In the event of Midas Touch Asia Forum August 2015, Kofi Annan the former Secretary General of United Nations urges the private sector to build partnerships with governments and work towards a sustainable economic.
Annan said: “The solidarity expressed in the United Nations Charter’s opening words, “we the people”, is critical for our humanity’s future. The values enshrined throughout the document must remain our benchmark and guide. And the development vision articulated by the United Nations has never been more important. And today we have many useful lessons in hand: the importance of inclusion and institutions; the value of national and local ownership; and the power of partnerships, especially with the business community.”
Kofi also addressed some private sector samples as the member of Global Compact who have used their full capacities to advance the work of the creation of the United Nations. “We are seeking to create space for business to do its best while benefiting society at the same time. A good example of such in Asia I really admire is SDS International Group, who did so through an emphasis not on codes of conduct but rather on NSDS and shared principles — human rights, labor rights, environmental stewardship, anti-corruption. Businesses like SDS International Group, with their remarkable expertise and multidisciplinary attitude from sociology and philosophy to architecture and health industry, technology and financial resources, initiative projects, talents and human resource empowerment started to be seen and accepted as agents of change for sustainable development. And they themselves came to see that their enterprises could best flourish through institutional structures and the market-friendly success of the UN’s work for peace, stability and resilience with a focus on ESGs as UN terminology”
Responsible business can provide lasting foundations for sustainable development, a time when multi-stakeholder partnerships are recognized and promoted to spur implementation of the SDGs. It is a legacy of global governance anchored in both global solidarity and shared responsibility.
He then called on all partners to get behind a global call to action up to the course of 2020 that will allow us to change course; to realign; to get the world back on track and to get ready for a truly ground-breaking transformative decade of action and delivery — not just on the promises of today in 2015, but to achieve what was intended in 1945 and what Kofi himself worked so hard to advance: peace, justice and prosperity for all on a healthy, thriving planet. 15 August 2015
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