Air pollution is no longer just an environmental concern. It’s a growing business risk and a key component of corporate climate strategies. From evolving regulations to increasing stakeholder expectations, companies are under pressure to understand, measure and reduce air pollutant emissions across their operations and value chains. Yet, many organizations face challenges in integrating air pollution into their climate efforts and reporting frameworks. To support this critical step forward, we’re pleased to introduce a new foundational, 60-minute Clean Air e-learning course from the UN Global Compact Academy, developed in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and sponsored by the Clean Air Fund.

Here is the template for the 2025 CoP questionnaire. Please note that this questionnaire has been archived and is no longer in use. For the latest CoP questions, refer to the 2026 CoP Questionnaire template.

The 2025 Communication on Progress (CoP) Questionnaire Guidebook is designed to assist UN Global Compact business participants in completing the 2025 CoP Questionnaire. This guidebook offers insights into the CoP and the interoperability of the corporate reporting landscape. Most importantly, it provides detailed explanations and justifications for each question in the CoP. Refer to the 2026 CoP Guidebook here.

The official policy for the 2025 CoP, detailing requirements, processes, and timelines for submissions in 2025.  

View the 20 Cases examples for 20 years Private Sector's Sustainable Development in China  

Forward Faster Amendment Policy

2025 marks both the 25th anniversary of the UN Global Compact and the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. In this year’s International Women’s Month, the United Nations Global Compact Liaison Office in China host the China-Japan-Korea Business Roundtable: Business role in building family-friendly workplace and inclusive culture for male allyship and launched the report, Parents at Work: Companies Building Family-friendly Workplaces and Inclusive Culture with Male Allyship in Beijing.  China, Japan, and Korea, as the three largest economies in East Asia, share new demographic trends and the challenge of gender equality, which have far-reaching implications for economic development, talent management and sustainable development across the region. Regional dialogue and collective action are essential in responding to such new situations. In response, the UN Global Compact Liaison Office in China is coordinating across businesses East Asia, collaborating with Country Network Japan, and Korea to jointly publish this guide to promote family-friendly workplaces, sharing good practices and innovative solutions for business sustainability transformation while encouraging more enterprises to take pragmatic collective action toward achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Following the 2024 publication of Women at Work: Chinese Companies Taking Actions on Gender Equality, this report serves as another thought-leading knowledge product in the same series to promote gender equality, focusing on “parents at work”. The report includes: An analysis of progress made by companies in China, Japan, Korea, and the broader Asia and Oceania region in fostering family-friendly workplaces and supporting male allyship, based on quantitative analysis tools and the latest data insights.  Case studies and specific initiatives from businesses of different industries and scales in China, Japan, and Korea that support working parents, implement family-friendly policies, and promote an inclusive corporate culture, providing replicable and scalable solutions to global business.  A seven-step action guide based on the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) for businesses to build family-friendly workplaces and inclusive culture, helping businesses to take systematic actions from the three directions of leadership and accountability, management systems to support working parents, as well as collaboration in supply chain, market and community engagement. The action guide also provides tailored advice for companies at different stages of development. 

A collection of common questions and answers designed to provide UN Global Compact participants with better understanding on how to complete the mandatory 2025 Communication on Progress.

A collection of frequently asked questions designed to help participants better understand the content of the 2025 CoP questionnaire, including recent updates and guidance on how to complete it.

The UN Global Compact Academy introduces the digital Forward Faster: Living Wage Action Guide — a self-paced e-learning course designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools to drive real progress toward living wages for all.   Begin this Academy course to access the tools, frameworks and strategies needed to turn your commitment into action. Help build a fairer, more inclusive global economy by ensuring a living wage in line with the Forward Faster initiative

A new e-learning course developed by the UN Global Compact and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with support from the Siemens Integrity Initiative and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. Following the global success of the previous online course “The Fight Against Corruption’’– which engaged over 400,000 learners worldwide–this course provides a deeper, more practical approach to cultivating integrity in the workplace.

The Ocean Investment Protocol (or Protocol) is a framework for financial institutions, (re)insurers, ocean industries, governments and development finance institutions (DFIs) to lead the growth of the Sustainable Ocean Economy (or SOE) to achieve SDG14 and other related SDGs. By managing risks and capturing opportunities, these stakeholders have a central role to play — individually and collectively — to make the transition to a strong and innovative sustainable ocean economy that ensures the health of our oceans. The Protocol was launched as a partnership between the UN Global Compact and UNEP FI