Business Leaders Urged to Adopt Good Ethical Practices to Advance Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development
Dates
13-Jul-2020
About The Event

At a recent Gender Equality and Employee Rights forum hosted by the Global Compact Network Kenya at the Villa Rosa Hotel in Nairobi, themed to make Global Goals Local Business, it emerged that there is a dire need to support more women into the workplace now more than ever before.

Speaking at the Making Global Goals Local Business Forum (MGGLB), organized by the Global Compact Network Kenya was Prof Githu Muigai, the former Attorney General and Member of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, who noted that Businesses should take pride in having a well looked after workforce and not have to choose between human rights and development.

The forum aimed to help accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) spotlighting on Gender Equality (SDG 5) and Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) at the national level.