Designed to help you find the resources you need to take the next step on your sustainability journey.
An interactive tool to improve the effectiveness and developmental value of partnerships between the UN system and the private sector.
Illustrates how different types of UN-Business partnerships can contribute to development objectives, and show the win-win potential of collaboration.
Report of the 10th International Business Forum on the topic "Business and the Millennium Development Goals: An Active Role for Globally Responsible Companies”.
Provides an overview of UN-Business partnership services, developed as a collaborative effort by Global Compact LEAD Task Force members together with UN colleagues from across the system.
Reviews the recent history of such partnerships, and makes recommendations for enhancing their effectiveness and scale.
Serves as a step-by-step roadmap for maximizing the transformative potential of partnerships.
Collaboration between the United Nations and the private sector has become ingrained in the way the United Nations and its Agencies, Funds and Programmes function; but it was not always this way. The report charts the evolution of UN-business engagement since 2000.
A framework outlining different ways in which the private sector can collaborate with UN agencies, funds and programmes to address global challenges.
This online tool is intended to help companies take stock of their approach to supply chain sustainability.
Illustrates how companies can implement the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact throughout their supply chains and integrate sustainability into procurement strategies. In 2015, the guide was revised to ensure the inclusion of and alignment with relevant standards and initiatives, and also to reflect current and emerging trends within this area. It includes several updated and new company examples. The second edition is available in English. The original Guide, launched in 2010, is available below in the indicated languages.
This guide offers baseline definitions and practical steps that SMEs can take toward effective management of the social, environmental and economic impacts of supply chains.
Catalogues more than 100 resources, tools and good practice examples to assist companies in developing more sustainable supply chains. The site offers opportunities for companies and other stakeholders to share their own initiatives, resources and good practices.