Global Compact Named 100th Initiative Available for Analysis on Standards Map
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New York, United States of America
(New York, 14 February 2013) – The UN Global Compact has been named the hundredth organization to collaborate with the International Trade Centre on its new web platform, the Standards Map. The online resource provides comprehensive and comparable information on sustainability standards and audit protocols, with the aim to strengthen the capacity of producers, exporters and buyers to participate in more sustainable production and trade.
The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint organization of the United Nations and World Trade Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, strives to help businesses become more competitive in global markets, speeding economic development and contributing to sustainable development. Its Standards Map offers an online "comparison tool" that enables users to make analyses, comparisons and reviews of sustainability standards and audit protocols using a unique set of social, environmental and economic criteria, audit best practices and good governance models.
The Standards Map helps suppliers, such as companies that engage in the UN Global Compact, to better understand their needs, how to access new markets and attract buyers, and learn how ITC can help them become more competitive and sustainable in global markets. ITC collaborates with a wide range of organizations that have developed sustainability standards systems, codes and reporting systems.
Companies with headquarters based in OECD countries have free access to all materials published on the Standards Map homepage, including over 100 At a Glance summaries of standards, codes and sustainability frameworks; training materials; videos; and publications. Companies based in emerging countries also have free access to all materials, as well as to the online comparison tool of Standards Map.
For more information, please visit the Standards Map website at www.standardsmap.org or contact standardsmap@intracen.org.
Contact
Kristen Coco
Public Affairs and Media Relations
UN Global Compact
cocok@un.org