Rothlin: The United Nations Global Compact, which covers 10 areas that include corruption and the environment.

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It is worth mentioning that the first two principles of the Global Compact itself refer to human rights.

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Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, opened the meeting, along with Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact.

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The UN Global Compact seeks to align businesses operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

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Indeed, a new effort announced on September 23rd by three groups, including the United Nations Global Compact, is intended to help companies see human rights as a business issue that they need to incorporate into their thinking.

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It calls for a global compact between the G20 nations - which include the major economies of Europe and North America and rising powers in Asia and South America - to encourage growth and create up to 50 million jobs worldwide.

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At the opening of the High-Level Segment on 4 July, Ms Bokova called for a new global solidarity compact.

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The year 2010 will also see vehicle breakthroughs, like the plug-in Chevrolet Volt and the Chevy Cruze, a zippy, fuel-efficient compact that will usher in a new era of global efficiency in small-car product development.

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The Environmental Protection Agency and some large business, including Wal-Mart, are aggressively promoting the sale of compact fluorescent light bulbs as a way to save energy and fight global warming.

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