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Sanda Ojiambo

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Sanda Ojiambo

@SandaOjiambo

Assistant Secretary-General; Executive Director & CEO of the UN @globalcompact 🇺🇳 | #UnitingBusiness for a better world 🌍

New York, USA

Joined October 2010

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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
May 4, 2024
Thank you @ABCSharkTank for having me. Business plays a pivotal role in determining our collective future, and it is important that we guide them in their strategic integration of the SDGs. #ActNow
UN Global Compact
@globalcompact
May 4, 2024
Sharks, Lions and Dragons visited the @UN to discuss how we can advance the #SDGs with our CEO and Executive Director, @SandaOjiambo. Check out the segment: youtu.be/3lIBs5pIOeA?si… #ActNow
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Concluding London Climate Action Week, there is a clear sense of urgency, but also a growing sense of possibility. As the Secretary-General underscored, our world is facing a climate crisis and an energy crisis that share the same destructive force: fossil fuels. Overcoming this
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That is where business leadership matters most, and where the UN Global Compact will continue helping companies move from commitment to implementation.
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 25
A few key takeaways from my meeting today with José Luis Blasco, Global Sustainability Director at ACCIONA and CEO of Acciona Carbon Technologies: • Sustainability must be embedded across every level of an organization - not confined to the sustainability function or the
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 25
The $4T annual SDG financing gap continues to widen. While public capital is vital, we will never close it without scaling private investment. In my latest piece for @FortuneMagazine, I explore why the next phase of blended finance must change.
United Nations: business can’t build economic resilience from the sidelines | Fortune
From fortune.com
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 25
Blended finance has grown, but it hasn't achieved the scale the world needs. The reason? It is too often designed FOR business, rather than WITH business. Corporations bring operational reality—they understand exactly where projects stall on the ground.
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 25
True resilience requires moving from viewing companies solely as recipients of capital to recognizing them as co-architects of investment. Read how our new UN Global Compact "Business-Led Blended Finance Playbook" helps companies lead: info.unglobalcompact.org/blended-financ…
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 25
As we navigate a complex global landscape, ambition alone is not enough. Delivering a just, resilient and net-zero future requires blended finance and credible transition plans that translate commitments into investment, implementation and measurable progress. Thank you to all
UN Global Compact
@globalcompact
Jun 25
At #LCAW2026, the UN Global Compact joined leaders from business, finance, civil society and standard-setting organizations to discuss how we can advance high-ambition, credible transition plans. @UNEP_FI #PrinciplesForResponsibleInvestment #PRI #TaskforceonNetZeroPolicy
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Sanda Ojiambo
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Jun 24
The question is no longer whether sustainable finance works. The question is whether we can deploy it at the scale and speed the world now requires. This critical challenge was at the heart of our recent exchanges. At the Global Roundtable on Sustainable Finance, one message
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 24
UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres delivered a powerful address at #LondonClimateActionWeek. His message to the global business community left no room for ambiguity: we are confronting a "Tale of Two Crises"—accelerating climate chaos and deep global energy shocks—and they
António Guterres
@antonioguterres
Jun 23
For climate, this is the best of times & the worst of times. The worst – because climate impacts are intensifying & the energy crisis has exposed the deep risks of dependence on fossil fuels. The best – because the renewables revolution is well underway. We have the enormous
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 24
Great to be back in Madrid! Looking forward to an impactful few days anchoring the @globalcompact Government Group Meeting & connecting with Spanish business leaders. Our focus this week: 👉 Moving from compliance to core business resilience 👉 Supporting SMEs deep within
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@SandaOjiambo
Jun 23
I was honoured to deliver opening remarks at the launch of the @sciencetargets Corporate Net Zero Standard Version 2 at #LondonClimateActionWeek. The evidence is encouraging: companies with science-based targets are decarbonizing twice as fast as required, and 90 per cent
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 23
A pleasure meeting with Jason Knauf and Rachel Moriarty of @EarthshotPrize at #LondonClimateActionWeek. I enjoyed our conversations and look forward to the work ahead.
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 23
At #LondonClimateActionWeek, the UN @globalcompact brought together leaders from business, finance and Government to move beyond diagnosis and into action. The barriers are real: outdated grids, permitting bottlenecks, fossil fuel subsidies that distort markets. But we are also
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 22
It is great to be in London for #LondonClimateActionWeek. This year, the theme "Cooperation in a fragmented world" feels more important than ever. As geopolitical fault lines deepen and public budgets tighten, business-led coalitions are the engine keeping momentum alive. I am
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Sanda Ojiambo
@SandaOjiambo
Jun 18
One of the highlights of my recent visit to Iceland was the opportunity to join the UN Global Compact Network Iceland CEO Roundtable and engage with leaders from banking, insurance, energy, fisheries, retail, pharmaceuticals and technology. Our discussion focused on how
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@SandaOjiambo
Jun 18
Iceland's journey from economic disruption to becoming a global leader in renewable energy offers valuable lessons in resilience, innovation and transformation. Our conversation explored how companies can apply these lessons to turn today's challenges into opportunities for
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