{"id":19610,"date":"2019-04-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=19610"},"modified":"2020-09-23T06:28:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T06:28:53","slug":"salesforce-co-ceo-keith-block-calls-for-businesses-to-make-sustainability-a-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/salesforce-co-ceo-keith-block-calls-for-businesses-to-make-sustainability-a-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block Calls for Businesses to Make Sustainability a Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vidyard\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/play.vidyard.com\/embed\/v4.js\"><\/script><img decoding=\"async\"  style=\"width: 100%; margin: auto; display: block;\"  class=\"vidyard-player-embed\"  src=\"https:\/\/play.vidyard.com\/Q5FTbDPqnzMu1z37KXsysa.jpg\"  data-uuid=\"Q5FTbDPqnzMu1z37KXsysa\"  data-v=\"4\"  data-type=\"inline\"  data-width=\"500\"  data-height=\"281\"\/>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s businesses and CEOs are expected to play a larger role in building a more sustainable future. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/new-research-shows-sustainability-is-a-moral-must.html\">a recent survey<\/a> conducted by Salesforce Research found that 60 percent of respondents see corporate sustainability as a moral imperative. Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block discussed the corporate sustainability imperative in a new video that is part of a Business Roundtable-sponsored <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessroundtable.org\/policy-perspectives\/energy-environment\/sustainability\">Embracing Sustainability Challenge for CEO members<\/a>. The video is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nu1JGRKcEAM\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video, Block discusses the challenges that climate change brings. \u201cClimate change impacts everyone, but its effects are compounded in the world\u2019s poorest regions, which only amplifies global inequality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Block calls for businesses to help solve climate change and environmental challenges, and invites collaboration with other businesses through initiatives such as the Step Up Declaration. Last year Salesforce partnered with Mission 2020 to establish the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/company\/news-press\/press-releases\/2018\/09\/180913-u\/\">Step Up Declaration<\/a>, a new alliance committed to harnessing the power of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to help reduce emissions across all economic sectors. Salesforce was the first company to sign the pledge and is now joined by 20 other companies who have signed and made their own climate commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to take everyone \u2013 all of us \u2013 to truly drive change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>See also:<\/b> <b>Taking Action for the Ocean: World Economic Forum Panel Discussion<\/b>, with Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff, Michelle Bachelet, Former President of Chile; Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States; Enric Sala, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society, USA; and Nina Jensen, CEO of Revocean. 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