How to join
Non-Business
Non-Business
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Step 1: Application handbook
Review the non-business application handbook for a detailed overview of the joining process. Please note that the UN Global Compact is primarily a private sector initiative. Thus, there may be activities and events that non-business participants are not able to participate in. In the network, we work closely with our non-business participants to support companies' work with the UN Global Compact's Ten Principles and the SDGs.
Step 2: Apply online
Complete the application form online. You will be asked to provide information about your company's highest level executive (CEO or equivalent) who will sign an automatically generated Letter of Commitment addressed to the UN Secretary-General stating your commitment to the implementation of the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, participation in the activities of the initiative where feasible and submit a biennial submission of a Communication on Engagement (COE).
Step 3: Invoicing
Once your application has been accepted by the United Nations Global Compact, you will be able to access to all offerings at the global and country network level. All non-business participants are obligated to pay their respective annual contribution fee to access all programmes and services offered.
The United Nations Global Compact is supported by the Foundation for the Global Compact, a U.S.-based non-profit that exists solely to provide vital financial, operational, and programmatic assistance to the work of the UN Global Compact. Your annual contribution is used to deliver programmes and participant services in collaboration with Global Compact Country Networks. Your annual contribution fee will be shared between:
1) Our Country Network: UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein (GCNSL).
2) Our Head Office: UN Global Compact (through the Foundation of the Global Compact).
3) A small percentage is set aside for the Country Network Development Fund - a mechanism created to support new and developing networks.
The UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein will invoice, collect, manage, and retain all fees from non-business participants.
Please note that you will be receiving only one invoice.
Annual financial contribution
