Barbados leads caribbean sustainability push with UN Global Compact Network launch

Barbados is hosting the UN Global Compact Network Caribbean and the Sustainable SME & Supply Chain Programme of the UN Global Compact.

The initiative seeks the buy-in of companies to align “their strategies and operations with ten universal principles related to human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption,” coming out of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Several key players, along with a number of representatives of regional companies formed...