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As an indication of its sensitivity towards sustainable development, Doğuş Group has become one of the companies to sign the United Nations Global Compact. Now, Doğuş Group’s corporate attitude, based on awareness of social responsibilities and commitment to contributing to society, will include compliance with the ten principles of the United Nations.

 

With an aim to accentuate its commitment to corporate social responsibility, as of April 2007, Doğuş Group has become one of the companies to that have signed the United Nations Global Compact.

 

The Global Compact  initiative,  with a vision of “sustainable and inclusive global economy” and  based on voluntary participation, was launched when the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, called upon business leaders during a speech on the “Millennium Development Goals” at the 1999 Davos World Economic Forum. Subsequently, Ten Principles were  established under headings such as human rights, working standards, environmental protection, and fight against corruption. Companies from all over the world started to join the initiative and to declare that they would integrate these global principles with their business strategies, operations and cultures.

 

So far, over 3,000 companies worldwide and 71 companies from Turkey have joined the United Nations Global Compact. The Doğus Group’s agreement with the UN Global Compact has once again emphasized its corporate contribution towards and belief in sustainable development.

 

Companies that aim to integrate the 10 principles – which extend from the elimination of discrimination towards workers and the work force, to supporting all sorts of initiatives aiming to improve environmental responsibility – with their business practices, send an application, endorsed by their Chief Executive Officers, to the Secretary General of the United Nations. Following the signing of the initiative, companies start submitting to the United Nations regular reports regarding their work in support of the Global Compact.

 

By joining this initiative, many companies and groups throughout the international business world prove that they are members of a culture that is based on sustainable development, that is respectful of human rights, and that fulfils its social responsibilities.

 

By signing the Global Compact, the Doğuş Group has added compliance with the principles of the United Nations to the sensitivity and responsibility that the Group has already demonstrated in the aforementioned fields till today.