There is a multifaceted business case for smaller companies to embrace sustainability. Stakeholders – from regulators to investors to customers to employees – expect all companies to be improving their sustainability performance and they are ready to reward companies that embrace this agenda and punish those that do not.  

However, SMEs consistently report difficulties with embedding sustainability at the core of their business models.  

The 2024 UN Global Compact Network UK Annual Summit will feature an SME Networking Hub. Attendees will have the chance to join this informal networking session to meet like-minded individuals and share common challenges, and experiences, as well as ideas for how smaller organisations can spear head sustainability.  

Members of the UN Global Compact Network UK Team will also be on hand at the Hub to inform attendees about how the UN Global Compact Network UK can help SME’s meet stakeholder expectations by advancing their sustainability goals: 

• Environmental Sustainability for SMEs Webinar Series 

• Social Sustainability for SMEs Webinar Series 

• SDG Playbook for SMEs 

• SPARK