11.14.2006 - 03:30pm ET

(CSRwire) (New York) - The Global Compact presents Issue 4, 2006 of the Compact Quarterly, a publication featuring articles, interviews and news on corporate responsibility.

This issue of the Compact Quarterly spotlights the role that corporate responsibility can play in the growth and success of emerging market companies, with the lead article contributed by Mr. Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the UNDP ("The Rise of Southern Multinationals: Towards a More Inclusive Globalization"). Additional articles and case stories on this topic are contributed by the International Finance Corporation ("IFC Investment Standards Drive Positive Change: Soy Production in the Amazon"), the UN Global Compact Office ("Are Emerging Market TNCs Sensitive to Corporate Responsibility Issues?") and CEMEX ("Building Business by Building Houses").

Other articles in the Compact Quarterly include "Human Security Solutions Require Sustainable Enterprise", "Conversation with Ernst Ligteringen on Sustainability Reporting", "Stepping-Up, Scaling-Up", as well as information on new corporate responsibility tools.

Read this issue of the Compact Quarterly: www.enewsbuilder.net/globalcompact

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