence–based policy recommendations, fosters international government collaboration, and administers over 45 OECD environment standards. Collaborating closely with the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the International Transport Forum (ITF), the OECD makes contributes to policy debates at national, regional and international level – including to the G7, the G20 and the UNFCCC negotiations.

  • 03.

    How Business Engages with the OECD on Environment and Energy Policy

    Our Environment and Energy Committee provides cross-sector business priorities and positions to ensure OECD recommendations on sustainability are both environmentally effective and economically efficient. Fostering policy continuity, coherence and collaboration, we facilitate business exchanges with the OECD and governments, and informally liaise with the IEA, an autonomous body within the OECD framework. Our Committee meets bi–annually in Paris, convenes additional thematic ad-hoc sessions, and organizes policy events in partnership with the OECD.
  • 02.

    Our 2024 Priorities

    • Ensuring business in high-level OECD climate initiatives
    • Promoting access to affordable and secure energy
    • Fostering trade and sustainability synergies, including a focus on waste trade
    • Implementing the Revised Environment Chapter of the OECD MNE Guidelines
    • Contributing to OECD work on plastics and extended producer responsibility
  • 04.

    Our Engagement with OECD Bodies

    • OECD Environment Policy Committee
    • OECD Working Party on Climate, Investment and Development
    • OECD Working Party on Resource Productivity and Waste
    • OECD Working Party on Integrating Environmental and Economic Policies
    • OECD Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment
    • OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group Global Forum
    • OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum