DAI Submits Its 2021 Communication on Progress to the UN Global Compact

January 18, 2022

DAI is delighted to submit its 2021 Communication on Progress to the United Nations Global Compact.

The Compact is a “voluntary initiative based on CEO commitments to implement universal sustainability principles,” with a mission to “mobilize a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders to create the world we want.”

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Member firms align strategies and operations with 10 principles covering human rights, labor rights, environmental sustainability, and ethical business practices, and seek to advance social progress as articulated in the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). DAI joined the Compact in 2018.

DAI Leader Supports Safe Haven Initiative for Ukrainian Women Entrepreneurs

A DAI Chief of Party from a project in Georgia is volunteering his time to help women entrepreneurs in Ukraine. Mark McCord, who leads the USAID Economic Security Program in Georgia has partnered with representatives of a Silicon Valley accelerator called United Market Access Center and with StartupGrind Georgia to launch the Safe Haven initiative—in coordination with a DAI-led sister project in Ukraine, the Economic Resilience Activity.