CEOs and senior UN officials gathered at a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos convened by the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, to discuss the future of responsible business anchored by the UN Global Compact Ten Principles in human rights, l...
As leaders in business and Government convene in Davos, Switzerland, for the 2024 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, sustainable finance and investment are expected to take center stage. The release of the 2024 Global Risk Report from WEF underscores how private sector strategies that dir...
Reflecting on the past year’s achievements, the UN Global Compact stood at a crossroads in our mission to advance the 2030 Agenda. Amidst pressing geopolitical tensions, climate challenges and social inequities, businesses must make more ambitious strides in 2024. The challenges of the past year ...
With more than one billion working people (a third of the global workforce) struggling to earn enough for a decent standard of living, ensuring a living wage is paramount to our achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
This week, the UN Global Compact is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Universa...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Global Compact called for greater private sector action to strengthen governance and anti-corruption efforts during the tenth session of the Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) today.
CoSP is the largest global...