Director, Governance and Sustainability, Sahara Group, Pearl Uzokwe, has said that strategic engagement of the private sector is critical to achieving most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the globe.
Mrs Uzokwe told Asharami TV, a Sahara Group thought leadership platform, that she would provide insight on how the private sector can become the engine room for driving the SDGs at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Week on Private Finance for Sustainable Development in France.
She will join a dais of panelists to have an open and inclusive dialogue on accelerating progress towards more effective Private Sector Engagement (PSE) through development co-operation on Thursday.
Other panelists include Egypt’s Minister of Investment and International Co-operation, Sahar Nasr; Deputy Director General BMZ, Germany, Uta Bollhof and others.
The event is a specialised policy dialogue being promoted by the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation and will have business leaders, investors, senior policy makers from governments, civil society, trade unions, parliaments and international organisations in attendance.
Speaking ahead of the event, Uzokwe said, “We are beginning to see a paradigm shift in the way the private sector tackles societal issues. Businesses are not islands and as such cannot succeed in a failing world. It is no longer okay to operate solely for revenue generation.
“Societal issues are both business issues and opportunities. Sahara Group remains committed to partnering with the public sector, government and civil society towards the attainment of sustainable solutions.”
