Tag: SDGs

UN Global Compact launches CFO Coalition for the SDGs to drive more private sector investment towards sustainable development

Stuart Mitchell

The UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, has announced the launch of the Chief Financial Officers’ Coalition for the SDGs, during its Annual Local Network Forum in Dubai.  The CFO Coalition for the SDGs is a platform where global CFOs and other corporate officers can collaborate with peers, investors, financial institutions and UN agencies to develop principles, frameworks and recommendations to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in corporate finance and create a market for mainstream SDG investments. It is made up of a CFO Leadership Group…

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SDGs and Her Initiative announces the winners of 2019 global competition

Stuart Mitchell

The global SDGs and Her Competition announced the winners of the 2019 global competition. The contest– co-sponsored by the World Bank Group, UNDP, UN Women, and the Wharton School’s Zicklin Center– showcases women micro-entrepreneurs who are helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their business operations. The winning entries are Taxshe, owned by Vandana Suri from India, and Green Business Innovation, owned by Saida Yusupova from Uzbekistan.   TaxShe is an exclusive, all-women, driver-on-demand service that provides transportation services to school children and women workers, making day-time and late-night travel safe. Based in Bangalore, TaxShe selects drivers from marginalized…

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What is Fair Trade? International Fair Trade Charter defines vision for a fairer world

Stuart Mitchell

Many people use the term “fair trade”, but what does it actually mean? Today, more than 250 organizations around the world are uniting to launch an International Fair Trade Charter that sets down the fundamental values of Fair Trade and defines a common vision towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Business as usual will not deliver the step change needed to meet the SDGs, adopted by the world’s nations on 25 September 2015 amid a fanfare of optimism, and whose third anniversary is being marked today in New York…

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