SIDS Global Forum - UN Global Compact participates

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:40:41 GMT

SIDS Global Forum - UN Global Compact Participates

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UN Global Compact visits Megapower Barbados

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:39:15 GMT

UN Global Compact visits Megapower, Barbados

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UN Global Compact participates in Global Supply Chain Forum 2024

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:58:41 GMT

UN Global Compact participates in Global Supply Chain Form 2024 held in Barbados

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Government of Barbados will organize the first Global Supply Chain Forum in Barbados from 21 to 24 May 2024.

UN Global Compact Launches Network in the Caribbean

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:00:00 GMT

The UN Global Compact launches Caribbean Network on 22 May 2024

Gender equality is good for business! It has been shown that having women in leadership positions in companies has a positive effect on financial results.

However, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2022 estimates that it will take women more than 151 years to achieve full economic and participatory empowerment, and 132 years to close the gap. world genre. This is an unacceptable timeline that robs our marketplace of the benefits that gender equity creates in the workplace.

On International Women's Month and International Women's Day, from the United Nations Global Compact we encourage you to scale up your work towards gender equality. We share 5 tools that companies can use to accelerate progress for gender equality in the workplace, the market and society:

1. Learning Route on gender equality

The Learning Path is intended to help you understand what it means to take action for gender equality. In a fast and entertaining way, it offers you frameworks and tools to gain internal acceptance, add male alliances, set ambitious goals and defend gender equality from activism. At the same time, it includes outstanding success stories from various companies worldwide so that you can learn through examples. The content is virtual, open, free and in Spanish. Share it with your team, vendors, customers, and more!

2. Sign the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs)

Established by the United Nations Global Compact in partnership with UN Women, the Women's Empowerment Principles (or WEPs) are a set of guidelines for businesses on promoting gender equality and empowerment. empowerment of women. Join more than 7,000 CEOs from the world's most influential companies who have signed WEPs and have committed to promoting gender equality in their companies. Learn more about the implementation of WEPs in Latin America through this cycle of open training sessions in Spanish.

3. Join the meetings of the UN Commission on the Legal and Social Status of Women (March 6 to 17, 2023)

Every year, the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CCJSM) organizes a ten-day session where business, academia, governments and civil society come together to discuss critical issues related to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. This year at the CCJSM meeting, the United Nations Global Compact is convening business leaders from around the world to explore how the private sector can accelerate gender equality and unlock leadership, technological change and innovation to address the biggest challenges in the world. It is not too late to participate.

4. Start your due diligence for gender equality

The Women's Empowerment Principles Gap Analysis Tool ( WEP Tool ) helps your company identify strengths, gaps and opportunities to improve its gender equality performance. Developed in consultation with more than 170 companies, it is a free, easy and confidential online tool that will help you evaluate your company's policies and programs and improve your approach to diversity, equity and inclusion.

5. Join the more than 1,400 companies participating in Target Gender Equality

Target Gender Equality is an accelerator program of the UN Global Compact that includes capacity building workshops, peer learning and dialogue with experts facilitated in Spanish to promote the implementation of strategies and initiatives for gender equality in companies. Over nine months, this guided training supports the development of ambitious goals for women's representation and leadership in the workplace. It will equip your company with the resources to set its own ambitious and realistic corporate goals for gender equality. More importantly, it will give you a roadmap to meet these goals through actionable plans. * Exclusive program for companies participating in the UN Global Compact.

Multi-Country Manager joins UN Global Compact for the Caribbean

cohen@unglobalcompact.org (Ber Cohen) — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 22:57:03 GMT

Recruitment - Multi-Country Manager - Caribbean

On 1st April 2024, the UN Global Compact welcomes Kyana Bowen, Multi-Country Manager for the Caribbean.

Kyana, who has been assigned to work directly with the Region to escalate sustainability impact. Over the past 12 years, Kyana Bowen has been committed to sustainable human development by designing programmes and implementing projects across the Caribbean region in the areas of sustainable climate change and disaster resilience, gender and social protection. With a strong focus on private sector, Government, NGO, and CSO engagement, capacity strengthening and communication and awareness.

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SIDS Global Forum - UN Global Compact participates