The FINANCIAL -- A majority of business leaders say that a long term agreement at the UN climate summit (COP21) in Paris is critical to supporting private sector investment in low carbon solutions, according to a global study by the United Nations Global Compact and Accenture. The report also reveals that executives see action on climate change as an opportunity for growth and innovation that ...
The FINANCIAL -- Heads of State, Government and High Representatives reached agreement at the United Nations Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on ...
The FINANCIAL -- The United Nations Global Compact and RICS on June 29 issued a call to organizations in the land, construction and real estate sector, and those working with them, to take a leading ...
The FINANCIAL -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on June 25 announced the appointment of Lise Kingo as Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact. She will succeed Georg ...
The FINANCIAL -- Meeting on July 14 with CEOs, heads of state and ministers at a forum on the sidelines of a global finance summit, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the corporate community ...
The FINANCIAL -- The Children’s Rights and Business Principles have been an important instrument for guiding business implementation of children’s rights into corporate citizenship strategies. ...
The FINANCIAL -- On August 31, after 15 years at the helm of the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, Georg Kell will step down as Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, the ...
The FINANCIAL -- On August 25, the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate announced the first comprehensive guide on forming multi-stakeholder water stewardship initiatives with ...
The FINANCIAL -- The United Nations Global Compact, one of the world’s largest corporate sustainability networks, said that the recent papal encyclical on environmental principles “should inspire ...
The FINANCIAL -- “Top ten” lists have long been a staple of comedy monologues but, as pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in China’s rapidly industrializing economy are no laughing matter, ...
