Is your company ready to tackle sustainability this year?

As businesses look towards their goals for growth and stability in 2023 and beyond, more and more are realizing the need for ambitious sustainability goals and actions. With businesses facing complex challenges like climate change, conflicts, energy crises and recession, it’s increasingly important for professionals everywhere to advance their sustainability skills.

Building on more than two decades of expertise across a wide range of sustainability topics and thousands of real-life corporate examples from around the world, the Academy, the digital learning platform of the UN Global Compact, offers you the opportunity to quickly get up to speed on key concepts and actions to help you drive sustainability transformation. Free to access and tailored to busy corporate professionals, the UN Global Compact Academy provides the skills and knowledge to make your company more sustainable.

Who is it for?

The Academy is for all employees of the 17,000+ companies participating in the UN Global Compact, including multi-national corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises. Participants of the Academy span across levels of seniority and corporate functions depending on the topic and type of modules or sessions. Many of the courses offer certificates of completion and badges for you to share with current and future employers on social media and beyond. 

Not yet a participant of the UN Global Compact? Sample one of our popular e-learning courses like Setting science-based targets, the Net Zero Standard or Future-proofing your small and medium-sized enterprise for free (available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese).

What’s available?

Choose from a wide range of innovative learning experiences to help you solve critical challenges related to business and climate change, human rights, labour, SDG integration, sustainable finance and more. Available in on-demand or live formats, the Academy offers new insights and best practices from world-class experts and practitioners on today’s most pressing sustainability issues. Learn at your own pace with e-learning courses, guided learning paths and more that will help you learn key sustainability concepts anytime, anywhere.

Academy Learning experiences

What learners are saying

Over 90 percent of users would recommend the UN Global Compact Academy to their colleagues. Here is what learners are saying: 

“We have gained actionable knowledge in a way that we can implement in our daily operations.”

“Excellent content that offers both learning and practical tools!”

“The Academy courses help me to understand my role in driving effective change as part of our organizational transformation.”

“Valuable information and the teaching format was easy to follow. I was able to improve my understanding and skills, and have recommended the UN Global Compact Academy to colleagues."

Ready to explore the UN Global Compact Academy? 

Join us today to advance your sustainability journey!

If your company is already a participant of the UN Global Compact, you can request your complimentary account at academy.unglobalcompact.org. Already have an account? Log in here.

Not yet a participant of the UN Global Compact? Sample one of our popular e-learning courses like Setting science-based targets, the Net Zero Standard or Future-proofing your small and medium-sized enterprise for free (available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese). Learn more about how to join the UN Global Compact here. 

Any questions about the UN Global Compact Academy? Contact us at academy@unglobalcompact.org.