Events

5th EDITION OF THE GoODS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Adela Cortina, Emilio Lamo de Espinosa and Patricia Gabaldón

The Rafael del Pino Foundation and the UN Global Compact Spain are organising, on 26 February 2026 at 7 p.m., the «5th EDITION OF THE GoODS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"

The event will take place according to the following programme:

19:00 Welcome and introduction
19:15 hrs GoODS Awards Ceremony

The three finalist projects in each of the categories (Social SDGs; Economic SDGs; and Environmental SDGs) highlighted for their ability to facilitate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through innovation will be described, and GoODS Awards will be presented to the three winning entities in 2026.  

19:30 hrs After the presentation of the Awards, a dialogue will take place entitled «A look at global solidarity in a changing world».»

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Adela Cortina, Professor Emeritus of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the University of Valencia, member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences and the National Essay Prize.

Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid, member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and National Prize of Sociology and Political Science

Patricia Gabaldón, Academic Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Professor of Economic Environment at IE University, member of the Advisory Board of the Rafael del Pino Foundation (moderator)

20:00 Conclusion of the meeting

It will analyse the current relevance of the Global Solidarity project in a context of major challenges such as the transformation of society, the fragmentation of the international order, the tension between cooperation and strategic rivalry, the weakening of multilateral consensus and the implications of all this for the projects shared by humanity.

The following institutions are the driving forces behind go!ODS, together with the Spanish Global Compact Network and the Rafael del Pino Foundation:

Accenture | Asociación Española de Fundaciones | Atresmedia | European Commission | Cotec | El hueco | Endesa | Esade | Ferrovial | Fundación Repsol | Fundación “la Caixa” | Iberdrola | IE Business School | Impact Hub |Ilunion - ONCE | Indra | Ineco | itdUPM | Prisa | Fundación Ship2B | Sic4Change | Telefónica | UNICEF Spain | Telefónica | UNICEF Spain

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