Paul Polman Gives an Impassioned Speech at the UN And Calls For More Real Leaders

Paul Polman, SDG Advocate and Co-Vice Chair of the UN Global Compact Board, made a passionate call-to-action to the compannies everywhere at the 2019 SDG Business Forum, held in New York in September. Real Leaders was there.

Co-hosted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), and the United Nations Global Compact, the SDG Business Forum — now in its fourth year — gathered nearly 600 stakeholders to dive deep into sustainable financing, the future of business and scaling ambition for a sustainable world.

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