EVN supports UN Global Compact     

 
In connection with the restructuring of its CSR organisation, in September 2005, EVN joined the UN Global Compact and thus committed itself to adherence to the global principles of an ethical business conduct.



The UN Global Compact represents a voluntary scheme for companies based on an initiative of the UNO and the former Secretary-General Kofi Annan. At present, the UN Global Compact has over 5,200 corporate participants (including 22 Austrian companies) from over 130 countries.

The initiative’s ten guiding principles derived from the Human Rights Convention of the United Nations, the declaration of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concerning fundamental working rights, the Rio Declaration regarding the environment and development and the UN’s anti-corruption declaration. The principles define the central demands of the international community represented by the United Nations with respect to sustainable corporate governance in the interests of all stakeholders.

The ten principles contained in the UN Global Compact are based on a global consensus derived from the following declarations and conventions:

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations
• International Labour Organization (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
• The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
• The United Nations Convention against Corruption

These principles define the primary demands of the international community represented in the United Nations with respect to sustainable corporate governance in the interests of all stakeholders.

EVN is proud to be one of the Austrian pioneers in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility. In 2002, EVN already became one of the first Austrian companies to publish a sustainability report.

Further information under www.unglobalcompact.org. EVN is with the project of Stolipinove included into the best practice collection of the Italian UN Global Compact Yearbook 2011.