Report

Business and the SDGs: Building Blocks for Success at Scale

2015-07-01 · New York

A report looking at the critical enabling conditions that must be in place to align business incentives and capabilities to help deliver the SDGs at scale. With UK Aid and the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School.

As the world comes together to formally adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leaders across sectors recognise that the challenges are too great and too systemic for any one of them to tackle alone, and that business’ contribution will be pivotal. Speakers include: Justine Greening, Secretary of State, UK Department for International Development; Jay Collins, Vice Chairman, Corporate and Investment Banking, Citi, Kate James, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Pearson; Kevin J Jenkins , President and Chief Executive Officer, World Vision; Lise Kingo, Executive Director, UN Global Compact; Jon Pender, Vice-President IP and Access, GSK. The event will be chaired by Jane Nelson, Director, The CSR Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School