Credit: Gary Raynaldo  /  Lise Kingo, CEO & Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact speaks on the 2019 UN Global Compact Progress Report and upcoming UN Global Compact Leaders Week at press conference Sep. 16, 2019 New York world headquarters.

By Gary Raynaldo       DIPLOMATIC  TIMES

UNITED NATIONS  –   NEW  YORK –  The United Nations Global Compact announced on Monday ten new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) pioneers. They include young business leaders aged 35 and under, working at any level in a company participating in the UN Global Compact. 

“These exceptional young professionals are demonstrating how breakthrough innovation can create the profitable business solutions needed to address today’s global challenges.”

-Lise Kingo, CEO & Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact

The 2019 UN Global Compact SDG Pioneers are:

Murtaza Ahmed, Managing Director, Artistic Milliners, Pakistan

Mashook Mujib Chowdhury, Sustainability Manager, DBL Group, Bangladesh

Regan Leahy, Assistant Citizenship Manager, Hogan Lovells, UK

Dylan McNeill, Director of Supplier Sustainability, Royal Philips, Netherlands

Muchtazar, Environment Sustainability Programme Officer, Unilever, Indonesia

Seo Jia Han Alvin, Group Sustainability Manager, Singapore Telecommunications Limited, Singapore

Dr. Joyce Sitonik, Head of Clinic Business Operations, AAR Health Care, Kenya

Lindsey Verhaeghe, Sustainability Initiatives and Reporting Manager, Nutrien, Canada

Meg Parker Young, Director of Impact Strategy and Development, Thomson Reuters, USA

Zaw Ye Naung, Founder, Shwe Taung Nyo Gyi Co., Myanmar

 Source: UN Global Compact

As a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General, the United Nations Global Compact works with companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact guides and supports the global business community in advancing UN goals and values through responsible corporate practices. With more than 9,500 companies and 3,000 non- business signatories based in over 160 countries, and more than 60 Local Networks, it is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world.

The UN Global Compact Leaders Week, from 23 to 26 September at New York UN world headquarters, will provide business leaders with an opportunity to meet with Government, civil society and youth leaders to identify clear actions to respond to the  climate crisis and accelerate Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).