UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon notes need for sustainable growth

I am pleased to greet the fifth Multinational Corporations Leaders' Roundtable. Business has been among the drivers of globalization and has brought the world closer together. Your focus on corporate responsibility can be equally important in securing our future.

From the global economic crisis to climate change and the impact of natural disasters, governments, businesses and societies have all arrived at the same conclusion: sustainability matters. It matters for peace and security; it matters for global markets; it matters, above all, for our development as a human family.