UMnu. Suphachai Chearavanont, iSikhulu Esiphezulu uCharoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) kanye noMongameli we-Global Compact Network Association of Thailand, bahlanganyele eNgqungqutheleni Yabaholi Bezizwe Ezihlangene ka-2021, ebibanjwe kusukela mhla ziyi-15 kuya ku-16 kuNhlangulana 2021. Lo mcimbi ububanjwe nge-inthanethi eNew York City, e-USA futhi usakazwe bukhoma emhlabeni wonke.
Kulo nyaka, i-UN Global Compact, inethiwekhi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yokuzinza ngaphansi kweZizwe Ezihlangene, igcizelele izixazululo zokushintsha kwesimo sezulu njenge-ajenda ebalulekile yalo mcimbi.
U-António Guterres, uNobhala-Jikelele weZizwe Ezihlangene ekhuluma ngesikhathi kuvulwa i-UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2021, uthe "sonke silapha ukusekela uhlelo lokusebenza lokufeza ama-SDG kanye nokuhlangabezana neSivumelwano saseParis Sokushintsha Kwesimo Sezulu. Izinhlangano zebhizinisi zihlangene ukuze zibonise ukulungela kwazo ukwabelana ngemithwalo yemfanelo kanye nokwenza umsebenzi wokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi okungenayo igesi, ngezindlela eziphumelela kakhulu" uGuterres ugcizelele ukuthi izinhlangano zebhizinisi kumele zihlanganise ukutshalwa kwezimali. Ukwakha izivumelwano zebhizinisi kanye nokusebenza kwebhizinisi okusimeme futhi kucatshangelwe i-ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance).
UNksz Sanda Ojiambo, uMqondisi Omkhulu kanye ne-CEO ye-UN Global Compact, uthe ngenxa yenkinga ye-COVID-19, i-UNGC ikhathazekile ngesimo samanje sokungalingani. Njengoba kuqhubeka nokushoda kwemithi yokulwa ne-COVID-19, futhi amazwe amaningi asantula ukufinyelela emithini yokugoma. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusenezinkinga ezinkulu ngokuntuleka kwemisebenzi, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabesifazane abasebenzayo abaye baxoshwa emsebenzini ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Kulo mhlangano, yonke imikhakha ibuthene ukuthola izindlela zokubambisana nokuhlanganisa izixazululo zokuxazulula ukungalingani okubangelwa umthelela we-COVID-19.
USuphachai Chearavanont, i-CEO ye-CP Group, ube khona kwi-UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2021 futhi wabelane ngombono wakhe kanye nesifiso sakhe esimisweni esithi 'Light the Way to Glasgow (COP26) kanye ne-Net Zero: Credible Climate Action for a 1.5°C World' kanye namalungu ephaneli ahlanganisa: uKeith Anderson, i-CEO ye-Scottish Power, uDamilola Ogunbiyi, i-CEO Sustainable Energy for All (SE forALL), kanye noMmeli Okhethekile we-UN we-Sustainable Energy kanye noGraciela Chalupe dos Santos Malucelli, i-COO kanye nephini likamongameli we-Novozymes, inkampani ye-biotechnology eDenmark. Amazwi okuvula enziwe nguMnu. Gonzalo Muños, i-Chile COP25 High Level Climate Champion, kanye noMnu. Nigel Topping, i-High-Level Climate Action Champion ye-UN, i-Global Champion on Climate Change kanye noMnu. Selwin Hart, umeluleki okhethekile kuNobhala Jikelele we-Climate Action.
I-Suphachai iphinde yamemezela ukuthi inkampani izibophezele ekuletheni amabhizinisi ayo ukuthi angathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni ngo-2030 okuvumelana nemigomo yomhlaba wonke yokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukunyuka kwezinga lokushisa lomhlaba akudluli ama-degree Celsius angu-1.5 kanye nomkhankaso womhlaba wonke othi 'Race to Zero', okuholela eNgqungqutheleni Yokushintsha Kwesimo Sezulu ye-UN (COP26) ezobanjelwa eGlasgow, eScotland ngoNovemba walo nyaka.
I-CEO ye-CP Group iphinde yabelana ngokuthi ukwenyuka kwezinga lokushisa emhlabeni wonke kuyinkinga ebalulekile futhi njengoba iQembu lisebhizinisini lezolimo nokudla, ukuphathwa kochungechunge lokuhlinzeka ngomthwalo wemfanelo kudinga ukusebenzisana nabalingani, abalimi, nabo bonke abathintekayo kanye nabasebenzi bayo abangu-450,000 emhlabeni jikelele. Kukhona ubuchwepheshe obufana ne-IOT, i-Blockchain, i-GPS, kanye ne-Traceability Systems obusetshenziswa ukufeza imigomo efanayo futhi i-CP Group ikholelwa ukuthi ukwakha uhlelo lokudla oluqhubekayo kanye nokulima kuzobaluleka kakhulu ekubhekaneni ngempumelelo nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Ngokuphathelene ne-CP Group, kunenqubomgomo yokwandisa ukumbozwa kwamahlathi ngokutshala izihlahla ezengeziwe ukusiza ekunciphiseni ukufudumala komhlaba. Le nhlangano ihlose ukutshala amahektha ayizigidi eziyi-6 zezihlahla ukuze imboze ukukhishwa kwayo kwekhabhoni. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iQembu liyaqhubeka nokuqhuba imigomo yokuzinza nabalimi abangaphezu kwesigidi kanye namakhulu ezinkulungwane zabalingani bokuhweba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abalimi bakhuthazwa ukuthi bavuselele amahlathi ezindaweni zezintaba ezigawuliwe enyakatho yeThailand futhi baphendukele ekulimeni okuhlanganisiwe kanye nokutshala izihlahla ukuze kwandiswe izindawo zamahlathi. Konke lokhu ukuze kufezwe umgomo wokuba yinhlangano engathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni.
