Sustainable Development Initiatives

Sustainable Development Initiatives

The UN Global Compact Network Canada’s programmes support businesses to better understand the Global Goals and embed them in everything they do. Our programmes delivers a range of activities throughout the year for both members and the wider business community. Find out about the support we offer below.


Peer Learning Group
Peer Learning Groups at the UN Global Compact create a safe space for companies to share their best practices and challenges on critical sustainability issues with like-minded professionals while gaining access to industry experts and unique networking opportunities.

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Leveraging a Circular Economy to Fast-track the SDGs - A Guide for an Integrated Approach
Leveraging a Circular Economy to Fast-track the SDGs guide
Making actions when it comes to the relation between circular economy practices and the SDGs is important for the development of new and innovative solutions. Download the Leveraging a CircularEconomy to Fast-track the SDGs guide and learn more about how companies are contributing to the progress of the circular economy while promoting responsible business practices and the advancement of the SDGs.

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Sustainability Reporting Peer Review Programme
Sustainability Reporting Peer Review Programme
The Sustainability Reporting Peer Review programme is a platformme to help you benchmark your report and exchange and receive feedback from other corporate sustainability professionals, hear their perspectives, lessons learned, share best practices and…

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Adopt the CFO Principles and Shape the Future of Corporate Finance
CFO Principles on Integrated SDG Investments and Finance
By signing the CFO Principles on Integrated SDG Investments and Finance, participants of the UN Global Compact join the CFO Coalition for the SDGs on their mission to develop principles, frameworks and recommendations to integrate the SDGs in corporate finance and create a market for mainstream SDG investments.

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SDG Ambition Accelerator
SDG Ambition Accelerator
SDG Ambition is a 6-month long accelerator that aims to challenge and support participating companies of the UN Global Compact in setting ambitious corporate targets and accelerating the integration of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into core business management…

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SDG Pioneers are paving the way to the future we all want
SDG Pioneers
UN Global Compact Network Canada is looking for professionals working at any level in a participating company of the United Nations Global Compact who are setting ambitious SDG targets, scaling efforts, and having an impact across their companies through a principles-based approach…

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Sustainable Business Recovery Through the Lens of the SDGs – A Canadian Outline
Sustainable Business Recovery Working Group
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, UN Global Compact Network Canada recognizes the need to have a collaborative effort to identify the road to recovery for Canadian businesses based on sustainability principles. Businesses must unite to identify practical steps for resilient business strategies…

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Sustainability Leaders Interview Series
Sustainability Leaders Interview Series
The Sustainability Leaders Interview Series is a space for engaging and candid discussions aimed at creating a multiplier effect for leadership in corporate sustainability and progress for realizing the Global Goals…

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