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    SDGs — a business opportunity?

    The private sector has played a bigger part in the forming of the sustainable development goals but now the attention turns to the role of business in their implementation and how companies will view those goals. Find out what leaders from Coca-Cola, GSK, Anglo American and FSG have to say in this video.

    By Adva Saldinger // 20 July 2015
    Devex Impact Associate Editor Adva Saldinger interviews corporate leaders about the role of business in the implementation of the sustainable development goals.

    The private sector has played a bigger part in the forming of the sustainable development goals but now the attention turns to the role of business in their implementation and how companies will view those goals.

    Companies look at the SDGs as a new market, as a series of new business opportunities, rather than just the purview of charity work or the aid community, Mark Kramer, co-founder and managing director of FSG, said in a recent interview with Devex Impact Associate Editor Adva Saldinger.

    And companies are taking notice — GlaxoSmithKline, Anglo American and Coca-Cola are all looking at how they can integrate SDGs into planning and identify the specific goals where they can best contribute.

    To learn more about these companies’ strategies and how they view the role of the SDGs for their businesses, watch the video above.

    Sustaining Development is a three-month online series exploring the post-2015 development agenda hosted by Devex in partnership with Chevron, FXB, Global Health Fellows Program II, Philips, UNIDO, U.N. Volunteers and the U.S. Council for International Business. We will look at the practical steps needed to move the sustainable development goals from concept to reality. Visit the campaign site and join the conversation using #SustainDev.

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      Adva Saldinger is a Senior Reporter at Devex where she covers development finance, as well as U.S. foreign aid policy. Adva explores the role the private sector and private capital play in development and authors the weekly Devex Invested newsletter bringing the latest news on the role of business and finance in addressing global challenges. A journalist with more than 10 years of experience, she has worked at several newspapers in the U.S. and lived in both Ghana and South Africa.

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