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What will it take to end poverty whilst looking after the health of the planet? The UN's Sustainable Development Goals aim to do just that, but, ten years since their adoption, the United States is pushing back on them.

So can they be achieved without the world's biggest economy and what role should the private sector play in the targets that will fundamentally change the way we do business?

The UN Global Compact's mission is to get private companies involved: its CEO Sanda Ojiambo explains the problems that it is causing and why cheaper borrowing would help.

Ben Thompson also hears from the former boss of consumer goods giant Unilever, Paul Polman, on some of the practical steps companies can take to make the world a better place.