The Value

The Communications on Progress are instruments that could be very useful to:

• Measure individual and collective progress and integrity, looking at companies' performance and disclosure, their level in the Global Compact Differentiation Framework (basic, intermediate, advance) and their communication status (communicating vs. non-communicating and expelled), etc.

• Identify trends and pressing issues. Voluntary actions by companies, as described in COPs, provide a unique perspective from those who operate on the ground about what they believe to be the most pressing issues.

• Choose the best course of actions. COPs are an invaluable source of information on what companies are already doing in a certain area and on innovative ways that a business can contribute to UN goals.

• Identify resources. COPs can be used to identify resources that companies are using to contribute to innovative solutions or projects.

In particular here you can value the internal and external benefits that a company can gain.