Tag: global compact

New Strategic Plan for UN Global Compact

The United Nations has announced a new three-year strategic plan to increase and accelerate corporate sustainability and principled business. “The United Nations Global Compact is uniquely positioned to support companies on their journey to align their practices to a sustainable… Read More

UNDP Launches New Initiative To Address Issues Related to Global Pandemic

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UN Global Compact) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have announced the establishment of the COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility, a global initiative and collaboration bringing… Read More

UN Report Calls for More Business Action on Sustainability

To truly succeed in driving sustainability outcomes, organizations need to focus on making sustainability sustainable.

Sustainability Includes the Fight for Basic Human Rights

Human rights are our ultimate tool to help societies grow in freedom, and we must rid the world of abuse, exploitation, marginalization, racism, torture and all exclusion.

Life on Land Is Threatened by Over-Development and Extinction

We must move from the very real incremental change that we have created to a model that continues to push incremental wins while also fundamentally reaching for transformational change

Life Below Water Is Essential to Life on Land

The ocean produces half of the oxygen we breathe and provides food for 3.2 billion people around the world.

Immediate Action Needed To Combat Climate Change

2020 must be the year we collectively show—through concrete action—that we are truly committed to build a healthier, safer, more sustainable and resilient future for all people.