UN Global Compact Defines New Level of Ambition for Corporate Sustainability

The UN Global Compact is challenging companies to align with an initial set of business benchmarks to gauge whether their activities are aiming at the necessary level of ambition to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By translating the SDGs into specific business targets, the new global benchmarks call on companies to set sufficiently ambitious goals that can rapidly accelerate progress. They are a part of the UN Global Compact SDG Ambition initiative, launched in January 2020 at Davos by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and discussed at the UN…

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United Nations Global Compact Updates Guidance to Help General Counsel Drive the Corporate Sustainability Agenda

The United Nations Global Compact has issued updated guidance to help General Counsel advance the corporate sustainability agenda. Developed together with Linklaters and the University of California Berkeley School of Law, Guide for General Counsel on Corporate Sustainability Version 2.0 is designed to help legal professionals drive change and become leaders in embedding sustainability into their companies’ strategies and operations. It follows the original Guide for General Counsel on Corporate Sustainability that was published in 2015. “As the role of General Counsel moves beyond legal compliance and towards corporate sustainability,…

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