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About the Academy

The Academy is the UN Global Compact’s digital learning platform helping business leaders develop practical skills to tackle sustainability challenges and drive impact aligned with the SDGs and the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact.

Featuring accessible webinars, on-demand courses, and case examples available anytime and in multiple languages, the Academy provides insights and best practices to support businesses at every stage of their sustainability journey. Participants can also earn certificates to showcase their achievements.

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Courses

Business & Human Rights

Decent work in global supply chains

▪ How procurement decisions can advance decent work in supply chains
30 mins | Advanced

▪ Advancing decent work in business through the UN Global Compact Labour Principles
3 hr 30 mins | Foundational

▪ How to improve safety and health in global supply chains
1 hr | Advanced

▪ EU forced labour regulation
1 hr | Advanced

▪ How can business build sustainable supply chains?
1 hr | Advanced

Living wage

▪ Living Wage Deep Dive
1 hr 30 mins | Foundational

Business and human rights

▪ Business and human rights: how companies can operationalise the UN Guiding Principles
2 hrs | Foundational

▪ Deepening human rights due diligence
2 hrs | Advanced

▪ Human rights and artificial intelligence (AI)
1 hr 30 mins | Foundational

▪ Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence: Responsible Business in Conflict-Affected & High-Risk Areas
1 hr | Advanced

▪ Human Rights & AI Learning Navigator
NEW! | coming soon

▪ EU forced labour regulation
1 hr | Advanced

▪ How can business build sustainable supply chains?
1 hr | Advanced

“The Academy platform is extremely easy and user-friendly to use and offers a variety in the delivery of information to make the learning journey engaging.”

Environment & Climate Change

Science-based targets

▪ Setting science-based targets
30 mins | Foundational

▪ The Net-Zero Standard
20 mins | Foundational

▪ Taking action on greenhouse gas emissions: Scopes 1, 2 and 3
2 hrs | Advanced

▪ SBT Industry-Specific Exchange Series
6 hrs 45 mins | Advanced

▪ The value of water for business
1 hr 30 mins | Foundational

▪ Improving long-term water security
45 mins | Advanced

▪ Understanding water resilience to safeguard and accelerate business
1 hr 30 mins | Advanced

▪ The road to Net Positive Water Impact: setting ambitions for business
1 hr 30 mins | Foundational

Ocean

▪ How companies can ensure a healthy and productive ocean
30 mins | Foundational

▪ Implementing a principles-based approach to sustainable ocean business
45 mins | Foundational

Circular Economy

▪ Circular Economy Learning Journey
NEW! | coming soon

Sustainability Governance

Sustainable Development Goals

Anti-corruption

▪ The fight against corruption
45 mins | Foundational

▪ Taking collective action for anti-corruption
20 mins | Advanced

▪ Assessing the risk of corruption to your business
1 hr 30 mins | Advanced

▪ Mitigating corruption risks to your business: developing anti-corruption policies and strategies
1 hr 30 mins | Advanced

▪ The gender dimensions of business integrity
1 hr 30 mins | Advanced

▪ Implementing anti-corruption programmes in your company
1 hr 30 mins | Foundational

▪ Measuring anti-corruption compliance in your company
1 hr 30 mins | Foundational

▪ Whistle-blower protection in business
1 hr 30 mins | Foundational

▪ Setting up an Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Programme
NEW! | coming soon

▪ Advancing Your Ethics and Compliance Programme Deep Dive
NEW! | coming soon

SDG leadership

▪ How to understand and take action on the global goals
30 mins | Foundational

▪ How to understand and prioritize ambitious action for the SDGs
1 hr 40 mins | Advanced

▪ Disruptive technologies
2 hrs | Foundational

▪ How to set and integrate ambitious goals into your company
1 hr 30 mins | Foundational

▪ Becoming a business leader on the global goals
1 hr | Advanced

▪ Forward Faster target setting masterclass
| coming soon

▪ How will Gen AI change sustainable business?
1 hr | Foundational

▪ Strengthening the Business Case for Sustainability
NEW! | coming soon

Sustainable Finance & Investment

▪ Taking Financial Action for the SDGs: Implementing the CFO Principles
30 mins | Advanced

▪ Blended Finance
NEW! | coming soon

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG leadership

▪ How to understand and take action on the global goals
30 mins | Foundational

▪ How to understand and prioritize ambitious action for the SDGs

1 hr 40 mins | Advanced

▪ Disruptive technologies
2 hrs | Foundational

▪ How to set and integrate ambitious goals into your company

1 hr 30 mins | Foundational

▪ Becoming a business leader on the global goals
1 hr | Advanced

▪ Forward Faster target setting masterclass
| coming soon

▪ How will Gen AI change sustainable business?
1 hr | Foundational

SMEs

SMEs and SDGs

▪ Future-proofing your small and medium-sized enterprise
1 hr | Foundational

▪ How being more sustainable makes you more resilient
30 mins | Foundational

▪ The what and how of sustainable design for SMEs
30 mins | Advanced

▪ How to finance your sustainability strategy
30 mins | Advanced

“A crisp and brilliant introduction to sustainable development goals and how the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact can help companies prioritise actions aligned to these.”