(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...
Corporate leaders meet UN Member States to address role of business in advancing sustainability
(New York, 10 January 2011) – Meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, business leaders in Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012 (BASD 2012) and representatives of UN Member States discuss...
(Luxor, 12 December 2010) – A high-level forum on human trafficking, bringing together over 200 leaders from business, government, civil society, academia, and the media concluded in Luxor/Egypt today. The event had been convened by End Human Trafficking Now! (EHTN) and the Global Initiative to F...
(New York, 10 December 2010) – Today the UN Global Compact Working Group on the 10th Principle against Corruption concluded its 7th meeting at United Nations Headquarters. Bringing together over 100 representatives of business, investors, civil society, business associations and international org...