The Guiding Principles seek to provide an authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse human rights impacts linked to business activity.

We are excited to announce the public launch of the Communication on Progress (CoP) Data Visualization Tools. These Tools offer insights into the progress of UN Global Compact business participants in ...

The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted in September 2016 by the UN General Assembly calls for the active participation of the private sector in implementing the commitments made ...

The beauty services business developed by Martha Tilaar does far more than sell cosmetics and creams from its headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia. Martha, founder and Chairwoman of the Martha Tilaar ...

Hanaa is the founding Chief Executive Officer of the EFG Hermes Foundation in Cairo, a nonprofit organization created in 2006 that aims to help people suffering under ...

Tânia Conte Cosentino has worked to incorporate the Global Goals into her company’s business strategies, including energy efficiency, affordable access to energy and water, sustainable industrial ...

UN Global Compact calls for Women’s Economic Inclusion at Business Leadership Dialogue during Commission on the Status of Women ...

For 10 years Claus Stig Pedersen has been the Head of Corporate Sustainability at Novozymes –a global biotechnology company, and the world’s largest producer of bio-enzymes. At Novozymes, he has ...

Alice Laugher is unswerving in her commitment to help women in conflict-ridden regions around the world take control of their lives. As Chief Executive Officer of Committed to Good, Alice has ...

The Global Compact Office offers regular short, free of charge, online seminars (webinars) that provide useful guidance for new participants and introduce the Communication on Progress.

Sonia Bashir Kabir, Managing Director at Microsoft Corporation, advocates digital literacy for Bangladeshi women to help them participate more fully in the IT workforce. Microsoft, through its ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a Central African country with vast mineral wealth, including reserves of cassiterite (tin), columbite-tantalite (a source of tantalum), wolframite ...