International cooperation
Examples of international cooperation:
UN Global Compact
Denmark supports UN Global Compact's work to promote corporate responsibility and create a global movement among companies and their partners to meet the SDGs. The Global Compact focuses on the business opportunities that the SDGs entail and promote the ten principles that form the basis of the Global Compact. The principles are based on internationally recognized conventions on human rights, labour rights, environment, and anti-corruption and provide a good starting point for companies to work with CSR and sustainability. Read more here. The Global Compact also has a Danish network.
C40 Cities
Denmark cooperates with C40 Cities and supports the organisation’s work. C40 is an association of the world’s biggest cities that are paving the way for creating climate action and sustainable cities. C40 has over 90 membership cities with a total population of over 650 million residents and makes up around a quarter of the global economy. C40 gives, amongst other things, technical support to their membership cities during the process of preparing climate action plans in line with the Paris Agreement. At the same time, the organisation makes sure that important experiences are shared between the cities. In practical terms, Denmark supports the preparation of climate action plans in five cities: Addis Ababa, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Qingdao and Wuhan. The action plans identify and prioritise the efforts that contribute the best ways to secure that the cities implement the Paris Agreement’s targets by adjusting sectors such as transport, construction, water and food.
Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
Denmark supports the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), which successfully brings together companies and public partners to address challenges and improve sustainability in all aspects of the company’s supply chain from soil to table. IDH focuses on products like coffee, cocoa, flowers, and cotton produced in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and traded internationally before reaching consumers in Denmark and the rest of the EU. As something new, the IDH also works in a holistic approach for marginalised landscapes such as the Mau forest in Kenya and Matto Grosso plain in Brazil. All in close cooperation with Danish and multinational companies. Read more here.