United Nations

United Nations is an international organization that can take action on the issues confronting humanity in the 21st century, such as peace and security, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, disarmament, terrorism, humanitarian and health emergencies, gender equality, governance, food production, and more.

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Innovation & Technology

New Partnerships, Processes Aim to Slash Concrete’s Climate Impacts

Published on June 24, 2024

About a 8 minute read

UNIDO and the GCCA have partnered to decarbonize the cement and concrete industry, with a strong focus on the Global South; while Cambridge researchers have developed a potentially game-changing cement-recycling process. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging

Will a Global Plastics Treaty Effectively Curb Plastic Pollution?

Published on May 3, 2024

About a 6 minute read

Not at this rate: In one corner, industry bodies and petrochemical companies call for enhanced recycling and the increased use of materials with recycled content. In the other, climate campaigners continue to push for cuts in production — an argume... View More

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Marketing & Communications

New Global Music Initiative Highlights the Creative Value of Nature

Published on April 25, 2024

About a 6 minute read

Sounds Right aims to finally pay Nature royalties for her contributions to art and everything else on earth by prompting conversation, raising funds for conservation and inspiring millions of fans to take action. ... View More

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Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability

From Historic Foundations to Today’s Debates on Artificial Intelligence

Published on November 28, 2023

About a 5 minute read

Fears about the uncontrolled growth of artificial intelligence have exploded into public debate this year. Day 2 of the UN Business and Human Rights Forum examined the challenges through a human-rights lens. ... View More

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Supply Chain

There Is No Alternative to Direct Relationships in Company Supply Chains

Published on November 27, 2023

About a 6 minute read

On day one of this year’s UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, delegates agreed that close engagement with all tiers of company supply chains will be vital going forward. ... View More

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Marketing & Communications

Cannes Lions Was a Climate Kindergarten; Time to Mature the Conversation

Published on June 26, 2023

About a 4 minute read

This year's awards recognized a historic number of climate-related campaigns; but as an industry, we continue to talk in circles. ... View More

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Circular Economy Collaboration & Co-Creation

Draft Treaty on Ending Plastics Pollution Inches Forward After Paris Negotiations

Published on June 13, 2023

About a 6 minute read

Despite procedural hiccups and ongoing debates on key issues, a first draft of a treaty will be ready for the next INC meeting in Nairobi later this year. ... View More

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Collaboration & Co-Creation

UN Agrees on Unprecedented Treaty to Protect the High Seas

Published on March 10, 2023

About a 5 minute read

Previous rules to protect the ocean have been vague and weakly enforced, leaving the seas, marine ecosystems and the people who work them vulnerable to exploitation. ... View More

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Finance & Investment Circular Economy

NZAOA Updates Protocols to Provide Clearer Path to Portfolio Decarbonization

Published on February 15, 2023

About a 5 minute read

Investment portfolio emissions make up the lion’s share of an asset owner’s footprint. The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance’s newest Protocol aims to fight inertia in pro-climate financing and get investor portfolios in line with science by 2050. ... View More

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Marketing & Communications Regulation & Public Policy

UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Day 3: Responsible Lobbying vs ‘Corporate Capture’

Published on December 1, 2022

About a 6 minute read

For most readers, bribery or corruption aren’t part of your everyday experience — though they should be part of due diligence processes on your business partners and supply chain. However, the danger that one department says one thing and another... View More

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Organizational Governance

UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Day 2: A Compass for ‘Big Tech'

Published on November 30, 2022

About a 5 minute read

This is the second of three daily updates from the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2022. Day two proposed redefining tech companies as part of infrastructure — similar to railways and supply chains — that govern people’s lives, and a new ... View More

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Organizational Governance

The UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2022, Day 1: Holding Business to Account

Published on November 29, 2022

About a 4 minute read

This is the first of three daily updates from the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2022. Day one started a week that focuses not on holding individual companies to account, but where the systems that will enable this are being framed. ... View More

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Marketing & Communications

New Cookbook Showcases Meals That Benefit Both Human and Planetary Health

Published on November 22, 2022

About a 3 minute read

"The Cookbook in Support of the United Nations: For People and Planet" features 75 recipes divided into sections on food systems, biodiversity, sustainable consumption, food and climate change, and food waste — and shares each dish’s ca... View More

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Organizational Governance

COP27 Yields Landmark Deal to Compensate Developing Nations for Climate Damage, But Backpedals on Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels

Published on November 21, 2022

About a 6 minute read

COP27 ended with an agreement to create a funding facility to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate disasters; but weakened language around the phase-out of fossil fuels opens a dangerous loophole that could threaten de... View More

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Innovation & Technology Collaboration & Co-Creation

IBM Collaborates to Accelerate Clean Energy Transition for Vulnerable Populations Around the World

Published on November 10, 2022

About a 4 minute read

The second cohort of the IBM Sustainability Accelerator comprises five organizations helping marginalized communities get just and equitable access to sustainable energy resources around the world. ... View More

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New Metrics

UN Releases Manual for Companies to Conduct Authentic, Context-Based Sustainability Assessments

Published on November 1, 2022

About a 4 minute read

The Sustainable Development Performance Indicators help close the ‘Sustainability Context Gap’ — in which less than 1% of sustainability reports produced from 2000-2013 measured corporate performance in the context of ecological sustainability ... View More

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Marketing & Communications Collaboration & Co-Creation

Google, UN Partner to Fight Misinformation on Climate Change

Published on May 2, 2022

About a 2 minute read

For Google, the search features are part of a larger push to build products and tools that empower people to better understand and limit their personal environmental impact — and highlights verified sources of climate data in 12 languages. ... View More

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Circular Economy Organizational Governance

IPCC to Global Business and Government Leaders: The Jig Is Up

Published on March 1, 2022

About a 7 minute read

The latest IPCC report provides further detail about just how far we’re careening off the proverbial rails and our ever-narrowing window for getting back on a habitable track. But it also provides deeper insight into a potential path forward — if... View More

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Circular Economy Circular Economy

New UN Global Treaty Seeks to Break the ‘Plastic Wave’

Published on February 25, 2022

About a 7 minute read

We can cut annual flow of plastic into the ocean by 80% in the next 20 years. The technology and will is there, but one important piece of the puzzle is missing — and the UN is hopeful they can pull it together. ... View More

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Supply Chain Organizational Governance

Where Is the New Roadmap for Business and Human Rights Taking Us?

Published on November 29, 2021

About a 6 minute read

As delegates from the UN launched the roadmap at day one of this year's Business and Human Rights Forum, full respect for human rights by business was described as a strategic — not just an operational — issue, requiring a change of corporate cul... View More

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