Global Compact Network Singapore

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## Summary

Global Compact Network Singapore (GCNS) is the local chapter of the United Nations Global Compact.

As the leading voice on corporate sustainability, GCNS drives multi-stakeholder action to forge a more sustainable future, founded on the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Through various platforms and partnerships, GCNS advances the stewardship of sustainable business practices and Singapore’s national agenda of becoming a regional sustainable business hub. In addition, GCNS nurtures the next generation of responsible business leaders through its youth initiatives.

GCNS is a Collaboration Partner for GRI ASEAN Regional Hub and supports the Singapore chapter of the World Bank Group’s Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC). GCNS also has the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) as Principal Members.

## Vision

To be the leading sustainability platform that helps businesses operate responsibly, actively contributing to building peaceful, prosperous, and inclusive societies that thrive in harmony with our environment.

## Mission

To advance economic and societal development through business leadership.

GCNS supports companies to do business responsibly by:

* Aligning their operations and strategies with the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact
* Taking actions to achieve the UN SDGs

## Initiatives

#### GCNS Virtual Summit 2020 - 13 to 15 October 2020

The flagship event that brings together regional sustainability practitioners and thought leaders onto a common platform to learn from one another.
The theme for the GCNS Virtual Summit 2020 was "**Decade for Decisive Action: Reset. Reimagine. Rebuild."**

#### Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards

The Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards represent the most prestigious form of recognition for companies in Singapore on corporate sustainability.

The Awards recognize companies whose business operations or solutions have demonstrated excellence in embodying the **Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact**, in the areas of environment, human rights, labour and anti-corruption. The Awards also recognize companies attaining the triple bottom line.

Winners will be recognized at the annual Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards Gala Dinner.

The Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards has two categories:

**1) Sustainable Business**

This category recognizes businesses that excel in implementing sustainable practices within their core operations.

**2) Sustainable Solutions**
This category recognizes businesses that excel in developing products or services that address the sustainability needs of other businesses, the environment and society.

Each category has two sub-categories within it: SMEs and Non-SMEs.

For each of these sub-categories, a maximum of 3 winners can be selected. Of these 3 winners, 1 winner may be awarded an additional title of being the Apex Winner for that year.

The Apex Winner title is only accorded to a company when there is unanimous agreement among the judging panel whether the particular company deserves the title based on the quality of applications for that year.

Below is the application and award process

#### GCNS CEO Roundtable 2019

The 4th GCNS CEO Roundtable convened 35 regional business leaders, senior academics and representatives from the World Bank and Asian Investor Group on Climate Change to explore the business case for carbon pricing and seek feedback on carbon pricing mechanisms, along with their impacts on competitiveness.

## Get in Touch

Phone: (65) 6386 9330

Email: info@unglobalcompact.sg

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://unglobalcompact.sg/what-we-do. *What We Do.* Retrieved on 6 Dec 2020.
2. ↑ https://summit.unglobalcompact.sg/. *GCNS Virtual Summit Home Page.* Retrieved on 6 Dec 2020.
3. ↑ https://apexawards.unglobalcompact.sg/. *Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards Home Page.* Retrieved on 6 Dec 2020.
4. ↑ https://apexawards.unglobalcompact.sg/about/. *About*. Retrieved on 6 Dec 2020.
5. ↑ https://unglobalcompact.sg/post-event-reports. *Post-event reports.* Retrieved on 6 Dec 2020.