(New York, 7 January 2014) – The UN Global Compact today announced that it has expelled 107 companies in the latter half of 2013 for failure to communicate progress for at least two consecutive years. The list of 107 expelled companies can be found here.
These expelled companies represent two ...
(New York, 11 December 2013) – Following International Anti-Corruption Day, the UN Global Compact and International Road Transport Union announced the Global Anti-Corruption Initiative (GACI) to fight extortion and corruption across borders.
Beginning January 2014, the GACI will analyze anti-c...
(9 December 2013, New York) – On International Anti-Corruption Day, business and other stakeholders called for anti-corruption and good governance to be included as fundamental pillars of the post-2015 development agenda, and reaffirmed a Call to Action to create enabling environments for more ro...
(New York, 6 December 2013) – Today the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (Economic and Financial Committee) adopted a resolution on the evolving strategic engagement between the United Nations and the private sector.
The resolution, under General Assembly agenda item 26 ...
(4 December 2013, Geneva) – The UN Global Compact joined more than 1,700 participants from Government, civil society, and business who convened 2-4 December for the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights – helping to bring the voice of the private sector to critical discussions on tren...