ARGE Consulting is the first Turkish signatory of the Global Compact. KalDer, under Dr. Argüden’s chairmanship became the first Turkish NGO to sign the Global Compact. He was elected as the chairman of Global Compact Local Networks and served on the Board of UN Global Compact.
Dr. Argüden was named the first National Representative of Global Compact and served as the chair between 2009 and 2016. Under his leadership, an innovative Sectoral Deployment and Leveraging Natural Incentives/Allies strategies were developed with the help of ARGE. The Sectoral Deployment Strategy was later recognized as a UNGC milestone.
As the Turkish network became one of the top 10 in the world, in recognition of its excellence in Communication, Partnerships and Knowledge Sharing, Global Compact Türkiye won Local Networks 2014 Award.
Dr. Argüden is a founding board member of the Business for Peace (B4P) initiative, Global Compact Türkiye was among the first signatories of it. Dr. Argüden also helped mobilize many companies to bring the Turkish network into top 4 countries in terms of WEPs signatories.
ARGE Consulting, as the B20 Knowledge Partner, has been instrumental in bringing UN Global Compact and Integrated Reporting into G20 recommendations and supported the establishment of World SME Forum.
In collaboration with the Argüden Governance Academy, Global Compact Türkiye has started organizing SDG Days –focusing on each SDG on a separate calendar day– to share good examples and speed up global learning.
ARGE is publishing COP report every year periodically. ARGE’s COP reports can be found in Global Compact’s website.
First Turkish Signatory: ARGE Consulting
ARGE is the first Turkish signatory of the Global Compact. KalDer, under Dr. Argüden’s chairmanship became the first Turkish NGO to sign the Global Compact in May, 2002.
Call for Good Governance at UN
“Trust is the essence of good governance and foundation of sustainable development.”
About UN Global Compact, world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative
UN Global Compact Executive Director Georg Kell’s speech about the Turkish Network
Global Role for Dr. Argüden
He served on the Global Board of world’s largest sustainability platform UN Global Compact.
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Shared the importance of “aligning incentives with the world we want” at the Global CEOs Roundtable of the Paris Climate Conference
National Networks Forum, İstanbul
Keynote speaker at the SDGs Ambassadors Luncheon in New York
SDGs 16+17 = Good Governance, Leadership Summit
SDG 16: Good Governance Day,
February 16th
“A Calendar Day for each SDG” recommendation,
UN Global Compact Leaders Summit
Borsa İstanbul opening bell rings for Gender Equality
Founding Signatory of Business For Peace
Mustafa Seçkin
Ahmet Dördüncü & Erdal Karamercan
Queen Mathilde, Queen of Belgium and Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart,
Chair of UNGC Foundation
Mary Robinson,
former Prime Minister of Ireland
