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Global Compact - Business and Human Rights
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Global Compact was launched in 1999 at the World Economic Forum by Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary-General. Business leaders were invited to join an international initiative to encourage companies worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies. The Global Compact is a voluntary network where companies are brought together with UN agencies, labour groups and civil society.
The Global Compact challenges business to operate according to ten principles covering human rights, labour, the environment and corruption and bribery.
Documentation
The official web site of the Global Compact at the UN official web site, section UN and Business, provides information about guidelines and principles, networks and participants, and programs and events.
Full text publications and reports can be retrieved from the section New & Events.
Databases and Indexes
The database Communicating Progress contains reports of action taken by the participants implementing the Global Compact principles.
The section Participant Search at the official web site of the Global Compact provides a list of all participants and stakeholders.