Largest global CEO study on sustainability, by UN Global Compact and Accenture, identifies approaches that combine high performance in market leadership and sustainability (New York, 20 September 2013) – More than two thirds of chief executives - 67 percent - believe that business is not doing...
Read More(New York, 20 September 2013) – Over a thousand CEOs and C-suite executives drawn to New York for the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit are expected to endorse an architecture for engagement unveiled by the United Nations Secretary-General this morning. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that B...
Read More(New York, 20 September 2013) – A framework for business to engage in education was launched this morning by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a CEO summit in New York. Developed by UNESCO, UNICEF, the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, and the UN Global Compact, The Smartest Investment: A...
Read More(New York, 20 September 2013) – Covering more than 1,000 international companies with operations in the region, as well as local and regional companies, the Africa Sustainability Barometer gauges the state of corporate sustainability reporting on the continent. A new joint initiative of the Unite...
Read More(New York, 20 September 2013) – After UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a high-level audience that “Africa is rising to its challenges” and that “African corporate leaders are playing a key role”, business, government, academic and civil society leaders met to discuss a private sector approac...
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