DGS joins the United Nations Global Compact, the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world.
DGS is pleased to announce that we have joined the United Nations Global Compact initiative, a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices.
With this announcement, DGS is proud to join thousands of other companies globally committed to taking responsible business action to create the world we all want.
The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 15,000 companies and 3,000 non-business signatories based in over 160 countries, and more than 70 Local Networks.
The ten principles, of the United Nations Global Compact, divided into 4 macro-areas, are as follows:
HUMAN RIGHTS
1. Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
2. make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.
LABOUR
3. Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
4. the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour
5. the effective abolition of child labour; and
6. the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
ENVIRONMENT
7. Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;
8. undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and
9. encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
ANTI-CORRUPTION
10. Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.
“DGS fully recognizes and promotes the ten principles of the Global Compact program with customers and collaborators. Building a sustainable future is the basis of our values” observed Vincenzo Fiengo and Salvatore Frosina Co-CEOs of DGS.
As a participant of the initiative, we encourage you to visit our profile https://unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants/156854 on the UN Global Compact website.