Asia-Pacific conference on aligning corporate sustainability with sustainable development goals

20 May 2015 - Bangkok, Thailand

This conference focused on what the sustainable development goals (SDGs) will mean for business and how business sustainability strategies can be aligned to support their implementation. It also proposed tools and strategies to improve corporate sustainability and better align business sustainability strategies with the SDGs.
  

The discussion at the conference provided input to the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, which gathered governments and other stakeholders on 21-22 May 2015 to channel regional views to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

This conference was jointly organised by UN ESCAP, the OECD, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and the ESCAP Business Advisory Council (EBAC) and its Sustainable Business Network.
 

LINKS

2015 Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development

Sustainable development goals

UN ESCAP: www.unescap.org

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

OECD work on international investment

OECD work on international investment in Southeast Asia 

RELATED MEETINGS

Conference on promoting responsible investment in Myanmar, 4 March 2014, Yangon, Myanmar

Conference on advancing responsible business practices in the Asia-Pacific region, 18 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

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Responsible business conduct initiatives in Southeast Asia (pdf)
  

CONTACT

For further information about this conference please email investment@oecd.org.