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Sustainability that Strengthens Business

Stay ahead. Build capability. Learn from peers. Demonstrate progress. Businesses are operating in a period of rapid change. Regulation is evolving, stakeholder expectations are rising, and environmental, social, and geopolitical pressures are reshaping markets, supply chains, and investment decisions.

Leading organisations are responding by embedding sustainability into core strategy, risk management, and growth planning — strengthening resilience today while positioning themselves for the opportunities ahead.

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UN Global Compact participants have exclusive access to curated content and hundreds of events that help them address business challenges.

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EVENTS

Regional and global gatherings

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Our annual flagship events are an excellent opportunity for networking:

TOOLS & RESOURCES

Thought leadership & publications

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The UN Global Compact and UN Global Compact Network UK offer many events during the year, some of which are open to all but some that are members' only. These events provide opportunities for members to not only access the event, but to showcase leadership speaking on panels or contributing to thought leadership pieces and publications. Weekly bulletins, a monthly newsletter, and email campaigns alert participants to upcoming event and opportunities. Our Events 

THE ACADEMY

Online courses & learning tools

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The Academy is the UN Global Compact’s digital learning platform helping business leaders develop practical skills to tackle sustainability challenges and drive impact aligned with the SDGs and the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact.

Featuring accessible webinars, on-demand courses, and case examples available anytime and in multiple languages, the Academy provides insights and best practices to support businesses at every stage of their sustainability journey. Participants can also earn certificates to showcase their achievements.

PEER LEARNING GROUPS

Facilitated learning groups

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ACCELERATORS

Multi-month development programmes

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Available to participating companies of the UN Global Compact, the Accelerators are run in close collaboration with Global Compact Country Networks and are designed with a view to generating behaviour change across a large number of companies at the local level - achieving maximum impact and scale.

  • Learn from thought leadership content, best practices and resources
  • Access a diverse set of global and local engagement opportunities such as awareness-raising campaigns, trainings, mentoring and blended learning
  • Build a professional network of peers, UN partners and experts
  • Accelerate the integration of proven sustainability frameworks into your company’s business strategy and operations
  • Deliver concrete company-specific outcomes

THINK LABS

Shaping thought leadership

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Building on two decades of expertise on environment, social, governance and financial issues, the UN Global Compact’s Think Labs convene leading businesses, academia, civil society, Government and the United Nations to develop solutions to critical corporate sustainability challenges. They help define our thinking, curate best practices and develop knowledge, guidance and tools that empower business sector action on urgent topics.

Participation in Think Labs is by invitation only. Organisations actively contribute to the development of thought leadership content through interactive workshops, consultations, calls, webinars and other activities. Outputs are shared at the global, regional and local levels to drive collective impact.

UN BRAND & CREDIBILITY

Globally recognised trust signal

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POLICY, ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS

Policy engagement & regulatory advocacy

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Lend your voice to influence policies that impact your business. Our Advocacy work and how you can be involved as a member can be found here.

BENCHMARKING & COLLECTIVE VOICE

Data proving sustainability drives performance

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Regulatory frameworks and reporting requirements are rapidly evolving, with companies being scoped in to provide information about their environmental impact and sustainability goals. Corporate Sustainability, also widely referred to as Environmental Social and Governance (ESG), is now an integral part of business and has until recently been shaped mainly by industry self-regulation and voluntary reporting. Find how we are working to support members in our Governance programming here.

MONITORING PROGRESS & MEASURING IMPACT

Annual CoP reporting framework & disclosure

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The Communication on Progress (CoP) is the main reporting mechanism of the UN Global Compact. It is an annual and mandatory requirement for all business participants of the UN Global Compact. Business benefits of submitting the report:

  • Strengthen credibility and brand value
  • Measure and demonstrate progress to stakeholders and the public
  • Facilitate self-evaluation, set effective targets and continuously improve sustainability performance year over year through gap analysis
  • Benchmark progress relative to peer cohorts by taking advantage of one of the largest sources of free, public and comparable corporate sustainability data

TAILORED PARTICIPANT JOURNEY

Curated by sector, size, & maturity

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Whether your organisation is large or small, the UN Global Compact offers support wherever your company is on its sustainability journey. At the UK Network, every member has a dedicated Participant Engagement representative who can, depending on your engagement tier, guide you to realising the maximum benefit from your membership.

GLOBAL NETWORK

25,000+ companies across 167 countries

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There are 25,000+ member companies world-wide and almost 1000 in the UK. Through our peer learning groups, accelerators, in-person events, and programming, you are connected to peers in the UK and globally. 

We convene 25,000+ companies who are looking for ways to pivot their strategy and drive solutions to shape the future of sustainable business. Our members include:

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PARTICIPATION FEES

Participation in the UN Global Compact requires paying an annual fee. For more information about membership benefits, please submit the form above to download your brochure.

Fee schedule (fees are subject to 20% VAT):

Turnover bracket UK-Headquartered (global revenue in USD) Subsidiaries** (UK revenue in USD)
Over $30 billion £24,850 £11,250
$10 billion - $30 billion £20,650 £9,250
$5 billion -$10 billion £16,550 £7,850
$1 billion - $5 billion £12,350 £6,250
$500 million - $1 billion £6,850 £4,500
$250 million - $500 million £4,850 £3,450
$50 million - $250 million £2,450 £1,975
$25 million - $50 million £1,975 £1880
Less than $25 million £985 £985
Non-business £550 £550

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If you have any questions, our team are happy to help.

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Candy Telani Anton, Director of Participation Engagement

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Simran Stevens
Outreach Manager

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Mark Gregory
Outreach Manager