A United Nations sponsored initiative for the protection of human rights and compliance with accepted standards of employment and environmental protection. Together with other corporations and NGOs, BASF has committed itself to the Compact, whose nine core principles address human rights, labor standards and environmental issues.
the UN Global Compact is a voluntary corporate responsibility initiative to advance ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.
A United Nations-sponsored platform for encouraging and promoting good corporate practices and learning experiences in the areas of human rights, labor and the environment. Its principles derive from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labor Organizationâ€(tm)s fundamental principles on rights at work, and the Agenda 21 principles on the environment and development.
United Nations Global Compact (derived from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work; the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development; and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.)
An initiative by Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, to engage the private sector in helping address common issues of environmental protection, human rights and labour.
is a network of companies that have agreed to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of 10 core values or principles covering human rights, labour standards, the environment, and anti-corruption. The scheme is coordinated by the United Nations. Companiesâ€(tm) adoption of the principles is not assessed but companies are encouraged to publish in their annual report the ways in which they are supporting the Global Compact.
UN A personal initiative of Kofi Annan calling on commmercial organizations to embrace nine universal principles in the three areas of environment, human rights and labour standards.
The Global Compact is a value-based platform, whose goal is to promote institutional leaning. The compact comprises nine principles, which are derived from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the principles of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. Among other things, it calls upon companies to implement these principles within their own company.
First proposed in an address to The World Economic Forum in Davos in 1999 by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Global Compact seeks to advance responsible corporate citizenship by encouraging businesses to support nine fundamental principles in the area of human rights, labor standards and the environment: • Support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights within their influence. • Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses. • Uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining. • Uphold the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor. • Uphold the effective abolition of child labor. • Eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. • Support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges. • Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility. • Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
