United Nations Development Programme
Business Solutions for the SDGs
New York, 20 September 2017 – The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present significant opportunities for the private sector to open up new market opportunities, attract new private investments in sustainable development by leveraging companies’ core competencies, expertise and resources.
Recognising this, UN leadership, including UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner and UN Global Compact CEO and and Executive Director Lise Kingo, met on Wednesday with CEOs from Ikea, Nutriset, Microsoft, Telenor, AACE and Willis Towers Watson to discuss how private sector and development actors can more systematically collaborate to achieve the SDGs while ensuring business profit, scale and sustainability.
Business Solutions for the SDGs
New York, 20 September 2017 – The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present significant opportunities for the private sector to open up new market opportunities, attract new private investments in sustainable development by leveraging companies’ core competencies, expertise and resources.
Recognising this, UN leadership, including UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner and UN Global Compact CEO and and Executive Director Lise Kingo, met on Wednesday with CEOs from Ikea, Nutriset, Microsoft, Telenor, AACE and Willis Towers Watson to discuss how private sector and development actors can more systematically collaborate to achieve the SDGs while ensuring business profit, scale and sustainability.