UN turns 75: Yili Group, major global companies support renewed global cooperation

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 -- Yili Group chairman and president, Pan Gang recently demonstrated support for the Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation.

According to a statement, the pledge was presented to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres by Sanda Ojiambo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Executive Director of the UN Global Compact.

Pan was invited as food industry entrepreneurs representative, along with over 200 CEOs of major global companies including Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft and Deloitte Global.

In conjunction with the UN's 75th anniversary, they support the UN call to jointly lead the world onto a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable path of development and to ‘unite in the business for a better world’.

Pan believes that cooperation for mutual benefit makes all parties stronger winners. And this is what Yili has been promoting all along.

Yili Group takes the initiative to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals, promote indepth cooperation with global partners to jointly build a ‘global health ecosystem’ and endorse sustainable development with specific programmes.

In line with that, Yili will launch the ‘Global Health ecosystem Joint Initiative’ with its global partners DuPont, Chr Hansen, GEA and Roquette at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting.

-- BERNAMA