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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT
MODULE 4
FROM PRINCIPLE TO PRACTICE
Session 1: Steps to Sustainability using
the Global Compact Performance Model

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
To participate in the Global Compact a company typically:
– Sends a letter to the UN Secretary General
– Publicly advocates the Global Compact
– Posts material on the Global Compact website
– Publishes an annual report
– Joins with the UN in partnership projects
– Sets in motion changes to its business operations
The final point above is the most important, and is the focus of the
rest of this session: moving from principle to practice
Note: Updated details on the requirements for participating in the
Global Compact are available from the Global Compact website
From Principle to Practice:
The GC Performance Model

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
From Principle to Practice
The Deming Cycle
Plan strategy
“Vision”
Implement
“Enablers”
Check progress
“Results”
Set goals
“Reporting”
Note: the text in italics refers to the
corresponding section of the UNGC
performance model introduced in the next
slide

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Four management elements
1) VISION
2) ENABLERS
3) RESULTS
4) REPORTING

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
GETTING THERE
- Review the three GC environmental principles
- Analyse global economic, social and environmental trends
- Factor 4/Factor 10 and Eco-Efficiency studies
- SIGMA Management Framework
- Wuppertal Institute’s Compass
- Select Environmental Management Strategy (Module 4-2)
- Refer to UNEP Cleaner Production Declaration
- Employee and stakeholder dialogue
- Scenario planning
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Case studies:
- RMC Group – used the SIGMA Management Framework (www.rmc-group.com)
- European Aluminium Industry – used Compass to detect and facilitate sector-wide
sustainability improvements (www.oekoeffizienz.de/english/content/agzu/index.html
Codes and standards
Management tools
Communication and Partnership

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Enablers (1)
GETTING THERE
- Translate principles into practical language
- Draw on the examples contained in the GC Learning Forum
- Consider the work contained in the WRI’s “Tomorrow’s Markets”
- Form top management committee
- Hold listening and dialogue sessions
- Implement environmental management system (Module 4-2)
- Apply Business Case Matrix
- Apply Corporate Responsibility Assessment Tool
Case studies:
Natura, Brazil – developing a business case (www.sustainability.com)
Unilever – demonstrating role of leadership competence in meeting sustainability targets
(www.unilever.com/environmentsociety)
Codes and standards
Management tools
Communication and partnership

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
GETTING THERE
- In-house learning sessions
- Draw on examples from GC Learning Forum
- Experiential learning
- Engagement in community work
- Environmental training
- Internal communication
- Environmental performance indicators (Module 4-2)
- Environmental training and communication (Module 4-2)
- Chronos e-learning tutorial
- EMS training resource kit
- Environmental Management Navigator package for SMEs
Case studies
No 4-4 Du Pont
No 4-5 Bovince Ltd
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Enablers (2)
Codes and standards
Management tools

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
GETTING THERE
-Use International Declaration on Cleaner Production
-Refer to the Corporate Social Responsibility: A Guide to Better
Business Practices, BSR
-Refer to the Corporate Responsibility Code Book
- Environmental assessment & auditing tools (Module 4-2)
- Select environmental management strategy (Module 4-2)
- Life Cycle Management (Module 4-2)
- Resource flow audits
- Environmental reviews
- Partnerships: scientific groups, academia, NGOs, suppliers, etc
- Make use of communication tools (Module 4-2)
Case studies
No 4-4: Du Pont
No 4-5: Bovince Ltd
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Enablers (3)
Codes and standards
Management tools
Communication and partnership

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
GETTING THERE
Refer to:
- Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting:
An Operational Manual,
- Contemporary Environmental Accounting: Issues,
Concepts and Practices
- Test budgets against policies/action plans
- Assign responsibilities to executive management as
part of environmental management system (Module 4-2)
- Use environmental assessment tools (Module 4-2)
- Use the SIGMA projects accounting tool
- Use the CARE tool
- Undertake risk and opportunity assessment
Case studies
Wessex Water Services Ltd. – used the Sigma Project Accounting Tool to
develop its sustainability accounts (www.wessexwater.co.uk)
Muckenhaupt & Nusselt – participated in the CARE project in order to
develop an EMS (www.munu-kabel.de)
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Enablers (4)
Codes and standards
Management tools
Communication and partnership

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
GETTING THERE
- ISO 14000 EMS (see Module 4-2)
- SAFE: Sustainability Assessment for Small and Medium-
sized Enterprises
- Cleaner Production assessment (Module 4-2)
- Product stewardship activities
- Environmental Impact Assessment (Module 4-2)
- Environmental Risk Assessment (Module 4-2)
- Life-Cycle Assessment (Module 4-2)
- Design for Environment & Eco-design
- Environmental auditing (Module 4-2)
- Sustainable Production & Consumption
- Product-services systems
Case studies
Toyota-Global (no. 3-11); Re-Define (no. 3-15); Nokia (no. 3-13) - product life-cycle analysis
Moroccan dyeing industry – eco-efficiency analysis for each product’s life cycle
www.unido.org/userfiles/timminsk/ecoefficiency_Morocco_aug2002.pdf
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Enablers (5)
Management tools

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
GETTING THERE
- Sector wide codes of practices
- Environmental monitoring and auditing tools (Module 4-2)
- Environmental management tools (Module 4-2)
- Product life cycle stewardship
- Supply chain management standards
- Product labelling – e.g. Eco-labels
- Environmental communication tools (Module 4-2)
- Form stakeholder advisory committee
Case studies:
British Telecom – CSR and customer satisfaction www.bt.com/betterworld
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Results (1)
Codes and standards
Management tools
Communication and partnership

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
GETTING THERE
- Internal training and communication e.g. through a
structured EMS (Module 4-2)
- Employee surveys
- Employee reward schemes for meeting environmental
performance targets
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Results (2)
Communication and partnership

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
GETTING THERE
- Internal training and communication (Module 4-2)
- Site community opinion surveys
- Local and corporate advisory panels
- Product Stewardship
- Extended Producer Responsibility
- Sustainable Production & Consumption
- Environmental management tools (Module 4-2)
- ETHOS Indicators
- UNEP APPEL (Module 4-2)
- GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
Case studies
Petrobras, Brazil – implementation of APPEL www.petrobras.com.br
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Results (3)
Management tools
Communication and partnership

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
GETTING THERE
- Manual on eco-efficiency indicators
- Environmental reporting tools (Module 4-2)
- GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
- Accountability 1000 (AA1000) Framework
- The Efficient Entrepreneur Calendar
Case studies
Vancity – use of AccountAbility 1000 (AA1000) Framework www.vancity.com
From Principle to Practice: The GC Performance Model
Reporting
Codes and standards
Management tools

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
The Global Compact’s engagement opportunities:
- Policy dialogue
- Learning
- Local Networks
- Partnership Projects
From Principle to Practice:
The GC Performance Model

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
The Global Compact’s Learning Forum:
- Examples of corporate experiences in implementing the ten
principles of the Global Compact
- Case studies of corporate experiences
- Description of partnership projects
- Research matching database
- Learning Forum publications
- Tools development
From Principle to Practice:
The GC Performance Model

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UNGC Module 4 – Session 1
The UN Global Compact Learning Forum
www.unglobalcompact.org