What is the ICC?

ABOUT THE ICC

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is the world's largest business organization, comprising a network of more than 45 million members in over 100 countries. Its primary focus is to encourage international trade and promote responsible corporate governance and a global approach to regulation.

ITS HISTORY

The ICC was founded in 1919, after World War I, at a time when no global system of rules governed trade, investment, finance or commercial relations. Its founders were a group of industrialists, financiers and traders determined to replace fear and suspicion with a new spirit of hope and cooperation. Acting on their conviction that the private sector is best qualified to set global standards for business, they called themselves the "Merchants of Peace."

ITS MISSION

ICC's mission is to make business work for everyone, every day and everywhere, by promoting open international trade and investment systems that foster peace, prosperity and opportunity for all.

GOVERNANCE