3BL Media Webinar to Focus on Innovation for Sustainable Development: The Role of Private Sector Collaboration

GRI and partners share perspectives Wednesday, March 9 at 11 a.m. ET
Feb 29, 2016 1:45 PM ET

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can only be realized with a strong commitment to global partnership and cooperation. The private sector plays a pivotal role. Hear from GRI partners who will discuss the role of private sector collaboration and about the innovations that are contributing to sustainable development.

What does Partnership for the Goals mean in practice? SDG 17 answered!

Join 3BL Media for the webinar, Innovation for Sustainable Development; The Role of Private Sector Collaboration, on Wednesday, March 9 at 11 a.m. ET.  This webinar will provide a preview into one of the plenary session debates at GRI’s 5th Global Conference. The event is free and appropriate for professionals engaged in sustainability and social impact work inside corporations, nonprofits, agencies or public entities around the world.

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has ushered in a new era of global development objectives to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years: end extreme poverty, fight inequality & injustice and fix climate change. How can the private sector be an active contributor to this agenda, inspire innovation to address some of the world’s most challenging issues and support the sustainable development of emerging markets? This webinar will highlight the huge potential of private sector innovation and collaboration, and explore the role of government in supporting these breakthroughs to create a more sustainable economy and world.

“One of the largest gatherings of sustainability professionals, the 5th GRI Global Conference, is happening in May in Amsterdam,” said Dave Armon, CMO at 3BL Media, who act as moderator for the webinar. “We’re thrilled to offer this webcast as a preview of the discussion surrounding SDG 17 and what partnership for the goals means in practice.”

Presenters include

Mark Didden, Manager, Redefining Value, WBCSD
Linda Kromjong, Secretary General, International Organization of Employers (IOE) 
Pietro Bertazzi, Senior Manager Public Policy and International Affairs, GRI
 

About 3BL Media
Founded in 2009, 3BL Media is a corporate communications platform exclusively for the distribution of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news and content. Founded in 2009, the company works with corporations and non-profits to distribute multi-format media assets through social, traditional and new media channels. 3BL has grown organically and through acquisition, operating a network of focused, authoritative sites including CSRwire, Justmeans, SocialEarth, Ethical Performance and ReportAlert. Content issued by 3BL Media clients also appears on hundreds of thousands of Bloomberg and Reuters terminals.

Contact: Dave Armon of 3BL Media, darmon@3blmedia.com or +1.866.508.0993, ext. 123