(New York, 19 September 2013) – The Pearl Initiative, a leader in the field of good corporate governance in the Arab World, has signed a strategic partnership with the United Nations Global Compact to collaborate on a number of programmes in countries across the Middle East and North Africa. A...
Read More(New York, 19 September 2013) – United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson addressed a special session of the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate, emphasizing the need for international cooperation with the business community to address global water and sanitation challenges. The D...
Read MoreCompanies Beat Overall Market – Return More Than 25 Percent (New York, 18 September 2013) – The UN Global Compact today launched the “Global Compact 100” – a stock index of companies committed to the Global Compact ten principles that shows a total investment return of 26.4 percent during the ...
Read More(New York, 18 September 2013) – The total number of CEOs endorsing the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) – offering guidance to business on how to empower women and advance equality in the workplace, marketplace and community – moved past 600 in September 2013, the UN Global Compact reports. ...
Read More(New York, 17 September 2013) – Only one quarter of UN Global Compact business participants conduct anti-corruption risk assessments, according to the latest Global Corporate Sustainability Report 2013, and there are substantial differences in implementation levels among large and small companies...
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