UNITED NATIONS, New York, 2 June 2021 — UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed three new members to the United Nations Global Compact Board. Stephen Cotton, General Secretary, International Transport Workers’ Federation and Marco Lambertini, Director General, WWF International ha...
Read MoreNew tool aims to accelerate action on the “G” in ESG to strengthen business culture, ethics and performance and support public institutions, laws and systems. UNITED NATIONS, New York, 1 June 2021— The UN Global Compact today launched a new tool to accelerate business action on the governance ...
Read MoreNew due diligence tool aims to help businesses uphold their responsibility to protect human rights at sea as new COVID variants threaten to further delay crew changes UNITED NATIONS, New York, 6 May 2021 — A wide-ranging human rights checklist has today been issued to business enterprises en...
Read MoreThe following is an article submitted by Global Compact Network Ukraine. KYIV, Ukraine, 23 April 2021 — On April 22, while we all celebrated International Earth Day, the Global Compact Network Ukraine was a partner at the "Sustainable Business Summit". The Summit served as a platform for 20 o...
Read MoreNew learning programme aims to mainstream science-based targets so more companies can deliver ambitious climate action for a net-zero future UNITED NATIONS, New York, April 22 2021 — With 500 companies already committed to the Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign, the United Nations Global Com...
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