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We are delighted to invite you to the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award Ceremony! The celebration of the 2017 Honourees will take place at the Oslo City Hall on the 16^th of May from 16:00 to 17:30. We welcome you to reserve your seat today, by filling out this form. Find out more about the ceremony on our Facebook page.

Elon Musk is one of four winners of this year’s Oslo Business for Peace Award. He is given the prize for his pioneer work within sustainable transportation. The Honourees will receive the award in a ceremony in Oslo City Hall on the 16^th of May.

The three other winners are Durreen Shahnaz, Dr Harley Seyedin and Murad Al-Katib.

Durreen Shahnaz receives the award for her work in spearheading the transformation of the way financial and capital markets work, focusing on purpose and maximising impact. Her work in Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX), the world’s first stock exchange dedicated to social enterprises – which she founded in 2009, has positively impacted 10 million lives to date.

Dr Harley Seyedin is an Iranian immigrant to USA, who has spent his life building a multi-national electricity and low carbon infrastructure development business with great success in China and the Philippines. He has lived more than 20 years in China and for the past nine years he has held the position as president of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China.

Murad Al-Katib, son of Turkish immigrants to Canada, receives the Award for his entrepreneurship in leading the way in sustainable agriculture and contributing to feeding millions of refugee families in the Syrian crisis.

Elon Musk receives the Award for his leadership of the way forward in the automotive industry, and for his showcasing of business’ ability to help confront and solve the world’s most demanding and complex problems. The battery technology of Tesla has recently been successfully combined with solar energy in his company SolarCity, USA’s second largest provider of solar systems.

The full justification from the Award Committee can be read here.

The announcement of the 2017 Honourees was made by Secretary General John Danilovich of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) at an event in Oslo City Hall on the 28^th of March, hosted by the governing mayor of Oslo, Raymond Johansen.

Committee of Nobel Laureates

An independent committee of five Nobel Laureates in peace and economics selects the Honourees from a pool of nominees put forward by the UN Development Program, UN Global Compact and the International Chamber of Commerce. The Award Committee members are Nobel laureates Ouided Bouchamaoui, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Leymah Gbowee, Finn Kydland and Michael Spence.

The four Honourees will receive the award in a ceremony in Oslo City Hall on the 16^th of May, as part of the annual Business for Peace Summit. The theme for this year’s Summit is “Brundtland + 30 – Breakthrough Ideas for Futureproofing the Global Economy.” Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland herself will give the key note speech.

About the Business for Peace Foundation

The Oslo Business for Peace Award is granted by the Business for Peace Foundation. The Oslo based Foundation honour individual leaders who in an ethical and responsible way create value for business and society, and thereby help to build a peaceful and prosperous environment where all can thrive. The Foundation’s vision is that all business leaders have as their purpose to improve society — to be businessworthy.

Contact: Communication Director Elisabeth Skarsbø Moen +47 9133 5103.

For updates on the Summit and Award ceremony, follow The Business for Peace Foundation on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram! 

On Tuesday, 28^th of March, the winners of Oslo Business for Peace Award were announced in Oslo City Hall. The arrangement was hosted by Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen and we had Secretary General John Danilovich of our international partner, International Chamber of Commerce, as a special guest.

The selection of Honourees took place in London on February 9^th, where the independent Award Committee consisting of Nobel prize winners in Peace and Economics decided upon the businessworthy leaders of 2017.

Award Committee member Ouided Bouchamaoui stated: “This year again, the Business for Peace Nominees are the proof that working ethically and looking for sustainable development is viable and worthy. The nominees are accomplished entrepreneurs helping people in need and showing the world that being businessworthy can also serve the values of trade”.

We are delighted to present four outstanding businessworthy leaders of 2017:

Durreen Shahnaz (Singapore)

Durreen Shahnaz receives the award for her work in spearheading the transformation of the way financial and capital markets work, focusing on purpose and maximising impact. Her work in Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), the world’s first stock exchange dedicated to social enterprises – which she founded in 2009, has positively impacted 10 million lives to date.

