Vattenfall - Memberships

Memberships

The Vattenfall Group is a member of various organisations. Some of these are described below.

UN Global Compact

The United Nations Global Compact is a framework for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti corruption . The Compact was founded by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in at the World Economic Forum in 1999 with the purpose to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on them. Under the Compact, that brings together more than 5000 participants, companies are brought together with UN agencies, labour groups and civil society.

Swedish Partnership for Global Responsibility

As a member of the Swedish government’s initiative Swedish Partnership for Global Responsibility, we support the ten principles of the UN Global Compact initiative and OECD’s guidelines for international companies.

The Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS)

The AGS is an international partnership of four leading science and technology universities: the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, the University of Tokyo, Japan, and the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. We are deeply committed to supporting sustainability research and education.

CSR Europe

A non-profit organisation promoting corporate social responsibility, CSR Europe’s mission is to help companies achieve profitability, sustainable growth and human progress by placing corporate social responsibility in the mainstream of business practice.

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Vattenfall is a signatory to the ICC Business Charter for Sustainable Development.

Partnering Against Corruption Initiatve

In an effort to combat global corruption, the World Economic Forum Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) was formally launched by CEOs from the Engineering & Construction, Energy and Metals and Mining industries in January 2004. PACI is business driven global initiative with commitment from the top.