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  17 GOALS TO TRANSFORM OUR WORLD

  Make the Global Goals your business too
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  Sir Richard Branson (Business for Peace Honouree from 2014, UK)

  Founder,
  Virgin Group

  I firmly believe it is our responsibility to try and leave the planet

  in a better condition than we found it.
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  Sarah Beydoun (2016 Business for Peace Honouree, Lebanon)

  Founder and Creative Director, Sarah’s Bag

  The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, agreed on by world leaders in 2015, represent the world we all want by 2030. To reach these goals, business leaders must engage, innovate and commit to being part of the solution.
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  Paul Polman (2015 Business for Peace Honouree, The Netherlands)

  CEO, Unilever

  The SDGs offer a once in a life opportunity to build a more sustainable, inclusive and equitable future for the next generation, while helping build a stronger business.
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  Dr Jennifer Riria (2016 Business for Peace Honouree, Kenya)

  Group CEO, Kenya Women Holding

  We want to reach and empower the majority, transforming their world and that of their families.
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  Arif M. Naqvi (2013 Business for Peace Honouree, Pakistan)

  Founder & Chief Executive, The Abraaj Group

  We must bring together the private sector, governments, and NGOs to provide sustainable solutions.
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  Kesha Kumari Damini (2014 Business for Peace Honouree, Nepal)

  Chair, National Micro Entrepreneurs Federation Nepal

  I see the eyes of women who make 100 rupees (1 dollar) a day brighten up and wait anxious to get to work the next morning, not because they made that much, but because a new sense of self-worth is instilled in them.
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  Merrill J Fernando (2015 Business for Peace Honouree, Sri Lanka)

  Founder and Chairman, Dilmah Tea

  Every business is a part of a natural, social, economic and political ecosystem and it is the obligation - not option - for business to share its progress to maintain a mutualistic relationship, rather than a parasitic one - with other elements in its ecosystem.
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  Marilyn Carlson Nelson (2014 Business for Peace Honouree, USA)

  Former Chairman and CEO, Carlson

  Every generation is a link to the next and therefore, responsible for the future.
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  John Danilovich

  General Secretary, International Chamber of Commerce

  The private sector is a central and essential part of the solution to the global sustainability challenge.

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