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Committed Against Climate Change
Víctor Viñuales Edo
Vice president
UN Global Compact Network Spain
Executive Director
Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo
Sociologist. Executive Director of Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo since 1995. Member of the Advisory Board of the Biodiversity Foundation, a member of the Advisory Boards of Inditex and Triodos Bank, and Sol Melia sustainability Expert Panel. Member of the Board of Directors of CREAS, an organization that uses social venture capital as an investment instrument that guarantees economic returns and a positive social impact; and a member of the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation created by the Government of Spain. Vice president of UN Global Compact Network Spain.
Professor of the Executive Management Programme in Corporate Social Responsibility of the Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School.
Author of the book entitled Caja de herramientas para los constructores del cambio (A Toolkit For The Builders Of Change) (2008), and cofounder of “Sabores Próximos”, an organic agriculture business.
In order to build a low carbon economy, we need to change laws, technology and values. Multi-actor alliances are essential to achieve this integral change.Víctor Viñuales - UN Global Compact Network Spain
We need a deep and rapid transition towards a low carbon economy: companies are indispensable.Víctor Viñuales - UN Global Compact Network Spain
Investors, new laws, and consumers, will be powerful drivers towards a climate-friendly economy.Víctor Viñuales - UN Global Compact Network Spain
The transition to a low carbon economy will create new business opportunities for “climate-friendly” business models.Víctor Viñuales - UN Global Compact Network Spain