Australia and Sweden, August 19, 2021 – The United Nations Global Compact, New York, has announced today that Paying.Green® has joined as a Participant.
The UN Global Compact is the World’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability Initiative based on CEO commitments to implement ten universal sustainability principles and to take steps to support UN goals including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
“By incorporating the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact into strategies, policies and procedures, and establishing a culture of integrity, we are not only upholding our basic responsibilities to people and planet, but also setting the stage for long-term success.
The UNGC and the Sustainable Development Goals represent a strategic framework for creating initiatives that connect actions to impact.
Paying.Green was founded on the promise to deliver positive Climate Action, by engaging Climate Smart businesses, with their influential customers in response to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals no 13, Climate Action.
Supporting the UNGC is by design in our DNA said Dr Patrick Hillenbrand, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Paying.Green®.
About Paying.Green®
Paying.Green® is a global community that has its origins in Australia, Spain and Sweden.
We believe climate change is the defining issue of our time. We also believe that Business and Consumer power are among the strongest forces on earth with the power to generate significant positive climate action.
We exist to bring these forces together.
It has a not-for-profit environmental charitable foundation situated in Stockholm Sweden. It is also associated with other not-for-profit foundations or environmental organisations globally.
Our Smarter Net Zero® climate solutions are designed to help our business customers become Climate Champions, in a way that empowers businesses and stakeholders to earn recognition and grow their social license.
About the United Nations Global Compact
Founded in 2000 as a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General, the United Nations Global Compact works with companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with Ten Universal Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment incl. Climate Change and anti-corruption.
The UN Global Compact guides and supports the global business community in advancing UN goals and values through responsible corporate practices.
The UN Global Compact now includes 13.832 companies in 162 countries who have documented more than 70,000 SDG-aligned actions to date.
Learn more about the UNGC: https://www.unglobalcompact.org
Visit our UNGC page: https://www.paying.green/un-global-compact/
For more information please contact Dr Patrick Hillenbrand, Co-Founder and Executive Director at patrick@paying.green.