30 April 2026 – In April, the UN Global Compact and UNODC continued engagement with COSP Private Sector Platform participants at the Global Ethics and Compliance Symposium 2026 in Zurich, Switzerland. Convened on 14–15 April as a hybrid event, the symposium was organized by the PRME Business Integrity Action Center at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons (FHGR), the PRME Working Group on Anti-Corruption, Ethics and Compliance Switzerland, and the UN Global Compact.
It brought together leaders from PRME, the UN Global Compact, academia and civil society to explore how stronger collaboration can advance anti-corruption, ethics and business integrity through research, capacity-building and collective action. A dedicated side event, The One Global Compact Strategy Workshop: Shaping the UNGC & PRME Collaboration with the New Head of PRME, featured David Steingard, Cristina Ritter, Antonio Hautle and Christian Hauser, and focused on strengthening collaboration across PRME, UN Global Compact Country Networks, business schools and external partners.
The symposium also explored a number of themes highly relevant to the COSP Private Sector Platform’s future work, including navigating geopolitical fragmentation, moving ethics and compliance from cost centre to value driver, and steering organizations through an AI-powered future. The symposium included engagement from COSP Private Sector Platform participant companies, including David Nuñez of FCC Construcción and Alexandra Levchenko of DTEK.
UNODC moderated Panel Discussion I, “The Geopolitical Compass: Navigating Ethics and Compliance Through an Increasingly Fragmented World,” on 15 April at the Global Ethics and Compliance Symposium 2026, and showcased the new publication, An Anti-Corruption, Ethics and Compliance Programme for Business: A Practical Guide.
Watch the recording: GECS Panel 1
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Now available: An Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Programme for Business: A Practical Guide
