Scaling Sustainable Finance and Economic Growth
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About this event
Welcome to the 2021 Business for Peace Spotlight Series: Rethinking Systems of Decent Work!
Each May, Business for Peace hosts its annual Summit, including the pinnacle Business for Peace Award Ceremony. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we postponed our 2020 Summit and decided to host an exciting new digital event series as a scaled down version of our usual events. In line with our vision to recognise, inspire and accelerate "businessworthy" leadership, we will continue to host valuable, impactful discussions about current global issues affecting sustainability and ethical business leadership. We look forward to meeting again in-person once it is safe but are proud to present this online series free-of-charge to the general public.
Thus, we invite you to join our three-day Spotlight Series, focusing on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Decent Work and Inclusive Economic Growth.
Please visit our website to view the complete programme.
Event Description
If we are to close the financial gap towards the achievement of the SDGs, now is the time to act, align and harmonise our organisational efforts to scale sustainable finance. Leading global corporate actors agree, in order to finance the SDGs while creating sustainable economic growth (SDG 8) we need urgent action to catalyse private finance. In this panel, Idar Kreutzer, CEO of Finance Norway, will host a deep dive into purposeful corporate governance with Fani Titi, CEO of Investec, and Carine Smith Ihenacho, Chief Governance and Compliance Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management.
A keynote address will be given by Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations at the start of the event.
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Organizer Business for Peace
Organizer of Scaling Sustainable Finance and Economic Growth
Business for Peace is an international foundation based in Oslo that aims to support, inspire, and recognise global business leaders who are positively changing the face of business.
At the centre of the Foundation’s activities is the annual Oslo Business for Peace Award, conferred to exceptional individuals who exemplify the Foundation’s concept of being businessworthy: ethically and responsibly creating value both for both business and society.
The Foundation also hosts an annual Summit bringing together business leaders, investors, leaders of NGOs, politicians, academics, and civil society from all over the world to discuss the practical actions needed in order to make substantial and sustainable business contributions to society.
