On 25 March 2002, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America hosted a small, informal and off-the-record meeting on financing and the environment. Representatives of leading financial institutions, smaller investors, academics, industry consultants, federal governmental representatives from Canada, the United States and Mexico, a representative of the World Bank and others participated. The informal meeting was co-chaired by Gabriel Quadri de la Torre, President of CESPEDES, John Ganzi, President of Environment and Finance Enterprise, and Scott Vaughan of the CEC. |