Why business needs to address the social impacts of COVID-19: an interview with Lise Kingo, UN Global Compact chief

Jun 02, 2020, at 08:15 am

New York: As businesses struggle to cope with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, they need to remain aware of their responsibilities as partners in efforts to build a sustainable future, says the outgoing head of the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.

Canada: Ontario allowing select businesses to reopen with strict safety measures

May 02, 2020, at 01:21 pm

Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario government has granted permission to some workplaces to reopen on May 4 provided they follow strict public health and safety measures during the COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said.

Canada: Ontario allowing select businesses to reopen with strict safety measures

May 02, 2020, at 12:46 pm

Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario government has granted permission to some workplaces to reopen on May 4 provided they follow strict public health and safety measures during the COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said.

Database of businesses linked to Israeli settlements ‘important initial step’ towards accountability: rights expert

Feb 15, 2020, at 09:40 am

New York/IBNS: A database of 112 businesses connected to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory has been hailed by an independent human rights expert as “an important initial step towards accountability and the end to impunity”.

Go ‘beyond-business-as-usual’ to invigorate businesses, entrepreneurship in world’s poorest countries, urges UN agency

Nov 21, 2018, at 09:28 am

New York, Nov 21 (IBNS): A “pragmatic, strategic and evolutionary” approach is needed in the least developed countries to strengthen their public sector capacity, bring about institutional reform and promote policy learning, a new United Nations report has urged.

‘Unlock full power of business’ to achieve Global Goals, UN deputy chief tells forum

Jul 18, 2018, at 09:24 am

New York, July 18 (IBNS): Businesses can contribute in important ways to the realization of a world free of poverty and hunger by 2030, including through job creation, technological innovation and the provision of finance resources, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General said on Tuesday.

Tackling corruption ‘from the top down’ essential, declares UN chief, marking key global treaty

May 24, 2018, at 07:40 pm

New York, May 24 (IBNS): Corruption and complicity know no geographical boundaries, and it is society’s most vulnerable who get hurt the most, senior United Nations officials said on Wednesday, calling on Government leaders to fight the scourge, “from the top down”.