SDG Roadshow 2018 - Making Global Goals Local Business - Top Down | Bottom Up

After the largest public consultation ever undertaken, the Global Goals were adopted in 2015 by the UK and the other 192 member states of the United Nations.

At the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they call for economic growth, innovation, circular economies and upgraded infrastructure, as well as providing a path to end extreme poverty, fight inequality, and protect the planet.

The SDGs were hailed as a ‘paradigm shift for people and planet’ by former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon. They are going to transform our world, and that transformation will create opportunities for new business models to deliver new products and services into new markets.

Every company (and every citizen) needs to understand this important global megatrend!

This event will feature an introductory session during which you will hear about the UK's and the City of London's plans to advance the SDGs.

Special theme:

'How to make the case for the SDGs - Top Down | Bottom Up'

How to get the Board interested in this Agenda?

How to project interest in the SDGs down through employees, suppliers and customers?

Join us at Making Global Goals Local Business - Top Down | Bottom Up to find out.

Speakers include:

The Rt Hon. the Lord Bates, Minister of State, Department for International Development

John Elkington, CEO and Chief Pollinator, Volans

David Schofield, Group Head of Corporate Responsibility, Aviva

Dominic Vergine, Head of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, ARM

Marcia Balisciano, Director, Corporate Responsibility, RELX Group

Karina O'Gorman, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Pentland Brands Limited

Phillip Ullmann, Chief Energiser and Shareholder, Cordant Group

Paul Toyne, Commissioner, London Sustainable Development Commission

Alice Macdonald, Director of Policy and Campaigns, Project Everyone

Steve Kenzie, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network UK

Nicky Black, Chair, UN Global Compact Network UK

See the FULL AGENDA.

Attendance is free.

We have booked a space for a post-event reception from 17:00 to 18:00 at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen (across the street).

NOTE TO ALL UN GLOBAL COMPACT NETWORK UK MEMBERS: The 2018 Global Compact Network UK Annual General Meeting will take place immediately preceding the Network's Making Global Goals Local Business - Top Down | Bottom Up event on 28 June. Please register on this page for the AGM.

Information on the SDG Roadshow 2018 can be found at:
www.sdg-roadshow.org.uk

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