Sustainability Insights

Every year, the United Nations hold the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development to follow up and review the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The forum is a multi-stakeholder platform where...

Earlier this year on January 21-24, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) celebrated its 50th meeting in Davos, Switzerland. This meeting focused on the responsibility of stakeholders, which has been the concept of the forum since its establishment in...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have driven global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development. The European Union (EU) is committed to making maximum progress towards the SDGs for the 2030 Agenda...

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the UN Global Compact and the 5th year since the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launch, the UN Global Compact, in cooperation with DNV GL, released the UN Global Compact 20th-Anniversary Progress Report: Uniting...

The UN Global Compact challenges COVID-19 Under the restrictions on movement imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit celebrated its 20th anniversary of uniting businesses for a better world. Under the theme...

How COVID-19 enhanced the importance of ESG standards In the first quarter of the year, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the biggest collapse in the stock market since the great global financial crisis in 2008, and despite everyone suffering from its effects, companies...