The World's Largest Convening of Sustainable Business Leaders. United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit brings together thousands of forward-thinking business leaders, SDG stakeholders, activists, policy makers and emerging leaders from across the globe who are taking action on the SDGs and shaping the future. Join us virtually for over 24 hours of inspired conversation, purposeful networking, and meaningful takeaways. Under...
Join us for the 2nd annual Sustainability Week US Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week US will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs and researchers from around the world to discuss what actions they will take to prevent a climate disaster and deliver on the promise of a green future. Event format: This event will be a hybrid format,...
About The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on digital health and its repercussions will be a major focus of 2022’s MedDev eMarketing Summit. What have we learned as we rethink our entire healthcare digital strategy? How do we engage customers as we adapt to working remotely and virtually engaging customers post-pandemic? Back by...
Translating Commitments into Ambitious Action and Impact Customer and investment behaviours are rapidly evolving. Pressure continues to grow for business to reach net zero targets and invest in sustainable infrastructure while remaining a profitable business; urgent action is needed to ensure the security of investments, business, and the future of the planet. Those that can...
Consensus Is Back In Person Consensus, the most influential crypto & blockchain experience of the year since 2015, will return to an in-person format and be held in Austin, Texas, for the first time ever. This is the only festival showcasing and celebrating all sides of the blockchain, crypto, NFT, and Web 3 ecosystems, and...
ABOUT THE FORUM The ESG landscape has changed radically in recent times; the formation of the ISSB and the mergers between framework providers are accelerating ESG’s movement into the mainstream. Furthermore, current market forces are causing investors to re-examine their approach to ESG investing, subsequently changing their expectations for corporate sustainability reporting, disclosures and communications....
Returning for the 11th year, the FIX Trading Community™ Nordic Trading Briefing 2022 will cover the most pressing issues facing the institutional trading community and provide a neutral platform for buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, vendors and regulators to share their ideas on how the community can continue to collaborate. Designed to appeal to all asset classes,...
In this session, the team will look at the overall industry impact of aluminum decarbonization and the supply and demand outlook across global regions and sectors.
Challenge the Possible, Set Benchmarks, Deliver. The mandate behind climate action is clear. The time for global businesses to turn net zero ambition into tangible action has arrived. Reuters Events: Global Energy Transition 2022 (June 14– 15, New York) unites CEOs and changemakers from across the energy, industrial, and government ecosystems to shed light on the defining...
Overview: Innovation in information technology is driven in part by changing demands. The transition to cloud-based data storage is an example of an innovative response that facilitates easier access to information while promoting operational resilience. There is now a shift from urgent resilience plans to more intentional strategies that are meant to address the next...
Date, time & format subject to change. EIF Members are welcome to join the Organising Committee for this debate. Progamme Opening remarks Pilar del Castillo MEP and EIF Chair Speakers TBD Moderator Maria Rosa Gibellini, Director General, European Internet Forum Exchange of views with the participants under the Chatham House rule
Utility Scale Solar & Wind North America 2022 Utility scale solar and wind is on an unstoppable trajectory. While scaling up is essential to our renewable goals it brings with it growing pains in operational and commercial asset management, combined with a new wave of investors demanding top financial performance, there has never been a...
Summary Session 1 of the IFR ESG Roundtable series is titled Energy Transition Challenges and Opportunities and will provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities in energy transition, addressing the following questions: Has the conflict in Ukraine redefined the trajectory of the global transition?How will it affect opportunities in the sustainable finance space?What are the challenges in comparing...
Responsible Business Asia 2022 No region feels the consequences of climate change as much as Asia – Pacific. In the aftermath of mass disruption to global supply chains and economies, it has become clear that decisive action in the region is vital to counter the impacts of climate change. A complicated maze of regulations and...
Cannes Lions - SDG Lounge: The International Festival of Creativity - has been championing creative excellence since 1954 with the goal of providing a global destination and the definitive benchmark for creativity that drives progress. Talent Line Up From Ryan Roslansky and Conny Braams, to Issa Rae and Ryan Reynolds, check out the line-up of...
About the Event From June 24-26, 2022, the governments of Portugal and Kenya and the UN Global Compact will organize the UN Ocean Conference Youth and Innovation Forum, in cooperation with CEiiA, Cascais, Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), SOA, and with support from UN DESA. The Forum is an opportunity for youth to contribute to the implementation...
Background The 2022 UN Ocean Conference offers a unique opportunity for cities and regions to mobilize and demonstrate leadership in taking action to protect our ocean and ensure that the ocean and its accompanying coasts are sustainably managed. Local and regional governments, and their associations and networks, recognize that the protection of the ocean is pivotal to...
Save our Ocean, Protect our Future The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is seeking to address many of the deep-rooted problems of our societies laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and which will require major structural transformations and common shared solutions that...
GreenFin Sustainable finance has exploded in the past few years. Corporate ESG ratings are now being seen by investors as synonymous with reduced risk and higher returns. ESG scores are being used to assess a firm’s creditworthiness and its desirability as a place to work, and loans and bonds linked to sustainability performance are skyrocketing....
Senior Leaders will share their insights LIVE at Bracken House, London As energy and economic security concerns rise up the political agenda in Europe and beyond, delivering the climate transition is more important than ever before. We simply cannot achieve long-term energy security and economic resilience without it. At COP26, more than half of the...
The SDG Investment Forum, hosted by the UN Global Compact and Global Compact Networks in Europe, will bring together nearly 150 C-Suite participants from both the public and private sectors alongside representatives from the UN, civil society and academia to discuss how the private sector can play a greater role in directing capital towards the Sustainable Development...
Using Technology to Drive Success and Social Impact The increased digitalisation during the past few years, accelerated by Covid-19, has given many organisations a foundation for long-term growth. However, as attention now shifts beyond the pressures of operating in a pandemic ridden economy, organisations must focus on the next evolution of their business model to...