• Women's Empowerment Principles - Equality Means Business

    United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

    The Women's Empowerment Principles are a set of Principles for business offering guidance on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. They are the result of a collaboration between the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, part of UN Women) and the United Nations Global Compact. The development of the Principles included an international multi-stakeholder consultation process, which was launched in March 2009.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Innovating for a Brighter Future: The Role of Business in Achieving the MDGs

    Dalberg Global Development Advisors

    Assesses the contribution that the private sector has made to UN development goals, including progress made since 2000. The report identifies the most significant and scalable trends. (Source: UN Global compact)  more[...]  login_required

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  • Coming of Age: UN-Private Sector Collaboration Since 2000

    United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

    Collaboration between the United Nations and the private sector has become ingrained in the way the United Nations and its Agencies, Funds and Programmes function; but it was not always this way. The report charts the evolution of UN-business engagement since 2000. Source: UN Global Compact  more[...]  login_required

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  • Moving Upwards: The Involvement of Boards of Directors in the UN Global Compact

    United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

    Advances understanding of Boardroom engagement in environmental, social and governance issues and provides a roadmap for how companies can better integrate oversight of these issues into the Board agenda. (UNGC, 2010)  more[...]  login_required

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  • A Greener Tomorrow – How Caring for Climate Signatories are Leading the Way to a Low Carbon Economy

    United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

    Analyses progress made by signatories in addressing climate change and assesses public disclosures of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The report outlines corporate leadership in climate mitigation and adaptation. (UNGC/Dalberg, 2010)  more[...]  login_required

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  • The Role of Governments in Promoting Corporate Responsibility and Private Sector Engagement in Development

    Bertelsmann Stiftung

    Reports on trends and policy options regarding the role of Governments in promoting corporate sustainability and engaging the private sector in achieving the MDGs. (UNGC/Bertelsmann Foundation, 2010)  more[...]  login_required

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  • The Global Compact International Yearbook

    Dennis Lohmann

    Since its launch in 2000, the United Nations Global Compact has emerged as perhaps the world’s most influential platform for corporate responsibility. Its structure as a global network uniquely positions the initiative to take a closer look at both global and regional developments and interpretations of corporate social responsibility (CSR).  more[...]

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    Dennis Lohmann
     
  • Dossier: The United Nations Global Compact

    The UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. By doing so, business, as a primary agent driving globalization, can help ensure that markets, commerce, technology and finance advance in ways that benefit economies and societies everywhere.  more[...]

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  • Beyond Commitment: An Introduction to the UN Global Compact Management Model

    United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

    This articles describes an updated performance model that guides companies through the process of formally committing to, assessing, defining, implementing, measuring, and communicating a corporate sustainability strategy based on the Global Compact and its principles.  more[...]  login_required

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  • GC Advanced Level

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  • GC Active Level

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  • The Learner Platform

    Editorial Team

    The Global Compact recognizes that its transparency and disclosure requirements can present a greater challenge for some companies, especially the smaller and less experienced ones. The Learner Platform was created to help those participants who have demonstrated a commitment toward progress and transparency by submitting a COP, but have not yet achieved the level of disclosure and transparency expected for the GC Active level.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Joining the Dots

    Teresa Fogelberg, Global Reporting Initiative

    The trend toward transparency on corporate non-financial performance is gaining momentum and there are a number of frameworks, systems, and principles that help companies disclose information. A key requirement for making sustainability disclosure standard practice for companies and other organizations worldwide is harmonization between these guidance sources.  more[...]

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    Teresa Fogelberg, Global Reporting Initiative 
     
  • Differentiation Programme

    Editorial Team

    The Global Compact Differentiation Programme represents a new phase in the Global Compact transparency and disclosure policy, designed not only to improve transparency among smaller and less experienced participants, but also to stimulate continuous progress and performance improvement among the more advanced companies. The Programme is designed to provide incentives and recognition (based on self-assessment) for businesses at all levels to make meaningful progress towards a comprehensive implementation of the principles in governance, strategy and operations.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Communicating Progress

    Editorial Team

    When joining the Global Compact, companies make a commitment to issue an annual Communication on Progress (COP), a public disclosure to stakeholders (e.g., investors, consumers, civil society and Governments) on progress made in implementing the ten principles of the UN Global Compact, and in supporting broad UN development goals.  more[...]  login_required

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