Doğan chair to attend Davos as sole Turkish member of key sustainability commission

Doğan Holding Chair Begümhan Doğan Faralyalı will attend the World Economic Forum 2017 in Davos, which will take place on Jan. 17-20, as the sole Turkish member in the Business and Sustainable Development Commission, which was launched in 2016 to enable the world to reach the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals. 

On Sept. 25, 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all, as part of the U.N.'s new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years.

The aim of the 36-member commission, which was launched in Davos in 2016, is to encourage businesses to take the lead in poverty reduction and sustainable development.

Members include the chief executives of multinational firms such as Edelman, Pearson, Investec, Merck, Safaricom, Abraaj, Alibaba, Aviva and Doğan Holding, alongside academics, environmentalists, trade union leaders and philanthropists.

Companies could unlock at least $12 trillion in market opportunities by 2030 and create up to 380 million jobs by implementing the key development goals, according to a study by the commission on Jan. 16.