UNGC UK Network

Events

The UK Network convenes regular Quarterly Meetings to provide network participants and guests with a forum to share experiences and knowledge about how best to integrate the UN Global Compact’s ten principles into business strategy and practice, as well as to receive updates on network and working group activities and to keep informed of developments at the Global Compact HQ.

The network also hosts Outreach Events with the objective of raising awareness of the Global Compact and the Network. These events are open to non-network members.

Upcoming Events

UK Network Quarterly Meeting: Human Rights Issue Area
24 May, 2010, London. Date and venue to be confirmed.
Presentations will address the theme of issues around conducting a human rights impact assessment. Speakers will include Des Abrahams, IBLF; other presenters to be confirmed.

UK Network Quarterly Meeting: Environment Issue Area
15 September, 2010, hosted by Aviva in London.
Presentation themes will be defined closer to the date to ensure relevance to current events. However, topics under consideration include eco-system services and the “Green Economy”. Speakers will include Oliver Greenfield, WWF; other presenters to be confirmed.

UK Network Quarterly Meeting: Anti-Corruption Issue Area
22 November, 2010, London. Date and venue to be confirmed.
Presentation themes will be defined closer to the date to ensure relevance to current events. However, potential topics include the Global Compact reporting guidelines and the UK Bribery Bill. Speakers will include Robert Barrington, Transparency International; other presenters to be confirmed.

Meeting the Global Compact
December, 2010, London. Date and venue to be confirmed.
A senior representative of the Global Compact will meet informally with UK Network participants to answer questions and share thoughts on the current issues facing the UNGC globally and in the UK.

UK Network Outreach Event
31 December, 2010, hosted by BIS in London. Date to be confirmed.
Following on from successful events in 2008 and 2009, the UK Network and BIS will collaborate again. BIS to host and provide a high profile government speaker(s) and the UK Network to provide other speakers.

For information about upcoming events, please contact secretariat@ungc-uk.net.

Past Event Reports

UK Network Quarterly Meeting: Labour Issue Area
1 March, 2010, hosted by IBLF in London.
Presenters shared their experience of managing international supply chains that integrate the Global Compact's principles with particular emphasis on the labour issue area. Our speakers included Mark Barnett, The Consortium for Purchasing and Distribution Ltd, Tony Campos, FTSE Group and Janet Williamson, Trades Union Congress.

UK Network Outreach Event
14 December, 2009, BIS offices in London.
The UK Network and BIS presented a speaker from the UK government to discuss Sustainability and Climate Change Post Copenhagen.

UK Network Quarterly Meeting: Human Rights Issue Area
16 November, 2009, hosted by DeBeers in London.
In light of this meeting's proximity to the Copenhagen Climate Summit, presentations focused on the human rights implications of climate change. Our speakers included representatives from DeBeers and IBLF.

Webinar: How to Communicate About the Global Compact
27 October, 2009, online.
By becoming a signatory of the UN Global Compact, a CEO makes a number of commitments including: to advance the Global COmpact through advocacy and active outreach to peers, partners, clinets, consumers and the public at large. The webinar answered the questions: What is the Global Compact? Why is it worth communicating? How should you communicate about it?

Business & Human Rights: Recent Developments Globally and in the UK
29 September, 2009, hosted by IBLF in London.
Presentations provided an update on the work of the UN Special Representative on Business & Human Rights and explored the implications of the Ruggie framework for UK companies and government. The recent UK Parliamentary Joint Committee hearings on Human Rights were also discussed. Speakers included representatives from IBLF, Amnesty International UK, Core Coalition and Caroline Rees, advisor to John Ruggie, UN Special Envoy on Business and Human Rights.

UK Network Quarterly Meeting: Anti-Corruption Issue Area
14 September, 2009, hosted by F&C Asset Management in London.
Presentations covered what investors expect from companies with regard to countering corruption, how investors can work with companies to strengthen anti-corruption policies and programmes and then, more specifically, how the new UK Bribery law working through parliament will affect risk scenarios. Our speakers included representatives from F&C Asset Management, Transparency International and IBLF.

UK Network Quarterly Meeting: Labour Issue Area
15 June, 2009, hosted by Trades Union Congress in London.
Meeting featured presentations about how companies are implementing the Global Compact’s labour principles in their supply chains from Neil Kearney, General Secretary of the International Textile, Garment & Leather Worker's Federation, and Alison Ward, Global CR Manager, Cadbury.

UK Network Outreach Event
21 May, 2009, Reed Elsevier offices in London.
UN Global Compact Executive Director Georg Kell updated UK GC signatories on the current activities and strategic priorities of the Global Compact office.

UK Network COP Working Group Meeting
25 March, 2009, Rio Tinto offices in London.
The UK Network COP Working Group met to review the procedures in the existing Peer Review Programme and discuss a work programme for 2009/2010.

UK Network Quarterly Meeting
9 March, 2009, IBLF offices in London.
Presentations addressed the question, 'What is an appropriate role for business in helping communities to adapt to climate change?' We briefly reviewed some of the potential social, economic and environmental impacts of both climate change and climate change mitigation.

UK Network Outreach Event
10 December, 2008, BERR offices in London.

UK Network Quarterly Meeting
18 November, 2008, IBLF offices in London.

UK Network Quarterly Meeting
16 September, 2008, Echo Research offices in London.
Meeting notes can be found in the Members area, here.

UK Network Quarterly Meeting
11 June 2008, Rio Tinto offices 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.

Meeting with a Delegation from the New EU Countries
28 January 2008, IBLF Offices in London
As part of an EU-UNDP sponsored project, Accelerating Corporate Social Responsibilty in the New EU Countries, the UK Network hosted a delegation from eastern Europe for a series of meetings to discuss the CSR agenda in the UK. Notes on these meetings are available here.

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

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