Riyadh, April 06, 2021, SPA -- Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) has been holding discussions with a team from the United Nations on the role of the council as an umbrella for the business sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in addition to promoting the participation of the Saudi private sector in implementing the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development through the UN Global Compact Initiative, which is the largest voluntary initiative that seeks to advance corporate social responsibility and includes over 12,000 enterprises and organizations from 170 countries around the world. This cooperation comes in line with the CSC objectives of building strategic partnerships in order to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s economic position and its role at the global level. It also comes to underscore the active role of the Saudi private sector in implementing the Sustainable Development Agenda. The council and the UN team also held a workshop to discuss the desired role of the CSC to support private sector companies to join the UN Global Compact and align their commercial and operational strategies with 10 global principles related to human rights, labor, environment, combating corruption and the implementation of sustainable development goals that are mostly in line with the goals of Saudi Vision 2030. Through this cooperation, the CSC will work with UN experts and specialists to enable Saudi companies to engage in the global initiative, in order to effectively empower the Saudi private sector in the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development. --SPA 12:34 LOCAL TIME 09:34 GMT 0017 www.spa.gov.sa/w1537003