The transition from voluntary guidelines to mandatory corporate sustainability regulations, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due ...

The Ocean Investment Protocol (or Protocol) is a framework for financial institutions, (re)insurers, ocean industries, governments and development finance institutions (DFIs) to lead the growth of the ...

What’s the commitment? The UN Global Compact encourages you to create a culture of integrity across your business or organization, from strategy to operations. More than 20,000 participating companies ...

This report presents five case studies of how public policy can accelerate private sector action on three transitions key to achieving the SDGs: digitalization, energy transition and decent work & ...

Financial institutions are the key to unlocking the system-wide change needed to reach net-zero emissions and limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. The Science Based Targets ...

Corporate finance and investments as a catalyst for growth and social impact The UN has estimated that the world will need to spend between $3 trillion and $5 trillion annually to meet the Sustainable ...

Ensuring a living wage is an accelerator for achieving the SDGs A living wage directly advances several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular, Goal 1: No Poverty and Goal 8: ...

COVID-related hunger could kill more people than the virus COVID-19 has killed hundreds of thousands over the past few months. But as the health crisis becomes an economic one, funding shortfalls and ...

Blue bonds: Accelerating Sustainable Ocean Business As the largest asset class in the global financial market, the bond market can play a significant role in catalyzing investments to achieve the ...

About the UN Global Compact We welcome a wide range of businesses to join the UN Global Compact. Companies and Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can all make a commitment to a better world. We ...

Provides guidance on the evolving business and human rights legal landscape and the consequent legal considerations that apply to multinational companies. Today, multinational companies must navigate ...

Guides companies on how they can align their strategies as well as measure and manage their contribution to the realization of the SDGs. The SDG Compass presents five steps that assist companies in ...