Global Compact International Yearbook Ausgabe 2010
A profound retrospective of the first decade of the UN Global Compact, challenges in the light of the year of biodiversity, and instruments for an adequate Corporate Citizenship are some of the issues highlighted in the new 2010 edition of the “Global Compact International Yearbook”. Among this years prominent authors are Ban Ki-moon, Bill Clinton, Joschka Fischer and Achim Steiner. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “As the Global Compact enters its second decade, it is my hope that this Yearbook will be an inspiration to bring responsible business to true scale.” Formally presented during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York, the yearbook is now for sale. Looking back at the past ten years, the United Nations Global Compact has left its mark in a variety of ways, helping shape the conservation about corporate responsibility and diffusing the concept of a principle-based approach to doing business across the globe. Chapter two deals with Biodiversity: UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner emphasizes the importance of protecting the nature: “Climate change has been described as the biggest market failure of all time – the loss of biodiversity and nature’s economically-important services must surely be running a close second, if not an equal first. Year in and year out, the world economy may be losing services from forests to freshwaters and from soils to coral reefs, with resulting costs of up to $4.5 trillion or more. Decisive action needs to be taken to reverse these declines or the bill will continue to climb – and with it any hopes of achieving the poverty-related Millennium Development Goals and a sustainable 21st century for six billion people, rising to nine billion by 2050.” Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, adds: “Now is the time for concrete action from the business community to save life on earth. The alternative is an impoverished planet that can no longer support a healthy, vibrant global economy. The stakes in this fight could not be higher. As the slogan of the International Year reminds us, ‘Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life.’”
A profound retrospective of the first decade of the UN Global Compact, challenges in the light of the year of biodiversity, and instruments for an adequate Corporate Citizenship are some of the issues highlighted in the new 2010 edition of the “Global Compact International Yearbook”. Among this years prominent authors are Ban Ki-moon, Bill Clinton, Joschka Fischer and Achim Steiner. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “As the Global Compact enters its second decade, it is my hope that this Yearbook will be an inspiration to bring responsible business to true scale.” Formally presented during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York, the yearbook is now for sale. Looking back at the past ten years, the United Nations Global Compact has left its mark in a variety of ways, helping shape the conservation about corporate responsibility and diffusing the concept of a principle-based approach to doing business across the globe.
Chapter two deals with Biodiversity: UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner emphasizes the importance of protecting the nature: “Climate change has been described as the biggest market failure of all time – the loss of biodiversity and nature’s economically-important services must surely be running a close second, if not an equal first. Year in and year out, the world economy may be losing services from forests to freshwaters and from soils to coral reefs, with resulting costs of up to $4.5 trillion or more. Decisive action needs to be taken to reverse these declines or the bill will continue to climb – and with it any hopes of achieving the poverty-related Millennium Development Goals and a sustainable 21st century for six billion people, rising to nine billion by 2050.” Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, adds: “Now is the time for concrete action from the business community to save life on earth. The alternative is an impoverished planet that can no longer support a healthy, vibrant global economy. The stakes in this fight could not be higher. As the slogan of the International Year reminds us, ‘Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life.’”
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wILLIAM jEFFERSON CLINTON<br />
I am pleased to contribute to the <strong>2010</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Yearbook</strong> as it<br />
commemorates the tenth anniversary of the United Nations <strong>Global</strong><br />
<strong>Compact</strong>.<br />
When it was established in 2000, the UNGC ushered us into the new millennium<br />
with clear guidelines for engaging the global marketplace in socially<br />
responsible business practices. In the decade since, thousands of businesses<br />
around the globe have embraced the principles put forth by the UNGC. Today,<br />
it is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. It has transformed<br />
the landscapes of industry, commerce, technology, and finance, while proving<br />
true the notion that we can all do well while doing good.<br />
william jefferson Clinton was the<br />
42 nd President of the United States from<br />
1993 to 2001.<br />
In our increasingly interdependent global society, we must find ways to move<br />
forward into the future together in the interest of our common humanity. It<br />
is our duty to use the positive forces of interdependence – like the principles<br />
encouraged by the UN <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Compact</strong> – to make our world more equal, more<br />
stable, and more sustainable. Now more than ever, businesses have the power<br />
to affect positive change in civil society, and it is in everyone’s interest that they<br />
do so. When businesses around the globe practice good corporate citizenship<br />
by respecting human rights, promoting fair labor, fostering environmental<br />
stewardship, and opposing corruption, we go a long way in building networks<br />
that transcend borders, reflect shared benefits and shared responsibilities for<br />
problems, and create a genuine sense of community where we can manage<br />
our differences by celebrating them.<br />
As we work together to expand the marketplace of ideas and discover practical<br />
new ways to address our world’s most pressing challenges, I am optimistic about<br />
the future. I believe we’re living in a time of the greatest human potential in<br />
history, but we have a responsibility to offer all people the chance to succeed.<br />
When everyone is given the opportunity and tools to imagine and<br />
build brighter future, our global society will fulfill its promise and<br />
grow immeasurably stronger.<br />
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<strong>Global</strong> <strong>Compact</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Yearbook</strong> <strong>2010</strong>
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