New York City, April 22 2016 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) assumed a prominent role in the context of a high level thematic debate which was held yesterday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York focusing on the topic of “Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”.
The debate feeds into the wider framework of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It took place on the eve of the historic signing ceremony for the Paris Climate Agreement, underlining the strong links between these areas.
The debate brought together leaders from around the globe; across politics, civil society and business. It aimed to raise awareness, foster opportunities for partnerships and catalyze action around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that were adopted in September 2015. These goals will shape the global development agenda through to 2030.
Discussions focused on the critical role that business has to play in helping to realize the 2030 agenda, particularly in the context of innovation and investment and with regard to tackling complex challenges such as the delivery of sustainable, inclusive and resilient global food systems.
Business had a strong and vocal presence around the event with the following executives from WBCSD member companies in attendance and engaging actively in a variety of key debates and policy discussions:
Natura – Guilherme Leal, Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Olam – Sunny Verghese, CEO
Engie – Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman & CEO
Novozymes – Thomas Videbæk, COO & EVP of Research, Innovation & Supply
YES Bank – Namita Vikas, Group President & Country Head - Responsible Banking & Chief Sustainability Officer
IKEA – Steve Howard, Chief Sustainability Officer
Kellogg Company – Diane Holdorf, Chief Sustainability Officer
Unilever – Jeff Seabright, Chief Sustainability Officer
TOTAL – Jérôme Schmitt, Senior Vice President Sustainable Development & Environment
Tata – James Shapiro, Resident Director, North America
Accenture – Jessica Long, Managing Director, Strategy & Sustainability
EY – Brendan LeBlanc, Partner
Iberdrola – Carlos Sallé Alonso, Regulatory Affairs Manager
- CBCSD and Members Participated and Suggested on the Project for Technical Regulation on Low-carbon Pilot Community
- CBCSD and Members Participated in the APEC Cooperation Network Construction Forum of Green Supply Chain
- Calculation Method of CO2 Emissions in Petroleum and Natural Gas Exploitation Enterprises & Calculation Method of CO2 Emissions in Water Network of Chemical Enterprises
- CBCSD Attended the Workshop for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development and Delivered Introductions
- WBCSD: Tackling the Challenge, How to Make Informed Choices on Forest Product?
- The National New-Type Urbanization Plan Released, Board Members of CBCSD Help the Sustainable Development of Cities
- Board members of CBCSD Actively Participated in the Carbon Trading and International Climate Change Process
- Two industrial Standards Compiled by CBCSD Passed Examination
- Widespread Use of the Achievements Businesses Energy Saving and Greenhouse Gas Management
- CBCSD held Chemical industry enterprise value chain (range 3) greenhouse gas emissions, accounting and reporting guidelines
