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On October 29th, EADA took part in the gathering organised in Madrid by the Spanish Network for the United Nations Global Compact, which was attended by Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations general secretary, and by around thirty of the country’s most important corporate leaders. The business school, which has been a part of the executive committee of the Global Compact since 2012, was represented by its general director, Miquel Espinosa, who is fully committed to socially responsible management based on the Ten Principles of the Global Compact –focused on human and labour rights, the environment and the struggle against corruption–.

The private sector’s new role

The main objective of the gathering was to brief the private sector on the Development Agenda presented last September and to inspire them to take action. According to Ban Ki-moon “in the new scenario, the private sector plays a fundamental role in the success of each of the global goals”. In his opinion, “the corporate community is mobilising more than ever as more and more companies realise that a safer and sustainable world is synonymous with stronger companies and more prosperous markets”.

The environment and the refugee crisis

In addition to their involvement in local and international development, the general secretary urged the companies to commit themselves to preserving the environment and to the refugee crisis. As regards the first issue, he emphasised the need to muster the support of all corporate leaders “in order to show the world that green businesses are good businesses”. Addressing the refugee crisis, he launched a philanthropic message and urged those attending to “consider taking actions with a view to the common good through hiring, supply chains, technology and loans”.

The Global Compact

The United Nations Global Compact is the largest public-private partnership in the world for sustainability development. In Spain alone, Global Compact has 2,600 members and 434 partners, with 12,500 companies worldwide in 145 different countries working to promote its Ten Principles.

Giorgia Miotto, External Relations and Communications Director at EADA, and member of the executive committee of the Global Compact Network, attended the event, together with EADA’s general director, Miquel Espinosa.

In the photo taken, Ban Ki-moon alongside Miquel Espinosa, EADA’s general director, and the following country’s leading corporate managers: Abengoa (José Domínguez Abascal), Acciona (José Manuel Entrecanales Domecq), Agbar (Narciso Berberana), Caixabank (Gonzalo Gortazár), CEOE (Ana Plaza), Coato (José Luis Hernández Costa), Cofides, S.A (Salvador Marín Hernández),  Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira, S.L.P. (Jorge Badia), Enagas (Antonio Llardén Carratalá), Endesa (José Damián Bogas Galvez), Esade (Javier Solana), Ferrovial (Rafael del Pino), Fund. Rafael del Pino (María del Pino), BBVA (José Manuel González-Páramo), Iberdrola (Francisco Martínez Córcoles), ICO (Irene Garrido), IE (Santiago Iñiguez), Javierre (Antonio Javierre), MAEC (Ignacio Ybañez), Mahou San Miguel (Eduardo Petrossi), Mapfre, S.A (Esteban Tejera), OHL (Josep Piqué), OIT (Joaquín Nieto),  Red Española del Pacto Mundial (Angel Pes e Isabel Garro),  REE (Juan Lasala Bernad), Repsol S.A. (Luis Suárez de Lezo), Santander (Rodrigo Echenique Gordillo), SIGRE Medicamento y Medio Ambiente, S.L. (Juan Carlos Mampaso), Telefónica (Fernando Almansa).