After announcing his impending retirement after nine years as CEO of global risk management specialist DNV GL, Henrik Madsen this week starts a new role as the latest board member at the UN Global Compact – the world's largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative.

How do you view your role on the UN Global Compact board, and the business priorities which need to be advanced during the next three years?

I personally believe a sustainable, inclusive economy is one in which economic growth, social equity and human development go hand-in-hand with environmental security – in other words a sustainable economy.

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