The Global Compact

Divisa iT joined The UN Global Compact (www.unglobalcompact.org) last November 2011, confirming so its commitment to quality, environment, respect for human´s right and corporate social responsibility.

The Global Compact is an international initiative that was emerged in an address to The Economic Forum set in Davos (Switzerland) in 1999 by the Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. Its aim is to achieve a voluntary commitment of the businesses with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

In Spain, UN Global Compact initiative was launched in 2002, with the support of 200 companies, initially. Nowadays, they are 1.606 Spanish entities that have signed the Global Compact., among them there are large corporations, SMEs, companies working on the third sector, educational institutions, labour union, business associations and public administration. More than 9.000 entities from 135 countries have joined the Global Compact, worldwide,  

The UN Global Compact's principles

Human Rights:

• Principle 1. Protection of internationally proclaimed human rights.
• Principle 2.  Not human rights abuses.

Labour:

• Principle 3. Freedom of association and right to collective bargaining.
• Principle 4. Elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour.
• Principle 5. Effective abolition of child labour.
• Principle 6. Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

Environment:

• Principle 7. Precautionary approach to environmental challenges.
• Principle 8. Initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility.
• Principle 9. Diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

Anti-Corruption:

• Principle 10. Working against corruption, including extortion and bribery.

Being signatory of the UN Global Compact, Divisa iT commits to embrace, support and enact this set of core values. On the other hand, this is as well a guarantee of Divisa iT commitment to responsible management, sustainability, transparency, respect and collaboration with its clients, partners, competition and, in general, entities which it works and collaborates. Likewise, Divisa iT undertakes to issue an annual and public Communication on Progress (COP) on progress made in implementing the ten principles of the UN Global Compact, and in supporting broad UN development goals.