(New York, 22 June 2016) – Today at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2016, more than 600 business leaders from 75 countries joined leaders from civil society, the UN and Government to advance private sector actions for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Open...
(New York, 22 June 2016) – Today at the United Nations, the UN Global Compact unveiled a multi-year strategy to drive business awareness and activity that supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Key elements of the new Making Global Goals Local Business strat...
Posted by Lise Kingo, Executive Director, UN Global Compact on the Huffington Post Blog on 22 June 2016
Today, more than 1,000 leaders from business, finance, civil society and academia will gather in the UN General Assembly Hall to kick off the 2016 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit. They come...
(New York, 31 May 2016) – Today, the UN Global Compact and Volans announced a partnership to develop the Breakthrough Innovation Platform to drive radical new business models to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by connecting traditional companies with innovators and entrepreneu...
Posted by Lise Kingo, Executive Director, UN Global Compact on the Huffington Post Blog on 24 May 2016
Over the last two days in Istanbul, more than six thousand people from across all sectors have come together for the first ever World Humanitarian Summit. It has been amazing to take part in ...