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The United Nations Global Compact

The world's largest corporate sustainability initiative


A call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption and take actions that advance societal goals. 

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The UN Global Compact

As a special initiative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the UN Global Compact (also sometimes referred to as the Global Compact) is a voluntary initiative based on CEO commitment to implement universal sustainability principles.


Our ambition is to: Accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and delivering the SDGs through accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change.


To make this happen, the UN Global Compact supports companies to:

  1. Do business responsibly by aligning their strategies and operations with Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption; and
  2. Take strategic actions to advance broader societal goals, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on collaboration and innovation.


With more than 24,000 business and non-business participants based in 167 countries, the UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative - a Global Compact uniting business for a better world.

24,000+

PARTICIPANTS

167

COUNTRIES

62

LOCAL NETWORKS

What value does the UN Global Compact provide to participating companies?

  • Drive impact on specific goals, where businesses have an outsized effect on outcome;
  • Scale ambitious action through our 60+ Local Networks and global multi-stakeholder network; and,
  • Make measurable progress and communicate it through a trusted reporting framework


Human Rights | Labour | Environment | Anti-corruption

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