Essays about: "The Global Compact"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 58 essays containing the words The Global Compact.

  1. 21. Back to the Future: Public Space Design by Girls : A case study of #UrbanGirlsMovement in Fittja, Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Caroline Wrangsten; [2019]
    Keywords : Public space; livability; urban feminist geography; case study; multiple methods; #UrbanGirlsMovement; Minecraft; Fittja;

    Abstract : Livability, sustainability, and accessibility in urban public space are growing concerns in urban research and policy agendas. The professional field, however, lacks perspectives for public space qualities. Academic research about women and girls’ involvement in the re-design of public spaces is scarce. READ MORE

  3. 22. Sustainability reporting and the related challenges of the United Nations Global Compact signatories : A qualitative study in the Nordic region

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Donata Nissim; Tatenda Mugwira; [2018]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility; GRI; UNGC; SDGs; Sustainability reporting; Nordic region; Challenges; Non-Financial disclosure; Sustainability accounting; Materiality assessment;

    Abstract : Abstract Sustainability has been one of the most discussed topics among the business world and society for the last decade. The globally growing concern about sustainability related issues has led to businesses and non-businesses meet the demand of their stakeholders by producing a sustainability report to demonstrate their work and development in sustainability and how they have measured it. READ MORE

  4. 23. How the Nordic countries approach CSR and MSI : A study of firms’ CSR actions. The Nordic model.

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Elisabeth Axelson; [2018]
    Keywords : corporate social responsibility; sustainable development; Nordic model; institutions; multi-stakeholder initiatives; UN Global Compact; SDGs.; CSR; företags samhällsansvar; hållbar utveckling; nordisk modell; institutioner; multi-stakeholder initiatives; UN Global Compact; SDGs.;

    Abstract : There is an increasing demand for the private sector to include corporate social responsibility in their business and everyday work. This thesis has studied the corporate responsibility of firms in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), compared with firms in 18 other OECD countries. READ MORE

  5. 24. Reforming Refugee Protection: What role can a 'Compact' play in the development of future International Refugee Law?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Linnéa Roslund; [2018]
    Keywords : International Law; International Refugee Law; Global Compact on Refugees; CRRF; International Lawmaking; Soft Law; Global Policy; UN; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Global Compact on Refugees, which is to be adopted in the autumn of 2018, represents an aspiration on the part of the international community towards strengthened solidarity with refugees and affected host countries and is the most ambitious instrument of its kind to date. Indeed, the creation of the Refugee Compact is timely, although perhaps also somewhat surprising in an era of rising populism, increasingly xenophobic electorates and growing security concerns. READ MORE

  6. 25. Transnational Corporations and Human Rights : Assessing the position of TNCs within international human rights law, and the appropriateness of an international treaty on business and human rights

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Söderlund; [2018]
    Keywords : Human rights; corporation; corporations; transnational corporation; transnational corporations; business; businesses; TNC; TNCs; treaty law; draft treaty; intergovernmental woking group; United Nations; Bhopal; Rana Plaza; international law; Ruggie; John Ruggie; Ruggie pricniples; pillar; labour; labour law; labour rights; CSR; Corporate social responsibility; guiding principles; UN global compact; global compact; ILO; jus cogens; customary law; OECD; ICCPR; ICESCR; state-centrism; Bilateral investment treaty; ILC; WTO; World trade organization; International law commission; legal personality; företag; mänskliga rättigheter; traktat; traktaträtt; juridisk person; folkrätt; internationell rätt; FN; Förenta Nationerna; Ruggie; Jhon Ruggie; Arbetsrätt; Globala målen; företagspolicy; Amnesty International; Human Rights Watch;

    Abstract : Transnational corporations are playing an important role in the global economy of today. Many of these corporations have great economic resources and have the possibility of contributing to the development of societies in developing states. READ MORE