The United Nations Global Compact is the world’s largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative. It is a call to companies to align their strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, the environment, and anti-corruption, and to work to advance societal goals.
Launched in 2000, the United Nations Global Compact is both a policy platform and a practical framework for companies that are committed to sustainability and responsible business practices.
Realdania has entered into a partnership with the UN Global Compact to support greater inclusion of philanthropic organisations in the global sustainable development agenda. The partnership looks to develop frameworks for increasing cross-sector collaboration between businesses, multilateral organisations, and philanthropy.
Ten principles
The UN Global Compact sees business as a force for good. By committing to sustainability, business can take shared responsibility for achieving a better world.
To make this happen, the UN Global Compact supports companies to:
do business responsibly by aligning their strategies and operations with Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption; and
take strategic actions to advance broader societal goals, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on collaboration and innovation.
Read more about The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact
Cities Programme
The Cities Programme is the urban arm of the United Nations Global Compact and addresses complex global challenges at the local level. The Cities Programme is working to achieve fair, inclusive, sustainable, and resilient cities and societies.
The UN Global Compact established the Cities Programme in 2003 to give cities a framework to advance the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact. The programme is based on a simple but effective model of collaboration between government, business, and civil society called the Melbourne Model.
The projects developed and implemented by the participating cities over a five-year period are expected to attract substantial investment to the region, generate employment, and build greater trust between government, business, and civil society.