GCNI: Newsletter Year 8, Number 35 (January - February 2020)

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Year 8, no. 35
January - February 2020

THE NETWORK

The Global Compact Network Italy (GCNI) was established in 2002 to contribute to the development in Italy of the "Global Compact", a project designed to promote the culture of corporate citizenship launched, in 1999, by the then Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan.

Considering this objective, the Network operates as an information platform, giving support and coordination to Italian companies and organizations which resolve to share, support and employ a whole range of universal principles in matters of human rights, labour, environment and the fight against corruption, thereby contributing to the accomplishment of "a more wide-ranging and sustainable global economy".

In June 2013, the GCNI became legally established as the Global Compact Network Italy Foundation.

Currently, more than 120 businesses and non profit organizations take part in and support the Network's activity programme as "Founders" or "Recipients".

UNGC / DECADEOFACTION / LEADERSUMMIT / SPONSORSHIP

UNGC Leaders Summit: The Global Compact celebrates its first 20 years!

On 15 and 16 June, the Leaders Summit 2020 promoted by the UN Global Compact will be held in New York at the United Nations headquarters and the Jacob Javits Center. On the occasion, the 20th anniversary of the Global Compact will also be celebrated. The ceremony will be held in the iconic UN General Assembly Hall. Read more ...

UNGC / SDGPIONEERS / ITALY / LOCALROUND

Global Compact Network Italy is looking for the new SDG Pioneer Italy

For the second year, the Global Compact Network Italy launches the "SDG Pioneer Local Round" campaign to identify a new SDG Pioneer Italy. Using business as a positive force to support SDGs: in line with this vision, the competition aims to identify and celebrate a Business Professional active at any level within a Global Compact member company (directly, or as a Subsidiary) and daily engaged in the advancement of Agenda 2030. Read more ...

UNGC / BUSINESS / IMPACT / ASSESSMENT / TOOL / SDGACTIONMANAGER

Business and sustainable development: the Global Compact and B Lab's solution for impact assessment

Developed by the UN Global Compact together with B Lab, the SDG Action Manager is the new web-based solution for companies committed to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, whatever the location, size and production sector. A new internal assessment tool on corporate performance related to sustainability, which allows to set growth targets in the most strategic areas where the development potential remains high. Internal assessment, such as dynamic self-assessment, benchmarking, and improvement. Read more ...

UNGC / SUSTAINABLEBUSINESS / OCEANCONFERENCE / OCEANS

The UNGC Platform that promotes sustainable business for oceans and seas

The United Nations Global Compact's Sustainable Ocean Business Action Platform brings together representatives from governments, academia and business to determine how ocean industries can advance towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Platform's work is based on the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact, which outline the responsibilities of business in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption. Read more ...

GCNI / SUSTAINABILITY / PIMCO / ISPA / PHOTOGRAPHY

SUSTAINABILITY IN IMAGES, PIMCO's photo contest that enhances small everyday gestures

The "Italian Sustainability Photo Award" is the photographic competition organized by PIMCO with the aim of raising awareness of sustainability in Italy (with three special focuses on the environment, society and governance). The prizes will be awarded to the photographs that succeed in telling, with more effectiveness and quality, the progress of the Sustainable Development Objectives at the national level. The subject of the shots should be situations and aspects related to everyday life in its many facets. Read more ...

06/03/2020

Milan: Borsa Italiana (Italian Exchange) will host for the third time "Ring the Bell for Gender Equality"

For the third time this year the "Ring the Bell for Gender Equality" ceremony, promoted by Women in ETFs to celebrate the International Women's Day, will be held in Milan. On Friday 6 March, shortly after the opening of the celebrations (scheduled for 9:30 am), the bell will ring at the same time in over 60 globally active Exchanges. Partners in the initiative are: UN Global Compact, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, UN Women, IFC, and The World Federation of Exchanges. Read more...

08/04/2020

"Bridging the gender equality gap: the role of business": this is the theme that will be discussed in depth at the fifth GCNI CEO Meeting

The fifth edition of the Business & SDGs High Level Meeting, a high-level roundtable promoted by the Global Compact Network Italia (GCNI) and addressed to top management - CEOs and Presidents of Italian companies that are members of the United Nations Global Compact - on issues relevant to sustainable development, will be held in Milan on April 8, hosted by Edison. Read more...

OUR PARTNERS

New reports on the SRI market in Italy: EU, climate change and pension plans in the spotlight

During the 8th edition of the Italian SRI Week last November, the Italian Sustainable Investment Forum (ItaSIF) published three reports on sustainable finance in Italy. The studies provide insights on the action of the European Union for greening finance, the correlation between climate change and financial choices of savers, and the Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policies of pension plans. Read more ...

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