WHO:

250 leaders from the business, policy, and academic communities in New England who are actively engaged in global engagement and sustainable development, including the Massachusetts Signatories for the UN Global Compact, Principles for Responsible Investment, and Principles for Responsible Management Education (see complete list below).

Keynote Speaker: Gillian Sorensen, Senior Advisor at the UN Foundation and former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations.

Sponsors Include: British School of Boston, Clark University Graduate School of Management, GGA Software Services, New England College of Business and Finance, and Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

WHAT:

The United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNA-GB) will introduce the first-ever Global Corporate Citizenship honor roll, recognizing Massachusetts-based companies who have signed key principles of the UN Global Compact including the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) at Boston’s annual UN Day Luncheon. This will become an annual honor roll on UN Day in Boston as a way to celebrate the sustainable business practices of Massachusetts companies and to raise awareness about how other companies can become corporate citizens on a local and global scale.

The Luncheon celebrates 66 years of work by the UN on peace, prosperity and justice, and engages high level policymaking, business, community, and academic leaders in New England around critical issues of global engagement and foreign affairs. UN expert Gillian Sorensen will give the keynote remarks, focusing on the importance and impact of global citizenship in the 21st century.

WHEN:

Friday, October 28, 2011

11:30 am: Private Reception with speaker and Global Corporate Citizenship honorees
12:30 pm: Luncheon

WHERE:

Boston Harbor Hotel
70 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA 02110

WHY:

With the current global financial crisis, a drought causing millions to be at risk of hunger, disease, and death in the Horn of Africa, and violent attacks from Nigeria to Norway driving headlines this year, building a strong network of educated and active global citizens and corporations in the greater Boston area is more important than ever.

The Luncheon serves both as a celebration of ethical global leadership and citizenship, and as a direct community investment. Funds raised support UNA-GB’s community and classroom-based outreach in the New England area, serving more than 5,000 students, business professionals and community members annually with programs focused on translating the mission of the UN into local action.

RSVP:

Tickets and sponsorships available here: http://undayluncheon2011.eventbrite.com/.

All Media Contacts: Kaitlin Hasseler, 617.482.4587, email: kaitlin.hasseler@unagb.org

Learn more about UNA-GB's additional UN Day events, including a Model UN simulation at the Massachusetts State House and Massachusetts-wide city/town proclamations at www.unagb.org.

List of Massachusetts Signatories of key UN business principles to be honored in UNA-GB's first annual Global Corporate Citizenship honor roll:

UN Global Compact

CSRwire, LLC
Deans Beans Organic Coffee
PerkinElmer, Inc.
SABIC Innovative Plastics
Virtusa Corporation

Academic Signatories

Bentley University
Harvard Business School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College

UN Principles for Responsible Investment

(Massachusetts is a PRI leader, with signatories representing 10% of US-based signatories)

Acadian Asset Management
Batterymarch Financial Management
Boston Common Asset Management
Ceres (Service Provider)
GMO LLC
Long Wharf Real Estate Partners, LLC
The Sustainability Group at Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Office
MFS Investment Management
Momentum Partners, LLC (Service Provider)
Putnam Investments, LLC
Trillium Asset Management
Walden Asset Management (a division of Boston Trust Investment Management Company)
Winslow Management Company

UN Principles for Responsible Management Education

Babson College
Bentley University
Boston College, Carroll School of Management
Boston University, Graduate School of Management
Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Clark University, Graduate School of Management
Hult International Business School
Simmons College, Simmons College of Management
University of Massachusetts Boston, College of Management

Learn more about the different principles here:
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/

http://www.unpri.org/

http://www.unprme.org/

The United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNA-GB) is dedicated to building a stronger network of global citizens in the Boston area. From middle school students to business leaders, we facilitate dialogue and offer educational programs in the community and in the classroom to a broad cross-section of the New England community. For over 60 years, we have focused on translating the mission of the UN into local action, now serving more than 5,000 Boston-area participants annually. www.unagb.org

About UN Day: UN Day is celebrated around the world on October 24, the anniversary of the day in 1945 when the UN Charter came into effect and is a worldwide recognition of the necessity for a global body dedicated to peace-building, human rights, equality, international cooperation, and economic and social advancement of all peoples. www.unausa.org/unday

United Nations Association of Greater Boston

United Nations Association of Greater Boston

The United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNA-GB) is dedicated to building a stronger network of global citizens in the Boston area. From middle school students to business leaders, we facilitate dialogue and offer educational programs in the community and in the classroom to a broad cross-section of the New England community. For over 60 years, we have focused on translating the mission of the UN into local action, now serving more than 5,000 Boston-area participants annually.

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