2021 SDG Pioneers programme launches global application period
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New York, NY, United States of America
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 11 January 2020 — Since 2016, the UN Global Compact has recognized classes of SDG Pioneers — business leaders who are using business as a force for good to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact. The SDG Pioneers play an important role in drawing attention to the SDGs and showing how responsible businesses and business leaders can contribute to their achievement.
A global application period will be open from 11 January until 15 March and will culminate in the selection of global SDG Pioneers who will be recognized during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, a virtual event taking place on 15–16 June, 2020.
The worldwide search for SDG Pioneers among companies participating in the UN Global Compact will build on national searches by 15 Global Compact Local Networks. National winners were announced in December, 2020, and each winner of a national round will automatically compete in the global round along with other candidates.
Join the conversation on social media using #SDGpioneers.
About the UN Global Compact
As a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General, the United Nations Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Launched in 2000, the mandate of the UN Global Compact is to guide and support the global business community in advancing UN goals and values through responsible corporate practices. With more than 10,000 companies and 3,000 non-business signatories based in over 160 countries, and 69 Local Networks, it is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world. #UnitingBusiness