UN Global Compact Network UK

The #GenderPayGap refers to the difference in average hourly pay between women and men, expressed as a proportion of men’s earnings.   Is your company required—or voluntarily opting—to report on your gender pay gap?   Join our peer review programme to ensure gender reporting delivers value for your business. Learn from peers on:   🎓Best practice ♟Risk management 📃Compliance 🌉Challenges, barriers, and solutions   *This programme is open to UN Global Compact Network UK members only and costs £250+VAT.   🔗Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/evvxwJNW   Not a member but want to get involved? Visit our website to explore membership: https://lnkd.in/dRNFtHG   #SDG5 #GenderEquality #GenderPayGap

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) face unique challenges and barriers to effectively integrating sustainability throughout their operations and business strategy.   The UN Global Compact Network UK offers extensive on-demand content specifically designed to support SMEs in accelerating their sustainability journey.   Find all of our complimentary on-demand SME content on our Sustainable Business Learning Platform and start tackling challenges faced by smaller businesses across: 🚜 Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions 🏭 Responsible Sourcing 💡 SDG Integration ⛓️💥 Business & Human Rights   & much more   Create a free account and kick-start your sustainability learning journey today: https://lnkd.in/ez2tVChQ      If you are a member of the UN Global Compact Network UK, you can access our full offering here: https://lnkd.in/eg_ZuNrg

📢 Recordings Now Available! - Engaging in Corporate Climate Advocacy Webinar Series While corporate climate action is gaining momentum, critical policy gaps must be addressed for businesses to meet their net zero goals. Clear, long-term policies are crucial to accelerate large-scale action, unlock decarbonisation opportunities, and mobilise the necessary investments to achieve net zero.   To help businesses engage in effective, science-based climate advocacy, the UN Global Compact Network UK hosted a 4-part webinar series earlier this year, offering practical guidance on how companies can play an active role in shaping the policies needed to deliver net zero targets. 💡Key insights included: ➡️ How to align climate advocacy strategies with the Paris Agreement goals.  ➡️The role that third-party associations can play in advancing (or undermining) advocacy efforts.  ➡️Steps businesses can take to ensure their industry association memberships are aligned with their net zero goals.  ➡️How to shape climate policymaking & counter the adverse influence of anti-climate lobbyists.  ➡️Best practices for disclosing climate lobbying activities to avoid reputational risks. 🔗Access the session recordings here: https://lnkd.in/d2WbXnA7  This series was kindly supported by Clyde & Co.      #ClimateAdvocacy #ClimateAction  #NetZero

📣 Sign up to the United Nations Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator!   The UN Global Compact Network UK is joined by human rights experts twentyfifty ltd at a local level to support participating companies to: ➡️Identify their human rights issues, impacts, and responsibilities. ➡️Establish a robust human rights due diligence process. ➡️Report and communicate in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the UN Global Compact Communication on Progress. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/er4hMAvZ

⏰ Apply now for the 2025 SDG Innovation Accelerator for Young Professionals! This six-month programme, developed by the United Nations Global Compact, allows young professionals to create and implement innovative business solutions aligned with the #SDGs while fostering professional growth. The programme brings together high-performing employees from participating companies to: 💼 Collaborate across business units to identify and address sustainability challenges specific to their organisation 📝 Engage in a structured learning experience that includes workshops, case studies, and expert mentoring 💡 Develop solutions that are not only impactful but also aligned with the company’s business and sustainability objective Do not miss the opportunity! Places are limited, so make sure to apply now: https://lnkd.in/dTgYTghC #SDGInnovation #YoungProfessionals #UNGlobalCompact #Sustainability #Leadership

