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The Centre for Business Leadership on Nature Restoration being developed by UN Global Compact Network India in Chennai is a pioneering initiative aimed at significantly deepening and transforming the private sector's engagements on biodiversity conservation. Through active collaboration and support from visionary business leaders, and government agencies such as the National Biodiversity Authority and State Biodiversity Boards, the Center will enhance action, monitoring, and reporting on biodiversity-positive initiatives through ESG, CSR and corporate philanthropy. UN GCNI is currently in the process of establishing the Centre in Chennai, through an establishment grant from Refex Industries Limited. The initiative will be launched on July 31, 2024. 

Mission of the Centre:

The Centre aims to support businesses and governments to achieve local, national and global commitments including as part of corporate plans and national commitments made as part of key Multilateral Environmental Agreements including especially United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

Objectives of the Centre:

• Serve as a knowledge sharing platform for strategic integration of biodiversity-sensitive practices into business strategy and operations.

• Support corporates to enhance the quality of existing and upcoming compliance/disclosures expected at the national and global levels with regards to biodiversity.

• Support multi-stakeholder dialogue for pragmatic policy directions which contribute to better coherence between business and biodiversity conservation objectives.

• Enable better linkages of private sector action with global and national priorities and targets related to biodiversity conservation.

Held on the second day of the 16th GCNS Summit, the Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards celebrate the winners and highly commended entrants in each awards category, and provide an excellent networking opportunity for Singapore business leaders.

The Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in Singapore for corporate sustainability and recognize companies whose business operations or solutions have exemplified the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact, on environment, human rights, labour, and anti-corruption. The annual award spotlights companies that have taken decisive steps to advance the UN SDGs and aims to inspire more organizations to share the responsibility of achieving a more sustainable future. The award in the Sustainable Solutions category specifically recognizes businesses that outperform in products or services meeting the sustainability needs of other businesses, the environment and society.

Join us and contribute towards accelerating action to achieve the SDGs.
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UNiting Business LIVE Australia: Sustainability in Action is the defining sustainability event of the year, giving leaders the opportunity to shape the future of business in Australia.

This event from the UN Global Compact Network Australia, the Country Network of the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, will equip businesses to successfully navigate challenges at the intersection of net zero, nature positive, human rights and governance.

The program, streamed by the pillars of Lead, Learn and Connect, is tailored to the bespoke needs of Australia’s C-suite, board members, sustainability teams, and emerging and future sustainability leaders.

Attendees will leave armed with practical knowledge to implement in their organization and trigger positive change, for the future of business, Australia and the planet.

Theme: this year, UNiting Business LIVE Australia takes a deep dive into climate and nature and its intersections with social and governance issues (the E, S and G in ESG).

UNiting Business LIVE Australia: Sustainability in Action will unite global and local business leaders, changemakers and world-renowned sustainability champions to move beyond sustainability pledges to providing tangible, actionable solutions.

Conference topics include:

• Actioning human rights across supply chains & business
• Advancing a nature-positive private sector
• Driving climate action through net-zero business
• Innovation & the sustainability frontier
• Mandatory climate reporting
• Moral courage & self-care for sustainability professionals
• Sourcing, supply chains & scope 3 solutions
• Sustainability leadership & governance for impact
• Sustainable finance in action

Join us to learn what’s next in sustainability leadership and set your organisation up for success in 2025 and beyond.

Early bird tickets on sale until 15 August. Use our unique code to access early bird delegate prices: ForwardFasterNow. Virtual attendance is available.