UN Global Compact and WBCSD Submit Joint Report to High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
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New York, United States of America
(New York, 25 March 2013) – With the United Nations working to determine its future development framework as targets of the Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015, a joint report outlining the business perspective has been submitted to the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
The joint report was prepared by the UN Global Compact and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), with the support of the World Economic Forum and the High-Level Panel's Business Representatives. The UN Global Compact and the WBCSD have long worked with their business constituent members, regional network partners, participants and stakeholders to redefine the role of business in society.
This document articulates why the business community should be engaged as a primary partner in this historic endeavour, as well as ideas from business related to developing the Post-2015 objectives and goals. Recommendations are also included for how business – and the public sector working in long-term partnership with business – can best contribute to implementation efforts in the years and decades to come.
In recent months, the international business community has been widely consulted with respect to the Post-2015 Agenda and the possible formation of Sustainable Development Goals.
The joint report was submitted ahead of a High-Level Panel meeting to take place in Bali, Indonesia on 25–27 March. To coincide with this meeting, a Private Sector Leaders Roundtable on the Post-2015 Development Agenda is also being held on 24-25 March in Bali, organized by the Global Compact Network Indonesia and the National Committee on Post-2015 Development Agenda, with support from the UN Global Compact.
Review further information on the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda and read the Joint Report.
Contacts
Melissa Powell
Head, Strategy & Partnerships
UN Global Compact
powell1@un.org
Carina Larsfälten
Managing Director
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
larsfalten@wbcsd.org