Home / Issues / Environment / Caring for Climate: Global Business Leadership Platform on Climate Change
|
Business side-event at United Nations Climate Conference COP15 Conference
|
|
Second Meeting of Caring for Climate Signatories
|
"Caring for Climate" is a voluntary and complementary action platform for UN Global Compact participants who seek to demonstrate leadership on the issue of climate change. It provides a framework for business leaders to advance practical solutions and help shape public policy as well as public attitudes. Chief executive officers who support the statement are prepared to set goals, develop and expand strategies and practices, and to publicly disclose emissions as part of their existing disclosure commitment within the UN Global Compact framework, that is, the Communication on Progress.
Caring for Climate is a unique initiative – a commitment to action by business and a call to governments, incorporating transparency. It offers an interface for business and governments at the global level, with the potential of rapidly becoming the leading platform for pragmatic business solutions -- transcending national interests and responding to the global nature of the issue at stake. Moreover, the broad geographical spread of its supporters, involving both leading actors from developed and emerging economies, reinforces the novel nature of this engagement platform.
The Global Compact is inviting all business participants to join Caring for
Climate by signing the Caring for Climate statement below. It is hoped that a significant number of
business leaders will support the Statement, thereby expressing the urgent need
for businesses, governments and citizens to take steps to address climate change. Companies
supporting the Statement will be recognized on the UN Global Compact website and in the report of
actions taken by signatories. A company’s decision to endorse the Statement follows the Global
Compact’s established leadership model and requires CEO-level support. To indicate your support for
the Statement, please send an email to
climatechange@unglobalcompact.org indicating
your endorsement.
Climate Change: Is Business Doing Enough?
In an
op-ed published on the
COP15 website, Georg Kell urges business to demonstrate more leadership on climate issues.
Key Documents
On the occasion of the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen in May
2009, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched the Caring for Climate Series, a collection of
new research studies and reports by leading investment, academic and civil society organizations.
The following six reports offer a broad range of perspectives on the roles of business, investors
and governments in tackling climate change:
Additional Documents
Upcoming Events
|
Lila Karbassi
Issue Manager Environment
UN Global Compact
karbassi@un.org
+1-917-367-3648
(Last update 02 November 2009)
