WHAT IS THE UN

GLOBAL COMPACT?

The vision of the United Nations Global Compact

is to create a sustainable global economy based

on 10 universal principles and the Sustainable

Development Goals, for the benefit not only of all

but also of future generations. It is a call to bus-

inesses everywhere to align their operations and

strategies with the ten principles in the areas of

human rights, labour rights, environmental pro-

tection, and anti-corruption, as well as to act in

support of the Sustainable Development Goals. 1

WHAT ARE THE

TEN PRINCIPLES?

1. Businesses should support and respect

the protection of internationally proclai-

med human rights; and

2. make sure that they are not complicit in

human rights abuses.

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.

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.

10. Businesses should work against corrup-

tion in all its forms, including extortion

and bribery.

WHAT DOES

PARTICIPATION MEAN?

By joining, we show that we are also striving

towards this vision. As a participating company,

we are committed to following sustainable and

responsible business practices and implementing

our policies and processes according to the

UNGC‘s ten principles. As part of our commit-

ments, the Sustainability Report describes our

efforts to support and comply with the Principles.

You can view our Communication on Progress

(COP) and other activities on our profile on the

UNGC website.

United Nation

Global Compact

1 UNGC 2021: The world‘s largest corporate

sustainability initiative

<https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc>

accessed 04/01/2021

2 UNGC 2021: Die zehn Prinzipien des UNGC

<https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/

mission/principles>

Abruf, am 04.01.2021

3 BMU 2020: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development, 17 Sustainable Development Goals, 2020