T H E 1 2 T H U N I GLOSSARY PHOTO CREDITS T E D N A T I O PAGE PAGE N S G L O CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY B Cover Image left: Parched soil by the White Nile. Khartoum, 69 Wind Park near Kavarna, Bulgaria. A Sudan. Photo: UN/Arne Hoel Photo: UN/Ivelina Taushanova L C O As defined by the UN Global Compact, corporate sustainability starts with a company’s value Cover Image right: Concept of earth protection day. 71 Factory workers producing fruit drinks at Blue Skies, M P 35 A system and a principles-based approach to doing business. This means operating in ways that, at a Photo: Getty Images/Surasak Suwanmake in Accra, Ghana. Photo: UN/Dominic Chavez C T - 2-3 Aerial View of Switzerland’s Fast-Decreasing Glaciers. 74 Workers talking in a shipping yard A minimum, meet fundamental responsibilities in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and C C Bern, Switzerland. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré Photo: Getty Images/Felipe Dupouy E anti-corruption. Responsible businesses enact the same values and principles wherever they have a N T 5 Torres del Paine in Chile 76 Ondumbe, a typical Owambo village. U presence and know that good practices in one area do not offset harm in another. By incorporating the R 11 USA, New York City, United Nations Headquarters and Photo: UN/John Hogg E C Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact into strategies, policies and procedures, and establishing a E Chrysler Building. Photo: Getty Images/Murat Taner 77 Reflections in a tank of water. Photo: UN/Arne Hoel O S culture of integrity, companies are not only upholding their basic responsibilities to people and planet, 12 Nepal, Himalayas 81 Migrating Canada geese. T U D but also setting the stage for long-term success. 13 Iguazu Falls, Brazil. Photo: UN/Mark Garten Photo: Getty Images/sharply_done Y 17 Coffee handler with beans from Timor Cooperative. 82-83 Dar es Salaam Port, Tanzania. Photo: UN/Rob Beechey Photo: UN/Martine Perret 84 Refueling of the airplane. DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 18 Dar es Salaam Port, Tanzania. Photo: UN/Rob Beechey Photo: Getty Images/Chalabala 21 Sunset in Havana, Cuba. Photo: UN/Milton Grant 86 Caravan or convoy of trucks on highway. Developed and developing countries definitions are not geographical boundaries and are distinguished 23 A produce farm in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. Photo: Getty Images/IvanSpasic on the basis of Gross National Income (GNI) per capita. High-income economies with USD 12,535 Photo: UN/Maria Fleischmann 88 Ferghana Valley. Water infrastructure. 25 A petrified tree in a dead Vlei or marsh in Namibia’s Photo: UN/Matluba Mukhamedova or more of annual GNI per capita are referred to as developed. Upper-middle income, lower-middle Namib desert. Photo: UN/Philip Schuler 89 A flowing river, Indonesia. Photo: UN/Curt Carnemark income, and low-income economies within the range of USD 1,035 and USD 12,535 annuals GNI per 26-27 The Richtersveld community conservanc. 90 Harvesting alfalfa crop, aerial view. capita are referred to as developing. Photo: UN/John Hogg Photo: Getty Images/Andy Sacks 28-29 Flowers swaying in wind, Chile. 92 Modern automobile production line. Photo: UN/Curt Caremark Photo: Getty Images/Traimak_Ivan JUST TRANSITION 30 Scoresby Sund, Greenland. 94 Scientist. Photo: Getty Images/Skynesher Photo: Getty Images/MB Photography 96 New construction site in downtown district. 31 Green summer forest with spruce and pine trees. Photo: Getty Images/Sellwell A just transition leverages the net-zero transition to advance decent work, promote social inclusion and Photo: Getty Images/wmaster890 98 Women in home office. 36 eradicate poverty. Putting people at the center of climate action secures the support and participation 32 Trees growing in park. Photo: Getty Images/Kathrin Ziegler required for the climate transition itself. Photo: Getty Images/John Leong/EyeEm 100 Looking at window display. 35 Dubai cityscape at night. Illuminated urban skyline Photo: Getty Images/d3sign with Burj Khalifa. United Arab Emirates. 102 Ain Beni Mathar Integrated Combined Cycle RESILIENCE Photo: Jaromir, Getty Images Thermo-Solar Power Plant. Photo: UN/Dana Smillie 38 Mountain top solar power plant at dusk. 104 Market analysis with digital monitor. A company’s ability to withstand, adapt and prosper through uncertainty and volatility — to ultimately Photo: Getty Images/Zhihao Photo: Getty Images/Thana Prasongsin 40-41 The wind field of the mountain ridge. High angle 106 Doctors examining x-ray. emerge stronger and strengthen competitive advantage. aerial photography. Photo: Getty Images/zhongguo Photo: Getty Images/FS Productions 42-43 Large scale aquaculture of aquatic products in 108 Woman wearing augmented reality glasses. Marine Fisheries. Photo: Getty Images/Jiande Wu Photo: Getty Images/Qi Yang 44 Forest machine cutting trees. 110 Oil pipes from refinery in desert during sunset. Photo: Getty Images/Johner Images Photo: Getty Images/Imaginima 48-49 Man scattering rice grains. Sta. Cruz, Laguna, 112 New Caledonia mining operations. Philippines. Photo: UN/Danilo Pinzon Photo: Getty Images/Arne Hodalic 51 Sapa, Viet Nam. Photo: UN/Kibae Park 114 IT engineer in Big Data center. 55 Construction works for the Panama Canal expansion Photo: Getty Images/Gorodenkoff project. Photo: UN/Gerardo Pesantez 116 Financial advisor. 57 High angle view of technicians working in server room. Photo: Getty Images/FG Trade Photo: Getty Images/Erik Isakson 118 Passenger airplane taking off at sunrise. 60 Western Sahara landscape. Photo: UN/Martine Perret Photo: Getty Images/Guvendemir 61 Ice cap in Greenland. Photo: UN/Mark Garten 120 High voltage towers in the dusk. 63 Sorting coffee, Rwanda. Photo: UN/A’Melody Lee Photo: Getty/Yangphoto 66 Walvis Bay. Photo: UN/John Hogg 126 Ilulissat Greenland. Photo: UN/Mark Garten 35. United Nations (2015) Guide to Corporate Sustainability. 122 36. United Nation Global Compact (2022) Just Transition Business Brief. 123