About

Global Compact Network India

Global Compact Network India (GCNI), formed in November 2000, was registered in 2003 as a non-profit society to function as the Indian Local Network of the Global Compact, New York. It is the first Local Network in the world to be established with full legal recognition. It, also as a country level platform for businesses, civil organisations, public and private sector, aids in aligning stakeholders' responsible practices towards the Ten Universally Accepted Principles of UNGC in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti - corruption, broad goals including Sustainable Development Goals and other key sister initiatives of the United Nations and its systems.

It has also emerged as the largest corporate sustainability initiative in India and globally with a pan India membership of over 500 leading business and non-business participants, strengthening their commitment to the Global Compact Principles by becoming proud members of the Local Network in India. For more details, please visit www.globalcompact.in

Our Milestone

  1. Government of Assam for advancing Sustainable Development Goals

    GCNI partnered with The Government of Assam for advancing Sustainable Development Goals in Assam

    • 1987
      First 100% Earth-based urban building - DA Headquaters
    • 1989
      Tara loom enters market
    • 1991
      Became founding member of Climate Action Network South Asia, TARA handmade paper launched
    • 1992
      UNEP Global 500 Award
    • 1994
      Aqua check vial & Jal-TARA water testing kit launched
    • 1995
      TARAgram Livelihood Resource Centre in Bundelkhand
    • 1996
      DESI Power - India’s first biomass gasifier-based power plant set up, CLEAN-India programme initiated
    • 1997
      TARA MCR Tech. inaugurated 100 check dams in Bundelkhand, Jal-TARA filter invented
    • 1998
      VSBK-TARA EcoKiln launched
    • 2000
      Pawan-TARA air-monitoring kit in market
    • 2001
      PACS - largest civil society support programme implemented
    • 2002
      TARA soil testing kit launched
      The United Nations Sasakawa Environment Prize
      Building Materials & Services Bank, Odisha set up
    • 2005
      Dr Ashok Khosla became the President of Club of Rome
      Fly Ash Brick Tech. package created
      TARA BrickMek Tech. unveiled
      TARA Karigar Mandal launched
    • 2006
      SOE Atlas for India published
    • 2007
      Rural Housing Policy for Gol
      New DA green headquarter
      Rural Climate Change Action in place
    • 2008
      Dr Ashok Khosla became the President of IUCN
      Radio Bundelkhand established
      TARA Akshar-+ literates 50,000 people
      The Order of the British Empire (OBE)
    • 2010
      First TARAgram Yatra
      Hamara Gaon — Integrated Village Development programme launched
    • 2011
      The Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal at Buckingham Palace
      Shubh Kal - climate communication action programme initiated
    • 2012
      200 check dams built in Bundelkhand
    • 2013
      First trialogue 2047
    • 2014
      Started community-based water services delivery in Bundelkhand
    • 2015
      TARA Urja - mini-grids in UP and Bihar launched
      CELAMeD launched
    • 2016
      DA becomes India Country Hub Member of Green Economy Coalition
      UNEP Science-Policy Lifetime Award
    • 2017
      IMEDF became nodal agency for the Ministry of MSME’s SFURTI scheme
    • 2018
      MoU with One UN for partnership in UN programmes in India
    • 2019
      UdyaME enterprise information network started
      Bridge2Naukri, youth employment portal inaugurated
      Good Practice Award by World Bank Impact Portfolio
    • 2020
      Agreement on carbon neutrality in construction sector with Bihar Govt.
    • 2021
      First trial of LC3 in west Rajasthan
      2,50,000 women became literate through TARA Akshar+
      SAM-Udyam launched at Livelihoods India Summit 2021
      UN SDG Good Practices 2021 award
    • 2022
      MoU with JK Cement to decarbonize cement production
      LC3 goes global with our interventions in Thailand, Fiji, & Malawi
      Common Wealth Award for Good Education Practice

The Global Compact Network India works towards mainstreaming the ten universally accepted principles in business activities around the world, catalysing action in support of broader goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and setting the tone for the post 2015 development agenda within the Indian context.

GCNI members represent pertinent sectors of the country such as civil society, private, and public sector organisations, which with time have strengthened their commitment to the Global Compact principles. The main objective of the Network is to provide a forum to various Indian companies and organizations for co-partnerships, build a strong network and promote sustainable and positive corporate citizenship by encouraging various Indian Corporate bodies/ Institutions/ NGOs/ SMEs, to become members of the network, all these together aid in dissemination and promotion of global compact principles within their own milieu.

GCNI currently has its local chapters in 5 major Indian cities, which include Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore, and thus has facilitated its own expansion amongst local and regional counterparts widely operating within the country. As a sole Indian arm of the UNGC, the Global Compact Network India has established a semiotic relationship with the overall mandate and principles of the UNGC. Through its activities and programmes such as the India CEO forum on Human Rights, Women Empowerment Principles, Collective Act