Joining as a
Business Participant
No matter your size or sector, we can help you drive impact on specific goals, scale ambitious action, make measurable progress and communicate it through a trusted reporting framework. With easy access to training, tools and support, along with global reach and multi-stakeholder connections, joining the UN Global Compact (UNGC) will help you deliver measurable impact to the world’s most pressing challenges.
Our participants include:
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Large multinational companies with operations in hundreds of countries
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Small companies that act locally but are also part in an international supply chain
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Businesses that rely heavily on suppliers based in markets where sustainability norms are sub-standard
Our participants represent diverse industry sectors, from construction and materials to financial services, support services, computers and electronics.
Step 1: Apply online
Complete the online application form. If you are a Swiss subsidiary of a transnational company that is already a UN Global Compact Participant, please identify this in the online application.
Before filling out the form, please have the following information ready:
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Basic company information inclucuding number of employees and annual gross revenue in USD
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Contact information for your company’s primary UNGC contact point
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Contact information for the CEO who will sign an automatically generated Letter of Commitment
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Contact information for a financial contact person,
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Proof of official company registration (e.g., an extract from the commercial register in PDF format).
Please note that for micro-businesses (less than 10 employees), decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis which can take up to 6 months from start to finish.
Step 2: Digitally sign the Letter of Commitment
The Letter of Commitment is a statement of your organization committing to implement the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, take action in support of the Sustainable Development Goals and submit an annual Communication on Progress (COP). This letter is automatically generated once you go through the application form.
Your company's highest-level executive (CEO or equivalent) ha to sign an automatically generated Letter of Commitment addressed to the UN Secretary-General committing to implement the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, act in support of the Sustainable Development Goals, and report on their progress annually (CoP).
Step 3: Pay your contribution
Once your application has been accepted by the United Nations Global Compact, you will receive an invoice from the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein and be able to access all offerings at the global and country network levels. All business participants are obligated to pay their respective annual contribution fee to access all programmes and services offered.
The UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein will invoice, collect, manage, and retain all fees from business participants with an annual gross sales/revenue of less than USD 50 million, and subsidiaries of UN Global Compact business participants.
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Annual financial contribution
