In USA, New York, United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit will be held. Conference will be chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and featured by an international line-up of top executives, government ministers, and heads of civil society. Mr. Rihards Svelpe, PriBalt Capital Managing Partner, is planning to attend this event by reference of George Kells' . . .

. . . UN Global Compact Office Executive Director, personally sent invitation.

Leaders Summit will be the largest event ever convened by the United Nations to address the role of responsible business in bringing about more sustainable and inclusive markets.

Coinciding with the Global Compact's tenth anniversary, the Leader Summit will provide a highly interactive platform of networking, collaboration and new commitments in support of the Summit's Theme, „Building a New Era of Sustainability".

Within the framework of this theme the following questions will be discussed: (1) Integrate principles into business strategy, operations, and governance, (2) Connect sustainability issues and actions, (3) Tackle climate change and the Millennium Development Goals, (4) Scale up collective action and public-private partnerships, (5) Build support for effective global frameworks, (6) Leverage investors and educators as ESG (environmental, social, governance) advocates.