To help drive responsible corporate action, the United Nations Global Compact is #UnitingBusiness to respond to COVID-19 and providing guidance and support to companies everywhere. A coordinated international plan involving the business sector will be critical in efforts to support people and companies affected, limit further disruption to the economy, and facilitate business continuity for a swift recovery.
We are honoured to be able to continue the mission of UKSSD.
Since launching in 2015, UKSSD grew to become an influential and thriving cross-sector network. For several reasons, and in the current climate, the network needed to evolve and we’re honoured to continue their mission to advance the SDGs in the UK and to fulfil our shared vision in creating a future where all people in the UK have a good life on a healthy planet.
UKSSD’s work will live on through three key projects: Quarterly SDG Huddles, a Food System Working Group, and an SDG Advocacy Working Group. For more information and to sign up to receive updates about our work, click here.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Emily Auckland for her brilliant work and leadership. We wish her all the best with her next role.
In a letter coordinated by the UN Global Compact Network UK and UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development (UKSSD), leaders of over 150 businesses, civil society organisations, and from public life have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a socially just and green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The letter calls on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to use the SDGs to consolidate and future-proof Covid-19 recovery plans in the UK. Signatories include NatWest Group, Nestlé UK & Ireland, RELX, Linklaters, HSBC Group, Mott MacDonald, Unilever, and public figures such as filmmaker Richard Curtis, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, and the Mayors of Bristol and Liverpool. For more information and a link to the letter, click here. For the response from the Secretary of State for DFID to our letter, click here. 
The UN Global Compact Network UK is a proud partner of BusinessGreen's inaugural Net Zero Festival taking place virtually over 3 days on 30 September - 2 October.
Across three days we will bring together top business leaders, influential academics and policymakers, and inspirational thinkers to provide an invaluable guide to the economic and industrial revolution that will define the post-Covid world. Learn more here.
The UN Global Compact Network UK presents the
2020 Global Goals Roadshow
Due to COVID-19, we will be presenting taking these events online in an interesting and innovative way whilst restrictions are in place. Click here for more information and to register.
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Our #TargetGenderEquality Lounge session, "Top 3 Tips for Women in Business (From Women in Business)" at #UnitingBusiness LIVE will feature Kerry Phillip from @VodafoneUK and Kate Rowlinson from @MediaComUK.
Tune in tomorrow at 17:30 BST to not miss out! https://registration.unglobalcompact.org/website/15648/registration_types-2/
This Thursday, join the first webinar in our Business Action for #WomenPeaceSecurity series & learn why the Women, Peace and Security agenda should matter to the private sector and how businesses can support it.
Register for free here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dNeVtjnEQ-C1R3gitakl7A
#BizHumanRights
Join the UK Network at #UnitingBusiness LIVE next week and tune into #TargetGenderEquality Lounge on 22 Sept at 17:30 BST to hear the top advice for women in business with guest speakers from @VodafoneUK and @MediaComUK.
Register now: https://registration.unglobalcompact.org/website/15648/registration_types-2/
We are pleased to announce that our #BlackLivesMatter & Business webinar series is being funded by @NatWestGroup, enabling these important conversations to take place. You can find more information about the series and register for upcoming webinars here: https://www.unglobalcompact.org.uk/upcoming-events/
Interested in how businesses worldwide can advance the #WomenPeaceSecurity agenda?
Register for our free webinar on 24 September to join the discussion about the synergies between this important global agenda & the private sector: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dNeVtjnEQ-C1R3gitakl7A
#BizHumanRights
Missed our #BuildBackBetter - COVID-19 and Refugee Inclusion webinar with @UNHCRUK last week?
Watch the recording here: https://youtu.be/lyy-AnKbeM8
#CSR #BizHumanRights #SDGs #GlobalGoals
On 22 Sept at 17:30 BST, join us at the #TargetGenderEquality Lounge at #UnitingBusiness LIVE to hear the top advice for women in business (from women in business) with guest speakers from @VodafoneUK and @MediaComUK.
Register now: https://registration.unglobalcompact.org/website/15648/registration_types-2/
We are delighted to be hosting a webinar about private sector involvement in the #WomenPeaceSecurity agenda next week with three expert guest speakers - @MahaAbdallah, @Npopovic1325 & @MichBreslauer.
Learn more and register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dNeVtjnEQ-C1R3gitakl7A
#BizHumanRights
📢Our new report out today calls on the UK government to use the Sustainable Development Goals as part of a ‘road-map to recovery’ after it finds that #Covid19 has put gains made towards achieving the #SDGs at risk
Download the report & briefing👇
https://www.appg-globalgoals.org/our-reports