Editing United Nations Global Compact (section)

=== Germany ===

* The GCN Germany (DGCN) was created in the year 2000 on the initiative of German companies as one of the first national platforms.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoessle |first1=Ulrike |title= Participating in the UN Global Compact: Best Practices and Challenges from German Businesses |doi= 10.13140/RG.2.2.27136.43523 |date=Sep 12, 2017  |publisher=Working Paper |url=}}</ref> Its tasks and obligations as an official local Network are defined in a Memorandum of Understanding with the UN Global Compact; it may only bear the name of the Global Compact Network Germany as long as it carries out these tasks and fulfils these obligations. 
* The GCN Germany brings together all German signatories of the UN Global Compact. The network comprises more than 780 German companies and organizations from civil society, science, and the public sector and serves to provide information on issues of corporate responsibility, exchange ideas, and develop joint practical solutions.<ref>{{cite web |title=UN Global Compact Network Germany |url=https://www.globalcompact.de/en/about-us/global-compact-network-germany |website=www.globalcompact.de |language=en}}</ref>