Dr Harley Seyedin (USA)

Dr Harley Seyedin is an Iranian immigrant to USA, who has spent his life building a multi-national electricity and low carbon infrastructure development business with great success in China and Southeast Asia. He has lived more than 20 years in China and for the past nine years he has held the position as president of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China.

Murad Al-Katib (Canada)

Murad Al-Katib, son of Turkish immigrants to Canada, receives the Award for his entrepreneurship in leading the way in sustainable agriculture and contributing to feeding millions of refugee families in the Syrian crisis. His company AGT Food and Ingredients is one of the world’s largest lentil companies, handling about a quarter of the global supply.

Elon Musk (USA)

Elon Musk receives the Award for his leadership of the way forward in the automotive industry, and for his showcasing of business’ ability to help confront and solve the world’s most demanding and complex problems. The battery technology of Tesla has recently been successfully combined with solar energy in his company SolarCity, USA’s second largest provider of solar systems.

Please find the justification for the Honourees here. And do not  miss a chance to celebrate the winners in the Oslo City Hall on May 16^th from 16:00 to 17:30. Reserve your place already today by registering via this link.

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The theme for this year’s Summit is: Brundtland +30: Breakthrough Ideas for Futureproofing the Global Economy, marking the 30^th anniversary of the 1987 Brundtland Commission report: “Our Common Future”.

Gro Harlem Brundtland (photo credit: wikipedia.org)

We are proud to have Dr Brundtland participate at the 2017 Business for Peace Summit, giving the keynote “The State of the Union between Business and Society” at the Award Ceremony on May 16^th.

Since futureproofing is our aim, we have put great effort in making this year’s Summit intergenerational. This perspective will also shape the programme, meaning the 2017 Summit will serve as a platform for intergenerational dialogue between CEOs and board members, investors and representatives from civil society, politics and academia.

Erna Solberg (photo credit: stortinget.no)

We are also proud to confirm that Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg will attend our Roundtable conference for the third consecutive year. Solberg is also the co-chair of the UN Advocacy Group for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Adam Grant (photo credit: adamgrant.net)

Among other exiting speakers are professor Adam Grant from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, who will give a speech at the University of Oslo on the 15^th of May. He is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and creative lives. He has been recognised as one of the world’s 25 most influential management thinkers and Fortune’s 40 under 40. Grant is the author of two New York Times bestselling books (“Originals”& “Give and Take”), translated into 35 languages. His third book, “Option B” with Sheryl Sandberg, is on resilience.

Nisa Leung (photo credit: harvard.edu)

Nisa Leung, Managing Partner of China’s Qiming Venture Partners, will be speaking at the roundtable conference. Qiming Venture Partners is a leading investment firm in China which currently manages five USD funds and four RMB funds with over USD 2.7 billion in assets and investments in more than 160 companies. Leung is leading the company’s healthcare investments.

About the Summit

The Business for Peace Summit is a two-day event that has rapidly gained recognition as one of the world’s prime meeting places for leaders who have as their purpose to improve society by being ”businessworthy” – in an ethical and responsible way creating value both for business and society.

The complete program for the Business for Peace Foundations Summit, will be released within few weeks.

The highlight of every Summit is the Award Ceremony, where the winners of the Oslo Business for Peace Award are celebrated at the Oslo City Hall. This year the celebration will take place on the 16^th of May from 16:00 to 17:30. We welcome you to reserve your seat today, by filling out this form.

We also invite you to follow us on social media for updates on this event and more, and hope to welcome you at the Summit!

We are delighted to announce the winners of The Oslo Business for Peace Award 2017 on  March 28^th. John Danilovich, Secretary General of our international partner, International Chamber of Commerce, will be announcing the winners at an event at the Oslo City Hall, hosted by Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen.

You are welcome to join the event via the streaming system on our website and facebook page. Find out more about the previous honourees here.

The Award Ceremony and celebration of the 2017 Honourees will take place in Oslo City Hall on May 16^th from 16:00 to 17:30. Secure your place today by registering via this link.

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