United Nations Global Compact
As the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, the United Nations Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Our ambition is to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change. With the UN Global Compact, committed companies achieve sustainable value by delivering measurable impact to the world’s most pressing challenges.
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02-10-09
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart replies to NGO letter to UN Global Compact
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, in his capacity as Vice Chair of the Global Compact Board, has issued a response to recent NGO letters expressing concerns over business operations in Sudan
9 February, 2009
Dear Mr. Co...
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01-29-09
Calling for a New Era of Global Leadership, UN Secretary-General Urges Business Action on Climate and Other Global Challenges
DAVOS. - 29 January 2008 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged business leaders worldwide to embrace global cooperation and partnership on a scale never before seen and to eschew short-term thinking and seek long-term solutions to climate change and other pressing g...
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01-13-09
UN Global Compact Office Responds to NGO Letter
NEW YORK, NY. - 12 January 2009 - The following is the text of a letter by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, to an international coalition of civil society organizations. The letter is a response to an open letter to Georg Kell published...
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01-12-09
Investors Give New Twist to "Good COP/Bad COP"
LONDON. - 12 January 2009 - A coalition of investors worth over USD 3 trillion has today launched an initiative to help police the corporate responsibility reporting of companies as diverse as Air France, GAP Inc and LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy).
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12-09-08
Investors Focus on "Liquidity" - Companies Urged to Embrace Water Sustainability
LONDON. - 9 December 2008 - A US$1.5 trillion alliance of investors, all signatories to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, is asking 100 of the world's biggest companies to join an initiative that will improve their policies and practices around use of wate...
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12-08-08
Academic Leaders from 43 Countries Renew Commitment to Responsible Management Education
NEW YORK, NY. - December 8, 2008 - Calling for a stronger focus on the long-term sustainability of business, educators and administrators representing 170 business schools and other academic institutions from 43 countries have reaffirmed their commitment to the Principles fo...
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11-06-08
Global Business Leaders to Discuss Global Deal on Climate Change at CEO Summit in Copenhagen on 24-26 May 2009
NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN. - November 6, 2008 - Six months prior to the pivotal UN climate change conference (COP15) at the end of 2009, the world's leading CEOs will convene at the World Business Summit on Climate Change. Together, they will deliver recommendations to governments...
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10-31-08
Research Center for the Global Compact to Be Launched
NEW YORK, NY. - October 31, 2008 - The UN Global Compact has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce to create an international rese...
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10-27-08
Global Investors Urge 9000 CEOs to Join UN Global Compact
NEW YORK, NY. - October 27, 2008 - In a powerful endorsement of the UN Global Compact, a group of global investors today announced a collaborative effort urging the Chief Executive Officers of approximately 9000 companies to commit to the UN Global Compact and its ten...
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10-22-08
Businesses from Developing and Developed Economies Demonstrate Climate Leadership, Urge Action on Climate Change
GENEVA. - October 22, 2008 - More than 150 representatives of business, civil society organizations, governments and UN agencies from around the world gathered in Geneva on 20-21 October for the first meeting of signatories to Caring for Climate, a voluntary global action p...