Lonrho joins the United Nations Global Compact
January 04 2012 - 2:00AM
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Lonrho PLC
04 January 2012
04 January 2012
Lonrho Plc
Lonrho joins the United Nations Global Compact
Lonrho Plc is pleased to announce that it has become a signatory
of the UN Global Compact.
The UN Global Compact was proposed by the former UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan at the World Economic Forum in 1999 and
officially launched in 2000 at the UN Headquarters in New York. It
is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed
to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally
accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour,
environment and anti-corruption. By doing so, business, as a
primary driver of globalisation, can help ensure that markets,
commerce, technology and finance advance in ways that benefit
economies and societies everywhere. With over 8,700 corporate
participants and other stakeholders in over 135 countries the UN
Global Compact has become the world's largest voluntary corporate
responsibility initiative.
Each year Lonrho will report on the ways in which it follows
these ten principles. Lonrho is delighted to have joined the UK
Global Compact Network and has accepted an invitation to serve on
its Advisory Group.
Geoffrey White, CEO of Lonrho plc commented:
"The Board is delighted to become a participant in the UN Global
Compact. Through our commitment to the ten principles, and our own
corporate responsibility values, we encourage all our subsidiaries
throughout Africa to achieve greater social, environmental and
local economic benefits - and encourage others within our sphere of
influence to do the same."
Enquiries
Lonrho Plc +44 (0) 20 7016 5105
David Lenigas
Geoffrey White
Pelham Bell Pottinger +44 (0) 20 7861 3232
Gavin Davis
Charles Goodwin
Charlie Harrison
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