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Join the world’s largest global business coalition on climate. Caring for Climate is a unique initiative – a commitment to action by business and a call to governments, incorporating transparency. Endorsed by more than 300 companies from over 60 countries, Caring for Climate assists companies in the development of effective climate change policies while also providing a channel for the business community to contribute inputs and perspectives to key governmental deliberations. The broad geographical spread of its supporters, involving both leading actors from developed and emerging economies, reinforces the novel nature of this engagement platform.
Learn more. Read the Caring for Climate Statement.
Please email climatechange@unglobalcompact.org to express interest.
Businesses are encouraged to join this initiative addressing the global water crisis. Launched by the UN Secretary-General in July 2007, the Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate is focused on developing corporate strategies and solutions to contribute positively to global water issues. The Mandate is a call-to-action to business everywhere, and provides a strategic management framework covering six areas: direct operations, supply chain and watershed management, collective action, public policy, community engagement and transparency. The Mandate offers opportunities for multi-stakeholder collaboration and partnerships, including with relevant UN agencies.
Learn more . Read the CEO Water Mandate .
A company wishing to join the CEO Water Mandate should indicate the endorsement of its Chief Executive Officer at globalcompact@un.org .
Call for Examples: Dealing with Corruption in the Supply Chain
Global Compact companies are invited to submit brief case examples that highlight the customer-supplier relationship as it relates to corruption, to be featured in the upcoming publication “Fighting Corruption in the Supply Chain: A Guide for Customers and Suppliers”. The Global Compact is seeking innovative examples in the following areas: use of supplier codes of conduct; contract language; due diligence efforts; supplier training, auditing and monitoring; integration of anti-corruption measures into other aspects of supply chain management; and collective action to fight corruption among customers and suppliers. Cases may be published on an anonymous basis.
For further information or to submit a case example, please email Olajobi Makinwa (makinwa@un.org) or Mark Snyderman (marksnyderman@gmail.com).
Anti-Corruption Success Story Pilot Programme: Call for Expressions of Interest
The Global Compact Working Group on the 10th Principle against Corruption recently established a ‘Media Engagement Initiative’ Taskforce The taskforce aims to create positive engagement with the media industry and enhance media coverage of corporate anti-corruption efforts. The Taskforce seeks to establish an Anti-Corruption Success Story program; featuring tangible, real-world stories on what the private sector can do against corruption. In conjunction with PRME, the Taskforce seeks to conduct a pilot in Fall 2010 in order to produce an initial set of Anti-Corruption Success Stories.
For more information on this program download the guidance document. To express participation interest contact Olajobi Makinwa (makinwa@un.org) or Sven Biermann (sven.biermann@accenture.com).
CEO Statement of Support for the Women’s Empowerment Principles – Equality Means Business
The Global Compact calls on top executives of participating companies to sign the CEO Statement of Support for the Women's Empowerment Principles in advance of the Millennium Development Goals Summit (22 September, New York). Achieving MDG #3 – Promote gender equality and empower women – is not possible without the support of the private sector. By signing the CEO Statement, companies communicate to governments, civil society and other stakeholders that they are serious about gender equality.
Download a list of the first companies to endorse the CEO Statement of Support for the Women's Empowerment Principles. To sign the CEO Statement of Support for the Women's Empowerment Principles, please fill out the information form and return it to Lauren Gula (gulal@un.org) and Laraine Mills (laraine.mills@unifem.org).
Business Leaders Award Against Human Trafficking 2010: Call for Nominations
End Human Trafficking Now!, the Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) and the United Nations Global Compact have jointly established a new international award, “Business Leaders against Human Trafficking”. The award aims to reward creativity in identifying, preventing and combating human trafficking. It will commend business innovations in labour policies, supply chain management and corporate sustainability initiatives that help to fight human trafficking.
Information on the award and the nomination process can be found at www.businessleaderaward.org. The call for nominations will end on 30 September 2010.
Online Consultation: Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Business and Human Rights has launched an online consultation on conceptual and operational aspects of the "corporate responsibility to respect human rights”. The forum contains multiple topics (e.g., due diligence, implementation) for discussion and comment. The consultation will remain open until December 2010.
Visit the Consultation Website. Inquiries should be directed to Christine Bader, Advisor to the SRSG, Christine_Bader[at]hks.harvard.edu .
Human Rights Dilemmas: Online Dilemmas Forum
As part of the “Human Rights Dilemmas for Multinational Corporations in Emerging Markets” project, this online Dilemmas Forum aims to enhance understanding of human rights themes and identify practical approaches for dilemmas facing businesses. The Dilemmas Forum is produced jointly by the Global Compact and Maplecroft.
