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The FINANCIAL -- As world leaders gather in Paris this week to fashion a global climate change accord, their citizens are sending them two different, but not necessarily contradictory messages.

The FINANCIAL -- Nearly three-quarters of Americans see global climate change as a “very serious” (45%) or “somewhat serious” (29%) threat, and two-thirds (66%) say people will have to make major changes in the way they live to reduce the effects of

The FINANCIAL -- Global warming advocates are calling for the prosecution of groups who disagree with them, and New York State has taken it a step further by investigating Exxon Mobil for refusing to play ball with the popular scientific theory. 

The FINANCIAL -- A majority of business leaders say that a long term agreement at the UN climate summit (COP21) in Paris is critical to supporting private sector investment in low carbon solutions, according to a global study by the United Nations

The FINANCIAL -- The Children’s Rights and Business Principles have been an important instrument for guiding business implementation of children’s rights into corporate citizenship strategies. Following on the success of last year’s global event in Nairobi, the UN Global Compact, UNICEF and

The FINANCIAL -- On September 1, Lise Kingo officially assumes the role of Executive Director of the UN Global Compact.

The FINANCIAL -- On August 31, after 15 years at the helm of the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, Georg Kell will step down as Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, the organization he helped found in 2000 and which he

The FINANCIAL -- On August 25, the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate announced the first comprehensive guide on forming multi-stakeholder water stewardship initiatives with integrity.

The FINANCIAL -- The United Nations Global Compact, one of the world’s largest corporate sustainability networks, said that the recent papal encyclical on environmental principles “should inspire the private sector to do more to protect the environment and address climate change,” in

The FINANCIAL -- “Top ten” lists have long been a staple of comedy monologues but, as pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in China’s rapidly industrializing economy are no laughing matter, Chinese businesses today produced a serious list of enterprise-activated solutions.