Section 4.2: UN Global Compact and Sustainable Development Goals

Week 4 Content

Section 4.1: Balancing the pillars of sustainable development

Section 4.2: UN Global Compact and Sustainable Development Goals

4.2.1: The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

4.2.2: The UN Global Compact

Section 4.3: CERES

Section 4.4: World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Section 4.5: ISO Standards

Section 4.6: Product environmental standards

Please find more information on the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Global Compact in the respective sections.

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Supplementary Resources

UNDP (2016) “Universality and the SDGs: A Business Perspective”

Institute for Human Rights and Business (2015) “State of Play, Business and the Sustainable Development Goals: Mind Gap – Challenges for Implementation”

UNDP (2015) “Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Platform”

SDG Fund (2015) “Business and the United Nations – Working together towards the sustainable development goals: Framework for Action”

Video: Business in Society with Georg Kell Executive Director, United Nations (2013)