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The United Nations Global Compact, Sustainability and Responsibility:

The United Nations Global Compact, Sustainability and Responsibility: Why Universities Must Lead Global Practice AIEC 2013 Conference Canberra October 10, 2013 Dr. Mitch Leventhal Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs, SUNY System Senior Advisor on Academic Affairs, UNGC. Title.

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The United Nations Global Compact, Sustainability and Responsibility:

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  1. The United Nations Global Compact, Sustainability and Responsibility: Why Universities Must Lead Global Practice AIEC 2013 Conference Canberra October 10, 2013 Dr. Mitch Leventhal Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs, SUNY System Senior Advisor on Academic Affairs, UNGC

  2. Title • The UNGC is a strategic policy initiative launched by Kofi Annan in 2000 for businesses and organizations that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of: • Human Rights • Labor • Environment • Anti-Corruption

  3. Title UNGC Academic Working Group (AWG) 2010 – AWG first convened and charged by UNGC with adapting the UNGC process (originally designed for conventional business) to HEIs. AWG composed of institutions from around the globe. June 2012 – Issued “A Practical Guide to The United Nations Global Compact for Higher Education Institutions: Implementing the Global Compact Principles and Communicating on Progress.”

  4. Title Scope of Responsibility for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

  5. Title Sphere of Influence of HEIs

  6. Title A Continuous Improvement Approach – Familiar Terrain for HEIs

  7. Title Communication on Progress (COP) – A required and public process • Step One: Three COP Elements • Statement of commitment to the UNGC by the top institutional official • Description of practical actions that haven been taken (or which are planned) • Measurement of outcomes using, as much as possible, indicators or metrics • Step Two : Sharing the COP with the HEI’s Stakeholders • Step Three: Submitting the COP to the UNGC Database • A COP can be fully integrated in existing stakeholder communications (such as the annual report or the sustainability reports). • HEIs must submit their first COP to the UNGC within two (2) years of the date of their official UNGC commitment, and at least once every (2) years subsequently.

  8. Title Global Corporate Engagement UNGC participation provides a unique opportunity for HEIs to collaborate with private sector companies and other organizations from around the word, on issues of global significance in an atmosphere of partnership different from typical HEI-Corporate interactions.

  9. Title For More Information: United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) www.unglobalcompact.org Mitch Leventhal mitch.leventhal@suny.edu

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