In a letter coordinated by the UN Global Compact Network UK and UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development (UKSSD), leaders of over 150 businesses, civil society organisations, and from public life have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a socially just and green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The letter calls on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to use the SDGs to consolidate and future-proof Covid-19 recovery plans in the UK. Signatories include NatWest Group, Nestlé UK & Ireland, RELX, Linklaters, HSBC Group, Mott MacDonald, Unilever, and public figures such as filmmaker Richard Curtis, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, and the Mayors of Bristol and Liverpool....
The letter recommends that the SDGs are used to:
1. Prioritise the most vulnerable in our society and level-up regional and societal inequalities;
2. Build coherent policies for a healthy planet and to aid the transition to net zero;
3. Unite all sectors behind a plan to build a stronger and more resilient economy.
For more information and a link to the letter, click here.
To help drive responsible corporate action, the United Nations Global Compact is #UnitingBusiness to respond to COVID-19 and providing guidance and support to companies everywhere. A coordinated international plan involving the business sector will be critical in efforts to support people and companies affected, limit further disruption to the economy, and facilitate business continuity for a swift recovery.
The UN Global Compact Network UK presents the
2020 Global Goals Roadshow
*Due to COVID-19, we will be presenting taking these events online in an interesting and innovative way whilst restrictions are in place. Click here for more information and to register.
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For the past two decades, the UN @globalcompact has played a key role in guiding companies to adopt a principles-based approach to doing business.
Watch to see how the UN Global Compact has been #UnitingBusiness for 20 years: https://bit.ly/37JJmNx
Don't forget to join us tomorow at 11.00am BST for our webinar: SDGs & Innovation featuring @mercatometropol. Hear about their unique business model, and the projects they are undertaking to promote their mission and advance the #SDGs.
Register here: https://bit.ly/3f8ni1A
Explore why taking #ClimateAction remains as important as ever and how businesses can maximise the benefits of the transition to a net-zero economy.
@TanyaMSteele, @CDP_PaulS, @FiFiball, @RebeccaMarmot, @thomasnhale, Dr Márcia Balisciano.
https://bit.ly/31zaIEY #RaceToZero
Together, we can reduce vulnerability to future disasters and build community resilience. A systemic shift to a zero-carbon and resilient economy is within our reach — and #OurOnlyFuture depends on it.
Learn what bold corporate #ClimateAction looks like: http://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/recover-better-statement
This is the Decade of Action where leaders from across sectors will have to step up their efforts to meet the 2030 Agenda.
We can’t stop now; we must keep the momentum going.
#UnitingBusiness #SDGs
In the Goal 12 editon of our 'Making Global Goals Local Business' webinars we heard from @marklancelott, an expert in the #circulareconomy from @PA_Consulting.
Watch the recording here: https://bit.ly/380K5dj
#Goal12
Missed our webinar on creating #inclusive and #accessible remote workplaces?
Watch the recording on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/jhK1P7OTHyA
#Inclusion #Accessibility #BuildBackBetter #SDG10
To mark the UN’s 75th anniversary, @JoinUN75 want to hear people’s views on some of the pressing questions in our world today.
Join the global conversation by completing the survey: https://un75.online/partner/Global-Compact-UK
Less than a week left to apply to #TargetGenderEquality!
Companies are invited to apply before 30 June to join a global initiative to advance women's leadership and representation in the corporate world.
Learn more: https://www.unglobalcompact.org.uk/4908-2/target-gender-equality/
#SDG5 #GenderEquality
.@theCCCuk annual report to Parliament sets out the urgent steps the @GOVUK can and must take in the months ahead to deliver an economic recovery that ensures UK net-zero emissions targets are met and strengthens the country's resilience to the impacts of #ClimateChange.
Ministers must seize the opportunity to turn the COVID-19 crisis into a defining moment in the fight against #ClimateChange. Read more in our latest #ProgressReport to Parliament published today: https://bit.ly/2Vf6D4U
The #COVID19 crisis has increased financial pressures as well as disrupted operations and corporate compliance programmes.
Read @globalcompact's
COVID-19 Impact Brief on Anti-corruption to learn what you can do about this:
https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/20th-anniversary-campaign/uniting-business-to-tackle-covid-19/goal-16-anti-corruption
#SDG16 #AntiCorruption