The BBVAMF has also officially signed its renewal in the SDG Fund Advisory Group for the Private Sector for the 2017-2019 period
At the United Nations headquarters in New York, the CEO of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, Javier M. Flores, stated that SDGs are “an excellent roadmap and their achievement requires the cooperation of governments, the private sector, civil society and citizens to ensure we leave a better world for future generations”, during the presentation of the new SDG Fund report “Universality and the SDGs: Business perspective.”
This report examines some of the key issues facing companies when incorporating and implementing the sustainable development goals within their organizations and presents some case studies of companies and institutions making up the Advisory Group for the Private Sector of the SDG Fund. Case studies that show how the SDGs can be incorporated into the company’s activity, as well as the opportunities these sustainable development projects can create.
The methodology applied by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation and its group of microfinance banks, Productive Finance, has been one of the case studies highlighted in the report. This Spanish foundation has granted over 8.3 billion dollars in productive loans to low-income entrepreneurs in Latin America.
The points of view of over one hundred companies from around the world have been included in this report based on global dialog with the private sector. The publication also includes the vision of business leaders and best practices from both large and small companies, since the new development agenda applies to all countries, is the responsibility of all, and not only provides a space for involvement by the private sector, but also requires its active participation to speed up the attainment of these major and ambitious global goals for individuals and our planet.
Tonye Cole, Chairman of the Sahara Group, Gülden Türköz-Cosslett, from the United Nations Program for Development (UNPD), Paloma Durán, director of the SDGF, Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Peruvian Ambassador to the United Nations, Marco A. Suazo, from the United Nations Institute for Professional Training and Research, (UNIPTR), the United Nations Training branch, and Javier M. Flores, CEO of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation
On November 11, the private sector leaders that will continue to be part of the Advisory Group for the Private Sector of the SDG-F for the 2017-2019 period, including the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, officially signed their renewal at the United Nations headquarters.
Javier M. Flores, CEO of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, signin the Foundation’s renewal as a member of the Advisory Group for the Private Sector of the SDG-F at the United Nations headquarters.