With more than one billion working people (a third of the global workforce) struggling to earn enough for a decent standard of living, ensuring a living wage is paramount to our achievement of the ...

In September 2015, all 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted a plan for achieving a better future for all — laying out a path over the next 15 years to end extreme poverty, fight inequality ...

Inspire participants’ organizational learning, and support companies to develop and implement corporate sustainability strategies, operations and management practices in line with the Global Compact ...

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 ...

In September 2015, 193 member States of the United Nations adopted 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to make our world more prosperous, inclusive, sustainable and resilient. These SDGs ...

An overview of the business case for Women’s Empowerment Principles and how the Global Compact is supporting business efforts. Inspire participants’ organizational learning, and support companies to ...

An SDG Pioneer for Climate Action through Resource Efficiency in Water and Waste Management Jean-Louis Chaussade has shaped a five-year Sustainable Development Roadmap that will help Suez keep ...

In 2012, Microsoft developed a Language Interface Pack (LIP) for Windows in the Cherokee language. This LIP translates and displays most of the commonly used user interface of Windows into Cherokee.

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 ...

Social sustainability is about identifying and managing business impacts, both positive and negative, on people. The quality of a company’s relationships and engagement with its stakeholders is ...

Congratulations! Your company has taken an important step towards strengthening corporate sustainability worldwide by becoming a United Nations Global Compact participant. Now that your company has ...