In the first issue, the Global Compact Network Italy Foundation has activated its Newsletter service, aimed at: informing users about the Foundation institutional life and the projects and initiatives which have been implemented or scheduled; communicating all updates on the United Nations Global Compact policies and the main news from the policy community active at national and international level on sustainability issues; raising awareness about projects and activities carried out by the Members and Participants of the Foundation, as well as their social and reporting documents and publications on matters of interest. The GCNI Foundation Newsletter is produced in Italian and English and will come out bi-monthly. Go to the Newsletter archive

The meeting "Dalla Conferenza di Rio+20 al processo Post-2015: le sfide dello Zero Hunger Challenge, della sostenibilità, della lotta alla povertà e dello sviluppo sociale. Il contributo italiano, la posizione europea" will be held on July 2 in Rome. The event will take place at the International Conferences Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 9.30 a.m. to 17 p.m.. As representative of the Global Compact Network Italy, Alessandro Beda from Sodalitas Foundation, will take part in the meeting. To participate, you will have to register by June 29 at this link: http://tiny.cc/0gwnyw. To read the event program, click here

The global conference for the launch of the G4 version of GRI Guidelines for sustainability reporting was held in Amsterdam on 22-23-24 of May. The Guidelines G4 have different points of novelty compared to the previous version 3.1 G, among which: an important focus on the principle of materiality; an update of the provisions on governance, ethics and integrity, supply-chain, anti-corruption and emissions of greenhouse gases; the introduction of a general format for the Disclosures on Management Approach. The Global Compact Network Italy took part in the event together with other representatives of the international policy community on the sustainability issues. For further information on the new GRI Guidelines, click here

The "UNGC Leaders Summit 2013: architects of a better world" was held in New York on September 19th – 20th. The event, chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, brought together chief executives with leaders from civil society, Government and the United Nations. The prof. Marco Frey, President of the Global Compact Network Italy Foundation took part in the UNGC Leaders Summit 2013 on behalf of the Global Compact Network Italy, while, among the organizations that are members of the GCNI Foundation, we point out the participation of Enel and eni. Dr. Paolo Andrea Colombo, Chairman of Enel, intervened as speaker in the event Closing Plenary. It is also important to point out that the Italian participation in the event was, in general, even wider, as the representatives of more than 20 organizations located in Italy (including: businesses, public institutions, non-profit organizations, universities, etc.) attended the international meeting.

To view the new publications launched in occasion of the UNGC Leaders Summit, click here

As part of the Communication on Progress (COP) Differentiation Program, the Global Compact in consultation with member organizations and Local Networks, provided an update of the process of COP self-evaluation with specific regard to the Advanced level. For more information, click here

Following the one-year anniversary of the launch of the "Children's Rights and Business Principles", Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, and Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, issued a joint letter urging business to do more with the aim to create an economical realty coherent with needs and rights of all children worldwide. In particular, the joint letter calls on business to effectively address child labour within business operations and the value chain, for instance through a substantial investment in primary and secondary education. For further information on Letter contents, click here

On Thursday 13 October 2011, Edison has proposed a training on Human Rights for its employees in Milan. The training session has been organized by the Global Compact Network Italy in cooperation with the Staff College of Turin. There has been a focus on the Labour Righst and on the HR Risk Assessment Tools. All the GCNI HR Working Group has been invited to participate at the meeting. The event speaker were: Mrs Maria Vasquez, ILO Training Center; Mrs Francesca Magliulo, CSR Manager Edison and Mr Marco Frey, Chairman GCNI.

The last United Nations Annual Review is on-line. The Annual Review is a comprehensive annual study that assesses how – and to what extent – participating companies are implementing the ten principles; taking action in support of broader UN goals and issues; and engaging with the Global Compact locally and globally. At the center of the review are the findings from the Annual Global Compact Implementation Survey.

Global Compact Implementation Survey

The implementation survey is an annual, anonymous online survey of Global Compact participants worldwide, conducted to take stock of environmental and social performance and identify trends and developments related to corporate sustainability issues. All companies participating in the Global Compact are invited to take the survey - available in multiple languages - which is conducted annually in November/December. The survey is administered and analysed by a team of MBA and doctoral candidates at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.