The first-ever UN Global Compact Academy session featured a conversation between Lise Kingo & Professor John Ruggie on the role your company can play in achieving the Global Goals, and how a principles-based approach that puts respect for human rights at the centre of business action is the best way to make it happen.

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What did we learn?

• For business to make its greatest contribution to sustainable development, it must adopt a principles-based approach
• While market opportunities can be an important driver of prioritization, a company should always uphold its essential obligations to the Ten Principles from start to finish: when creating your strategy, when delivering it and afterwards as you take stock of your impacts
• Adopting a principles-based approach also helps highlight connections between the Global Goals and uncovers strategic opportunities to magnify and multiply your company’s positive impacts

Apply your learnings

Core Session Resources

• How to Take a Principles-Based Approach to the Global Goals
• Session Pre-read including four key steps to put human rights at the heart of your business

• Blueprint for Business Leadership on the SDGs
• The SDG Compass
• SDG Industry Matrix

Upcoming Sessions

We hope that you will be with us for many Academy sessions to come, and encourage you to visit the unglobalcompact.org/academy for the latest programme overview.