Category Archives: Press and Media Information

The Foundation is proud to welcome PRI, Principles for Responsible Investment, as our new nomination partner. PRI completes our group of nomination partners, representing investors and the financial sector. PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment.   PRI believes that an economically efficient, sustainable global financial system is a necessity for long-term value creation. The principles whom signatories commit to, contributes to creating a system that rewards long-term, responsible investment and benefits the environment and society as a whole.     The initiative was launched in 2006, by […]

From left to right: Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia (source: The Guardian) and Juan Andrés Cano, 2015 Business for Peace Honouree The Business for Peace Foundation would like to congratulate the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, and the Colombian people for this important recognition. We are delighted to see that the Nobel Peace Prize is providing a new impetus to their efforts in looking for a negotiated solution to the oldest running armed conflict in Latin America. The Business for Peace Foundation, like many others, strongly believe in […]

The Summit is open for the press to join. For information and to arrange access to the 2016 Oslo Business for Peace Award Ceremony and Summit, please contact: Bastian Klunde bastian@businessforpeace.org Tel: +47 900 95 694 2. og 3. mai, samles norske og internasjonale toppledere til den tiende Oslo Business for Peace Summit. Presse inviteres til å delta på flere av arrangementene.  Oslo Business for Peace Summit innbyr til diskusjoner om hvordan næringslivet kan gjenoppbygge tillitsforholdet til sivilsamfunnet, finne tilbake til sin rolle som samfunnets problemløser, og å bistå FN […]

FN-topp offentliggjør vinnere av internasjonal prestisjepris i Oslo Årets Business for Peace Award tildeles Sarah Beydoun fra Libanon, Dr. Jennifer Nkuene Riria fra Kenya og nordmannen Tore Lærdal. Helen Clark, sjefen for FNs utviklingsprogram UNDP, står for annonseringen av årets Business for Peace-vinnere i Oslo Rådhus. “De tre prisvinnerne er eksepsjonelle rollemodeller som viser hvordan etisk og ansvarlig forretningspraksis kan skape verdier for både bedriften og fellesskapet”, sier Helen Clark. “Jeg er også i Norge for å markere den internasjonale kvinnedagen, og det er derfor ekstra inspirerende at to av […]

UNDP’s Helen Clark promotes female business leaders driving societal change. Sarah Beydoun of Lebanon and Jennifer Nkuene Riria of Kenya join Tore Lærdal of Norway as the 2016 Business for Peace Honourees His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon to attend Award Ceremony