General Motors Joins UN Global Compact

DETROIT, December 2, 2015 /3BL Media/ – General Motors has become a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative. GM pledges to support and promote the compact’s 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption.

GM analyzed its current policies, processes and practices and found close alignment with the U.N. Global Compact’s principles. The company will maintain these principles throughout its global operations and seek opportunities to collaborate through the U.N. network to advance broader initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals.

GM supports accountability and transparency and will communicate efforts and its performance toward these 10 principles in its sustainability report to be released in May 2016.  

The U.N. Global Compact is a leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible corporate policies and practices. Launched in 2000, it is largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with over 8,000 companies and 4,000 non-business signatories based in 160 countries.