KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) — CIMB Group (“CIMB” or “the Group”), together with 29 other global business titans [complete list to be included with the press release(http://mrem.bernama.com/pdf/191016%20Launch%20of%20GISD%20-%20fact%20sheet.pdf)], have pledged to collaborate over the next two years to fulfil the objectives of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance. The GISD is a United Nations’ (UN) initiative to free up trillions of dollars from the private sector to finance the Sustainable Development Goals.
Convened by Secretary-General António Guterres, the GISD Alliance – launched in New York on 16 October 2019 – was co-chaired by Oliver Bäte, CEO of Allianz, and Leila Fourie, CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, and included the heads of Bank of America, Citigroup, ICBC, Infosys, Investec, Santander, UBS and other prominent international corporations.