Fast-track your sustainability strategy and skills

Move your company further faster by taking action on today’s most pressing sustainability challenges with the Academy, the premier online learning platform from the UN Global Compact

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Through innovative learning experiences across key topics and languages, the Academy offers companies actionable insights and best practices relevant to your specific challenges and needs, regardless of corporate function or where you are on your sustainability journey.

 Explore Academy learning experiences

Choose live or on-demand sessions and gain new insights and best practices from world-class leaders, changemakers and practitioners on today’s most pressing sustainability issues. Learn at your own pace with e-learning courses, learning plans, and essential guides that will help you learn key sustainability concepts, anytime, anywhere.

FOUNDATIONS
Gain a foundational introduction to a topic and step-by-step guides for corporate action. Everything you need to get started.

DEEP DIVES
Narrow in on a specific topic, industry, function or geography with opportunities to start applying learning within your company.

CHANGEMAKER SERIES
Learn from, and connect with, some of the most innovative and influential people working in or with business to make the world a better place.

IN-PRACTICE EXCHANGE
Explore and learn leading practices from companies in your region.

LEARNING PLANS
Complete these curated learning journeys to gain a more in-depth understanding on specific topics and concepts.


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All employees of business organizations participating in the UN Global Compact have unlimited access to the Academy. Create your Academy account to access dozens of engaging learning experiences, track your progress, and earn certificates of completion.


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How to understand and take
action on the global goals

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Participant access
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Setting science-based targets


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Participant access
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Taking financial action for the SDGs

E-learning course
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Participant access
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Advancing decent work in business through the UN Global Compact Labour Principles

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Changemaker Series

In the Academy's Changemaker series, you meet some of the most innovative and influential people working in or with business to make the world a better place. Watch past changemaker sessions below.





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