Public-Private Partners convene at Cannes for launch of SDG Lounge at International Creative Festival hosted by SAWA, UNDP, PVBLIC and ESG News

Matt Bird and Ariana Stolarz

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Matt Bird and Ariana Stolarz

Matt Bird, Host, ESG News (00:01):

We’re we’re, we’re back with Ariana, from Accenture. We’re here at the, the Cannes opening for that reception part for the UNDP and SAWA. And we have Frankie the dinosaur behind us and Ariana, the head of sustainability creativity, fill us in.

Ariana Stolarz, Global Lead, Accenture Song (00:14):

Anything that has to do with creativity, for sure. I’m a leading sustainability for, uh, product innovation

Matt Bird, Host, ESG News (00:20):

For product innovation. And you’ve worked on some fantastic case studies this last year, last two years.

Ariana Stolarz, Global Lead, Accenture Song (00:24):

Yes. Yes. We’re obsessed with, uh, you know, making sure that clients, uh, play on the right side of history. Yeah.

Matt Bird, Host, ESG News (00:31):

And Accenture, we, we gotta, we got a dinosaur walking, walking around of us. Um,

Ariana Stolarz, Global Lead, Accenture Song (00:36):

But that’s important. That’s why we’re here.

Matt Bird, Host, ESG News (00:37):

This is why we’re here

Ariana Stolarz, Global Lead, Accenture Song (00:38):

To make sure that people see what the problem is in front of us.

Matt Bird, Host, ESG News (00:43):

So we’re gonna have plenty of coverage on the dinosaur. Um, so you’re here for the whole week.

Ariana Stolarz, Global Lead, Accenture Song (00:47):

I’m here for the whole week. Yeah

Matt Bird, Host, ESG News (00:47):

Okay. We saw Boez talk earlier. Mm-hmm <affirmative> uh, what, what are you here for this week? We got Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, the SDG lounge. What else?

Ariana Stolarz, Global Lead, Accenture Song (00:55):

Yeah. So, um, I’m interested in some conversations happening in the ballet. I’m interested in also learning. Who’s gonna win on the SDG, um, category. I have judged the category before and we have set a really high criteria for winning, which is we need to make sure that like businesses don’t just like drive awareness about the problems to be, you know, addressed. Like we all know what the problems are. We just need to make sure that now businesses actually do something about it. So brands, you know, doing the right thing and driving action and driving impact. That’s what really, what we want to see. And that’s what’s happening hopefully in the jury room. So I can’t wait to hear who won. Well,

Matt Bird, Host, ESG News (01:34):

I hope we’re gonna catch the whole thing live too. That’d be fantastic. Yes. Yeah. Arian Ariana. Thank you. Thank you so much for your time. It’s good to see you and I hope to see you at the lounge and then, uh, Wednesday or Thursday.

Ariana Stolarz, Global Lead, Accenture Song (01:43):

Yes. Yes. I’ll be there for

Matt Bird, Host, ESG News (01:45):

Sure. Awesome. You’re watching ESG news. Uh, we’ll be back after this break. Thanks. Special. Thanks to affiliate partners, ABC NBC Fox and CBS. We will be right back.