UNGC & SDGs
Building a better future with the UN Global Compact
As a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), we support the UN’s 10 Principles and 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since 2017, we have pledged to continually improve their integration into our business strategy, culture, and daily operations.
About the UNGC & SDGs
The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. It recognizes that fundamental change cannot happen without the support of companies, and calls on organizations to align their strategies and operations with 10 universal principles in human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption, and to support the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Our commitment to the UNGC & SDGs
As a natural continuation of our mission to create a better and healthier world, we first pledged our support to the UNGC in 2017 and have renewed that commitment every year since. Recognizing the interconnected nature of the SDGs and that it’s not possible to focus on all 17 goals effectively, we conducted a materiality assessment. We identified 6 priority SDGs based on two key criteria:
- In which SDGs are our company’s operations and value chain potentially harming people and the environment?
- Which SDGs can our company best support through our operations, services, and investments, aligned with core business practices?
Our Communication on Progress (COP)
For full details, please visit the Materialise page on the site of the UN Global Compact and download our latest annual Sustainability Report/COP.