Annual Report - 2011

Abstract

The Earth Charter Initiative is a global network of people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of sustainability expressed in the Earth Charter. Participants include leading international institutions, national governments, universities, non-government organizations and community-based groups, city governments, faith groups, schools, and businesses – as well as thousands of individuals. Earth Charter International (ECI) consists of a Council and Secretariat. ECI’s purpose is to advance the Earth Charter Initiative Mission and Vision. It endeavors to promote the dissemination, adoption, use, and implementation of the Earth Charter and to support the growth and development of the Earth Charter Initiative. The ECI Council was created in 2006 as part of a major reorganization and expansion of Earth Charter activities