UNGSII FOUNDATION

UNGSII FOUNDATION is rated 3 out of 5 in the category think tanks. Read and write reviews about UNGSII FOUNDATION. The institute is a multi-stakeholder, not-for-profit initiative including senior executives of the United Nations, the finance sector as well as academia in support of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN. As an international Foundation UNGSII aims to provide an evaluation and comparison of companies’ and countries'​ sustainability performance in a transparent manner. The UNGSII will develop tools to provide guidance and benchmarking to companies and stakeholders, including investors, to encourage progress, but also put them under pressure to improve sustainability performance. Existing assessment and measurement approaches will be used as a starting point to ensure that best practice is fully integrated. Bottom line success will be the driving force of the UNGSII. The criteria for the index will favour those companies who are working not only to limit the environmental and social footprint of their activities but to achieve a net positive impact, in other words, those companies aiming at win-win rather win-lose relationships with their customers, employees and other stakeholders.