As the 80th UN General Assembly High-Level week concludes, here are five takeaways from the UN Global Compact every sustainability-minded business leader will want to know. Businesses have a critical ...

The CEO Study, co-authored by the UN Global Compact and Accenture, provides readers with a window into the trending topics of effective business from leaders around the world. Since its initial ...

Despite growing awareness and global commitments to gender equality, women are disproportionately underrepresented in corporate leadership roles. Female participation in the workforce has increased, ...

With only five years remaining to reach the 2030 deadline, the world risks falling behind on the promise to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The latest report from the United Nations ...

Over 160 million children are involved in child labour globally — most of them in dangerous conditions that threaten their health, safety and development. Despite being universally recognized as a ...

Note: Responsibility for the content of participants" public communication related to the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and their implementation lies with participants themselves and not ...

After starting his job as a lab assistant at a Michelin Group plant in Bahia, Brazil, Marcus Vinicius Martins Lavrador could afford to buy a car, which proved to be a boon to his family’s standard of ...

Water is essential for life—a simple truth we all know. But what’s equally critical and sometimes overlooked is that it is also essential for business. Water drives the global economy, from ...

The 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) is set to be a landmark event in the global push for gender equality. Taking place 10-21 March, CSW69 will bring together government ...

Until the mid-2010s, few companies reported on on their nature-related impacts. However, nature reporting has gained significant traction in the past few years as businesses recognize the financial, ...

Twenty-five years ago, nearly 50 pioneering companies joined forces with the United Nations to align their operations and strategies to advance a more sustainable world. On 26 July 2000, then-UN ...

The ocean is more than a vast expanse of water—it is the beating heart of our planet. It regulates global climate, supports biodiversity and holds the potential key to a sustainable future. Yet, ...