{"id":18216,"date":"2016-06-23T21:35:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T21:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=18216"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:59:06","slug":"un-global-compact-launches-sdg-pioneers-to-promote-business-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/06\/un-global-compact-launches-sdg-pioneers-to-promote-business-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Global Compact launches SDG Pioneers to promote business for good"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Sustainable Development Goals (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unglobalcompact.org\/what-is-gc\/our-work\/sustainable-development\/sdgs\">SDGs<\/a>) lay out a clear vision for a sustainable future, and will shape a new era for business. The UN Global Compact is taking the lead on turning these goals into drivers for sustainable business to unlock economic, social and environmental gains for the world.<\/p>\n<p>To create momentum, Global Compact has selected 10 of the brightest leaders in promoting community sustainability to be\u00a0Local SDG Pioneers. Global Compact looked\u00a0for the best business leaders and change-makers in every region of the world who are already demonstrating how business can be a force for good.<\/p>\n<p>Questions? See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unglobalcompact.org\/what-is-gc\/our-work\/sustainable-development\/global-goals-local-business\/faq\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a> or contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sdgpioneers@unglobalcompact.org\">sdgpioneers@unglobalcompact.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meet the Pioneers:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unglobalcompact.org\/what-is-gc\/our-work\/sustainable-development\/global-goals-local-business\/sdgpioneers\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.unglobalcompact.org\/what-is-gc\/our-work\/sustainable-development\/global-goals-local-business\/sdgpioneers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:58.33%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fLi-yfMjofQ?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To create momentum, Global Compact has selected 10 of the brightest leaders in promoting community sustainability to be Local SDG Pioneers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,4,29],"tags":[469,5979,5982],"class_list":["post-18216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainable-consumption-and-production","category-news","category-sustainable-development-agenda","tag-global-compact","tag-pioneers","tag-sdg-pioneers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}