LIVE BLOG | PVBLIC Foundation at UNGA 80

Saturday, 20 September

United Nations Fashion and Lifestyle Network Global Spotlight: Creative Leadership and Innovation - Designing Circular Futures

The United Nations Fashion and Lifestyle Network (unfashionlifestyle.org), an initiative hosted by the United Nations Office for Partnerships, the Fashion Impact Fund - a program of PVBLIC Foundation, and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, serves as a collaborative platform connecting stakeholders across the fashion and lifestyle sectors.

This session highlighted changemakers from around the world who are reimagining fashion and lifestyle through circular design, storytelling, and ethical entrepreneurship, showcasing how innovation, community, and purpose can align the industry with sustainability and the global agenda.

Partnerships Day | Unlocking the Infrastructure of the Future: Systems. Stakeholders. Multilateralism, 80th Session of the UN General Assembly

Unlocking the Infrastructure of the Future focuses on the power of systems-based partnerships to accelerate sustainable development through innovation, capital, and multilateral action. Partnerships Day bridges bold vision and practical execution, building the systems and infrastructure that future generations will inherit.

Driving Real Impact on Hunger, Peace and Global Security

This high-level convening spotlights how next-generation partnerships, anchored in private sector capital, data infrastructure, and frontier technologies, can transform global food systems. As the world faces growing food insecurity, the conversation will explore how institutions like the World Food Programme and platforms like PVBLIC Foundation are working together to shift the paradigm from emergency relief to long-term resilience.

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Sunday, 21 September

PVBLIC Executive Board in New York City

PVBLIC Foundation Executive Board members gathered in New York. This weekend, PVBLIC Foundation board members reflected on our progress in the year to date, explored new programs and partnerships, and reviewed the exciting plans ahead.

Board members include Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, Executive Chairman of PVBLIC Foundation; Kerry Bannigan, President of the Board at the PVBLIC Foundation; Dr. Eva-Marie Muller-Stuler; Ariana Stolarz; Princess Jahnavi Kumari Mewar; and Roman Rodriguez. 

Sergio, Kerry, Eva-Marie and Ariana are pictured here with President Stephen Keppel.

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Monday, 22 September

SDG Media Zone goes live

The SDG Media Zone commences a week of conversations on the transformation and solutions needed to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Each session will spotlight pressing global challenges and opportunities, with discussions ranging from peace and security to gender equality, press freedom, climate action, global health, and more.

Organized by the UN Department of Global Communications in collaboration with the PVBLIC Foundation, the SDG Media Zone takes the conversation on advancing the 2030 Agenda out of the policy sphere and into the public discourse through impactful in-depth interviews and conversations on global issues that matter to people everywhere.

See the full programme

United Nations Day of Peace

PVBLIC Executive Chairman Sergio Fernandez de Cordova and The Nature Bank Executive Director Dr. Gene Leon joined the 2025 Day of Peace First Ladies Forum, which highlights the vital role of women’s leadership in advancing peace, gender equality, and sustainable development. This gathering united global leaders under the theme “Act Now for a Peaceful World” to drive concrete actions for peace through dialogue, strategy, and collective commitment.