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Business for Peace on the agenda for Nobel laureates

Thursday, 23 February 2017 10:46
Ambassador Mona Juul talking to Founder BfP Per Saxegaard
Ambassador Mona Juul talking to Founder BfP Per Saxegaard

On February 9th, Nobel laureates Ouided Bouchamaoui, Dr Shirin Ebadi and Finn Kydland gathered at the Norwegian Embassy in London, and were soon joined on telephone by Michael Spence. The laureates constitute the Award Committee for the Oslo Business for Peace Award. The annual prize is awarded to international business leaders who in a responsible and ethical way create value for business as well as society. The committee met in London to select the Business for Peace Honourees for 2017. The prize is established by Business for Peace, an Oslo […]

Nobel Peace Prize – A recognition and an incentive to the Colombian business leaders who act businessworthy

Friday, 20 January 2017 11:59
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endelig medieslider

From left to right: Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia (source: The Guardian) and Juan Andrés Cano, 2015 Business for Peace Honouree The Business for Peace Foundation would like to congratulate the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, and the Colombian people for this important recognition. We are delighted to see that the Nobel Peace Prize is providing a new impetus to their efforts in looking for a negotiated solution to the oldest running armed conflict in Latin America. The Business for Peace Foundation, like many others, strongly believe in […]

Watch the 2016 Oslo Business for Peace Award Ceremony

Wednesday, 04 May 2016 14:42

Here you can watch the Oslo Business for Peace Award Ceremony in Oslo City Hall, May 3rd 2016

Time to Sign the #Businessworthy Pledge!

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 16:49
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Pledge 2

As the Businessworthy pledge was handed over to PM Erna Solberg today by Business for Peace Honourees Arif Naqvi and Paul Polman, the www.businessworthy.org microsite went live.   The Business for Peace Foundation now welcomes all business leaders to commit to dedicating their effort and business into achieving the #SDGs. By supporting the pledge – you are part of a vanguard of women and men in the business community who understand that business can not succeed in societies that fail, and that the #SDGs are a once in a lifetime […]

All events, Summit 2016 – information for press and media

Monday, 02 May 2016 07:11
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Press-Media-image2

The Summit is open for the press to join. For information and to arrange access to the 2016 Oslo Business for Peace Award Ceremony and Summit, please contact: Bastian Klunde bastian@businessforpeace.org Tel: +47 900 95 694 2. og 3. mai, samles norske og internasjonale toppledere til den tiende Oslo Business for Peace Summit. Presse inviteres til å delta på flere av arrangementene.  Oslo Business for Peace Summit innbyr til diskusjoner om hvordan næringslivet kan gjenoppbygge tillitsforholdet til sivilsamfunnet, finne tilbake til sin rolle som samfunnets problemløser, og å bistå FN […]

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