The 10 principles of the United Nations Global Compact
Being Global Compact partners means accepting and committing to the 10 principles:
Human rights
1. Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights.
2. Businesses should make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.
Labour standards
3. Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
4. Businesses should support the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour.
5. Businesses should support the effective abolition of child labour.
6. Businesses should support the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
Environment
7. Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.
8. Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility.
9.Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
Anticorruption
10. Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.