UN Global Compact Software
In 2000, Kofi Annan launched the Global Compact at the World Economic Forum in Davos with a simple conviction: global markets need shared rules.
Twenty-five years later, over 20,000 signatory companies in more than 160 countries make it the world's largest voluntary CSR initiative.
Joining the Global Compact means publicly committing to aligning practices with ten fundamental principles and reporting on them annually through the Communication on Progress.
Who does the Global Compact apply to?
The Global Compact is for any organization looking to demonstrate a credible international CSR commitment:
- Global Compact signatory companies required to publish a Communication on Progress (COP) annually or risk losing their active member status
- International companies operating in markets with very different regulatory systems, for which the Global Compact is the most recognized common framework
- Companies wishing to embed their CSR approach in the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Groups subject to CSRD seeking to align their ESRS reporting with their existing Global Compact commitments
Ten principles, four pillars, one annual obligation
The ten principles of the Global Compact originate from foundational international legal texts — the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ILO conventions, and the Rio Declaration.
They cover four pillars: human rights, labor law, environment, and anti-corruption. Without a timely published Communication on Progress, a company loses its active member status.
Harnest structures your COP throughout the year to avoid last-minute rushes.
69 data points covered
The ten principles documented in a single environment. Harnest structures your COP by pillar — human rights, labor, environment, anti-corruption — with real-time progress tracking and year-over-year history.
COP automatically generated
Harnest produces your Communication on Progress from collected data — structured, traceable, exportable. Your stakeholders receive a standardized and defensible document, not one hastily put together.
Your CSR approach foundations
The Global Compact often represents a company's first structured commitment to CSR. Within Harnest, it coexists with your other applicable frameworks — ESRS, GRI — within a single environment.
Global Compact · GRI · ESRS: one global commitment, one unified collection
The Global Compact is often the first standard adopted by companies embarking on a structured CSR approach. It provides a solid foundation upon which GRI Standards and ESRS are based. In Harnest, this progressive logic is natively integrated: the data collected for your COP directly feeds into your other active frameworks — without duplication, without re-entry.
Ready to structure your Communication on Progress?
The Global Compact is not a label. It's a public, annual, verifiable commitment. Harnest provides you with the infrastructure to uphold it rigorously.