SDGs

ICC and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to promote business engagement in UNDP’s flagship SDG Impact initiative.

The institutional representative of over 45 million businesses has today issued a call for major public policy reforms to scale financing to meet global climate and sustainability challenges.

With less than two weeks until COP25, ICC will host a trade and climate consultation on border adjustment measures with Rodolfo Lacy, Director for the Environment Directorate at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) have signed a memorandum of understanding, setting out the joint aspirations of the two organisations in catalysing sustainable practices among the global business community.

These 7 ICC publications provide essential background reading for next month’s COP25 climate negotiations in Madrid.

Last week, ICC, together with the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Botswana, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, and Samoa convened a high-level dialogue on correspondent banking – with the aim of bringing the harmful effects of current market trends to the fore on the global agenda.

The United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) high-level week took place from 23-27 September in New York, setting the global agenda on an array of global issues, from peace and security to sustainability and finance.Led by ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO and ICC Chair Paul Polman, ICC was actively involved in a number of high-level meetings on financing, health coverage and small island developing states as the institutional representative of 45 million companies in over 100 countries.

The ability to generate profits typically determines a company’s success. But leadership today requires business leaders to demonstrate that profit comes with a real purpose. While numbers are still as important as ever, more and more companies are doubling down to make their mark beyond profit margins.

Organised today on the sidelines of the inaugural SDG Summit, the fourth annual SDG Business Forum convened business, government, civil society and the United Nations to discuss concrete solutions to move from commitments to action to deliver on the Global Goals.

The Chambers Climate Coalition sets out a grassroots call for greater ambition on climate from world leaders.