(Munich, 6 August 2015) - The Basel Institute on Governance – together with its partners, the United Nations Global Compact and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – has been awarded a three-year funding of nearly US$4 million under the second funding round of the Sie...
Read More(Beijing, 22 July 2015) – “Top ten” lists have long been a staple of comedy monologues but, as pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in China’s rapidly industrializing economy are no laughing matter, a high-level meeting in Beijing today produced a serious register of enterprise-activated soluti...
Read More(Addis Ababa, 16 July 2015) – Heads of State, Government and High Representatives reached agreement at the United Nations Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia today, putting forward an outcome document which includes strong references to the critica...
Read More(Addis Ababa, 14 July 2015) – Meeting today with CEOs, heads of state and ministers at a forum on the sidelines of a global finance summit, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the corporate community “to be our partners in supporting and financing this agenda.” The call came on the second ...
Read More(New York, 30 June 2015) – The United Nations Global Compact continues to see growth in the number of participants as well as an overall improvement in the quantity and quality of the reports submitted. Reporting among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains a challenge, and the UN Glo...
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