United Nations Global Compact

The overarching objective of this framework is to contribute to the integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) into business activities and to firmly position BES conservation among the private sector by engaging the top management of companies in the development, implementation and disclosure of BES policies and practices, in order to reduce risks, manage related impacts and seize opportunities.

A profound retrospective of the first decade of the UN Global Compact, challenges in the light of the year of biodiversity, and instruments for an adequate Corporate Citizenship are some of the issues highlighted in the new 2010 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook. One chapter is entirely devoted to biodiversity. The Global Compact International Yearbook 2010 also includes 46 best practice examples from different companies, which illustrate how to implement the ten Global Compact principles in daily business and projects.