Businesses can play a critical role in fostering development in Africa and helping countries of the continent to become fully integrated into the global economy, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.
Welcoming the growing engagement of the United Nations with the private sector, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for responsible corporate behaviour in line with his Global Compact initiative.
The United Nations today announced the launch of a powerful Internet portal designed to promote on-line learning, dialogue and collaboration in the context of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Global Compact initiative, which seeks to advance good corporate citizenship and responsible globalization.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today welcomed the signing of the Global Compact initiative - which aims to involve businesses in upgrading environmental, labour and human rights conditions - by five of Ghana's leading companies and several other organizations.
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today chaired a meeting in London of the Advisory Council of the Global Compact - an initiative pioneered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to make globalization work for the world's people.
"Building Partnerships" - a new book which documents the growing cooperation between the UN and the business community in tackling a range of development challenges - was launched today by the United Nations and the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum.
The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and the President of the International Organization of Employers (IOE) today issued a joint statement urging support for the Global Compact initiative, which aims to involve businesses in upgrading environmental, labour and human rights conditions.
Corporate and labour leaders gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York today to examine the role of business in zones of conflict as part of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's "Global Compact" initiative.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the launch of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a new institution that brings together a wide array of groups dedicated to reporting on the sustainability of economic and social practices by corporations.
In Berlin today, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed the response of German companies to his Global Compact initiative, which seeks to promote respect for international principles on the environment, human rights and labour rights.
