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As the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, the United Nations Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Our ambition is to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change. With the UN Global Compact, committed companies achieve sustainable value by delivering measurable impact to the world’s most pressing challenges. 

SDG Summit USA

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US Business Leaders Convene at SDG Summit USA for Collective Action on Global Goals

SDG Summit USA highlighted opportunities for US businesses to amplify their impact and establish leadership in propelling the SDGs forward.

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Companies Need to Set More Ambitious Targets to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, United Nations Global Compact Report Shows

UN Global Compact Defines New Level of Ambition for Corporate Sustainability

Media Advisory: Heads of State to Join Business Leaders and UN Chiefs to Discuss COVID-19, Inequality and Climate Crises at the UN Global Compact 20th Anniversary Leaders Summit

United Nations Global Compact Launches the Ocean Stewardship 2030 Report

UN Secretary-General Appoints Sanda Ojiambo as Next Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact

Over 150 Global Corporations Urge World Leaders for Net-zero Recovery From COVID-19

Disruption of Ocean Supply Chains Due to COVID-19 to Cause Significant Global Shortages

Media Advisory: New Leadership For A Global Crisis

UN Global Compact and Five Partner Organizations Ring the Bell for Gender Equality at 75 Stock Exchanges Globally

United Nations Global Compact Launches New Tool to Improve Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains

Uniting Business to Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak

United Nations Global Compact Calls for Companies to Set Ambitious Corporate Targets for Women’s Business Leadership With Launch of New Target Gender Equality Initiative

United Nations Global Compact Updates Guidance to Help General Counsel Drive the Corporate Sustainability Agenda

United Nations Global Compact Issues New Guidance for Companies to Leverage Technology and Innovation to Advance Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations Global Compact Issues New Guidance for Private Sector to Grow Sustainability Through Investments in Emerging and Frontier Markets

Campaigns

Sustainable Development Goals
In September 2015, all 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted a plan for achieving a better future for all – laying out a path over the next...

UN Global Compact 2018 Leaders Summit
UN Global Compact 2018 Leaders Summit

Caring for Climate
Launched by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2007, “Caring for Climate” is the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme and the...

Uniting Business and Governments to Recover Better
The following is a joint press release by the Science Based Targets initiative, the UN Global Compact, and the We Mean Business coalition In largest...

Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) – Equality Means Business
The Women's Empowerment Principles – Equality Means Business is a joint initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact. The Principles outline seven...

UN Global Compact 2017 Leaders Summit
The UN Global Compact Leaders Summit (21 September, New York) brings together an international community of leaders from business, civil society...

The Global Compact in Africa
The potential for economic growth and inclusion in Africa is at an all time high – with private sector investments and operations providing the...

Caring for Climate Business Forum at COP21 Paris
The voice of responsible business at COP21 Paris. As the official platform for business at the climate negotiations, the UN Global Compact is...

Global Compact+15: Business as a Force for Good
Corporate sustainability is changing the way the world works. A CEO summit last month in Paris marked a transition from businesses as core causes of...

Guide to Corporate Sustainability: Shaping a Sustainable Future
Lays out five defining features of corporate sustainability, which the UN Global Compact asks businesses to strive towards – looking at why each...

Global Compact LEAD – Innovation through Action
Global Compact LEAD is an exclusive platform designed to engage the most committed companies within the Global Compact to lead the way to a new era of...

UN Private Sector Forum 2014
Convened by the UN Global Compact in close cooperation with the World Bank Group, and with the support of UN partners, the UN Private Sector Forum...

UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2013: Architects of a Better World
Chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2013: Architects of a Better World (19-20 September) will bring...

Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum
Hosted by the UN Global Compact, in cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil, the Rio+20...

UN Private Sector Forum on Sustainable Energy for All
The UN Private Sector Forum 2011 will focus on the role of the private sector in supporting the Secretary-General’s strategy on Sustainable Energy for...

UN Global Compact Week
UN Global Compact Week will convene practitioners who are engaged in the initiative’s working groups, issue platforms and Local Networks. The Week...

Private Sector Track of the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries
Held every ten years, the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) will bring together international leaders from...

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