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United Nations Global Compact

NameUN Global Compact
Typeframework and mechanism
AcronymsUNGC
HeadGeorg Kell, Executive Director
StatusActive
Established26 July 2000

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The United Nations Global Compact, also known as Compact or UNGC, is a United Nations initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The Global Compact is a principle-based framework for businesses, stating ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption. Under the Global Compact, companies are brought together with UN agencies, labour groups and civil society.

The Global Compact is the world's largest corporate citizenship initiative and as voluntary initiative has two objectives:

"Mainstream the ten principles in business activities around the world" and "Catalyse actions in support of broader UN goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)."

The Global Compact was first announced by the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in an address to The World Economic Forum on January 31, 1999, and was officially launched at UN Headquarters in New York on July 26, 2000.

The Global Compact Office is supported by six UN agencies: the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; the United Nations Environment Programme; the International Labour Organization; the United Nations Development Programme; the United Nations Industrial Development Organization; and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

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Two Years Down Development Lane - Day Press News Tweet this news
Day Press News--The -UN Global Compact- helped operationalize the application of this agenda. PS leaders launched corporate practices, exemplary collective action and ... - Date : Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:09:28 GMT+00:00
Business awards for social roles and sustainability - Khaleej Times Tweet this news
Khaleej Times--Supported by the -United Nations Global Compact- and considered as the most significant award scheme for CSR best practices in the region, the Arabia CSR ... - Date : Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:33:42 GMT+00:00
Sustainable Supply Chain: An Overview - Mother Nature Network Tweet this news
Mother Nature Network---...- sustainability is critical to their success, according to a 2010 joint study on corporate sustainability trends by Accenture and the -UN Global Compact-. ... - Date : Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:42:34 GMT+00:00
Investors Put Gender on the Agenda - Kansas City Star Tweet this news
Kansas City Star--The Principles for Responsible Investment, convened by UNEP FI and the -UN Global Compact-, was established as a framework to help investors achieve better ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:58:17 GMT+00:00
Eskom placed third in sustainability awards - Times LIVE Tweet this news
Times LIVE--O' Flaherty said Eskom included full disclosure of its -compact- with its shareholder, as well as its commitment as a signatory to the -United Nations Global- ... - Date : Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:12:25 GMT+00:00

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