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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Sustainable Supply Chains: Resources & Practices

United Nations Global Compact

Linking to Goal 12, this is the UN Global Compact Sustainable Supply Chains website

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Tools

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Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development; Partner content; Supply chain; Sustainable consumption and production; Supply Demand Imbalance; Sustainable Business Practices, Global

SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Transforming Partnerships for the SDGs

United Nations Global Compact, 2018

In this year’s Special Edition of the UN Global Compact-Accenture Strategy CEO Study, the world’s largest program of CEO research on sustainability, we focus our attention on goal 17, transforming partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals. Following a decade of research into the views of business leaders worldwide, we examine the views of UN leaders. As the UN Secretary-General calls for enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and the private sector, we ask agency heads and partnership practitioners across the UN system: what will it take to scale up partnerships to bring about transformational impact on the SDGs?

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Reports

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Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Partner content, Global

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Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

Women's Empowerment Principles Global Trends Report 2018

United Nations Global Compact, 2018

Furthering goal 5, this report examines the aggregate results of companies using the Women's Empowerment Principles Gender Gap Analysis Tool (WEPs Tool) with the aim of providing insight into global corporate performance on gender equality and women's empowerment aligned with the WEPs. The study also demonstrates the value of using the WEPs Tool and showcases the efforts of partners and other stakeholders to drive gender equality around the world.

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Reports

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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Partner content, Global

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Goal 5: Gender equality

Business: It's Time to Act

United Nation Global Compact, 2018

Furthering goals 8 and 16, this brief guide, developed as part of the Decent Work in Global Supply Chains Action Platform, offers a quick overview of the steps businesses can take to help eliminate modern slavery, while highlighting key resources, initiatives and engagement opportunities to support business action.

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Reports

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Access to justice; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Partner content, Global

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Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Sustainable Development Goal 6: Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation

United Nations Global Compact, 2018

This report seeks to provide an in-depth review of SDG 6 and includes data on the global baseline status, the current situation and trends at global and regional levels, and what more needs to be done to achieve this goal by 2030. The report is based on the latest data available for the 11 SDG 6 global indicators selected by Member States to track progress towards the eight global targets, plus complementary data and evidence from a wide range of sources.

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Reports

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Health and population; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Partner content; Water and sanitation, Global

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

SDG Toolbox

United Nations Global Compact, 2018

For over 15 years, businesses around the world have turned to the UN Global Compact to shape their corporate sustainability approach. We offer an extensive toolbox ranging from leadership engagement platforms to best practices and resources that will help your business embed the Ten Principles into your operations, identify new opportunities to advance the SDGs and partner with the United Nations.

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Tools

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Capacity Building; Industry, Global

SDG:

Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

Business Partnerships for the Global Goals: Advances in Latin America and the Caribbean

United Nations Global Compact, 2018

Furthering SDGs 8 and 17, this report explores partnerships and progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the business community in Latin America and the Caribbean. It includes key findings from a report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as data from participants of the UN Global Compact.

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Features

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Employment decent work for all and social protection; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Partner content; Supply chain; Global Partnerships, South America

SDG:

Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

Making Global Goals Local Business

United Nations Global Compact, 2017

The Sustainable Development Goals provide a powerful aspiration for improving our world - laying out where we collectively need to go and how to get there. Making Global Goals Local Business is the UN Global Compact’s strategy for businesses on how to navigate the SDGs. It explains the SDGs through a business lens and signposts companies on ways they can advance each one.