The United Nations has asked that all mention of the Global Compact be removed from ISO 26000, the forthcoming international CSR standard. The UN says the Compact has not been referenced in the ISO26000 draft ‘with the prominence it deserves’ and would therefore prefer it was not mentioned at all.
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