GENEVA -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told business leaders Thursday they must do more to reverse climate change.
"Certainly we have made some progress in implementing the Global Compact's principles," Ban told the opening of a U.N.-sponsored summit of corporate leaders, politicians and advocacy groups that have signed on to the so-called Global Compact.
"But it is still uneven," he said.
More than 4,000 business leaders, campaign organizations and others in 116 countries have joined the Global Compact -- established by the U.N. in 2000 to promote human rights, better labor practices, environmental protection and anti-corruption standards for business.
"Financial crises, inequality, unemployment, digital divide -- all these issues are global and the tools too often are unfortunately national or solely administrative," said French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. "We need to invent new tools. We need to find new solutions, which inevitably will go beyond or transcend national borders."
Corporations that have signed on were keen to show the initiative is more than a marketing platform.
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