case studies
Shell/DfID - Sustainable Showcase
With generous support from the UK Department for International Development (DfID), Guinness Nigeria and the Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC), africapractice constructed a dedicated television studio - Sustainable Showcase - at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Abuja in 2003. Over a five-day period, more than seventy business leaders, government ministers and heads of state from participating Commonwealth countries entered the Showcase studio to take part in discussions and debates about sustainable development.
All footage from the studio was then presented to a global audience through a dedicated web-platform, and transmitted via terrestrial and satellite broadcasters. www.sustainableshowcase.net
On 25-29 September 2005, the Showcase was implemented at the World Petroleum Congress, the petroleum industry's tri-annual conference held for the first time in its 72-year history on the African continent. Interviews and round-table discussions brought civil society, business and government leaders together in a dedicated studio to showcase and advance principles of community engagement, transparency and governance, environmental sensitivity and sustainable development. This Showcase was officially launched at the NEPAD/UN conference in London preceding the G8 on 4 July 2005, entitled Bending the Arc: The Business of Attaining the Millennium Development Goals. www.sustainabilityshowcase.net
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