In September 2018, the United Nations launched the SDG Media Compact, an initiative marking a new drive to advance awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Compact seeks to inspire media and entertainment companies around the world to leverage their resources and creative talent to advance the Goals.
“Together, we commit to playing our part to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,” Olusola Momoh, Chairwoman, Channels Media Group-Nigeria said at the launch event. “We are an alliance of news and entertainment media and we are committing to work with the United Nations to foster public discourse and spur action on the Sustainable Development Goals. We will increase our content on the issues spelled out in the 2030 Agenda and discuss solutions. Where necessary, we will hold Governments to account for the bold promise they have made to their people and to the world.”
The SDG Media Compact is inclusive and aims to embrace media companies from all regions and all platforms. Participating organizations will have the opportunity to create content partnerships with the United Nations, whereby the organization will increase its efforts to source and share high-value media content and newsworthy opportunities relating to the SDGs. Regular monitoring and review meetings will gauge engagement.
The Compact is an initiative of the United Nations, in collaboration with the UN Foundation and with the support of FleishmanHillard.
SDG Media Compact Members
A+E Networks, USA
ACT, Association of Commercial Televisions in Europe
Al Jadeed TV, Lebanon
Aljoumhouria Newspaper, Lebanon
Annahar Newspaper, Lebanon
Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcast Development
Association for International Broadcasting
Athina 9.84 Radio station, Greece
ATTN: USA
BNNRC, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
BS Fuji, Japan
Channels TV, Nigeria
Cultura Colectiva, Mexico
Daily Star Newspaper, Lebanon
Daily Tribune, Philippines
Deutsche Welle, Germany
Discovery, USA
El Masry Al Youm, Egypt
El Shorouk, Egypt
Elshinta Radio, Indonesia
Eurasia Media Network, Azerbaijan
Euronews, Europe
Fuji Television, Japan
Gctpnews.org, Manama
Hearst Fujingaho Hearst Digital, Japan
HuffPost, Japan
IDN-InDepthNews (Flagship Agency of the International Press Syndicate Group)
IMPS – The Smurfs, Belgium
International News Agency and Radio Sputnik, Russia
Kathimerini, Greece
LBCI TV, Lebanon
Lebanon Files News Website, Lebanon
MBS, Japan
Media4Change, Lithuania
Naharnet News Website, Lebanon
NENT Group, Nordic region
NHK Enterprises, Japan
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Japan
Nippon TV, Japan
Parlez Media, USA
Phoenix TV, China
Politika, Serbia
Prensa Latina, Cuba
Reed MIDEM, France
RLL Radio, Lebanon
RRI, Radio Republic of Indonesia
Sada El Balad English (SEE), Egypt
SBS, Australia
Scientific American, USA
SNJT, Tunisia
Sparknews, France
TASS Foreign Policy Desk, Russia
TBS, Japan
TEN TV, Egypt
The Asahi Shimbun, Japan
The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
ThisDay, Nigeria
TV BRICS, Russia
TVC Communications, Nigeria
VDL Radio, Lebanon
Welad El Balad, Egypt
Ziff Davis, USA
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