A commitment to the UN Global Compact demonstrates that a participating organization is willing to take part in building a sustainable global economy. While every organization has a role to play, the road travelled will be different for each. Organizations begin at different places on the path to improvement. Where each one starts the process at the entry point to the UN Global Compact is not important. What matters is that the organization is committed to change and continuous performance improvement.

Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact brings business together with UN agencies, civil society and governments to advance ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. The UN Global Compact provides a corporate policy framework for the development, implementation and disclosure of environmental, social and governance policies and practices. Through the power of collective action, the UN Global Compact seeks to mainstream these ten principles in business activities around the world and to catalyze actions in support of broader UN goals. With over 5,500 participating companies and stakeholders from more than 120 countries, it is the world’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative.

The U.S. Network of the UN Global Compact is a U.S. focal point for signatories of this initiative. The U.S. Network aims to further the UN Global Compact's ten principles and serves members through regular working symposiums that feature the sharing of best and emerging practices, and through working groups that are active in areas such as reporting, small and medium-sized enterprises, communications, and liaison with other networks.