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.
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