UNGC-UK Network Events

Events

The UK Network of the UN Global Compact holds four full membership meetings per year.

The meetings provide members with an opportunity to meet and receive updates on any activities the network and/or working groups are doing as well as to keep informed of UNGC developments and events.

They also provide members, both companies and observers, with a space in which they can share experiences and knowledge about how best to integrate the UN Global Compact’s ten principles into business strategy and practice as well as discuss issues of concern.

Upcoming Events

UK Network Quarterly Meeting & Outreach Event
16 September, 2008, 2pm
This event will be hosted by Echo Research in London.
Address: 10/11 Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6AX , www.echoresearch.com

In recognition of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this outreach event will feature a presentation on the social/community aspects of water and their Human Rights implications. There will also be a presentation by Echo Research on how their business activities promote the Ten Principles. Followed by the regular UK Network quarterly meeting.

For more information, please contact secretariat@ungc-uk.net.

Past Event Reports

UK Network Quarterly Meeting
11 June 2008, 2pm.

This event was hosted by Rio Tinto in London. Meeting notes can be found in the Members area, here.

Discussion on UN Global Compact Priorities with Executive Director, Georg Kell
12 March 2008, Reed Elsevier Offices in London

A transcript of Mr. Kell's talk is available in the members area of this website, here. If you are not a member of the UK Network and would like information on this event, please contact secretariat@ungc-uk.net.

UK Network Outreach Event

24 - 25 September 2007, Edinburgh

Carbon Emissions Reduction Strategies for Businesses
Doing Business in Difficult Places

The UK Network of the UNGC, CIFAL Findhorn and the United Nations Institute of Training and Research hosted a regional outreach event in Edinburgh on the 24th and 25th September 2007.

The first day session on 24th September, on Carbon Emissions Reduction Strategies for Businesses was led by CIFAL Findhorn and was focused on how to establish a carbon baseline and what can be done by businesses to make direct emissions carbon neutral, including energy efficiency, low carbon technologies and management of supply chain as strategies.

The morning seminar on the 25th September was led jointly by Transparency International (UK), the International Business Leaders Forum, Business in the Community and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It focused on the challenges for business in maintaining responsible values, while operating in diverse cultural and regulatory frameworks around the world. It explored the principles and standards that companies can apply and how these play out in practice.

For more information, please contact secretariat@ungc-uk.net.

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