The delisting dilemma

The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest CSR initiative. Although the number of signatories increases year by year, a substantial number of signatories are delisted on a regular basis, as they fail to adhere to the Global Compact’s reporting policy. Over the total lifespan the initiative has acquired over 13,000 private-sector participants of which only 8,300 are still active. This is reason for concern. Although many solutions have been proposed for dealing with the issue, they have not been based on the facts and figures of the delisted companies. This article presents an analysis of the full sample of signatory companies since the initiative’s inception in 2000 up to the end of 2014, as provided by the Global Compact Office.

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