But, following a recent summit in Geneva, this is set to change.

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON RECENTLY HOSTED nearly 1,000 business leaders, politicians and civil society representatives from around the world in Geneva at what has been called the largest-ever gathering on leadership and corporate citizenship. The simple fact that such a number of business leaders gathered to talk to the UN is significant. Every three years, the UN Global Compact - a global corporate citizenship initiative conceived and launched by Kofi Annan in 2000 - convenes such a summit to mobilise business leaders towards best practice in the areas of human rights, labour practices, environmental protection, and more recently anti-corruption.