Balsillie appointed to U-N panel
Posted Aug 9, 2010 06:19:13 PM.
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Research In Motion co-CEO, Jim Balsillie, has been appointed to the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability.
He is the panel’s only Canadian and the only representative of the private sector.
The panel’s report is due in December of 2011.
It will examine issues like sustainable growth and the green economy.
“I am pleased to help this esteemed group develop new ideas for prosperity in a low-carbon world,” Balsillie said in a news release.