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United Nations Global Compact

Our coverage of the United Nations Global Compact symposium in New York in October 2014
  • Lead

    Corporate executives gather at the UN for a go at fixing sustainability

    At the UN Global Compact this week, corporate executives gathered to discuss the potential, and limits, of corporate sustainability
  • United Nations

    WATCH: The 2014 UN Global Compact Lead Symposium livestream

    The Future Corporation symposium on Thursday challenges corporations to consider what a company could and should look like in the future
  • While 94% of corporate boards said that they wanted to help their companies with sustainability, a mere 15% of corporate boards agreed to train their members on corporate responsibility, and only 9% agreed to link executive pay to sustainability performance.

    New UN program tasks corporate boards with heading sustainability efforts

    For many companies, the board of directors is a barrier to sustainable practices. Can a United Nations initiative transform an opponent into an ally?
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