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The United Nations Global Compact is a United Nations initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The UN 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. Cities can join the Global Compact through the Cities Programme.
The UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability(aka corporate social responsibility) initiative with 13000 corporate participants and other stakeholders over 170 countries with 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). and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)". Moving forward, The UN Global Compact and its signatories are deeply invested and enthusiastic about supporting work towards the SDGs
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The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The headquarters of the United Nations is in Manhattan, New York City, and experiences extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict.
During the Second World War, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated talks on a successor agency to the League of Nations, and the United Nations Charter was drafted at a conference in April–June 1945; this charter took effect 24 October 1945, and the UN began operation. The UN's mission to preserve world peace was complicated in its early decades by the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union and their respective allies. The organization participated in major actions in Korea and the Congo, as well as approving the creation of the state of Israel in 1947. The organization's membership grew significantly following widespread decolonization in the 1960s, and by the 1970s its budget for economic and social development programmes far outstripped its spending on peacekeeping. After the end of the Cold War, the UN took on major military and peacekeeping missions across the world with varying degrees of success.
The United (Arabic: المتحدين) is a 2012 film produced by Touchstone Pictures. It was conceived as Disney's first ever Arabic-language film, intended primarily for Middle Eastern audiences. Produced by Rachel Gandin, The United was directed by Amin Matalqa, written by Nizar Wattad, and features performances from Farouk Al-Fishawy, Waleed Zuaiter, Bosaina, and Amir Scandar. It was shot in and around Amman, Jordan in January 2011 by veteran cinematographer Ray Peschke, and edited by Debbie Berman. In addition to an original score by composer, Omar Fadel, the United also features a vocal collaboration between three of the Arab world's best known rappers, Omar Offendum, Deeb, and Salah Edin.
The film tells the story of a down-and-out Egyptian soccer coach, his former superstar player, and his determined granddaughter as they gather a team of the best youth soccer players from around the Arab world.
As of October 2012, the release date of The United remained uncertain, due to ongoing instability in the Middle Eastern region.
In 2014, the UN Global Compact marks the 10th Anniversary of the 10th Principle against corruption: “Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery”. Produced by LRN.
Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, highlights the work of the private sector in advancing - through Global Compact Working Groups and Local Networks - a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption. This the second video interview in a series of programs distributed through PRME & Business in Society.
The United Nations has worked since its founding to achieve a shared, secure and sustainable future for all of the world's people. The vision and aspirations of the first United Nations members in 1945, as they set out to be "architects of a better world", remain a beacon today – not just for Governments, but also for the thousands of companies and civil society organizations that have become key partners in tackling our world's most pressing challenges. Photo & Video Credits: Brian Thompson, Devin, euronews, Flashback (The New History GCSE Series), Intel Corporation, Jurjen Versteeg and Synple, Microsoft Corporation, Planetary Collective and Piranha, The Rock Family Worship Center, Silverstein Properties Inc, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
84 percent of CEOs believe that business should lead efforts to define and deliver sustainability goals. But only 33 percent report that business is making sufficient efforts to address global sustainability challenges. That's the sobering finding of an Accenture/United Nations Global Compact CEO study that polled 1,000 CEOs across 103 countries and 27 industries. This gap between belief and action indicates two important facts. Number one, that the C-suite has largely bought into the idea of sustainability, however variously it is defined in different sectors, from environmental footprint and sustainable supply chain to reputational management and values marketing. And Number two, there is a huge lag in putting sustainable goals, missions, and targets into action. Those surveyed indicat...
Almost a thousand UN Global Compact dilemma games have already been distributed, and business leaders and students from all over the world have already played the game. The dilemma game is based on the ten principles of the UN Global Compact, and players are faced with dilemmas concerning human and labour rights, the environment and anti-corruption, which they have to deal with from various stakeholder perspectives. The UN Global Compact Dilemma game is nominated in the INDEX Award: Design to Improve Life in 2011. Responsible Business Solutions (now an integrated part of KPMG's Climate Change & Sustainability Services) has developed the dilemma game that educates decision-makers in how to implement the ten principles of the UN Global Compact. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affa...
On 22-23 June, global leaders convene at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York to translate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into business action and innovation everywhere. Join us in making global goals local business.
The United Nations Global Compact is a voluntary sustainability platform which combines businesses with the U.N, Governments, Labour and Civil Society to collaborate on sustainability.
Corruption is a vice that impacts the long term sustainability of businesses which has prompted both local and international companies to commit to the UN global compact network which advocates ethical practice in business. CNBC Africa's Elayne Wangalwa Reports.
15th Anniversary of UN Global Compact
Understand the Communication on Engagement (COE) Policy applicable to all non-business participants in the UN Global Compact
A Critical Global Conversation with Ursula Wynhoven, General Counsel of the UN Global Compact, and Chief of Governance and Social Sustainability. The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative which calls upon companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals.
KPMG had the pleasure of hosting a lecture by Georg Kell, the retiring Executive Director of the UN Global Compact. Mr. Kell discussed business ethics and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the lecture was live-streamed via Periscope. View the Periscope broadcast.
UN Global Compact ED Lise Kingo interviews Coca-Cola, Mahindra Group, Novozymes, CJ Group, and CEMEX on how they are finding business opportunities in the Global Goals.
Side event on the UN Global Compact: CEO Water Mandate and the Water Action Hub at the International Annual UN-Water Zaragoza Conference 2012/2013. Preparing for the 2013 International Year. Water Cooperation: Making it Happen!
Early findings and insights from the UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study 2015 Special Edition: A Call for Climate Action which examines business leaders’ views on the importance of climate change to their business; on the opportunities for growth and innovation in addressing the climate challenge; the role of policy in enabling new solutions, digital technologies and innovative business models; and on the potential for bold action in Paris to unlock the full potential of the private sector. Panelists: * Lise Kingo, Executive Director, UN Global Compact * Peter Lacy, Global Managing Director, Sustainability Services, Accenture Strategy Moderator: * Barbara Pomfret, ESG Product Manager, Bloomberg LP
Georg Kell, executive director of the UN Global Compact, examines the role of business in development, and as a possible ethical force for good in global affairs. This lecture was delivered on February 28, 2013.
Explores the requirements of the UK Modern Slavery Act and its implications for UN Global Compact business participants who conduct business in the UK. It also offers good practice approaches that companies can take to address human rights risks.