Global Action  Leadership Forum

The United Nations

September 19, 2017, 12:30 - 2:30 PM EST

Conference Room A

Shared Value:  The Role of the Private  Sector in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals

Host:  Dr. Scott T. Massey, Global Action Platform 

Moderator:  

Fareed Zakaria, CNN

Keynote:

Myron Brilliant, Executive Vice President and Head of International Business, US Chamber of Commerce

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Presenters:

Justin Bakule, President, Shared Value Initiative

Katherine Pickus, Vice President, Global Sustainability, Abbott

Trevor Davies, Global Head, International Development Center of Excellence,KPMG

Ana Rold, President, Diplomatic Courier

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High level round-table program for C-level executives, investors, UN officials,and diplomatic delegation members to explore how the private sector is contributing to the 2030 Agenda through Shared Value strategies.  Successful business models will be presented from the 2017 Change the World List (released in the September issue of Fortune magazine), a specific shared value strategy in India from Abbott, and the 2017 Global Shared Value Award presented by KPMG and Global Action Platform.

Key Topics

• How do the SDGs and international business goals align?
• What is the distinctive role of the private sector in achieving the SDGs?

• How are leading corporations using Shared Value to create scalable and sustainable SDG solutions? 

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