The wheel of global sustainability is slow-turning, prompting the United Nations to ask for help from an industry that is both part of the problem and solution.
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) address the inseparability of poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation and justice as they relate to long-term human and planet preservation. Each touch point—social, economic and environmental—has a measurable, collective impact on our ability to sustain life on earth. With a 2030 goal for bringing these currently discordant notes of humanity back into harmony, and thus, humanity back from the prophesized brink, the UN has launched a plan so crazy it may very well save us all.
In this MPItv interview, Fiona Pelham, CEO of Positive Impact Events, explains how the events industry can be part of the solution by partnering with the United Nations to accelerate the world's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Between funding partners and ambassadors, the outreach of Positive Impact is close to 2 million people worldwide. Pelham is rallying the troops during the summit on social media with #Act4SDGs and the question: How are your events making a positive difference and positive impact?
To rank your sustainability challenges and join the movement, take the Positive Impact Events survey here.
