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Closing ceremony: A new hope for the world ?
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Dame Ellen MacArthur first hit the headlines in 2001 when she raced single-handedly non-stop around the world in the Vendée Globe when only 24 years old. After 94 days at sea, Ellen returned to a different life, she had come second in one of the hardest races in offshore sailing and the response was massive.
In November 2004, Ellen becomes the fastest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed, in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, 33 seconds.
Ellen founded the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2009 following three years of research into ways of communicating sustainability and having spent time working with local and national government and in industry on Eon and BT’s Corporate Social Responsibility boards. The Foundation aims to equip young people for work in a world of increasingly limited resources and inspire them to re-think and re-design their future.
CEO of Publicis Group, the world's 3rd largest advertising and communications group, Maurice Levy is a member of the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum and has received the International Leadership Award in 2008 for his commitment on tolerance and diversity.
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Ernst LIGTERINGEN has been Chief Executive of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) since 2002. Launched in 1997 by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economics (CERES) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the GRI provides a reference set of indicators to measure progress in the sustainable development programs of companies. Ernst holds overall responsibility for GRI, including secretariat operations and the coordination of the worldwide GRI network of active stakeholders who participate in the GRI's governance, working groups, reviews, and consultation processes. Before joining the GRI, Ernst had a 23 year career in various non-governmental and international organizations including Oxfam International, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, the ILO, with missions in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
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