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Introduction
Corporate social responsibilityCorporate Social Responsability
Corporate social responsibility
Equal opportunity and sustainable development
F.Iniciativas support the global compact.
Launched in July 2000, the UN Global Compact is a both a policy platform and a practical framework for companies that are committed to sustainability and responsible business practices. As a leadership initiative endorsed by chief executives, it seeks to align business operations and strategies everywhere with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
Through a wide spectrum of specialized workstreams, management tools, resources, and topical programs, the UN Global Compact aims to advance two complementary objectives:
Mainstream the ten principles in business activities around the world
Catalyze actions in support of broader UN goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
By doing so, business, as the primary agent driving globalization, can help ensure that markets, commerce, technology and finance advance in ways that benefit economies and societies everywhere and contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive global economy.
The UN Global Compact is not a regulatory instrument, but rather a voluntary initiative that relies on public accountability, transparency and disclosure to complement regulation and to provide a space for innovation.
The UN Global Compact's ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption enjoy universal consensus and are 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
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption
The UN Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption:
- Principle 1 : Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
- Principle 2 : make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.
- Principle 3 : Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
- Principle 4 : the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;
- Principle 5 : the effective abolition of child labour; and
- Principle 6 : the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
- Principle 7 : Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;
- Principle 8 : undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and
- Principle 9 : encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
Principle 10 : Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.
