Compact

Annan urges Chinese companies to embrace Global Compact

20 September 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged Chinese companies to embrace the Global Compact, his initiative to promote better business practices in human rights, labour, the environment and the fight against corruption.

Global Compact Centre in Barcelona to promote corporate citizenship - UN

23 July 2004
Forum Barcelona - a public-private partnership to advance sustainable development, cultural diversity and peace-building - has announced its backing for the Global Compact initiative of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan that promotes better corporate practices around the world.
Kofi Annan opens summit

Annan appeals to businesses to work with UN to make world fairer, stable place

24 June 2004
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to business and labour leaders to work together and with the United Nations to reduce global risks and to help make the world a fairer and more stable place.

Attention to social and environmental issues key to business success - UN report

24 June 2004
Environmental and social issues need to be integrated into business practices or companies across the globe risk a long-term threat to shareholder value, says a new report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Corporate leaders at UN summit pledge to battle graft and corruption

24 June 2004
Chief executives from around the globe agreed today to battle graft and corruption in addition to recommitting themselves to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Global Compact initiative, which promotes good corporate practices in human rights, labour and the environment.
Catherine Bertini

UN to align managerial practices more closely with Global Compact

23 June 2004
The United Nations today said it was undertaking an effort to integrate the principles of the Global Compact - which promote better corporate practices in human rights, labour and the environment - into its own internal operations.
John Ruggie

Business leaders to meet at UN summit on good corporate citizenship

9 June 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will host more than 400 corporate executives, government officials and civil society leaders later this month for the largest gathering ever to discuss better corporate practices in human rights, labour and the environment – hallmarks of his Global Compact initiative.

Colombia launches Annan's Global Compact for better corporate practices

27 May 2004
The private sector's role in conflict prevention and peace-building topped the agenda today at a meeting in Colombia, which is launching the Global Compact, an initiative of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to encourage better corporate practices in human rights, labour and the environment worldwide.
Louise Fréchette

Fréchette attends launch of Global Compact in Italy

4 May 2004
Italy's joining of the Global Compact is a culmination of the early days of the United Nations initiative to have business leaders embrace universal principles in human rights, labour and the environment, UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today in Rome.

A world in poverty cannot be a world at peace, Annan says

29 March 2004
Business enterprises in developed countries can be agents of change, linking with small business owners in developing countries, advising them and giving them technical support, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.