In September 2015, all 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted a plan for achieving a better future for all — laying out a path over the next 15 years to end extreme poverty, fight inequality ...

This brochure outlines the 5 Tipping Points for a Healthy and Productive Ocean identified in the report Global Goals, Ocean Opportunities. The tipping points cover the areas of sustainable seafood, ...

Positions seaweed, or marine macroalgae, as a significant nature-based climate solution with large scaling potential that can directly sequester carbon and indirectly displace greenhouse gas emissions ...

Businesses around the world are turning ambition into implementation and acceleration by setting science-based targets aligned with the latest climate science in support of the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 ...

This report is designed to provide companies at various levels of maturity in implementing human rights due diligence with high-level insights to consider when they decide to engage with or leverage ...

To support organizations in advancing its climate and sustainability efforts, the UN Global Compact Academy now offers five new & enhanced e-learning modules, developed by the Science Based Targets ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a powerful aspiration for improving our world – laying out where we collectively need to go and how to get there. Responsible business and investment ...

Dercilio Aristeu Pupin, an organic farmer in Piracaia, Brazil, knows firsthand just how devastating drought can be — and how collective action can respond with effective, promising results. Pupin saw ...

Twenty-five years ago, nearly 50 pioneering companies joined forces with the United Nations to align their operations and strategies to advance a more sustainable world. On 26 July 2000, then-UN ...

The United Nations Global Compact is a principles-driven organization. Companies that join the UN Global Compact commit to responsible business practices across ten core principles. These shared ...

Over 160 million children are involved in child labour globally — most of them in dangerous conditions that threaten their health, safety and development. Despite being universally recognized as a ...

Did you know that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), sustainable supply chains and sustainable procurement practices can have an enormous impact on achieving the SDGs? With an estimated 80 per ...