"Global Business Summit opens in Jakarta to promote sustainable Belt and Road Infrastructure Cooperation" Associated Press of Pakistan, 26 May 2025

The inaugural Global Business Summit on Belt and Road Infrastructure Investment for Better Business, Better World and Sustainable Development Goals officially opened in Jakarta.

[...] the Summit convened leaders from government, business, international organizations, academia, think tanks, and non-governmental organizations to explore how to promote inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development globally through building high-quality cooperation along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The event was co-hosted by Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Resident Coordinator in China, along with Linda Painan and Henry Sun from the business sector. Additionally, Li Junhua, UN Under-Secretary-General, and Sanda Ojiambo, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, delivered remarks via video from UN Headquarters.

In his video address, Li Junhua [...] emphasized the importance of sustainable infrastructure.

As one of the key outcomes of the Summit, Ms. Liu Meng, Head of China Office of the United Nations Global Compact, officially announced the launch of the report titled ‘Transition Finance for Sustainable Development of Traditional Industries’ [...]. It aims to explore the critical role of transition finance in promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of traditional industries, and providing policy recommendations and practical references to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Summit also launched the ‘Sino-Indonesia Corporate Community Action Network to accelerate the SDGs’, the Initiative for Global Solar Sustainable Alliance (GSSA) to accelerate Energy Transition.

At the Summit, the Joint Statement of the High-Level Steering Committee of the United Nations Global Compact on ‘Sustainable Infrastructure for the Belt and Road Initiative to Accelerate the SDGs’ was officially launched.

The High-Level Steering Committee comprised more than 20 senior representatives from various countries and sectors.

The Summit featured a series of roundtable discussions centered on four key themes: Construction of a Sustainable Supply Chain in the Green Mineral and New Energy Industries, Traditional Medicine for High Quality Belt and Road to accelerate Health for All, Green Industrial Park Construction and Enterprise Compliance and ESG Management in Overseas Investment.