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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (fifth from left, seated) with members of the UN Senior Management Group

Ban signs performance pacts with UN chiefs, boosting transparency, accountability

12 February 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted efforts to spread transparency and accountability throughout the United Nations system, signing compacts with his senior managers for performance goals and results that will be published on the Organization’s intranet site, iSeek.

Israel joins UN corporate responsibility pact

16 July 2008
The United Nations Global Compact, a voluntary initiative for social responsibility in private enterprise, was officially launched in Israel today, in a ceremony hosted by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

UN-backed corporate responsibility initiative reaches milestone of 100 schools

7 April 2008
A global educational initiative developed to promote social responsibility in private enterprise has now been endorsed by more than 100 business schools around the world, the head of the corporate partnerships programme at the United Nations announced today.

New report traces UN Global Compact activities in nearly 90 countries

17 December 2007
The United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative, today launched its first-ever report on its country-level activities in nearly 90 nations.

Business leaders at UN summit adopt declaration on responsible practices

6 July 2007
Hundreds of business leaders attending a United Nations meeting in Geneva today pledged to comply with labour, human rights, environmental and anti-corruption standards in a wide-ranging declaration on making globalization more beneficial to the world’s people.

Ban Ki-moon calls on Global Compact Leaders Summit to chart future course

5 July 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged action on climate change and other shared international concerns in an address to the Global Compact Leaders Summit – a gathering in Geneva of business leaders, government ministers, and heads of civil society groups committed to United Nations principles.
Anthony Ling (R)

Companies valuing social factors better equipped to lead markets, expert tells UN

25 June 2007
Companies that effectively manage environmental, social and governance factors may be better equipped to achieve and retain market leadership, the managing director of Goldman Sachs International said today at the United Nations.

UN readies for its biggest-ever gathering on corporate citizenship

5 April 2007
More than 700 business leaders and hundreds of top representatives from government, labour and civil society are expected to attend the Global Compact Leaders Summit in Geneva in July, which will be the largest ever gathering convened by the United Nations on the issue of corporate citizenship.

Sri Lankan teas branded with UN Global Compact to promote corporate responsibility

19 March 2007
A Sri Lankan company introduced two new “ethical” teas of the Ceylon variety today, the first products ever to be jointly branded with the United Nations Global Compact to promote responsible corporate citizenship around the world by including information on the initiative’s 10 principles in packs sold to millions of consumers each year.

UN launches climate initiative in San Francisco as model to fight global warming

1 March 2007
As part of United Nations efforts to combat global warming, the world body launched a unique partnership today with the United States’ City of San Francisco, the Bay Area Council and a wide array of businesses in the region, aimed at providing a model for actions that businesses and cities around the world can take to combat global warming.