Conversations about young people tend to focus on how they will shape the future. But Luísa Franco Machado, a Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations, offers a ...

The first-ever UN Global Compact Academy session featured a conversation between Lise Kingo & Professor John Ruggie on the role your company can play in achieving the Global Goals, and how a ...

Alice Laugher is unswerving in her commitment to help women in conflict-ridden regions around the world take control of their lives. As Chief Executive Officer of Committed to Good, Alice has ...

In September 2015, all 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted a plan for achieving a better future for all — laying out a path over the next 15 years to end extreme poverty, fight inequality ...

Although important progress has been made by the business community, we have a lot more work to do to achieve our vision of a better and more sustainable future for all. Not only do the Sustainable ...

Inspire participants’ organizational learning, and support companies to develop and implement corporate sustainability strategies, operations and management practices in line with the Global Compact ...

Tânia Conte Cosentino has worked to incorporate the Global Goals into her company’s business strategies, including energy efficiency, affordable access to energy and water, sustainable industrial ...

The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted in September 2016 by the UN General Assembly calls for the active participation of the private sector in implementing the commitments made ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a Central African country with vast mineral wealth, including reserves of cassiterite (tin), columbite-tantalite (a source of tantalum), wolframite ...

Post-harvest losses represent one of the biggest challenges smallholder farmers face in Malawi. Without proper storage facilities to hold their agricultural outputs, farmers are forced to sell their ...

For leather goods company Adiantes, ensuring fair living wages is about more than just setting salaries above national or local averages — it’s about long-term financial stability for its employees.

The Global Compact Office offers regular short, free of charge, online seminars (webinars) that provide useful guidance for new participants and introduce the Communication on Progress.