POWER TALK SUSTAINABLE PROFITS DEC-JAN 20-21

QRoad map to achieve the
SDGs by 2030
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
and the Paris Climate Agreement provide the most powerful
common agenda the world has ever seen for achieving peace
and prosperity on a healthy planet – with an essential role
spelled out for business. The UNGC new global strategy
includes amplifying existing work around the Ten Principles as
well embracing new directions including driving business
action in support of the SDGs – particularly through business
innovation and partnerships with the UN.
To support companies everywhere in advancing the ambitions
of the 2030 Agenda, UNGC has developed a portfolio of
Action Platforms to inspire new and leading approaches to
sustainable business. Rooted in the Ten Principles of the UN
Global Compact, each Action Platform convenes
representatives from business, Global Compact Local
Networks, academia, civil society, Government and the United
Nations to solve complex sustainability challenges and to
innovate around the Global Goals. These action platforms
include reporting the SDG’s, Sustainable finance, decent work
in global supply chain, business ambition for climate, sciencebased
target Initiative and sustainable ocean business
UNGC is also exploring SDG Pioneers, inspiring business to
follow Target Gender Equality and spreading the net to
include Young Social Entrepreneurs.
As the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, it is
our priority – and indeed our responsibility – to be a leading
catalyst of the transformations ahead. We are devoting our
capacities and global network to make it happen – based on
the Ten Principles that the UN Global Compact is built upon
4Focus areas will include
• Responsible Business
Leadership Practices
Based on our UN General Assembly mandate, we will
strengthen our work to promote UN principles and values to
the global business community
• Global-Local Platform
Connector
As a neutral convener and consensus builder, we will develop
the “Platform of Platforms” – curating the best practices,
tools and initiatives of like-minded organisations to reduce
duplication and increase impact
solve societal challenges
through business innovation
and collaboration
• Impact, Measurement
Performance
We will focus on communicating impact and progress by
business on the Ten Principles and the SDGs, to better
understand the impact of corporate sustainability on
both society and the bottom-line.
• SDGs as the “Lighthouse”
Keeping the Ten Principles as our foundation, we will pivot
towards the SDGs to enable a truly global business
contribution to the 2030 Agenda
QYour Thoughts
Human Rights
Human rights are
basic, indivisible,
non-negotiable and universal
Every person around the world deserves to be treated
with dignity Basic rights include freedom of speech,
privacy, health, life, liberty and security, as well as an
adequate standard of living. While Governments have
the duty to protect individuals against human rights
abuses by third parties, businesses are recognizing their
legal, moral and commercial need to get involved.
Businesses must address any negative human rights
impacts related to their business. They must also abide
by international standards and avoid causing or
contributing to adverse human rights impacts through
their activities and relationships.
Human rights reflect basic human dignity and decency
that a person is entitled to. Human rights protect a
person from discrimination and safeguards their right to
live freely how they want to, to be forced to do
something against one’s will is a breach of ethics and
demeans human spirit. Human rights serve as the
champion of peace, tolerance, justice and mutual
respect in our world.
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