BAN CALLS ON WORLD’S BUSINESS LEADERS TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Date: 20 Sep 2013 16:00:00 -0400
Subject: BAN CALLS ON WORLD'S BUSINESS LEADERS TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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BAN CALLS ON WORLD'S BUSINESS LEADERS TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENTNew York, Sep 20 2013 4:00PMWarning that "we cannot accept
a rising tide that floats only some boats and leaves many to drown,"
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on business leaders to do
even more in conjunction with the United Nations to promote
sustainable development worldwide.

"That is where you come in," he
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7101">told over a
thousand corporate executives attending the
<"http://www.leaderssummit2013.org/home">UN Global Compact Leaders
Summit in New York, stressing the need for all actors to work together
to pursue a sustainable path that links economic growth, social
justice and environmental stewardship. "My appeal to you is to act for
the common good – and to get others to join you. This is the morally
correct thing to do. And it is the smart choice, too."

The UN Global Compact, set up in 2000, is the world's largest
corporate sustainability initiative, with the participation of 8,000
companies and 4,000 civil society organizations from 145 countries
seeking to link business engagement with global priorities, including
poverty and disease eradication, climate change mitigation, women's
empowerment, children's and labour rights, and fighting corruption.

"The sustainable journey that we all need to take is in everybody's
best interest – even if it may sometimes demand short-term sacrifice,"
Mr. Ban told the summit, which is expected to endorse a new global
architecture for the corporate role in sustainable development in the
years following the end in 2015 of the current cycle based on the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the eight anti-poverty targets
agreed by world leaders at a UN summit in 2000.

These set specific goals for slashing extreme poverty and hunger,
ensuring access to universal health care and education, achieving
gender equality, cutting maternal and child mortality, securing
environmental stability, reducing HIV/AIDS and forging a global
partnership for development, all by the end of 2015.

"Nobody can benefit from catastrophic climate change or rampant
unemployment and the social unrest that comes with it," Mr. Ban said.
"Prosperous, stable societies and a healthy planet are the bedrock of
political stability, economic growth and flourishing new markets."

He stressed that companies that take their responsibilities to people
and the planet seriously will increasingly be in the vanguard, noting
that more than ever, corporate executives see a direct link between
sustainability and the bottom line, and called on business leaders to
play a leading role in countering climate change through sustainable
energy and job-rich low-carbon growth.

"Great advances towards eradicating poverty and disease point to what
can be achieved when we work together," he declared. "But I want you
to go further. First, I want you to see what more you can or should be
doing in your own operations and in your relationships with trading
partners. Second, I want you to act on your commitment by helping to
swell the ranks of the Global Compact so we reach a critical mass."

Mr. Ban laid before the summit the Compact's report on 'Building a
Business Engagement Architecture for the Post-2015 Agenda,' which
seeks to scale up corporate actions to directly advance UN goals and
calls on corporate leaders to work together on an entirely new scale
by collaborating and co-investing to share risks and realize
opportunities.

"Your support is essential," Mr. Ban declared. "Today, I ask you to be
architects of better world. What was once a call to the founding
members of the United Nations is now a rallying cry to business and
civil society leaders everywhere."Sep 20 2013 4:00PM
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