Act Global renews UN Global Compact Commitment for seventh year.

Act Global renews UN Global Compact Commitment for seventh year

To continue promoting responsible, honest business practices, Act Global has committed to another year as a United Nations Global Compact member. This will be the company’s seventh year as dedicated participant.

The UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative to encourage responsible business practices which align with ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. The UN Global Compact strives to shape a collaborative, sustainable and inclusive global economy which benefits societies everywhere.

To maintain effective transparency and accountability, Global Compact participates are required each year to submit a Communication on Progress. The report details a company’s actions and strategies undertaken to fulfill the principles of the Global Compact. Act Global has successfully submitted a 2014 Communication on Progress to be accepted as a member for another year.

View the full Act Global UN Global Compact Report.

We are proud to call ourselves members of the UN Global Compact and to be a leader in promoting responsible industry practices,” said John Baize and Chris Clapham, co-owners of Act Global. “We hope to inspire others to administer the principles of the Global Compact in their own business.”

A summary of some of the actions taken by Act Global:

  • Annual contributions to CARE, a humanitarian organization that fights global poverty in part by providing economic opportunities to women in particular
  • Support to World Vision Micro Loan Program, which helps entrepreneurs establish business in regions which have historically struggled with access to basic resources
  • Synthetic turf pitch donation to Colombian non-profit organization Tiempo de Juego to benefit at-risk youth
  • Ongoing research and development to expand green-friendly technologies, such as the LiteEarth environmental synthetic grass liner
  • Management has committed organizational resources to work towards ISO 14001 Environmental Certification
  • Donation to the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, whose mission is to increase awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying and discrimination

According to the United Nations Activity Report 2013, more than 8,000 companies and 4,000 non-business stakeholder from 150 countries have now joined the Global Compact movement. To learn more about the initiative and becoming a member, visit www.unglobalcompact.org.