Adam Roy Gordon
@adamroygordon
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I lead @GlobalCompactUS, the US chapter of @globalcompact. All tweets my own.
Joined April 2011
I have spent much of my career in or on the edges of war zones, but nothing quite prepared me for the breadth and depth of human suffering I have witnessed in my three years as the United Nations’ humanitarian chief. My guest essay in @nytimes:
nytimes.com
They are breaking the compact between ordinary people and those in whom power is vested.
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We are proud to announce we now have 1,000 signatories in our network! Join us in uniting business as a force for good. #UnitingBusiness #CorporateSustainability #USBusiness
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Join @GlobalCompactUS on April 19, 2023, as we host the webinar "Exploring the Role of American Businesses in the Future of Water." In this webinar, @DLaFrance_AWWA, CEO of the @awwa, discusses the "future of water" and its implications for the US private sector. #GlobalGoals
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"ESG belongs in the real world–with its advances, setbacks, messiness, difficult choices, and balancing acts." @SandaOjiambo
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ESG reporting should be more rigorous–but it’s still the best yardstick available, writes the UNGC’s Sanda Ojiambo.
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"It is a time when the world is facing unprecedented challenges, and our work has never been more important...It is all about urgency, collaboration and science" – @3M CSO & Executive Business Leader @gayleschueller. #UnitingBusiness #SDGSummitUSA
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Dianne Heiler, Senior Director of Packaging and Sustainability of Repligen, accepts her award as the winner for SDG Pioneers USA. #SDGSummitUSA Continue watching #UnitingBusiness LIVE to hear the next panel on SDG Innovation: 👉 📺 https://t.co/lZGbYXd8SM
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"The SDGs continue to be in further danger of falling off track from where they need to be. The good news is business is seen as a powerful force in driving solutions forward" – @SandaOjiambo, Assistant Secretary-General; ED & CEO of the UN @globalcompact. #UnitingBusiness
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"The SDGs serve as the world's KPIs...we will not achieve them without the leadership of business" – @adamroygordon, Head of @GlobalCompactUS. #UnitingBusiness #SDGSummitUSA
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“#Goal17 is the root by which we have to go to solve the most challenging problems” – Clinton Maloney of @Accenture. #UnitingBusiness #GlobalGoals
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It is an honor to be in DC today at the @AtlanticCouncil US-Iceland Clean Energy Summit with PM @katrinjak and other leading Iceland and US voices on a just and rapid clean energy transition. #ourclimatefuture
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The UN Private Sector Forum has begun, bringing together business and UN leadership to catalyze action for a sustainable future aligned with the #SDGs. Strong US presence at this important event. #UnitingBusiness @GlobalCompactUS @globalcompact
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It is an honor to be at the Global Africa Business Summit today. The success of the #SDGs will be determined by what happens a in Africa. #UnstoppableAfrica
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“The world is going through immense changes right now and that is putting a lot of pressure on business and we want to make sure that is in respect of human rights and peace around the world” – @adamroygordon, @GlobalCompactUS Engagement Director. #LeadersSummit
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“We will not be able to eradicate inequalities unless we are aware of the many ways they manifest” – @adamroygordon, @GlobalCompactUS Engagement Director. #LeadersSummit #UnitingBusiness
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Today at the @GlobalCompact #LeadersSummit. I'm speaking on USA session on Business, Peace, and Human Rights with illustrious speakers @USAmbUN, @Chaplain_Black, @sanjeevkhagram of @Thunderbird @DrKelvinBaggett of @McKesson, Paula Davis of @Colgate, @sheriktm of @CORE_Ombuds
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Join me at the UN @globalcompact’s #TargetGenderEquality LIVE March 15 to learn how the business can disrupt bias & unlock women’s leadership, entrepreneurship & innovation to tackle the world’s greatest challenges! Registration: https://t.co/eBt9Ncwm41
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Join thousands of global business leaders to learn how the private sector can disrupt bias, unlock women’s leadership and innovation to tackle the world’s greatest challenges on 15 March 2022.
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Join me and my fellow panelists from @CP_News @johnsoncontrols @Nasdaq and @SkyPowerGlobal at the @globalcompact's Business Ambition for Climate Action - Live from COP26, a day-long virtual experience on 10 November 2021, Register here: https://t.co/xzbV1VYjhn
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Join me and my fellow panelists at the @globalcompact's Business Ambition for Climate Action - Live from COP26, a day-long virtual experience on 10 November 2021, as we discuss US Corporate Climate Ambition. Register here: https://t.co/xzbV1VYjhn
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Registration is open for the Business Ambition for Climate Action event live at #COP26! Join me, the UN @globalcompact and global leaders on 10 Nov., to take stock of the state of the world & drive business ambition on #ClimateAction. 👉 https://t.co/rzM9E6jT70
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