All businesses stand to benefit from greater equality for women. We invite you to adopt the Women's Empowerment Principles – joining over 3,000 other business leaders around the world who have done so ...

To demonstrate their continued engagement with the UN Global Compact, non-business participants must submit a COE every two years. The COE discloses to stakeholders specific activities that a ...

A company’s entire supply chain can make a significant impact in promoting human rights, fair labour practices, environmental progress and anti-corruption policies. However, UN Global Compact ...

While the UN Global Compact logo is for use by our initiative only, we encourage participants in good standing to use the Endorser "We Support" logo. It can be used, for example, on websites and ...

The idea of human rights is as simple as it is powerful: that people have a right to be treated with dignity. Human rights are inherent in all human beings, whatever their nationality, place of ...

Business and management schools play a key role in shaping the skills and mindsets of future business leaders, and can be powerful drivers of corporate sustainability. Launched in 2007 during the UN ...

Is your company committed to advancing gender equality, but not sure where to start? Take the Women’s Empowerment Principles Gender Gap Analysis Tool (WEPs Tool) today to assess your gaps and ...

During the UN General Assembly high-level week and alongside the 2024 Summit of the Future, this year’s UN Global Compact Leaders Summit will again convene business leaders, UN officials, Government ...

Short-termism in investment markets is a major obstacle to companies embedding sustainability in their strategic planning and capital investment decisions. The short-term performance pressures on ...

All Global Compact operations, programmes and activities are made possible by contributions from Governments to the UN Global Compact Trust Fund and from business to the Foundation for the Global ...

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) provides companies with a clearly defined pathway to future-proof growth by specifying how much and how quickly they need to reduce their greenhouse gas ...

Business and industry associations can have significant influence on corporate sustainability. Their vast memberships span business sectors throughout the world, and they offer in-depth understanding ...