Sustainable Business and Sustainable Cities
Although families all over the world have transformed greatly over the past decades in terms of their structure and as a result of global trends and demographic changes, the United Nations still recognizes the family as the basic unit of society. The International Day of Families provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating...
The United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) are the blueprint for a better world. If we have any hope of meeting these goals, we are going to need to be better collaborators. Partnerships need to be created across generations and sectors. This afternoon will be the first in an exciting series of...
Living together in peace is all about accepting differences and having the ability to listen to, recognize, respect and appreciate others, as well as living in a peaceful and united way. The UN General-Assembly, in its resolution 72/130, declared 16 May the International Day of Living Together in Peace, as a means of regularly mobilizing the...
Gender equality has been the subject of much local and national debate. Locally, discussion has focused on the lack of women in the Cabinet of the Combined Authority, and nationally, there has been much debate on the gender pay gap; the barriers women face in the work place across sectors, and the #MeToo movement. This...
Supported each year by individuals, communities and various organizations all over the world, this global observance aims to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society. Listen First Building on the success of last year, the theme for 2017 is: "Listen First - Listening to children and youth is the first step...
The Value of Biodiversity While there is a growing recognition that biological diversity is a global asset of tremendous value to present and future generations, the number of species is being significantly reduced by certain human activities. The Convention on Biological Diversity is the international legal instrument for "the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of...
Join Liverpool's most exciting business community. Do you want your business to change the world? Come and join this rapidly growing global movement through the first B Corp hub outside London. The 2030hub is bringing this energised business model and community to the North West. With brands like Kickstarter, Ben & Jerry's, Method, Triodos Bank,...
This time, in partnership with Innovation Agency and Health Innovation Exchange, we’ll be talking all things Innovation & Collaboration. Speaking at the event, we have: Dr Andrew Rose, Sector Manger for Life Sciences and Health for the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) - How the Health Innovation Exchange programme can connect businesses in the City Region...
The 2030 SDGs Game is a multiplayer, in-person, card-based game that simulates taking the “real world” into the year 2030. Designed in Japan in 2016, this experience has become a powerful and impactful social phenomenon in Japan, earning extensive media coverage and reaching over 12,000 participants last year. 2030 SDGs Game events are held in...
Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is "Tobacco and heart disease." The campaign will increase awareness on the: link between...