Global Compact is an initiative launched by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in January 1999. It is a call to businesses worldwide to help build social and environmental frameworks that ensure open and free markets and assist people everywhere secure a chance to share the benefits of the new global economy.

Ten universal principlesThe Global Compact encompasses 10 principles spanning everything from international declarations on human rights and labour rights to environment and corruption issues.

Each year COWI publishes an on-line communication on progress (COP) on the ten principles in the UN Global Compact. You can find the 2011 COP by following the links below.

A global framework"The UN Global Compact with its ten principles is a natural framework for our commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). As an international corporation we value the global nature of the initiative and support the wide-ranging principles focusing on environment, social activities and anti-corruption. The Global Compact is of great value to COWI. That is why we have supported it since 2006 and continue to support it in 2012" says CEO Lars-Peter Søbye.