(Istanbul, 9 May 2011) -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of private sector engagement for the development and growth of the world’s poorest countries as he launched the largest Private Sector Track in UN conference history at the Fourth UN Conference on the Least D...
Read More(London, 5 May 2011) – UNICEF, the UN Global Compact and Save the Children are inviting businesses to take an active role in developing a global standard of business principles pertaining to children’s rights. Through an online consultation process, which is launched today, representatives of the...
Read More(São Paulo/New York, 2 May 2011) – The Ethos Institute of Business and Social Responsibility and the United Nations Global Compact have launched a US$ 3.1 million, five-year anti-corruption project "Clean Games Inside and Outside of the Stadium" (Jogos Limpos) to monitor public spending and to fa...
Read More(Paris, 28 April 2011) – Organised by the G20 French Presidency and the OECD, with the support of UNODC, “Joining Forces against Corruption – G20 Business and Government” concluded today at OECD Headquarters in Paris, France. Bringing together over 350 participants from the private sector, busine...
Read More(Dubai, 24 April 2011) – The fourth (2011) cycle of the Arabia CSR Awards (ACSRA) was launched with a press conference in Dubai on Sunday. Hosted by the Arabia CSR Network and supported by the UN Global Compact since their inception, the Awards aim to recognize and highlight best practices in ...
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