We were recently joined by Hannah Feldman from Living Wage Foundation and Anna Hamlin from Mercato Metropolitano for the ‘Value of Being a Living Wage Employer’ session of the Social Sustainability for SMEs series.   Attendees learned of the business benefits of paying a living wage and how to gain living wage accreditation.   Special thanks to our fantastic speakers for sharing their valuable insights on: -        The business & moral cases for paying a living wage -        Why, and how, to gain living wage accreditation -        Ensuring a living wage throughout supply chains -        Tailoring a living wage strategy to your business   🔗 Watch the recorded session and sign up for our next webinar on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion here: https://lnkd.in/e4uKnXBh   *These webinars are open to members of the UN Global Compact Network UK only.   Not a member but want to get involved? Visit our website to explore becoming a member: https://lnkd.in/dRNFtHG

📢 Download now: The Business Associations Climate Action Guide  More businesses are making bold climate commitments to transition to a net zero, resilient, and nature-positive future. Yet many are still part of associations that engage in harmful climate lobbying, exposing them to operational, reputational, and legal risks.    To address these risks, stakeholders are urging companies to align their business association memberships and activities with the Paris Agreement goals, offering an opportunity to demonstrate climate leadership and create an enabling policy environment that supports the transition to net zero. 📕 The ‘Business Associations Climate Action Guide’ offers clear, practical steps to help companies: ✅ Assess alignment between their business association memberships and science-based policy agendas. ✅ Communicate expectations regarding climate policy engagement activities. ✅ Create a strategy to increase alignment where associations are misaligned or inactive on climate. 🔗Download the guide here: https://lnkd.in/ewCvf8e2  This guide was co-authored with Exponential Roadmap Initiative, #RacetoZero of High-Level Climate Champions, WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Climate Action for Associations, with technical expertise from InfluenceMap and Volans. #ClimateAction #Sustainability #BusinessAssociations #ClimateLeadership #SustainableFuture #NetZero #ClimatePolicy

🌐 Did you know that corruption is a major obstacle to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?  With only six years until the 2030 deadline, corruption is thriving worldwide, but only 17 per cent of the SDG targets are on track. To tackle this issue, it is crucial to recognise the critical role businesses and governments must play in creating integrity-driven economies. In line with Principle 10 of the UN Global Compact, which calls for businesses to act against corruption in all its forms, fostering transparency and fairness is essential for sustainable progress. Watch a conversation between Cristina Ritter, Head of Anti-Corruption and Governance at United Nations Global Compact, and Sanda Ojiambo, CEO & Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, as they discuss what business leaders need to know about fighting corruption and working toward a more transparent and sustainable global economy. 👉 Want to be a part of the change? Join the 2030 Vision: Uniting Europe in the Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) initiative. This effort encourages businesses to collaborate with governments, civil society, and other stakeholders to develop and implement solutions to combat systemic corruption and its impact. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/d9E557Bk #AntiCorruption #CollectiveAction #BusinessIntegrity #Transparency #Sustainability #2030Vision #UnitedAgainstCorruption

⏰ Last chance to secure your spot for the SDG Ambition Accelerator - registrations close today! Sign up for our three-month SDG Ambition Accelerator Programme and learn how to prioritise actions and set targets aligned with the SDG Ambition Benchmarks to enhance your contribution to the 2030 Agenda and drive transformative change. By joining our Programme, you will gain: 🔎 Approaches to integrate SDG goals into business processes and systems, fostering sustainability management across all functions 📚 A comprehensive 8-step framework for building a business case and generating buy-in for sustainability initiatives 📈 Techniques for identifying subgoals and tracking metrics to evaluate progress and inform decision-making Learn more and join today: https://lnkd.in/gHyzefz #SDGs #2030Agenda #SDGAmbition #SustainableDevelopment #Sustainability

Is your company required—or voluntarily opting—to report on your gender pay gap?   Despite the introduction of mandatory reporting for employers with 250+ employees in 2017, improvements remain slow and inconsistent across industries.   Join our peer review programme to ensure gender reporting delivers value for your business. Learn from peers on:   🎓Best practice ♟Risk management 📃Compliance 🌉Challenges, barriers, and solutions   *This programme is open to UN Global Compact Network UK members only and costs £250+VAT.   🔗Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/evvxwJNW   Not a member but want to get involved? Visit our website to explore membership: https://lnkd.in/dRNFtHG   #SDG5 #GenderEquality #GenderPayGap