Omunye umgomo obalulekile we-CP Group ukusebenzisa izinhlelo zokonga amandla nokusebenzisa imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo ekusebenzeni kwebhizinisi layo. Njengoba ukutshalwa kwezimali okwenziwe emandleni avuselelekayo kubhekwa njengethuba hhayi izindleko zebhizinisi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, zonke izitolo zamasheya emhlabeni wonke kufanele zidinge ukuthi izinkampani zibeke imigomo yazo futhi zibike ngokuphathwa kwekhabhoni. Lokhu kuzokwenza kube lula ukuqwashisa futhi wonke umuntu angagijimela emgomweni ofanayo wokufinyelela i-net zero.
UGonzalo Muños, iChile COP25 High Level Climate Champion, uthe umhlaba uthinteke kakhulu yisimo se-COVID-19 kulo nyaka. Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, udaba lokushintsha kwesimo sezulu luseyinkinga enkulu. Okwamanje kunezinhlangano ezingaphezu kuka-4,500 ezihlanganyela emkhankasweni we-Race to Zero ezivela emazweni angu-90 emhlabeni jikelele. Kubandakanya izinhlangano zebhizinisi ezingaphezu kuka-3,000, ezibalelwa ku-15% womnotho womhlaba, lo mkhankaso okhule ngokushesha ngonyaka odlule.
KuNigel Topping, iNgqwele Yesenzo Sesimo Sezulu Esiphezulu ye-UN, inselelo yeminyaka eyi-10 ezayo yabaholi bokuzinza kuzo zonke izinhlaka ukuthatha isinyathelo sokunciphisa ukufudumala komhlaba ngenhloso yokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi ebanga ukushisa ngo-2030. Ukubhekana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuyinselele njengoba kuhlobene nokuxhumana, ezombusazwe, isayensi kanye nezinselelo zobuchwepheshe. Yonke imikhakha kumele isheshise ukubambisana futhi yenze isinyathelo sokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ukuze kuxazululwe ukufudumala komhlaba.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uDamilola Ogunbiyi, i-CEO ye-Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), uthe yonke imikhakha manje isikhuthazwa ukuthi ixoxisane ngokusebenza kahle kwamandla. Ibheka ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nezinsizakusebenza zamandla njengezinto okumele zihambisane futhi okumele zigxile emazweni asathuthuka ukuze akhuthaze la mazwe ukuthi aphathe amandla awo ukuze adale amandla aluhlaza anobungani nemvelo.
UKeith Anderson, i-CEO ye-Scottish Power, uxoxa ngokusebenza kwe-Scottish Power, inkampani ekhiqiza amalahle, manje eseqeda ukusebenzisa amalahle kulo lonke elaseScotland, futhi izoshintshela kumandla avuselelekayo ukuze inciphise ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu. EScotland, u-97% kagesi ovuselelekayo usetshenziselwa yonke imisebenzi, okuhlanganisa ezokuthutha kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamandla ezakhiweni kumele kunciphise ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa. Okubaluleke kakhulu, idolobha laseGlasgow lihlose ukuba idolobha lokuqala elingenayo i-carbon e-UK.
UGraciela Chalupe dos Santos Malucelli, i-COO kanye nePhini likaMongameli wenkampani ye-biotechnology yaseDenmark iNovozymes uthe inkampani yakhe itshale imali emandleni avuselelekayo njengokuguqulwa kwamandla elanga abe ugesi. Ngokusebenzisana nabalingani kanye nababambiqhaza kulo lonke uchungechunge lokuhlinzeka, singasebenzisana ukuthola izindlela zokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwamagesi okushisa imvelo ngangokunokwenzeka.
U-Alok Sharma, uSihlalo we-COP 26, uphethe izingxoxo zokuthi u-2015 ube ngunyaka obalulekile, ophawula ukuqala kweSivumelwano saseParis Sokushintsha Kwesimo Sezulu, iSimemezelo sase-Aichi Sokuhlukahluka Kwezinto Eziphilayo, kanye nama-SDG e-UN. Umgomo wokugcina umngcele wama-degree Celsius angu-1.5 uhlose ukunciphisa inani lomonakalo nokuhlupheka ngenxa yemiphumela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, okuhlanganisa indlela yokuphila yabantu kanye nokuqothulwa kwezinhlobo eziningi zezitshalo nezilwane. Kule Ngqungquthela Yabaholi Bomhlaba Wonke Yokuzinza, singathanda ukubonga i-UNGC ngokushayela amabhizinisi ukuthi azibophezele Esivumelwaneni saseParis futhi abaholi bezinkampani abavela kuzo zonke izinhlaka bamenywa ukuba bajoyine umkhankaso we-Race to ZERO, ozobonisa bonke abathintekayo ukuzimisela nokuzibophezela kokuthi umkhakha webhizinisi usufinyelele inselele.
Ingqungquthela Yabaholi Be-UN Global Compact ka-2021 kusukela mhla ziyi-15 kuya ku-16 kuNhlangulana 2021 ihlanganisa abaholi abavela emikhakheni eyahlukene okuhlanganisa nemikhakha yebhizinisi ehamba phambili emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele njengeCharoen Pokphand Group, i-Unilever, iSchneider Electric, i-L'Oréal, iNestle, iHuawei, i-IKEA, i-Siemens AG, kanye nabaphathi beBoston Consulting Group kanye neBaker & McKenzie. Amazwi okuvula enziwe ngu-António Guterres, uNobhala-Jikelele weZizwe Ezihlangene, kanye noNkz. Sanda Ojiambo, i-CEO kanye noMqondisi Omkhulu we-UN Global Compact.