UN Global Compact Bulletin (December 2015)

Dec 3, 2015 2:30 PM ET

UN Global Compact Bulletin (December 2015)

The Voice of Responsible Business at COP21 Paris

As the official platform for business at the climate negotiations, the Global Compact is providing daily insights on business-climate action, showing the unstoppable momentum towards a green future. Read a message from our Executive Director Lise Kingo and visit the Caring for Climate Business Forum page regularly for the latest updates and to watch the livestream of the Forum.

NEWS & UPDATES

  • Global Compact Helps Connect Respect for Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals at Annual Forum on Business & Human Rights
  • Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study Finds That Majority of Business Leaders Call for a Climate Change Agreement in Paris to Support Private Sector Investment
  • Global Compact, ABA and World Bank Team Up to Demonstrate How In-House Lawyers Can Be Leaders in Advancing Corporate Sustainability and the Rule of Law

LOCAL NETWORK NEWS

  • Local Networks in Latin America Gather in Chile for Regional Meeting
  • Local Networks in Africa Gather in Lagos for Annual Regional Meeting

FROM OUR LIBRARY

  • Executive Guide to Carbon Pricing Leadership: A Caring for Climate Report
  • The UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study Special Edition: A Call to Climate Action
  • Partner with Business Schools to Advance Sustainability: Ideas to Inspire Action
  • Eliminating Recruitment Fees Charged to Migrant Workers

ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE

  • Support the Business Action Pledge in Response to the Refugees Crisis
  • Sign Open Letter: Call on Academic Institutions to Incorporate Human Rights in Management Education

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Caring for Climate Business Forum (Paris)
  • 17th Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting (Nairobi)
  • 2016 Women’s Empowerment Principles Annual Event Business Partners for Gender Equality: Multipliers for Development (New York)
  • Introduction to the ITC Standards Map for Global Compact Participants – Español (Webinar)
  • Introduction to the ITC Standards Map for Global Compact Participants (Webinar)
  • Introduction to the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework (Webinar)
  • Overcoming External Constraints to Scale in Inclusive Business (Webinar)
  • Promoting Safe and Sustainable Supply Chains: Experiences from the Garment Sector in Bangladesh (Webinar)
  • Creating a Gender-Inclusive Supply Chain: Moving from Data to Action (Webinar)