(Davos, 28 January 2011) – Chief Executives from around the world met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a luncheon in Davos today to discuss the Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership (Blueprint), a roadmap to sustainability excellence first introduced by the UN Global Compact i...
(Davos, 28 Jan 2011) – Today, a new task force of Global Compact LEAD companies with experience partnering with the UN met in Davos to discuss how both the UN and business can scale up efforts to contribute to partnerships with greater impact.
The event, co-hosted by the UN Global Compact and ...
(25 January 2011, New York) – The UN Global Compact Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) has submitted a statement to the Special Representative of the Secretary General on business and human rights, Professor John Ruggie. The statement recommends that follow-up to the UN Protect, Respect, Remedy fr...
(New York, 20 January 2011) – 2,048 companies from around the world have been expelled from the United Nations Global Compact for repeated failure to communicate on progress in integrating the initiative’s ten sustainability principles into their strategies and operations.
The number was reach...
(Abu Dhabi, 18 January 2011) – The Global Wind Energy Council, WWF, the LEGO Group, the UN Global Compact, Vestas Wind Systems, PricewaterhouseCoopers (the Official WindMade Verification Partner) and Bloomberg (the Official Data Provider to WindMade) today announced their support for the developm...