Unglobalcompact - unglobalcompact.org
General Information:
Latest News:
Korean Business Leaders Step Up to Advance Peace 27 Aug 2013 | 02:14 am
(Seoul, 26 August 2013) – Korean business leaders expressed strong interest in taking action to advance peace in the workplace, marketplace and local communities during a visit today by UN Secretary-G...
UNDP and UN Global Compact Team Up to Advance Sustainable Procurement at the UN 16 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
(New York, 16 August 2013) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Global Compact have joined forces to launch a new vendor outreach effort to improve corporate sustainability in proc...
Chinese Business Representatives Commit to Address Climate Change 31 Jul 2013 | 06:55 am
(Beijing, 24 July 2013) – Chinese business leaders today publicly announced their commitments to address climate change and promote low-carbon development at the China Summit on Caring for Climate.
NYSE Euronext Joins the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative 24 Jul 2013 | 04:55 am
(New York, 24 July 2013) – NYSE Euronext, parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, today announced that it will join the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative to promote su...
UN Global Compact Expels 99 Companies in First Half of 2013 1 Jul 2013 | 11:10 pm
(New York, 1 July 2013) – The UN Global Compact today announced that it has expelled 99 companies in the first half of 2013 for failure to communicate progress for at least two consecutive years. A pu...
Business Mobilizes in Support of UN Peacebuilding Mission 27 Jun 2013 | 02:49 am
(New York, 25 June 2013) – In an unprecedented joint effort, the UN Global Compact and the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) convened a one-day conference on the theme of “Business for Peacebuilding” ...
Secretary-General Meets with Global Compact CEOs at Caring for Climate Event in China 26 Jun 2013 | 10:02 pm
(18 June 2013, Beijing) – As part of an official visit to China, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with a group of Global Compact CEOs at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing. Centered on the the...
B20 Announces the Creation of its Collective Action Hub on Anti-Corruption 20 Jun 2013 | 11:17 pm
(St. Petersburg, June 20, 2013) – The B20 Task Force on Transparency and Anti-Corruption announced today that it will create a Collective Action Hub to advance the fight against corruption at the loca...
Business Leaders Committed to Support Global Priorities as UN Works to Set Post-2015 Agenda 18 Jun 2013 | 05:21 am
(New York, 18 June 2013) – A new report submitted to the office of the UN Secretary-General urges that, in the era following the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the UN devel...
UN Global Compact Launches the 101st Local Network in Canada 13 Jun 2013 | 01:34 am
(Toronto, 13 June 2013) – The UN Global Compact officially launched the Global Compact Local Network today in Canada. Attended by over 100 executives of Global Compact participating companies, and rep...
