ABOUT GLOBAL COMPACT
The United Nations Global Compact, launched in 2000, bringing together more than 14,670 companies in 162 countries and nearly 70 local networks around the world, offers a simple, universal and voluntary commitment framework, which is based on ten principles relating to respect for Human Rights, international labor standards, the environment and the fight against corruption.
As a special initiative of the UN Secretary General, the UN Global Compact is a call on companies around the world to align their operations and strategies with the Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, of the workforce, the environment and the fight against corruption. With the general support of all 193 participating countries of the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Global Compact remains the single global normative authority and the point of reference for action and leadership within '' a growing global corporate sustainability movement
Global Compact strategic plan for 2021 to 2023
The overall objective of the Global Compact's strategic plan for 2021 to 2023 is to intensify the contributions of the global business community to the programs defined for 2030 and to the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
"...Having a job does not guarantee a decent living. We must give peoples the means and the capacities to be able to get out of extreme poverty in order to overcome inequalities..."
