Business Report :
The United Nations Global Compact Network Bangladesh celebrated Sustainability Day 2024 at a city hotel recently. This year’s theme, “Building Resilience: Advancing Sustainability,” reflects the critical moment in Bangladesh’s history, with a change in the political landscape, an evolving regulatory environment, and its upcoming graduation from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) category.
The event fosters dialogue and collaboration on these pertinent issues, aiming to set the path for a resilient and sustainable future.
The event brought together the United Nations, the government, the private sector, and civil society.
The inaugural session comprised Farooq Sobhan, the network representative of the UN Global Compact Network Bangladesh. Stefan Liller, Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh; H.E. Christian Brix Moller, Ambassador of Denmark to Bangladesh; H.E. Antonio Alessandro, Ambassador of Italy to Bangladesh; H.E. Ambassador M. Riaz Hamidullah, Additional Foreign Secretary (Multilateral), The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of Bangladesh; H.E. Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen, Ambassador of Norway to Bangladesh; and the Chief Guest, Lamiya Morshed, Principal Coordinator, Sustainable Development Goals, of the Chief Advisor’s Office.