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One Global Compact: A call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Based on the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN Global Compact pursues the vision of a more inclusive and sustainable economy. More than 25,300 companies and organisations have already signed up to the UN Global Compact and contribute to this global vision. The German participants in the UN Global Compact come together in the UN Global Compact Network Germany (UN GCD) — from DAX-listed companies and mid-sized businesses to SMEs, as well as representatives from civil society, academia and the public sector. Through a wide range of learning and dialogue formats across Social, Environment and Governance, as well as Reporting and Finance and the SDGs, UN GCD supports its members in embedding sustainability into their core business.

> 25.300 Signatories worldwide

> 1.310 Participants in Germany

> 70 UN GCG learning formats per year

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    United Nations Global Compact

    The UN Global Compact provides a unique framework for discussing a fair globalization across sectors and borders and for realizing this vision with suitable business strategies and activities. The…
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    UN Global Compact Network Germany

    The GCN Germany was established on the initiative of German companies in 2000 as one of the first national platforms. As an official local network, its tasks and obligations are defined in a…
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The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact

Human Rights

1. Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights.
2. Businesses should make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

Labour

3. Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
4. Businesses should uphold the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour.
5. Businesses should uphold the effective abolition of child labour.
6. Businesses should uphold the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

Environment

7. Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.
8. Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility.
9. Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

Anti-Corruption

10. Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the international community expresses its conviction that global challenges can only be solved together. Building on the Ten Principles, the signatories of the UN Global Compact are called upon to promote the general goals of the United Nations, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).