March 2012: The Secretariat of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) has invited all participants at Rio+20 to make voluntary commitments to deliver concrete results for sustainable development.

Commitments are invited from various stakeholders: businesses, other Major Group organizations, UN entities and academic institutions, among others. Organizers of side events at Rio+20 are also strongly encouraged to register commitments that result from outcomes of their side events. All commitments made will be compiled into an online compendium of commitments on the Rio+20 website. [Webpage on Rio+20 Voluntary Commitments]