UN Global Compact Bulletin (May 2017)

May 15, 2017 10:45 AM ET

UN Global Compact Bulletin (May 2017)

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NEWS & UPDATES

  New Action Platform Webinar Series

  UN Global Compact Calls on Business to Shift from Incremental Change to Breakthrough Innovation on the SDGs

  The Sustainable Development Goals: The Breakthrough Opportunity of Our Time

  UN Global Compact Kicks Off Annual Conference in New Delhi with More than 300 Global Business and Civil Society Leaders

  Global Opportunity Explorer Launches with 300 Solutions that Will Change the World

  Sustainability Leaders Issue Call-to-Action to CEOs

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LOCAL NETWORK NEWS

  Leaders from Latin America Convene to Discuss Role of Businesses in Achieving the SDGs

  Modern Slavery in the Spotlight as Business Discuss Potential New Legislation

  Global Compact Network Brazil Promotes Workshop on Collective Action Against Corruption

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ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE

  Register a Voluntary Commitment for SDG 14 Implementation

  Sign the Human Rights Open Letter to Academics

  Support the Humanitarian Response Plans for Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen

  Call for Papers: UN Publication on Procurement and the 2030 Agenda

View more on what you can do

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FROM OUR LIBRARY

  Aligning Values: Why corporate pension plans should mirror their sponsors

  Sustainable Development Goals: From Promise to Practice

  New Action Platforms

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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

MAY 8-12: Multinational Enterprises, Development and Decent Work (Turin)

 

JUN 5-9: United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (New York)

 

JUL 18: Sustainable Development Goals Business Forum (New York) 

 

JUL 18-19: 2017 Global Forum for Responsible Management Education (New York)

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UPCOMING WEBINARS

 

MAY 11: How Can Business and the Private Sector Participate in the Upcoming Ocean Conference? (10:00 am ET)

 

MAY 16: How Can Business Contribute to Ending Malnutrition In All Its Forms? (10:00 am ET)

 

MAY 16: Financial Innovation for the SDGs (1:00 am or 10:00 am ET)

 

MAY 18: The Revised ILO Declaration on Multinational Enterprises-Implications for Business (10:00 am ET)

 

MAY 23: Pathways to Low-Carbon & Resilient Development (9:00 am ET)

 

MAY 24: Forced Labour Risks in Global Supply Chains: How to Address Risks, React to Challenges and Respond to Dilemmas (10:00 am ET)

 

MAY 25: Breakthrough Innovation for the SDGs (9:00 am ET)

 

MAY 31: Reporting on the SDGs (9:00 am ET)

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