European Development Days: Port of Antwerp participates in debate on role private sector in obtaining SDG`s
(WorldNews Belgium)

During a breakfast meeting with CEO Jacques Vandermeiren of the Port of Antwerp together with among others also the CEOs of Brussels Airlines, Delhaize and Unilever, the minister and the CEOs discussed how companies could support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were approved by the United Nations to ban extreme poverty by 2030, protect our planet and stimulate human development. The SDGs for the first time explicitly recognize the important role of the private sector in the field of international development. Alexander De Croo: `If we want to eradicate extreme poverty and better protect our planet by 2030, we need the private...