"UN Calling on Local Business Leaders, Changemakers to ‘Pioneer’ Action on SDGs", 9 Mar 2016

To spur action and inspire businesses to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs…), the United Nations (UN) Global Compact announced a multi-year Local Network SDG Action Plan…The Action Plan is also intended to assist the UN Global Compact’s Local Networks…Local Networks will deliver “SDG Kick-start Workshops” that will engage UN Global Compact…participants to help identify local priorities and opportunities related to the SDGs, as well as highlight those who are driving sustainable development in local markets…The “Local SDG Pioneers” programme will honor select business leaders and changemakers who can demonstrate: business success through the advancement of sustainable development in their country; or that they have advocated for and mobilized action on sustainable development at the local level…“Our new annual Local SDG Pioneers campaign is designed to make global goals local business.” said Lise Kingo, the Executive Director of the UN Global Compact…The UN has also recently launched a set of tools and resources to help advance the global goals…