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United Nations Global Compact

The United Nations Global Compact is a voluntary initiative based on CEO commitments to implement universal sustainability principles and to take steps to support UN goals. The UNGC is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals. The UN Global Compact is a leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible corporate practices. Launched in 2000, it is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 9,000 companies and 3,000 non-business signatories based in over 160 countries, and more than 70 Local Networks.

RELX Group has been a signatory to the UN Global Compact since 2004 and its SDG Resource Centre will play an important role in the dissemination of business-driven knowledge, tools & resources, and expertise to advance the SDGs.

The United Nations Global Compact partnered with RELX Group for the launch of the RELX Group SDG Resource Centre on 21 June 2017.


Lise Kingo, former CEO and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact: the call to action to mobilise business behind the SDGs

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Promoting Anti-Corruption Collective Action through Global Compact Local Networks

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
To advance goal 16, this report helps businesses to learn more about the UN Global Compact Collection Action Project in partnership with five Global Compact Local Networks in Brazil, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt. This, in turn, will enable them to improve anti-corruption practices within their individual organisations and to engage other businesses, Governments and civil society in anti-corruption Collective Action.
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Access to justice; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Partner content, Global
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Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Corporate Finance - A Roadmap to Mainstream SDG Investments

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
Investors, governments, and other stakeholders are increasingly demanding that companies demonstrate sustainable strategies aligned with the SDGs. A credible SDG strategy allows a company to clearly communicate its impact, facilitates easier access to the growing market for SDG financing, and connects investors with a pipeline of potential opportunities to address the SDG investment gap. This guide seeks to support companies looking to integrate the SDGs into their financial strategy and business model, contributing to SDGs 8, 12 and 17.
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Industry; Finance; Sustainable consumption and production; Multi-stakeholder partnerships, Global
SDG:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

SDG Bonds - Leveraging Capital Markets for the SDGs

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
While the public sector and public finance will be core to the implementation of the SDGs, it is widely acknowledged that the private sector and capital markets must also play a key role. This report furthers SDGs 8, 12 and 17 by seeking to inspire major players in the investment value chain to build a market for mainstream SDG investments, with enough scale, liquidity and diversification to attract large institutional investors and finance a broad set of private- and public-sector activities in support of the SDGs.
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Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Sustainable consumption and production; Finance; Industry, Global
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Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

Business Leadership Brief For Healthy Planet, Healthy People

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
While most businesses understand and recognize their responsibility for the health and safety of their employees, few have connected the dots between their business actions and health outcomes in the market place, in society more generally and in the supply chain. This report outlines concrete actions for companies to embed health and empowerment in their policies, systems, and operations, advancing SDGs 3, 8 and 13.
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Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Climate change; Employment decent work for all and social protection, Global
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Goal 3: Good health and well-being, Goal 13: Climate action, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

UN Global Compact Progress Report 2019

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
This report provides an assessment of how companies in the UN Global Compact are adopting the Ten Principles and taking action to deliver on the SDGs. It contributes to Goals 10, 12 and 17.
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Supply chain; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Sustainable consumption and production; Climate change, Global
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Goal 10: Reduced inequalities, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

Can government policies that drive strong economic outcomes for the private sector alleviate poverty?

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
Contributing to SDGs 1 and 8, this report discusses how the adoption of pro-growth policies tends to result in lower levels of poverty, especially through opportunities for job creation. In particular, it calls for policies that promote greater access to credit and the protection of minority investors in order to reduce such levels of poverty. 
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Employment decent work for all and social protection; Poverty eradication; National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS); Multi-stakeholder partnerships, Global
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Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 1: No poverty

Respecting Trade Union Rights in Global Value Chains: Practical Approaches for Business

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
Companies often struggle to identify and implement meaningful action to address risks to trade union rights in their global value chains. This resource helps companies assess where and why they might face heightened risks to trade union rights and showcases eight examples of how real companies have approached trade union rights in practice. The report contributes to SDGs 8 and 10.
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Employment decent work for all and social protection; Human rights; Health and wellbeing; Supply chain, Global
SDG:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Framework for Corporate Action on Workplace Women's Health and Empowerment

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
This report provides guidance for companies to take concrete actions to integrate women's health and empowerment in their policies, systems, and operations, furthering SDGs 3, 5 and 8. The framework is based on lessons learned from consultations with companies, non-governmental organizations, and women's health programs in order to provide best practices for investing in workplace women's health and empowerment.
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Health and population; Gender equality and women's empowerment; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Health and wellbeing, Global
SDG:
Goal 3: Good health and well-being, Goal 5: Gender equality, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

Scaling SDG Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
This guide explores the role of corporate finance and investments in scaling finance for the SDGs, including how FDI, financial intermediation and public-private partnerships can be a source of finance for less liquid SDG investments that cannot be invested directly by portfolio or institutional investors. This includes providing access to finance in countries with less developed financial markets or for SDG solutions that are too small or illiquid to attract portfolio investors. The report contributes to SDGs 8, 16 and 17.
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Finance; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS); Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development, Global
SDG:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions, Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

Achieving Decent Work and Inclusive Growth: The Business Case for Social Dialogue

United Nations Global Compact, 2019
The publication highlights the potential role of social dialogue in fostering stability, equity, productivity, sustainable enterprises and inclusive growth, contributing to SDGs 8, 10 and 12.
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Supply chain; Sustainable consumption and production; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Human rights, Global
SDG:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 10: Reduced inequalities, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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