The biennial World Business and Development Awards acknowledge the contribution of the private sector to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through their core business. The MDGs, endorsed by 189 countries, are eight goals that promote poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equality, and aim at combating child mortality, AIDS and other diseases.
The United Nations has devoted the year 2008 to build a renewed momentum around the MDGs, including special attention for the role of business in development through an initiative known as the Business Call to Action. The 2008 World Business and Development Awards is one of the central events this year that will recognize the key contributions of the private sector to development.
Introduced by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 2000, the awards have become increasingly successful each year. In 2004, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) joined with ICC to organize the awards. The true spirit of the awards lies in the pursuit of productive and innovative business-driven solutions to sustainable development.
Award recipients receive worldwide recognition as leading examples of how business can contribute to the MDGs. They will be profiled in the publications and on the official websites of ICC, UNDP, and IBLF.
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