New Tools & Resources
Global Compact Brochure (updated)
A brief introduction to the Global Compact, outlining the main objectives of the initiative and the business case for participation, as well as some of the ways in which companies can engage. Download.
The United Nations and the Private Sector - A Framework for Collaboration
Outlines different ways in which the private sector can collaborate with UN agencies, funds and programmes to address global challenges. The short brochure describes how business can contribute through their core business operations, social investments and philanthropy, and advocacy, policy dialogue and institutional frameworks. Download.
Combating Forced Labour - A Handbook for Employers and Business
Provides guidance to employers’ organizations and individual companies on forced labour and human trafficking, including practical tools and materials that help identify what forced labour is, why it is a concern for business, and actions that can be taken to address it. Produced by the ILO. Download.
Food Sustainability - A Guide to Private Sector Action
Features 37 examples of best and emerging practices in seven key areas relating to food sustainability (e.g. agricultural inputs, financial mechanisms), as well as suggested actions for businesses to contribute in these areas. Produced by the Global Compact Office, in partnership with a broad alliance of UN agencies and Bretton Woods institutions. Download.
Unchaining Value - Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Supply
Explores how supply chains function in order to identify new approaches to building sustainability capacity at the local supplier level, as well as identifying initiatives that will encourage and enable consumer demand for more sustainable solutions. Produced by SustainAbility, UNEP and the Global Compact Office. Download.
Meeting Report - United Nations Private Sector Forum
Summarizes the discussions and outcomes of the first UN Private Sector Forum which gathered 100 chief executives, Heads of State and Government, heads of UN entities, and heads of civil society organizations on 24 September 2008. Includes concrete recommendations for how the private sector, governments and the UN can contribute to the Millennium Development Goals and Food Sustainability. Download.
Clean Business Is Good Business – The Business Case Against Corruption
Outlines why companies and corporate practitioners should actively engage in the fight against corruption. Produced by the International Chamber of Commerce, Transparency International, the UN Global Compact and the World Economic Forum Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) . Download.
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Spotlight on: Local Networks
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The Global Compact's ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption enjoy universal consensus and are derived from:
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
• The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
• The United Nations Convention against Corruption
View the 10 Principles
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About the Compact Quarterly
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Produced by the UN Global Compact Office since January 2005, the Compact Quarterly provides UN Global Compact participants, stakeholders and observers with a range of articles, interviews and updates on topics related to the initiative, as well as to corporate responsibility in general.
This issue (Vol 2008, Issue 3-4) will be the last Compact Quarterly to be published. In the future, readers are encouraged to look to the website, our publications and the UN Global Compact Bulletin to stay informed.
Editor: Carrie Hall (hallc@un.org). Editor's Note
For more information on the UN Global Compact, please visit our website at www.unglobalcompact.org. |
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