The three-day event is aimed at boosting corporate interest in climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals as business looks to recover from the COVID-19 epidemic.
New York, NY, September 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – UNITED NATIONS, New York, September 13, 2021 – United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest company, will perform next week Reconciling Business BEING, a three-day online event from 20 to 22 September at the start of the 76th UN General Assembly.
Business LIVE integration includes the Independent Security Council on Monday, the International Conference and Youth Summit of the SDG Innovators Tuesday and the SDG Business Forum (sponsored by the UN Global Compact, UN department of Social and Economic Affairs and International Chamber of Commerce) Wednesday.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UN Global Compact & Executive Director CEO Sanda Ojiambo have been joined by several CEOs and institutional leaders including Paul Polman, Co-founder and Chairman of IMAGINE; Clarke Murphy, CEO of Russell Reynolds & Associates; Sandra Wu, Chairperson and CEO, Kokusai Kogyo; Ajay Banga, Chairman of Mastercard; Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer; Rich Lesser, CEO of Boston Consulting Group; Francesco Starace, CEO and General Manager, Enel; Phuti Mahanyele-Dabengwa, CEO, Naspers; Patrick Chalhoub, CEO, Chalhoub Group; Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO and Chairman, Salesforce India and Magnus Billing, CEO, Alecta.
Officials who have confirmed their talks with Pedro Sánchez, Spanish Prime Minister; Mette Frederikesen, Prime Minister of Denmark; Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden and Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway; Commodore Josaia V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji. Other government speakers include Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria; Queen Noura Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia; Ville Skinnari, Minister of Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland; Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation of Senegal; Lord Ahmad, Minister of State, United Kingdom.
Reggae star Rocky Dawuni will play at the end of the Special Assembly. SDG Advocate and British Historian, filmmaker and director Richard Curtis opens the Global Impact Forum.
Speakers at the UN include Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General; Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General, UN department of Economic and Social Affairs; David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Program; Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF; Pamela Coke Hamilton, Executive Director, ITC; Cristina Duarte, Special Counselor in Africa; Kelly Clements, Deputy Commissioner for Refugees; Ramesh Rajasingham, Deputy Assistant Secretary-General, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Ulrika Modéer, UN Assistant Secretary General and Assistant Administrator, UN Development Program.
Speaking at the UN Climate Summit, COP26, in Glasgow in November, Uniting Business LIVE this year aims to drive industry ambitions and take action to address climate change and achieve the Development Goals that Businesses want to recover from the epidemic. This includes the establishment of a Maritime Management Agreement to co-operate with maritime business activities to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and sustainable economy.
This year’s Uniting Business Live also marks Monday’s launch of a new UN Global Compact initiative in Africa to promote business development activities around the world and highlight an important role for SMEs in rapidly changing business, technology and technology sectors. The launch of the Africa Strategy will be celebrated by Kenya’s afro-pop band Sauti Sol and supported by Generation Unlimited, multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral government organizations to meet the growing need for education, training and employment opportunities for young people.
PIMCO CIO Scott Mather and Enel’s CFO, Alberto De Paoli have convened a UN Global Compact CFO Taskforce to discuss the impact of secrecy on SDGs.
Uniting Business LIVE will begin on Monday, September 20, with a Development Council that will focus on the role that private organizations play in promoting food security around the world and creating sustainable livelihoods. On Tuesday, September 21, the Global Impact Forum will outline four key ways to mobilize organizations to achieve global goals: the SDG Goal, the SDG Youth Innovators, Gender Equality and the Climate Accelerator. The SDG Innovators youth conference, which also takes place on Tuesday, will provide opportunities for future leaders. On Wednesday, September 22, the SDG Business Forum, co-sponsored by the UN Global Compact, the UN department of Social and Economic Affairs and the International Chamber of Commerce, will demonstrate how companies are using their power to guide the recovery of the COVID -19 epidemic, and review new leadership emerging over time. of voodoo.
Other notable speakers at Uniting Business LIVE include Alexandra Cousteau, Filmmaker and Environmental Activist; Tashnuva Anan Shishir, Bangladeshi News Anchor & Transgender Right to Opposition; Marco Lambertini, Director General, WWF; Viacheslav Fetisov, International Ambassador to Russia; A Alberto Carrillo Pineda, Managing Director, Science Based Target initiative; Antonio Núñez, CEO Nestlé Colombia; Serena Ibrahim, Founder and Executive Director, Youth Against Corruption; David W. Craig, Chairman of the Task Force for Disco-Related Financial Disclosure (NRFD) and CEO, Refinitiv; Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative for the Sustainable Powers for All; Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director-General, TERI; Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy at the 2021 Food Systems Summit; Roberto Suárez Santos, Secretary General, International Organization of Employers.
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