The United Nations Global Compact and RICS issued a call to organisations in the land, construction and real estate sector, and those working with them, to take a leading role in global efforts to drive responsible and sustainable business practices. ‘Advancing Responsible Business Practices in Land, Construction, Real Estate Use and Investment’, was launched […]
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Vandaag 25 september, tijdens de SDG Action Day, presenteert Global Compact Netwerk Nederland een publicatie, met concrete handreiking aan het bedrijfsleven om werk te maken van meer impact op de Sustainable Developments Goals. Tevens is 25 september de startdag van het SDG Ambition Programma. Reeds een jaar geleden hebben regeringsleiders en CEO’s vastgesteld dat de […]
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Nouryon, a global specialty chemicals leader, announced today that it is further strengthening its sustainability commitments by joining the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. The Global Compact is an international initiative that brings companies together with UN agencies and labor and civil society organizations to support universal principles on human rights, labor, environment, and […]
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Ze zwemmen in het geld, houden de touwtjes van de wereldeconomie in handen en bekennen zich tot verantwoord ondernemen. Vandaag (5 juli) en morgen zitten in Genève leiders van meer dan 3.000 bedrijven samen die deel uitmaken van de Global Compact. Zeven jaar nadat de voormalige VN-secretaris-generaal Kofi Annan het initiatief in het leven riep, blijven nieuwe leden toestromen. Maar het is nog altijd niet duidelijk wat het nu eigenlijk oplevert.
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Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and Global Compact Network Netherlands (GCNL) are joining forces to use management knowledge to advance the positive impact of businesses towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They signed the alliance at GCNL’s annual meeting, where they launched their SDG progress report ‘Business on their way to 2030’ which was hosted at Erasmus […]
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Met de toetreding tot het UN Global Compact Network Netherlands, ondersteunt de Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER) het doel van deze organisatie om internationaal maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen (IMVO) te bevorderen bij het bedrijfsleven. Ook brengt de SER kennis en ervaring in op het gebied van IMVO en profiteren de achterbannen van beide organisaties van elkaars netwerken. Merei […]
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More than 600 companies expelled from UN’s high-profile CSR initiative after failing to report on progress.
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CEOs are facing an enormously challenging global context, with the vast majority (93%) experiencing 10 or more simultaneous challenges to their businesses and 87% warning that current levels of disruption will limit delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), finds the largest CEO study on sustainability ever conducted by the UN Global Compact and […]
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Friday, on World Oceans Day, the United Nations Global Compact launched the newly formed Sustainable Ocean Business Action Platform — a three-year global programme bringing together business, civil society, the UN and Governments to advance the ocean economy and sustainable development. The ocean, the world’s greatest common resource, holds a great potential to deliver on […]
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While real progress has been made by the business community, action to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is not advancing at the speed or scale required. Our insights show that awareness for the Sustainable Development Goals is high among companies, but they lack the tools and direction to get started and take action. That’s […]
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Long-term business success matters – and so do your workers, communities and the planet. The UN Global Compact helps you do business right for all. 20 Years ago then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed to the business leaders of the world to initiate a Global Compact of shared values and principles to give a human face to […]
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Global Compact Office. The purpose of this Memorandum is to encourage cooperation and mutual support between ISO and the Global Compact Office. Specifically, both parties agreed to collaborate extensively on the development, promotion and support of the new ISO International Standard on Social Responsibility, which will be consistent with the Global Compact’s ten principles. “This collaboration marks a major step forward for coherence in the field of social responsibility and lays a key foundation for the development and future success of the SR standard itself,” said Georg Kell, Executive Director of the Global Compact Office.
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