Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are at the heart of the Paris Agreement, and serve as each country’s climate action plan. NDCs embody the commitments nations make to reduce greenhouse gas ...

Every year, tens of thousands of government officials, diplomats, heads of state, business leaders, journalists and representatives from international organizations come together in New York for ...

This is the first consultative draft of the Ocean Investment Protocol which is a framework for financial institutions, (re)insurers, ocean industries, governments and development finance institutions ...

The COE contains a description of the practical actions that the organization has taken to support the Global Compact and to engage with the initiative.

Conflict and violence cost the world some $17.5 trillion a year. That’s $2200 per person worldwide. The world faces the highest number of violent conflicts since the Second World War. Two billion ...

COPs, or Conference of the Parties, are the decision-making bodies of international conventions acting as binding agreements between countries. They are generally held on an annual or biennial basis ...

Aims to inspire all business — regardless of size, sector or geography — to take leading action in support of the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It illustrates how the five ...

Provides an assessment of how companies participating in the UN Global Compact are adopting the Ten Principles and taking action to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Based on data ...

Outlines the opportunities for the ESG bond market to secure capital for ocean-related projects and companies that have made, or are planning to make, a significant contribution to the Sustainable ...

Working poverty is a reality worldwide. For many workers, a job does not provide a way out of poverty for them and their families. The cost-of-living crisis has thrown into stark relief the ...

A new strategy that spells out our ambition to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and delivering the SDGs through accountable companies and ...

A helpful resource providing question rationale and guidance, linked reporting references, and a glossary of terms to assist in the completion of the enhanced CoP questionnaire.