Aligning Sustainable Development Goals with Business Practice

time and place

Thursday 20 October 2016, 12:30–14:00
SNS, Jakobsbergsgatan 18 i Stockholm

Seminar on the role and opportunities for the private sector to deliver on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with Albena Melin from IFC, World Bank Group.

One year after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations, Albena Melin will talk on possibilities for business to deliver on the goals, including new forms of collaborations. Are new partnerships and tools developing? What are the challenges and how can individual companies align their practices?

Albena Melin is Principal Operations Officer in the Thought Leadership Unit at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The unit is leading on IFC’s engagement with the SDG processes, in particular the role of the private sector in mobilizing finance for development. The Unit is helping forge partnerships between business leaders, development partners and governments and its mission is to share insights for greater understanding of private sector solutions to reduce global poverty and create shared prosperity.

Comment by Malin Ripa, Senior Vice President CSR Management at Volvo Group.

The meeting is by invitation only and part of SNS Sustainability Roundtable.

For questions, please contact Caroline Raxell, caroline.raxell@sns.se.

Time and Venue

Thursday, October 20th at 10:00 to 12:30. The seminar will be held at SNS, Jakobsbergsgatan 18, Stockholm.