Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation
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UNITED IN THE BUSINESS OF A BETTER WORLD A Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation The 75th anniversary of the United Nations comes In the spirit of renewed global cooperation, we commit to: at a time of unprecedented disruption and global ▪ Demonstrate ethical leadership and good governance through transformation, serving as a stark reminder that values-based strategies, policies, operations and relationships international cooperation must be mobilized across when engaging with all stakeholders borders, sectors and generations to adapt to changing ▪ Invest in addressing systemic inequalities and injustices circumstances. This message emerged loud and through inclusive, participatory and representative decision- clear from the hundreds of thousands of people who making at all levels of our business participated in global dialogues initiated by the ▪ Partner with the UN, Government and civil society to UN this year. strengthen access to justice, ensure accountability and In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and converging transparency, provide legal certainty, promote equality and crises — including climate change, economic uncertainty, respect human rights social inequality and rising disinformation — public and In making that commitment, we also call on Governments to: private institutions need to show they are accountable, ethical, inclusive and transparent. This is the only way to ▪ Protect human rights, ensure peace and security, and uphold strengthen public trust and achieve a more sustainable the rule of law so that businesses, individuals and societies future for all. can flourish ▪ Create an enabling environment to serve the interests Over time, the UN has sought to unite stakeholders of people and planet, prosperity and purpose, through everywhere to tackle the world’s greatest challenges. Yet strengthened international cooperation and national legal our multilateral system is being threatened by those who frameworks want to go it alone rather than work together. ▪ Enhance multilateralism and global governance to combat corruption, build resilience and achieve the SDGs We, the business peoples, recognize that peace, justice and strong institutions are beneficial to the long-term Now is our opportunity to learn from our collective experiences to viability of our organizations and are foundational for realign behind the mission of the UN and steer our world onto upholding the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable path. We are in this and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). together — and we are united in the business of a better world. Photo: UN Photo/Mark Garten Large Businesses* *>$5 billion revenue and/or >10,000 employees Abertis Infraestructuras Ana Holdings Inc. Aurubis AG Francisco José Aljaro Navarro Shinya Katanozaka Roland Harings Chief Executive Officer President & CEO Chair & CEO Accenture Anglo American PLC Autodesk Inc. Julie Sweet Mark Cutifani Andrew Anagnost Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer President & CEO Acciona S.A. Applus Services S.A. Avianca Holdings José Manuel Entrecanales Domecq Fernando Basabe Anko Van Der Werff Chair & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer ACS Group AptarGroup Inc. Baidu Florentino Pérez Rodríguez Stephan B. Tanda Robin Li Chair President & CEO Chair & CEO AEON Co. Ltd. Archer Daniels Midland Baker McKenzie Motoya Okada Juan Luciano Milton Cheng Chair & CEO Chair & CEO Global Chair AG2R La Mondiale AstraZeneca Banco Comercial Portugues S.A. André Renaudin Pascal Soriot Miguel Maya Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Allnex Atlantia S.p.A. BASF SE Miguel Mantas Carlo Bertazzo Martin Brudermüller Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chair ALTEN Atlas Copco AB BBVA Simon Azoulay Mats Rahmström Carlos Torres Vila Chief Executive Officer President & CEO Chair Large Businesses UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Bolloré S.E. The Clorox Company EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. Equinor ASA Cyrille Bolloré Linda Rendle Miguel Stilwell de Andrade Eldar Sætre Chair & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer President & CEO Boston Consulting The Coca-Cola Company Elecnor Group Ericsson Group (BCG) James Quincey Rafael Martín De Bustamante Börje Ekholm Rich Lesser Chair & CEO Chief Executive Officer President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. Electrolux Essity Brenntag AG Bin Mo Jonas Samuelson Magnus Groth Christian Kohlpaintner Chief Executive Officer President & CEO President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Danone Eli Lilly and Co. Eurasian Resources Group BRF SA Emmanuel Faber David A Ricks Benedikt Sobotka Lorival Luz Chief Executive Officer Chairman & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer DBL Group Elior Group Ezentis Group S.A. Brother Industries Ltd. Mohammed Abdul Jabbar Philippe Guillemot Fernando González Sánchez Ichiro Sasaki Managing Director Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer President & Managing Director Deloitte Empresa Portuária do Lobito EP Firmenich SA CAE Inc. Marc Parent Punit Renjen Celso Rodrigues de Lemos Rosas Gilbert Ghostine President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chairman Chief Executive Officer CaixaBank DTEK Enel S.p.A. Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. Gonzalo Gortázar Rotaeche Maxim Timchenko Francesco Starace Kouichi Tamai Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer President Capri Holdings Ltd. Eczacıbaşı Holding Eni S.p.A. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. John D. Idol Atalay M. Gümrah Claudio Descalzi Shigetaka Komori Chair & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chair & CEO CEMEX EDF - Électricité de France S.A. ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. Fernando Gonzalez Jean-Bernard Levy Mehmet Tara Keiichi Kobayashi Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chair & President President & CEO A Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation Large Businesses Garanti BBVA Hitachi Transport System Ltd. Inditex Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Recep Baştuğ Yasuo Nakatani Pablo Isla Alvarez de Tejera Steve Demetriou President & CEO President & CEO Chair & CEO Chair & CEO Getinge AB Hitachi Ltd. Ingram Micro Jerónimo Martins Mattias Perjos Toshiaki Higashihara Alain Monié Pedro Soares dos Santos President & CEO President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chair & CEO Givaudan SA HSBC Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Johnson & Johnson Gilles Andrier Noel Quinn Group Co. Ltd. Alex Gorsky Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Pan Gang Chairman & CEO Chair & President Huhtamäki Oyj GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya Charles Héaulmé Emma Walmsley Olena Kobets President & CEO InterContinental Chief Executive Officer Hotels Group Managing Director Hyosung Advanced Keith Barr GS Caltex Corp. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. Materials Corp. Chief Executive Officer Saehong Hur Yukikazu Myochin Jungmo Hwang President & CEO President & CEO Chief Executive Officer International Game Technology PLC H&M Group Keolis S.A. Iberdrola Marco Sala Helena Helmersson Marie Ange Debon Ignacio S. Galán Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chair & CEO Chair International SOS Helvetia Kernel Holding S.A. Iberostar Group Arnaud Vaissié Philipp Gmuer Sabina Fluxá Thienemann Yevgen Osypov Founder & CEO Chief Executive Officer Vice-Chair & CEO Chief Executive Officer Intrum Hera Group ICA Gruppen AB Kingfisher Plc Stefano Venier Per Strömberg Mikael Ericson Thierry Garnier Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Hewlett Packard Enterprise Imerys S.A. ISS A/S Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. Antonio Neri Alessandro Dazza Jacob Aarup-Andersen Yoshinori Isozaki President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer President & CEO A Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation Large Businesses Koç Holding A.Ş. LIXIL Group Corp. Merck KGaA Natura & Co Levent Çakıroğlu Kinya Seto Stefan Oschmann Roberto Marques Chief Executive Officer President & CEO Chair & CEO Chief Executive Officer Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd. LLC Firm Astarta Kyiv Metinvest Holding LLC Nestlé S.A. Sandra Wen-hsiu Wu Viktor Ivanchyk Yuriy Ryzhenkov Mark Schneider Chair & CEO Founder & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Konecranes Corp. LONGi Green Energy Microsoft Nexans Rob Smith Technology Co. Ltd. Brad Smith Christopher Guérin President Chair & CEO President & CEO Zhenguo Li Founder & President Moody’s Corp. NGK Insulators Ltd. Konica Minolta Inc. Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr. Taku Oshima Shoei Yamana Lonza Group President & CEO President President & CEO Albert M. Baehny Chair Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Nidec Global Appliance Kuehne+Nagel Refineries S.A. Valter Taranzano International Luen Thai Holdings Ltd. Vardis Vardinogiannis Chief Executive Officer Detlef Trefzger Raymond Cho Lung Tan Chair & Managing Director Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Nippon Yusen Kabushiki MS&AD Insurance Group Kaisha (NYK Line) L’Oréal Magnit PJSC Holdings Inc. Hitoshi Nagasawa Jean-Paul Agon Jan Dunning Noriyuki Hara President & CEO Chair & CEO President & CEO President & CEO Nokia LafargeHolcim Mapfre MTU Aero Engines Pekka Lundmark Jan Jenisch Antonio Huertas Mejías Reiner Winkler President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chair & CEO Chief Executive Officer Nomura Holdings Inc. Leonardo S.p.A. Mastercard Musgrave Kentaro Okuda Alessandro Profumo Ajay Banga Noel Keeley President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Nomura