Participate in an ongoing dialogue by commenting on themes, suggesting additional dilemmas and offering good practices that will be added to the site through 2010. Existing dilemma workbooks are based on HIV/AIDS, Health, Privacy and Non-Discrimination, and Human Trafficking. Additional dilemma workbooks are being created on gender and non-discrimination, migrant workers, freedom of association, living wage and others.
Join the Dilemmas Forum today at http://human-rights.unglobalcompact.org. If your company is interested in contributing examples on these topics please email: dilemmasforum@maplecroft.com
Human Rights Working Group Seeks to Identify and Endorse Good Practices
The Global Compact Human Rights Working Group is seeking to identify and endorse good practices by companies and stakeholders in the implementation of the human rights principles. For the purposes of this submission process, good practices should draw on the experiences of many companies and should not be a case study on the experience of one particular company. All UN Global Compact participants and stakeholders are invited to submit proposals, which should include the following elements: (i) process for developing the proposal; (ii) demonstrate how the proposed good practice has been tested and is supported by key affected stakeholder groups (some stages may only involve one stakeholder group); (iii) clear linkages to human rights; (iv) expected outcome and impacts.
More information.
Contribute to the Embedding Human Rights into Business Practice Series
The Global Compact Office is seeking expressions of interest from: 1) graduate students to author case studies and 2) companies to be the subject of a case study and participate in a peer review of case studies. Case studies detail efforts by Global Compact participant companies to respect and support human rights, including lessons learned. These will be published in the future volumes of the Embedding Human Rights into Business Practice series. For more information and a list of profiled companies see Business Practices .
Corporate Values and Culture Project: Submit your Values Statement
Aiming to identify corporate values and consider how they influence and enable sustainable decision-making by businesses, this project will develop an inventory of corporate values of Global Compact participants. We are seeking good examples of corporate value statements contained in mission statements, on websites, in annual or Corporate Citizenship reports, press releases, human resources manuals, etc.
Please submit your company's value statement to Project Director Chip Pitts at chip.pitts@att.net, with a copy to Lead Researcher Katharina Hermann at khermann@law.fordham.edu and Lauren Gula of the Global Compact Office gulal@un.org. Please put “Corporate Values” in the subject line.
Global Compact/IBA Video for Corporate Counsel: Seeking input
The Global Compact and the International Bar Association (IBA) are collaborating on the development of a video designed to educate corporate counsel on the role that attorneys can play in the corporate sustainability movement. The video will be divided into four sections, covering each of the Global Compact’s principle areas. We are seeking input from corporate counsel, as well as interest in helping to develop the video’s content.
For more information, please contact Yiheng Feng (feng@unglobalcompact.org; +1 917 367 9112).
Corporate Efforts to Respect and Support Children’s Rights
Global Compact participants are invited to submit examples of their efforts to respect and support children's rights – to be included in a compilation of good practices. Examples can include company efforts to: combat child labour, promote child protection, ensure child safety, respect children's rights in advertising and marketing, and support the child-related Millennium Development Goals.
For further information or to submit an example, please contact Anita Househam (househam@un.org).
Support Sustainable Development: Partnership Opportunities for Business
This year marks a decade since world leaders committed to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but much remains to be done to reach these critical milestones. Business leaders must intensify their efforts to help combat global poverty, hunger and disease and are encouraged to make a new commitment in support of the MDGs. You may wish to consider engaging in existing partnership opportunities across the UN System – which both contribute to the MDGs and could benefit from additional corporate participation.
We encourage you to review the prepared list of partnership opportunities from across the UN System and learn more about how your organization can get involved.
Call for Proposals: SEED Awards 2010
The SEED Initiative identifies and supports promising small scale social and environmental entrepreneurs around the globe; entrepreneurs that while working towards a greener economy, also tackle poverty, marginalisation and social exclusion. This year there is a particular focus on Africa. The SEED initiative was founded by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN, and supported by the European Union, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, the UK and the USA.
The deadline for applications is 16th August 2010. Details about the award, how to apply, and the eligibility criteria can be found here: (Arabic), (English), (French), (Spanish)
Call for Examples: Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Global Compact participants are invited to submit brief examples describing how they are incorporating and promoting sustainability issues and the ten principles in their supply chains. Examples will be featured on the new website "Sustainable Supply Chains: Resources and Practices". Examples can include how the company is managing supply chain sustainability internally, how the company is engaging with suppliers or engaging in partnerships and collective action initiatives to promote supply chain sustainability.
All examples should be submitted according to this template.
Access the website "Sustainable Supply Chains: Resources and Practices".
For further information please email Cecilie Hultmann (hultmann@un.org).
For a complete list of 2010 events, please visit the Event Calendar on our website.
Third UN Private Sector Forum: The Millennium Development Goals
The UN Private Sector Forum will bring together chief executives, Heads of State and Government, civil society leaders, heads of foundations and heads of UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes to identify and discuss action needed to continue pursuing the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). More Information
Last updated 30 August 2010